EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc
Flowood, MS · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 4.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc: how the 4.0M lbs splits
4.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.0M lbs 99.8%
- Air Releases 7.9K lbs 0.2%
- Water Discharges 733 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc's 4.0M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Flowood, MS, in the primary metals sector. It reported 1.0M lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 4.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 505 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Mississippi's 328 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nucor Steel Jackson Inc is pounds #15 and chemical-count #14 at 4.0M lbs. Tronox LLC leads reported pounds (64.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #12). Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (7.4M lbs, pounds #9). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sanderson Farms LLC; Armstrong Flooring Inc; Traditions Meal Solutions; Precision Packaging Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Mississippi: Neenah Foundry Co Neenah Operations; McWane Ductile-New Jersey; Optimus Steel LLC; Real Alloy Recycling LLC. Other Nucor Corp sites in this extract: Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc; Nucor Steel; Nucor Steel Hertford County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Copper compounds.
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.8% off-site transfers) across 17 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Neenah Foundry Co Neenah Operations and McWane Ductile-New Jersey.
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.0M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc inside Rankin's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Nucor Steel Jackson Inc reports the 66th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 95.7% of every pound reported in Rankin. Scale peers outside Mississippi include Neenah Foundry Co Neenah Operations and McWane Ductile-New Jersey.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Rankin's reported pounds (4.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nucor Steel Jackson Inc's total reported releases rose from 589.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel Jackson Inc's off-site transfers rose from 587.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel Jackson Inc's water releases fell from 150 lb in 2022 to 96 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel Jackson Inc's air releases rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nucor Steel Jackson Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 30% (790.6K lbs to 1.0M lbs).
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Nucor Steel Jackson Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 30% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 790.6K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 950.8K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 690.1K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 589.5K lbs | 10 |
| 2023 | 1.0M lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 2.1M lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 430.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 388.3K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 314.6K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 271.9K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 196.9K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 94.3K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 60.1K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 58.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 39.4K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 36.5K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 20.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 17.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 465 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 351 lbs | - |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls | 253 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nucor Steel Jackson Inc
Closest other reporters in Mississippi - including Sanderson Farms LLC, Armstrong Flooring Inc, Traditions Meal Solutions, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 327 other reporting facilities in Mississippi.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Mississippi - e.g. Neenah Foundry Co Neenah Operations, McWane Ductile-New Jersey, Optimus Steel LLC.
Compare beyond Mississippi
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nucor Steel Jackson Inc on cumulative reported pounds (4.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Dow Sabine River Operations, Jerritt Canyon Mine, Boise White Paper LLC. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Rq Resins LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Nucor Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nucor Steel-Berkeley, Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc, Nucor Steel.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Sanderson Farms LLC. Nucor Steel Jackson Inc stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Nucor Steel Jackson Inc TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Flowood, MS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 95.7% of Rankin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dow Sabine River Operations (Δ 6.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor Steel Jackson Inc stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov