EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Buick Mine/mill
Boss, MO · Parent: The Renco Group Inc
- Total releases
- 48.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Buick Mine/mill: how the 48.2M lbs splits
48.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 48.1M lbs 99.8%
- Off-site Transfers 50.9K lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 20.7K lbs <0.1%
- Water Discharges 9.9K lbs <0.1%
Buick Mine/mill's 48.2M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Buick Mine/mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Boss, MO, in the metal mining sector. It reported 9.3M lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 48.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 36 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC; Brushy Creek Mine/mill; Fletcher Mine/mill; Missouri Tie LLC. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Missouri: Pinto Valley Mine; Smoky Valley Common Operation; Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit; Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc. Other The Renco Group Inc sites in this extract: Brushy Creek Mine/mill; US Magnesium LLC; Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC; Sweetwater Mine/mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Copper compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
Missouri TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=491)
- Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cap...
- Buick Mine/mill 8
What this shows Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads Missouri chemical count. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #66. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
Buick Mine/mill stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.8% land disposal) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 48.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pinto Valley Mine and Smoky Valley Common Operation.
Buick Mine/mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
48M lbs Top 1% higher than 100% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Buick Mine/mill inside Iron's TRI pounds
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Buick Mine/mill reports the 15th-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 64.5% of every pound reported in Iron. Scale peers outside Missouri include Pinto Valley Mine and Smoky Valley Common Operation.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Iron's reported pounds (74.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Buick Mine/mill's total reported releases rose from 8.4 million lb in 2022 to 9.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buick Mine/mill's water releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 109 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buick Mine/mill's off-site transfers fell from 24.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buick Mine/mill's chemicals reported fell from 5 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Buick Mine/mill Form-R facts
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64% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Buick Mine/mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 48.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 10% (10.3M lbs to 9.3M lbs).
Buick Mine/mill: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Buick Mine/mill year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 10% 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 | 10.3M lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 11.3M lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 8.8M lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 8.4M lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 9.3M lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 13.8M lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 12.8M lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 9.1M lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 8.3M lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 4.2M lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
Buick Mine/mill · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Buick Mine/mill
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC, Brushy Creek Mine/mill, Fletcher Mine/mill, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Pinto Valley Mine, Smoky Valley Common Operation, Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Buick Mine/mill on cumulative reported pounds (48.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Colstrip Steam Electric Station, U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- Colstrip Steam Electric Station Colstrip, MT · Electric Utilities 46.3M lbs reported
- U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA · Other 50.1M lbs reported
- Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC Buttonwillow, CA · Hazardous Waste 50.4M lbs reported
- Cf Industries Nitrogen LLC Donaldsonville, LA · Chemicals 51.6M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Renco Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Brushy Creek Mine/mill, US Magnesium LLC, Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC.
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, Lead compounds, Copper compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC. Buick Mine/mill stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Buick Mine/mill TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Buick Mine/mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Boss, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 212230 · Metal Mining. 64.5% of Iron TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Colstrip Steam Electric Station (Δ 1.9M lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Buick Mine/mill stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · 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