EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Sweetwater Mine/mill
Ellington, MO · Parent: The Renco Group Inc
- Total releases
- 22.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Sweetwater Mine/mill: how the 22.0M lbs splits
22.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 22.0M lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 11.1K lbs 0.1%
- Water Discharges 11.1K lbs 0.1%
- Air Releases 5.2K lbs <0.1%
Sweetwater Mine/mill's 22.0M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Sweetwater Mine/mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ellington, MO, in the metal mining sector. It reported 5.2M lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 22.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 89 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. Sweetwater Mine/mill is pounds #4 and chemical-count #83 at 22.0M lbs. 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: Missouri Tie LLC; Royal Oak Enterprises-Reynolds; Fletcher Mine/mill; Brushy Creek Mine/mill. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Missouri: Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co; Coeur Rochester Inc; Freeport-McMoran Bagdad Inc; U.S. Silver - Idaho Inc. Other The Renco Group Inc sites in this extract: Buick Mine/mill; Brushy Creek Mine/mill; US Magnesium LLC; Buick Resource Recycling Facility LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Copper compounds.
Sweetwater Mine/mill stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.9% land disposal) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 22.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co and Coeur Rochester Inc.
Sweetwater Mine/mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
22M 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
Sweetwater Mine/mill inside Reynolds's TRI pounds
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Sweetwater Mine/mill reports the 24th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 30.4% of every pound reported in Reynolds. Scale peers outside Missouri include Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co and Coeur Rochester Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Reynolds's reported pounds (72.4M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sweetwater Mine/mill's total reported releases rose from 4.9 million lb in 2022 to 5.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sweetwater Mine/mill's water releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 60 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sweetwater Mine/mill's off-site transfers fell from 5.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sweetwater Mine/mill's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sweetwater Mine/mill Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sweetwater Mine/mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 22.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 50% (3.5M lbs to 5.2M lbs).
Sweetwater Mine/mill: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Sweetwater Mine/mill year-over-year reported totals (increased by 50% 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 | 3.5M lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 3.9M lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 4.6M lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 4.9M lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 5.2M lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 9.3M lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 6.6M lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 4.5M lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 965.5K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 677.1K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
Sweetwater Mine/mill · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sweetwater Mine/mill
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Missouri Tie LLC, Royal Oak Enterprises-Reynolds, Fletcher Mine/mill, ordered by distance.
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Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co, Coeur Rochester Inc, Freeport-McMoran Bagdad Inc.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sweetwater Mine/mill on cumulative reported pounds (22.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Basf Corp Attapulgus Ops, Adm Decatur Complex, Jal 3 Gas Plant. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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 The Renco Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Buick Mine/mill, Brushy Creek Mine/mill, US Magnesium 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, Lead And Lead Compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Missouri Tie LLC. Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater 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.
Sweetwater Mine/mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ellington, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 212230 · Metal Mining. 30.4% of Reynolds TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Basf Corp Attapulgus Ops (Δ 40.0K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sweetwater 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