EPA TRI Facility · Metal Mining
Relief Canyon Mine
Lovelock, NV
- Total releases
- 492 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Relief Canyon Mine: how the 492 lbs splits
492 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 492 lbs 100.0%
Relief Canyon Mine's 492 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Relief Canyon Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lovelock, NV, in the metal mining sector. It reported 16 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 492 lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,844 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Nevada's 158 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Relief Canyon Mine is pounds #102 and chemical-count #54 at 492 lbs. Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Goldstrike Mines Inc leads reported pounds (930.8M lbs) at 33 chemicals (chemical-count #2). US Ecology Nevada Inc. leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (41.2M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Coeur Rochester Inc; Florida Canyon & Standard Mines; Carry-On Trailer Corp; Nevada Cement Co. Similar-scale Metal Mining peers outside Nevada: Manh Choh Mine Development; Mineral Park Mine. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury; Ethylbenzene; Propylene; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Relief Canyon Mine stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 492 lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Manh Choh Mine Development and Mineral Park Mine.
Relief Canyon Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
492 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Relief Canyon Mine in the Metal Mining sector extract
Among the 103 Metal Mining facilities in this database, Relief Canyon Mine reports the 94th-largest volume (492 lbs). Scale peers outside Nevada include Manh Choh Mine Development and Mineral Park Mine.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Relief Canyon Mine's total reported releases fell from 238 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Relief Canyon Mine's air releases fell from 238 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Relief Canyon Mine Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Relief Canyon Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 492 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 83% (93 lbs to 16 lbs).
Relief Canyon Mine: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Relief Canyon Mine year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 83% from 2020 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: Mercury.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 93 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 145 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 238 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 16 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 492 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Propylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 0 lbs | - |
Relief Canyon Mine · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Relief Canyon Mine
Closest other reporters in Nevada - including Coeur Rochester Inc, Florida Canyon & Standard Mines, Carry-On Trailer Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Metal Mining Facilities
Other Metal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nevada - e.g. Manh Choh Mine Development, Mineral Park Mine.
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 Mercury, Ethylbenzene, Propylene, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Coeur Rochester Inc. Relief Canyon Mine stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Relief Canyon Mine TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Mercury) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Relief Canyon Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lovelock, NV, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 212221 · Metal Mining. 0.0% of Pershing TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mexichem Specialty Compounds (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Relief Canyon Mine stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Mercury. 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