EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC
Dunkirk, NY · Parent: Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc
- Total releases
- 102.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC: how the 113.7K lbs splits
113.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 110.0K lbs 96.8%
- Air Releases 3.6K lbs 3.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC's 113.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dunkirk, NY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 11.0K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2024, and 102.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 4,530 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC is pounds #95 and chemical-count #94 at 102.6K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Special Metals Corp; Wells Enterprises Inc; Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Renold Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside New York: Skyline Steel Llc-Longview; Mount Joy Wire Corp; Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc; Nemak Glasgow Plant #1. Other Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc sites in this extract: Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc; Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc; North Jackson Specialty Steel Llc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Nickel; Manganese; Copper.
Compare Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC with
Nearest reporters in New York
- Special Metals Corp Dunkirk · 910 lbs
- Wells Enterprises Inc Dunkirk · 156.2K lbs
- Nestle Purina Petcare Co Dunkirk · 5.3K lbs
- Renold Inc Westfield · 43.0K lbs
Similar-scale Primary Metals sites elsewhere: Skyline Steel Llc-Longview (WA) · Mount Joy Wire Corp (PA) · Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc (PA)
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.8% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 102.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Skyline Steel Llc-Longview and Mount Joy Wire Corp.
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
103K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC inside Chautauqua's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC reports the 407th-largest volume (102.6K lbs). This one site accounts for 31.1% of every pound reported in Chautauqua. Scale peers outside New York include Skyline Steel Llc-Longview and Mount Joy Wire Corp.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Chautauqua's reported pounds (330.3K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC's total reported releases rose from 5.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC's off-site transfers rose from 5.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC's air releases rose from 253 lb in 2022 to 356 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 113.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 78% (49.4K lbs to 11.0K lbs).
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 78% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 49.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 24.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 9.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 5.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 14.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2024 | 11.0K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 59.4K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 31.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese | 13.3K lbs | - |
| Copper | 6.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 2.7K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Skyline Steel Llc-Longview, Mount Joy Wire Corp, Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC on cumulative reported pounds (102.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Streamline Circuits, Arcosa Lw Br LLC Livlite Div, Advancepierre Foods. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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 Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc, North Jackson Specialty Steel 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 Chromium, Nickel, Manganese, Copper; nearby reporters include Special Metals Corp. Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dunkirk, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331221 · Primary Metals. 31.1% of Chautauqua TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Streamline Circuits (Δ 76 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Chromium. 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