EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
US Steel Fairless Hills Works
Fairless Hills, PA · Parent: US Steel Corp
- Total releases
- 863 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
MIXED Form-R mix
US Steel Fairless Hills Works: how the 918 lbs splits
918 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 636 lbs 69.2%
- Off-site Transfers 199 lbs 21.7%
- Air Releases 83 lbs 9.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
US Steel Fairless Hills Works's 918 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - water discharges is 69.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 21.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
US Steel Fairless Hills Works is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fairless Hills, PA, in the primary metals sector. It reported 55 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2024, and 863 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 14,062 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. US Steel Fairless Hills Works is pounds #678 and chemical-count #513 at 863 lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Safety-Kleen Systems Fairless Hills (fhp); Heubach Ltd; Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP; Gelest. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Pennsylvania: Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC; Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2; Tpr Federal-Mogul Tennessee Inc.; Magnolia Metal Corp. Other US Steel Corp sites in this extract: Uss Gary Works; Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant; Uss-Clairton Plant; U.S. Steel Granite City Works. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
US Steel Fairless Hills Works is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Fairless Hills, PA: 863 lbs across 3 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment water discharges at 69.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC and Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2.
US Steel Fairless Hills Works vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
863 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
US Steel Fairless Hills Works in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, US Steel Fairless Hills Works reports the 1,030th-largest volume (863 lbs). Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC and Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2.
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
- US Steel Fairless Hills Works's off-site transfers rose from 39 lb in 2022 to 60 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- US Steel Fairless Hills Works's water releases fell from 171 lb in 2022 to 153 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
US Steel Fairless Hills Works Form-R facts
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See how US Steel Fairless Hills Works stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
3.2× more than the comparison
40% 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 US Steel Fairless Hills Works releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 918 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 61% (141 lbs to 55 lbs).
US Steel Fairless Hills Works: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows US Steel Fairless Hills Works year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 61% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 141 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 112 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 160 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 223 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 227 lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 55 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 764 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 113 lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 41 lbs | Carcinogen |
US Steel Fairless Hills Works in Bucks
Nearest TRI Facilities to US Steel Fairless Hills Works
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Safety-Kleen Systems Fairless Hills (fhp), Heubach Ltd, Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Heraeus Precious Metals N.a. LLC, Felker Brothers Corp. Plant 2, Tpr Federal-Mogul Tennessee Inc..
Other US Steel Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Uss Gary Works, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant, Uss-Clairton Plant.
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 And Lead Compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems Fairless Hills (fhp). US Steel Fairless Hills Works stamps TRACE volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 US Steel Fairless Hills Works TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
US Steel Fairless Hills Works totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fairless Hills, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 331221 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Bucks TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vaagen Brothers Lumber (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
US Steel Fairless Hills Works stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (water discharges leads at 69.2%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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