EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Nucor Building Systems
Swansea, SC · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 87 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Nucor Building Systems: how the 87 lbs splits
87 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 83 lbs 95.4%
- Off-site Transfers 4 lbs 4.6%
Nucor Building Systems's 87 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 95.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 4.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Nucor Building Systems is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Swansea, SC, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 12 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 87 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,697 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nucor Building Systems is pounds #429 and chemical-count #264 at 87 lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tanner Industries Inc.; Zeus Co LLC Gsc; Zeus Co LLC Csc; Alaglass Pools. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside South Carolina: Doncasters Storms Forge; Emhart Teknologies; Sfi of Tennessee; Hackney Ladish Inc. Other Nucor Corp sites in this extract: Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc; Nucor Steel; Nucor Steel Hertford County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel; Lead.
Nucor Building Systems stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (95.4% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 87 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Doncasters Storms Forge and Emhart Teknologies.
Nucor Building Systems vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
87 lbs 36th percentile higher than 36% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nucor Building Systems in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Nucor Building Systems reports the 2,210th-largest volume (87 lbs). Scale peers outside South Carolina include Doncasters Storms Forge and Emhart Teknologies.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Nucor Building Systems Form-R facts
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98% less than the comparison
3.0× more 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 Nucor Building Systems releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 87 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 49% (23 lbs to 12 lbs).
Nucor Building Systems: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nucor Building Systems year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 49% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 24 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 23 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 12 lbs | 3 |
Nucor Building Systems · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nucor Building Systems
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Tanner Industries Inc., Zeus Co LLC Gsc, Zeus Co LLC Csc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Doncasters Storms Forge, Emhart Teknologies, Sfi of Tennessee.
Other Nucor Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nucor Steel-Berkeley, Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc, Nucor Steel.
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 Manganese, Nickel, Lead; nearby reporters include Tanner Industries Inc.. Nucor Building Systems stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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.
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This Nucor Building Systems TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nucor Building Systems totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Swansea, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332311 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Lexington TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cornejo - Cmc North Shore Ready Mix (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor Building Systems stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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