EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cmc Steel Tennessee
Knoxville, TN · Parent: Commercial Metals Co
- Total releases
- 97.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cmc Steel Tennessee: how the 97.9K lbs splits
97.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 94.5K lbs 96.5%
- Water Discharges 3.4K lbs 3.5%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cmc Steel Tennessee's 97.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 96.5% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 3.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Cmc Steel Tennessee is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Knoxville, TN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 9.2K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 97.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,633 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cmc Steel Tennessee is pounds #149 and chemical-count #27 at 97.9K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC - Knoxville Site; Ready Mix USA Llc-Neyland Drive Plant; Mplx Terminals LLC - Knoxville Tn LP Terminal; Marathon Petroleum Co - Knoxville Tn Asp Terminal. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Tennessee: Rochester Metal Products Corp; Mueller Brass Co; Sxp Schulz Xtruded Products LP; Mueller Copper Tube Co I Nc.. Other Commercial Metals Co sites in this extract: Structural Metals Inc; Cmc Rebar Arizona; Tamco; Cmc Steel Sc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Lead compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Cmc Steel Tennessee stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (96.5% air releases) across 14 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 97.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rochester Metal Products Corp and Mueller Brass Co.
Cmc Steel Tennessee vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
98K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cmc Steel Tennessee: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cmc Steel Tennessee reports the 416th-largest volume (97.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 77.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Rochester Metal Products Corp and Mueller Brass Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cmc Steel Tennessee's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 77.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cmc Steel Tennessee's total reported releases fell from 23.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cmc Steel Tennessee's water releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 769 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cmc Steel Tennessee's air releases fell from 23.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cmc Steel Tennessee Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cmc Steel Tennessee releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 97.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 54% (20.2K lbs to 9.2K lbs).
Cmc Steel Tennessee: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cmc Steel Tennessee year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 54% 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 | 20.2K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 22.1K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 22.8K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 23.6K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 9.2K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 76.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 7.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 4.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 3.8K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 968 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 823 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 700 lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 480 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 178 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 105 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 91 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Cmc Steel Tennessee · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cmc Steel Tennessee
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC - Knoxville Site, Ready Mix USA Llc-Neyland Drive Plant, Mplx Terminals LLC - Knoxville Tn LP Terminal, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 594 other reporting facilities in Tennessee.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Rochester Metal Products Corp, Mueller Brass Co, Sxp Schulz Xtruded Products LP.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cmc Steel Tennessee on cumulative reported pounds (97.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Arclin Amines, Frazier Industrial Co, Hi-Lo Industries Inc. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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 Commercial Metals Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Structural Metals Inc, Cmc Rebar Arizona, Tamco.
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, Manganese compounds, Lead compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC - Knoxville Site. Cmc Steel Tennessee stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Cmc Steel Tennessee TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cmc Steel Tennessee totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Knoxville, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 1.0% of Knox TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Arclin Amines (Δ 66 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cmc Steel Tennessee stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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