EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill
Jackson, TN · Parent: Gerdau Group
- Total releases
- 14.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 12
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill: how the 14.6M lbs splits
14.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 13.9M lbs 95.2%
- Off-site Transfers 573.9K lbs 3.9%
- Air Releases 121.0K lbs 0.8%
- Water Discharges 4.6K lbs <0.1%
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill's 14.6M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 95.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 3.9%. 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.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Jackson, TN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 3.3M lbs of releases across 11 chemicals in 2023, and 14.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 136 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. Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill is pounds #8 and chemical-count #35 at 14.6M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tms International LLC; Stanley Black & Decker US Inc (cdiy - Porter-Cable Div); Toyota Boshoku Tennessee LLC; Ugn Inc.. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Tennessee: Ssab Iowa Inc.; Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Climax Molybdenum Co; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp /butler Works. Other Gerdau Group sites in this extract: Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead compounds; Manganese compounds; Copper compounds.
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (95.2% land disposal) across 12 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14.6M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ssab Iowa Inc. and Nucor Steel-Berkeley.
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill inside Madison's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill reports the 20th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 96.8% of every pound reported in Madison. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 67.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Ssab Iowa Inc. and Nucor Steel-Berkeley.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Madison's reported pounds (15.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill's total reported releases rose from 3.2 million lb in 2022 to 3.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill's off-site transfers rose from 35.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 243.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill's water releases rose from 739 lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill's land releases fell from 3.1 million lb in 2022 to 3.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 14.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 48% (2.3M lbs to 3.3M lbs).
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill year-over-year reported totals (increased by 48% 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 | 2.3M lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 2.5M lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 3.3M lbs | 11 |
| 2022 | 3.2M lbs | 11 |
| 2023 | 3.3M lbs | 11 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 12 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 9.8M lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.5M lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 1.3M lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 852.7K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 604.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 193.9K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 178.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 122.2K lbs | - |
| Cadmium compounds | 15.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polybrominated biphenyls | 8.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury compounds | 6 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill · LAND-pathway site
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Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill on cumulative reported pounds (14.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (12). Release-pound peers include Coal Creek Station, Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC, American Electric Power Amos Plant. Chemical-count peers include Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd, Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc., Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex. 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.
- Coal Creek Station Underwood, ND · Electric Utilities 14.5M lbs reported
- Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC New Augusta, MS · Paper 14.4M lbs reported
- American Electric Power Amos Plant Winfield, WV · Electric Utilities 14.3M lbs reported
- Viscofan USA Inc Danville, IL · Plastics and Rubber 14.9M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd Manati, PR · Chemicals 12 chemicals
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc. Penuelas, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
- Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex Aguirre, PR · Electric Utilities 12 chemicals
- Citgo Petroleum Corp Braintree, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
Other Gerdau Group Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc..
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 compounds, Manganese compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Tms International LLC. Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Jackson, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 96.8% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Coal Creek Station (Δ 82.9K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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