EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div
Jewett, TX · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 278.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div: how the 278.1K lbs splits
278.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 209.5K lbs 75.3%
- Air Releases 38.1K lbs 13.7%
- Land Disposal 24.0K lbs 8.6%
- Water Discharges 6.6K lbs 2.4%
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div's 278.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 75.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 13.7%. 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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Jewett, TX, in the primary metals sector. It reported 29.9K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 278.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,703 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div is pounds #285 and chemical-count #380 at 278.1K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Green Cement LLC; Limestone Electric Generating Station; Buffalo Ready Mix; Long Industries Buffalo Facility. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Texas: Blue Ridge Metals Corp; Aludyne-Columbus LLC; Belden; Stupp Corp. 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: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Lead And Lead Compounds.
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (75.3% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 278.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Blue Ridge Metals Corp and Aludyne-Columbus LLC.
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
278K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div inside Leon's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div reports the 270th-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.8% of its sector. This one site accounts for 95.6% of every pound reported in Leon. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 65.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Blue Ridge Metals Corp and Aludyne-Columbus LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Leon's reported pounds (290.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div's total reported releases fell from 31.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div's water releases fell from 765 lb in 2022 to 486 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div's land releases fell from 7.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div's off-site transfers rose from 15.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 278.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 81% (154.5K lbs to 29.9K lbs).
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 81% 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 | 154.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 33.2K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 29.1K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 31.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 29.9K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 182.2K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 66.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 11.8K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 8.1K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 4.7K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 2.7K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 2.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div on cumulative reported pounds (278.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Weyerhaeuser Nr Co Millport Al, Morgan Ohare Inc., Louisiana-Pacific Corp.. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. 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 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 Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Green Cement LLC. Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Jewett, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 95.6% of Leon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Weyerhaeuser Nr Co Millport Al (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor Steel - Jewett Texas Div stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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