EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Cooper Steel of Virginia
Monroe, VA · Parent: Cooper's Steel Fabricators
- Total releases
- 581 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cooper Steel of Virginia: how the 581 lbs splits
581 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 492 lbs 84.7%
- Water Discharges 89 lbs 15.3%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cooper Steel of Virginia's 581 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 84.7% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 15.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Cooper Steel of Virginia is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Monroe, VA, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 145 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 581 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,583 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cooper Steel of Virginia is pounds #287 and chemical-count #96 at 581 lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Griffin Pipe Products Co; Certainteed / Seven Hills Paperboard LLC; Slocum Adhesives Corp; TRI Tech Laboratories LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Virginia: Electro-Coatings of Iowa Inc.; Marshall Steel Inc; Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co; Schuff Steel Co Phoenix. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Lead; Copper.
Cooper Steel of Virginia stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (84.7% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 581 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Electro-Coatings of Iowa Inc. and Marshall Steel Inc.
Cooper Steel of Virginia vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
581 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cooper Steel of Virginia in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Cooper Steel of Virginia reports the 1,858th-largest volume (581 lbs). Scale peers outside Virginia include Electro-Coatings of Iowa Inc. and Marshall Steel Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Cooper Steel of Virginia Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cooper Steel of Virginia releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 581 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 31363% (0 lbs to 145 lbs).
Cooper Steel of Virginia: 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 Cooper Steel of Virginia year-over-year reported totals (increased by 31363% 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 | 0 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 134 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 154 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 148 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 145 lbs | 5 |
Cooper Steel of Virginia · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Electro-Coatings of Iowa Inc., Marshall Steel Inc, Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co.
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, Chromium, Lead, Copper; nearby reporters include Griffin Pipe Products Co. Cooper Steel of Virginia stamps TRACE 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.
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This Cooper Steel of Virginia TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cooper Steel of Virginia totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Monroe, VA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Amherst TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Electro-Coatings of Iowa Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cooper Steel of Virginia stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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