EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Wheeling-Nippon Steel
Follansbee, WV
- Total releases
- 33.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Wheeling-Nippon Steel: how the 33.0K lbs splits
33.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 33.0K lbs 100.0%
Wheeling-Nippon Steel's 33.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Wheeling-Nippon Steel is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Follansbee, WV, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 5.5K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 33.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,076 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In West Virginia's 182 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Wheeling-Nippon Steel is pounds #72 and chemical-count #84 at 33.0K lbs. Harrison Power Station leads reported pounds (32.5M lbs) at 29 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Mount Storm Power Station leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (5.6M lbs, pounds #7). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Koppers Follansbee Tar Plant; Mountain State Carbon LLC; Justrite Safety Group - Eagle Manufacturing Co; Precoat Metals. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside West Virginia: Skf USA Inc; Steelfab Inc. in Alabama; Missouri Plating Co; Tecnocap LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia.
Wheeling-Nippon Steel stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 33.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Skf USA Inc and Steelfab Inc. in Alabama.
Wheeling-Nippon Steel vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
33K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wheeling-Nippon Steel: Chromium-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Wheeling-Nippon Steel reports the 807th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside West Virginia include Skf USA Inc and Steelfab Inc. in Alabama.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Wheeling-Nippon Steel's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wheeling-Nippon Steel's total reported releases fell from 12.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wheeling-Nippon Steel's off-site transfers fell from 12.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wheeling-Nippon Steel Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wheeling-Nippon Steel releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 33.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 638% (750 lbs to 5.5K lbs).
Wheeling-Nippon Steel: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Wheeling-Nippon Steel year-over-year reported totals (increased by 638% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 750 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 8.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 5.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 12.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 5.5K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 33.0K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 0 lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs | - |
Wheeling-Nippon Steel · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wheeling-Nippon Steel
Closest other reporters in West Virginia - including Koppers Follansbee Tar Plant, Mountain State Carbon LLC, Justrite Safety Group - Eagle Manufacturing Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside West Virginia - e.g. Skf USA Inc, Steelfab Inc. in Alabama, Missouri Plating Co.
Compare beyond West Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wheeling-Nippon Steel on cumulative reported pounds (33.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Leoni Wire Inc, Quail Hollow LLC, Wyman-Gordon Dillon. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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).
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 Chromium, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia; nearby reporters include Koppers Follansbee Tar Plant. Wheeling-Nippon Steel stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN 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 Wheeling-Nippon Steel TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wheeling-Nippon Steel totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Follansbee, WV, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.8% of Brooke TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Leoni Wire Inc (Δ 32 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wheeling-Nippon Steel stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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