United States Steel
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Facility Name City State Chemical Surface water releases (lbs) POTW transfers (lbs) Toxic Hazard Percent of total company hazard Split *
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Arsenic compounds 79 0 118,500,000 68.69%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Lead compounds 486 0 8,751,420 5.07%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 420 0 6,300,000 3.65%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Vanadium compounds 400 0 5,600,000 3.25%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - IRVIN PLANT WEST MIFFLIN PA Lead compounds 295 0 5,311,620 3.08%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Molybdenum trioxide 11,000 0 4,180,000 2.42%
US STEEL CORP MIDWEST PLANT PORTAGE IN Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 69 0 3,450,000 2.00%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 1,852 0 2,778,000 1.61%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 3,622,918 0 2,282,439 1.32%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Lead compounds 124 0 2,225,160 1.29%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Lead compounds 118 0 2,124,000 1.23%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Polycyclic aromatic compounds 10 0 1,872,000 1.09%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Antimony compounds 650 0 1,625,000 0.94%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Cyanide compounds 6,916 0 1,383,200 0.80%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 91 0 1,365,000 0.79%
USS-UPI LLC PITTSBURG CA Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 22 0 1,120,000 0.65%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Lead compounds 33 0 587,340 0.34%
US STEEL CORP-FAIRFIELD WORKS FAIRFIELD AL Lead 25 0 441,900 0.26%
US STEEL CORP GREAT LAKES WORKS ECORSE MI Lead compounds 5 14 333,720 0.19%
BIG RIVER STEEL LLC OSCEOLA AR Lead compounds 12 0 216,000 0.13%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 143 0 214,500 0.12%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 14 0 210,000 0.12%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Thallium compounds 15 0 210,000 0.12%
BIG RIVER STEEL LLC OSCEOLA AR Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 11 0 165,000 0.10%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 220,000 0 138,600 0.08%
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS HOUSTON HOUSTON TX Lead 6 0 114,480 0.07%
US STEEL FAIRLESS HILLS WORKS FAIRLESS HILLS PA Lead compounds 6 0 112,680 0.07%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 5 0 104,600 0.06%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 150,000 0 94,500 0.05%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Manganese compounds 12,500 0 88,750 0.05%
US STEEL CORP-FAIRFIELD WORKS FAIRFIELD AL Chromium 6 0 87,150 0.05%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 54 0 81,000 0.05%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Benzene 1 0 55,000 0.03%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Pyridine 55 0 55,000 0.03%
US STEEL CORP MIDWEST PLANT PORTAGE IN Lead compounds 3 0 50,400 0.03%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Zinc compounds 7,500 0 24,750 0.01%
BIG RIVER STEEL LLC OSCEOLA AR Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 16 0 24,000 0.01%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Mercury compounds 2 0 23,600 0.01%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - IRVIN PLANT WEST MIFFLIN PA Nickel compounds 235 0 21,385 0.01%
US STEEL CORP MIDWEST PLANT PORTAGE IN Manganese 3,000 0 21,300 0.01%
WHEELING MACHINE PINE BLUFF PINE BLUFF AR Lead 1 0 19,620 0.01%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Zinc compounds 5,829 0 19,236 0.01%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Manganese compounds 2,600 0 18,460 0.01%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Manganese compounds 2,564 0 18,204 0.01%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 2,300 0 11,500 0.01%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Beryllium compounds 20 0 10,000 0.01%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Cadmium compounds 4 0 8,000 0.00%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Beryllium compounds 13 0 6,500 0.00%
US STEEL CORP MIDWEST PLANT PORTAGE IN Nickel 69 0 6,279 0.00%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Selenium compounds 31 0 6,200 0.00%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Nickel compounds 66 0 6,006 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 9,517 0 5,996 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Mercury compounds 1 0 5,800 0.00%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Silver compounds 19 0 3,800 0.00%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 0 3,600 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Ethylbenzene 3 0 3,300 0.00%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Zinc compounds 1,000 0 3,300 0.00%
US STEEL CORP MIDWEST PLANT PORTAGE IN Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 4,200 0 2,646 0.00%
US STEEL CORP-FAIRFIELD WORKS FAIRFIELD AL Manganese 348 0 2,468 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Nickel compounds 19 0 1,729 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - IRVIN PLANT WEST MIFFLIN PA Manganese compounds 232 0 1,647 0.00%
US STEEL CORP GREAT LAKES WORKS ECORSE MI Zinc compounds 406 69 1,568 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - IRVIN PLANT WEST MIFFLIN PA Zinc compounds 443 0 1,462 0.00%
BIG RIVER STEEL LLC OSCEOLA AR Nickel compounds 12 0 1,092 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Beryllium compounds 2 0 1,000 0.00%
US STEEL CORP-FAIRFIELD WORKS FAIRFIELD AL Zinc compounds 296 0 977 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Mercury compounds 0 0 900 0.00%
PRO-TEC COATING CO LEIPSIC OH Nickel compounds 0 9 819 0.00% 50%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 107 0 535 0.00%
US STEEL FAIRLESS HILLS WORKS FAIRLESS HILLS PA Zinc compounds 160 0 528 0.00%
US STEEL FAIRLESS HILLS WORKS FAIRLESS HILLS PA Nickel compounds 5 0 455 0.00%
BIG RIVER STEEL LLC OSCEOLA AR Zinc compounds 128 0 422 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Naphthalene 6 0 300 0.00%
DOUBLE G COATINGS CO LP JACKSON MS Manganese 0 33 234 0.00% 50%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Phenol 34 0 112 0.00%
DOUBLE G COATINGS CO LP JACKSON MS Zinc compounds 0 25 83 0.00% 50%
US STEEL CORP MIDWEST PLANT PORTAGE IN Zinc compounds 25 0 83 0.00%
BIG RIVER STEEL LLC OSCEOLA AR Manganese compounds 10 0 71 0.00%
PRO-TEC COATING CO LEIPSIC OH Zinc compounds 0 14 46 0.00% 50%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Toluene 3 0 39 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Xylene (mixed isomers) 6 0 30 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Anthracene 5 0 17 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Styrene 3 0 15 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Phenanthrene 5 0 0 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Dibenzofuran 27 0 0 0.00%
USS-CLAIRTON PLANT CLAIRTON PA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 394 0 0 0.00%
USS MON VALLEY WORKS - EDGAR THOMSON PLANT BRADDOCK PA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 23 0 0 0.00%
PRO-TEC COATING CO LEIPSIC OH Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 0 473 0 0.00% 50%
USS GARY WORKS GARY IN Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 273 0 0 0.00%
U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS GRANITE CITY IL Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 1,200 0 0 0.00%
For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes .
Toxic hazard : Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2022, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project.
Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers : Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.
* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's releases have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies for their parent company data, although the full pounds and hazard are displayed here.
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