TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa INC

Total reported releases 1.7M lb held roughly steady year over year (-2%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

1700 HOLT RD NE, Tuscaloosa, Alabama · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Nucor CORP

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 1.7M.9.8M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'241.7M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Zinc compounds

Zinc compounds at Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa INC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa INC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Manganese compounds

Manganese compounds at Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa INC have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

748k lb · -2% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese compounds

575k lb · -16% YoY

Manganese compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)

282k lb · +43% YoY

Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper compounds

42k lb · -7% YoY

Copper compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel compounds

26k lb · -7% YoY

Nickel compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

GENERALCAS N770

Vanadium compounds

20k lb · -12% YoY

Vanadium compounds concentrations are up 18% since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead compounds

12k lb · +46% YoY

Lead compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N010

Antimony compounds

995 lb · YoY

Antimony compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (22 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 42,781. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
45.1%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
37.1%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
5.0%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
10.8%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.

Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.

What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.