TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Smi Steel LLC Dba Cmc Steel Alabama

Total reported releases 3k lb rose sharply year over year (+45%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

101 S 50TH ST, Birmingham, Alabama · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Commercial Metals Co

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 3k.196k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'243k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Smi Steel LLC Dba Cmc Steel Alabama have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

2k lb · +86% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

1k lb · +11% YoY

Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

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

198 lb · +112% YoY

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

PBTCAS N458

Mercury And Mercury Compounds

172 lb · +2% YoY

Mercury And Mercury Compounds concentrations are up 18% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel And Nickel Compounds

153 lb · +15% YoY

Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations are up 29% since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

87 lb · +39% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

70 lb · +233% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

PBTCAS N150

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds

1 lb · +1% YoY

Dioxin and dioxin-like 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 (73 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 61,682. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
41.9%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
47.1%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
6.7%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
15.8%

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.