Nucor-Yamato Steel CO
Total reported releases 424k lb fell meaningfully year over year (-21%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 15% since 2010.
5929 E STATE HWY 18, Blytheville, Arkansas · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Nucor CORP
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have fallen 13% since 2010.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations have fallen 45% since 2010.
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are up 42% since 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations have fallen 38% since 2010.
Nickel compounds
Nickel compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Mercury compounds
Mercury compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2020.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,936. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.