TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Uss Gary Works

Total reported releases 19.2M lb rose sharply year over year (+47%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.

1 N BROADWAY, Gary, Indiana · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by US Steel CORP

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 19.2M.28.6M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'2419.2M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC REGRESSION · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

Manganese And Manganese Compounds at Uss Gary Works have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Vanadium compounds

Vanadium compounds releases at Uss Gary Works rose from 317k lb to 587k lb between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

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

Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) releases at Uss Gary Works rose from 509k lb to 859k lb between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

Manganese And Manganese Compounds releases at Uss Gary Works rose from 6.9M lb to 11.1M lb between 2023 and 2024.

Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

11.1M lb · +61% YoY

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

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

5.7M lb · +27% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

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

859k lb · +69% YoY

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

GENERALCAS N770

Vanadium compounds

587k lb · +85% YoY

Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

PBTCAS N420

Lead And Lead Compounds

313k lb · +30% YoY

Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have fallen 15% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

161k lb · -7% YoY

Ammonia concentrations have fallen 45% since 2010.

GENERALCAS N511

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

120k lb · -8% YoY

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper And Copper Compounds

75k lb · +13% YoY

Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations are up 34% since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (43 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 28,082. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
59.5%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
97.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
5.9%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
20.7%

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.