Nucor Steel Auburn INC
Total reported releases 72k lb rose modestly year over year (+7%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
25 QUARRY RD, Auburn, New York · 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
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled 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 roughly unchanged from 2013.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Nickel compounds
Nickel compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations are up 78% since 2010.
Mercury compounds
Mercury compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (32 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 28,751. 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.