Cmc Steel Tennessee
Total reported releases 12k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+34%). Total releases concentrations are up 91% since 2010.
1919 TENNESSEE AVE, Knoxville, Tennessee · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Commercial Metals Co
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 more than doubled since 2010.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations are up 94% since 2010.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations are up 33% since 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations are up 63% 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 have more than doubled since 2010.
Mercury compounds
Mercury compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Nickel compounds
Nickel compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (56 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 72,693. 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.