Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds releases at Optimus Steel LLC fell from 392k lb to 19k lb (95% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Optimus Steel LLC
Total reported releases 51k lb more than halved year over year (-90%). Total releases concentrations are up 81% since 2010.
100 OLD HWY 90 W, Vidor, Texas · 331110 · Primary Metals · operated by Optimus Steel LLC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds releases at Optimus Steel LLC fell from 103k lb to 27k lb (73% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 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 2012.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations are up 75% since 2010.
Mercury compounds
Mercury compounds concentrations are up 17% since 2010.
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds concentrations are up 10% since 2011.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (12 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 11,764. Why we surface this →
33.6%
Low-income
14.4%
People of color
7.2%
Under age 5
16.4%
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.