Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds releases at Valmont-Virginia Galvanizing INC rose from 26k lb to 53k lb (2.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 53k lb more than doubled year over year (+108%). Total releases concentrations are up 78% since 2010.
3535 HALIFAX RD, Petersburg, Virginia · 332812 · Fabricated Metals · operated by Valmont Industries INC
Zinc compounds releases at Valmont-Virginia Galvanizing INC rose from 26k lb to 53k lb (2.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 78% since 2010.
Within 3 miles of this facility (16 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 20,218. 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.