Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
GERDAU AMERISTEEL CARTERSVILLE STEEL MILL
384 OLD GRASSDALE RD NE, CARTERSVILLE, GA, 30121
Parent company: GERDAU USA INC
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Zinc compounds | Manganese compounds | Lead compounds | Zinc (fume or dust) | Manganese And Manganese Compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 29,297 | — | — | — | 6,446 | 37,156 |
| 2023 | 29,002 | — | — | — | 6,691 | 37,410 |
| 2022 | 28,100 | 6,770 | — | — | — | 36,361 |
| 2021 | 32,813 | — | — | — | 3,642 | 37,848 |
| 2020 | 35,593 | — | — | — | 2,937 | 40,005 |
| 2019 | 30,352 | — | — | — | 2,280 | 34,285 |
| 2018 | 26,847 | 1,983 | 731 | — | — | 30,272 |
| 2017 | 26,847 | 1,983 | 731 | — | — | 30,071 |
| 2016 | 23,628 | 1,983 | 621 | — | — | 26,945 |
| 2015 | 23,346 | 1,947 | 709 | — | — | 26,747 |
| 2014 | 26,103 | 2,146 | 1,129 | — | — | 30,199 |
| 2013 | 25,513 | 2,032 | 1,383 | — | — | 29,312 |
| 2012 | 37,766 | 3,024 | 1,943 | — | — | 43,250 |
| 2011 | 40,442 | 3,304 | 1,944 | — | — | 46,231 |
| 2010 | 35,363 | 3,070 | 1,938 | — | — | 40,867 |
| 2009 | 29,186 | 5,957 | 1,558 | — | — | 37,149 |
| 2008 | 39,324 | 3,216 | 1,668 | — | — | 44,543 |
| 2007 | 102,148 | 6,504 | 4,540 | — | — | 114,058 |
| 2006 | 85,119 | 5,500 | 3,874 | — | — | 95,225 |
| 2005 | 76,973 | 4,973 | 3,503 | — | — | 86,111 |
| 2004 | 84,788 | 5,299 | 6,578 | — | — | 97,371 |
| 2003 | 53,598 | 3,941 | 3,732 | — | — | 61,794 |
| 2002 | 46,255 | 3,426 | 3,244 | — | — | 53,372 |
| 2001 | 55,086 | 4,045 | 3,830 | — | — | 63,002 |
| 2000 | 57,335 | 4,642 | 3,506 | — | — | 65,530 |
| 1999 | 42,331 | 3,073 | 2,048 | — | — | 47,585 |
| 1998 | 32,970 | 4,321 | 2,543 | — | — | 39,834 |
| 1997 | 24,082 | 2,355 | 1,264 | — | — | 27,701 |
| 1996 | 17,684 | 2,070 | 1,321 | — | — | 21,303 |
| 1995 | 21,186 | 2,320 | 1,476 | — | — | 25,275 |
| 1994 | 20,686 | 2,310 | 1,476 | — | — | 24,759 |
| 1993 | 18,500 | 2,130 | 1,430 | — | — | 22,278 |
| 1992 | 18,100 | 1,850 | 1,310 | — | — | 21,421 |
| 1991 | 19,200 | 1,950 | 1,310 | — | — | 22,623 |
| 1990 | 19,640 | — | — | — | — | 22,480 |
| 1989 | 50,388 | — | — | — | — | 57,678 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | 56,419 | — | 68,663 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,000 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.