Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
KENTUCKY ELECTRIC STEEL
2704 S BIG RUN RD, ASHLAND, KY, 41102
Parent company: OPTIMA SPECIALTY STEEL 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 | Lead | Manganese compounds | Zinc (fume or dust) | Lead compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2014 | 397 | — | 58 | — | 37 | 506 |
| 2013 | 397 | — | 58 | — | 37 | 506 |
| 2012 | 3,961 | — | 570 | — | 365 | 5,058 |
| 2011 | 3,406 | — | 579 | — | 404 | 4,543 |
| 2010 | 5,141 | — | 583 | — | 436 | 6,315 |
| 2009 | 7,245 | — | 727 | — | 844 | 9,030 |
| 2008 | 7,827 | — | 1,005 | — | 1,318 | 10,426 |
| 2007 | 8,544 | — | 1,173 | — | 1,478 | 11,538 |
| 2006 | 4,689 | — | 1,500 | — | 1,787 | 8,389 |
| 2005 | 9,125 | — | 953 | — | 1,495 | 12,026 |
| 2004 | 6,505 | — | 490 | — | 755 | 7,842 |
| 2001 | 16,997 | — | 2,828 | — | 1,440 | 21,807 |
| 2000 | 23,841 | — | 3,782 | — | 2,108 | 30,348 |
| 1999 | 22,332 | — | 3,566 | — | 1,975 | 28,479 |
| 1998 | 24,854 | — | 3,975 | — | 2,200 | 31,708 |
| 1997 | 169,805 | — | 26,902 | — | 15,023 | 216,027 |
| 1996 | 7,328 | — | 1,298 | — | 718 | 9,635 |
| 1995 | — | 728 | — | 7,454 | — | 9,883 |
| 1994 | — | 846 | — | 7,112 | — | 9,857 |
| 1993 | — | 710 | — | 5,744 | — | 8,054 |
| 1992 | — | 662 | — | 5,535 | — | 7,516 |
| 1991 | — | 709 | — | 5,177 | — | 7,097 |
| 1990 | — | 2,300 | — | 11,240 | — | 16,730 |
| 1989 | — | 1,000 | — | 2,984 | — | 6,947 |
| 1988 | — | 140,375 | — | 1,076 | — | 156,626 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 3,600 |
▎ 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.