Facility detail

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS COLUMBUS LLC

1800 WATKINS RD, COLUMBUS, OH, 43207

Parent company: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Ammonia Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Zinc compounds Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Nickel compounds Total (lbs)
2024 2,765 — 45 — — 2,810
2023 3,076 — 47 — — 3,124
2022 2,641 — 35 — — 2,676
2021 1,134 — 52 — — 1,186
2020 794 — 49 — — 843
2019 3,298 — 47 — — 3,346
2018 3,658 — 39 — — 3,697
2017 3,934 — 39 — — 3,973
2016 5,859 — 37 — — 5,896
2015 3,600 — 37 — — 3,637
2014 3,930 — 37 — — 3,967
2013 3,790 — 37 — — 3,827
2012 4,010 — 11 — — 4,021
2011 3,900 — 5 — — 3,905
2010 3,360 — 5 — — 3,365
2009 210 — 5 — — 215
2008 10 — 5 — — 15
2007 10 — 5 — — 15
2006 10 — 5 — — 15
2005 10 — 5 — — 15
2004 10 — 5 — — 15
2003 10 — 5 — — 15
2002 10 — 5 — — 15
2001 10 — 5 — — 15
2000 — — 250 — — 250
1999 — — 250 — — 250
1998 — — 57 — 13 70
1997 — — 107 — 22 129
1996 — — 94 — 21 155
1995 — — 94 — 29 168
1994 — 720 76 466 37 1,299
1993 — 510 50 — 18 578
1992 — 580 67 — 9 656
1991 — 630 56 — 10 696

▎ 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.