Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC
3001 DICKEY RD, EAST CHICAGO, IN, 46312
Parent company: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS 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 | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Manganese | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 3,000 | — | 6,105 | — | — | 52,152 |
| 2023 | 26,300 | — | — | — | — | 70,360 |
| 2022 | 25,100 | 4,100 | — | — | — | 69,390 |
| 2021 | 29,800 | 4,800 | — | — | — | 87,632 |
| 2020 | 30,600 | 6,400 | — | — | — | 81,850 |
| 2019 | 36,400 | — | — | — | — | 101,384 |
| 2018 | 34,700 | 8,600 | — | — | — | 99,311 |
| 2017 | 36,200 | 8,800 | — | — | — | 102,909 |
| 2016 | 18,700 | 5,080 | — | — | — | 76,440 |
| 2015 | 21,700 | 5,400 | — | — | — | 99,240 |
| 2014 | 27,400 | 8,100 | 155 | — | — | 130,439 |
| 2013 | 32,600 | 8,900 | 595 | — | — | 141,549 |
| 2012 | 34,300 | 8,600 | 635 | — | — | 145,180 |
| 2011 | 33,100 | 7,800 | 535 | — | — | 137,794 |
| 2010 | 15,600 | 3,790 | 535 | — | — | 90,667 |
| 2009 | 8,890 | 1,220 | 355 | — | — | 64,300 |
| 2008 | 47,500 | 6,700 | 920 | — | — | 178,433 |
| 2007 | 43,700 | 7,400 | 1,012 | — | — | 115,421 |
| 2006 | 46,800 | 5,600 | 1,000 | — | — | 138,836 |
| 2005 | 53,500 | 4,000 | 900 | — | — | 103,571 |
| 2004 | 59,254 | 3,323 | 335 | — | — | 150,582 |
| 2003 | 49,890 | 2,832 | 9,739 | — | — | 127,818 |
| 2002 | 29,114 | 1,335 | 5,128 | — | — | 59,148 |
| 2001 | 65,627 | 9,877 | 68,236 | — | — | 190,702 |
| 2000 | 65,250 | 7,800 | 105,088 | — | — | 224,838 |
| 1999 | 71,800 | 4,250 | 120,000 | — | — | 242,100 |
| 1998 | 1,865,200 | 260,136 | 110,000 | — | — | 2,295,586 |
| 1997 | 7,071,400 | 932,000 | 121,000 | — | — | 8,241,800 |
| 1996 | 6,672,300 | 590,800 | 120,000 | — | — | 7,490,050 |
| 1995 | 67,500 | 811,050 | 110,000 | — | — | 1,050,300 |
| 1994 | 250 | 429,250 | 100,000 | — | — | 565,760 |
| 1993 | 750 | 320,000 | 120,000 | — | — | 469,960 |
| 1992 | 250 | 486,150 | 110,000 | 84,000 | — | 713,900 |
| 1991 | 250 | 422,350 | 360,000 | 170,000 | — | 982,200 |
| 1990 | 250 | 362,050 | 450,000 | 400,000 | — | 1,302,650 |
| 1989 | — | — | 584,000 | 455,700 | 406,400 | 1,709,100 |
| 1988 | — | — | 540,000 | 526,800 | 365,600 | 1,741,900 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 620,000 | — | 675,252 |
▎ 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.