Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC
3210 WATLING ST MAIL CODE (8-130), 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 | Manganese compounds | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Zinc compounds | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Benzene | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | 33,005 | 15,100 | — | — | 364,439 |
| 2023 | — | 3,905 | 14,700 | — | — | 443,771 |
| 2022 | 1,860 | 3,305 | 14,300 | 113 | — | 318,905 |
| 2021 | 2,100 | 3,805 | 16,100 | 142 | — | 348,570 |
| 2020 | 1,870 | 3,305 | 14,800 | 130 | — | 324,957 |
| 2019 | — | 4,305 | 49,300 | — | — | 379,425 |
| 2018 | 3,360 | 4,405 | 54,000 | 171 | — | 350,783 |
| 2017 | 3,400 | 4,505 | 54,600 | 181 | — | 347,131 |
| 2016 | 3,480 | 4,905 | 51,200 | 186 | — | 357,484 |
| 2015 | 3,270 | 4,705 | 46,800 | 167 | — | 311,490 |
| 2014 | 2,970 | 4,705 | 42,300 | 163 | — | 300,106 |
| 2013 | 3,240 | 4,105 | 45,400 | 169 | — | 338,737 |
| 2012 | 3,800 | 4,005 | 55,000 | 187 | — | 341,569 |
| 2011 | 4,900 | 4,205 | 57,000 | 247 | — | 294,639 |
| 2010 | 5,100 | 4,305 | 61,200 | 228 | — | 243,616 |
| 2009 | 3,680 | 3,605 | 47,900 | 106 | — | 192,898 |
| 2008 | 4,880 | 4,300 | 53,113 | 164 | — | 229,412 |
| 2007 | 5,600 | 5,610 | 63,370 | 150 | — | 201,737 |
| 2006 | 5,800 | 8,000 | 68,180 | 162 | — | 190,735 |
| 2005 | 14,600 | 22,590 | 37,520 | 255 | — | 138,544 |
| 2004 | 18,900 | 30,635 | 48,050 | 320 | — | 191,278 |
| 2003 | 18,700 | 28,070 | 44,135 | 292 | — | 212,688 |
| 2002 | 18,900 | 30,200 | 50,147 | 268 | — | 238,559 |
| 2001 | 20,100 | 27,400 | 50,380 | 350 | — | 262,119 |
| 2000 | 20,852 | 16,200 | 51,530 | 355 | — | 244,427 |
| 1999 | 22,489 | 33,460 | 51,313 | 409 | — | 169,768 |
| 1998 | 24,252 | 203,360 | 63,058 | 419 | — | 410,402 |
| 1997 | 22,811 | 503,360 | 54,777 | 438 | — | 892,488 |
| 1996 | 26,967 | 436,360 | 62,399 | 975 | — | 883,791 |
| 1995 | 29,975 | 307,360 | 57,309 | 1,248 | — | 690,342 |
| 1994 | 52,945 | 310,360 | 87,886 | 2,324 | — | 672,464 |
| 1993 | 7,502,084 | 331,360 | 2,025,011 | 244,837 | 80,411 | 11,042,381 |
| 1992 | 26,869,075 | 418,360 | 1,863,093 | 1,060,006 | 148,303 | 31,568,194 |
| 1991 | 28,024,400 | 388,360 | 1,839,500 | 1,000,550 | 186,000 | 32,879,735 |
| 1990 | 39,039,000 | 4,939,360 | 2,671,000 | 1,300,670 | 996,005 | 51,113,990 |
| 1989 | 38,028,000 | 7,272,360 | 4,490,900 | 1,401,850 | 1,231,250 | 55,569,375 |
| 1988 | — | 5,900,000 | — | 1,602,350 | 1,246,000 | 11,416,750 |
| 1987 | 11,010,500 | — | — | — | 2,200,000 | 13,901,800 |
▎ 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.