Facility detail

DETROIT STEEL CO

1491 W JEFFERSON AVE, TRENTON, MI, 48183

Parent company: NA

Carcinogen — 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 Methanol Zinc compounds Ethylene glycol Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) Ammonia Total (lbs)
2003 — — — — — 1,619
2002 — — — — — 2,805
2001 — — — — — 8,998
2000 — — — — — 2,200
1999 — — — — — 3
1998 — — — — — 3
1996 21,700 2,810 250 — — 25,300
1995 92,000 11,910 1,900 — — 106,269
1994 96,000 28,010 2,000 — 32,010 158,540
1993 70,000 32,500 2,500 — — 106,020
1992 34,000 8,455 16,000 — — 59,735
1991 87,000 14,255 22,000 — — 124,770
1990 110,000 7,600 28,000 — — 147,125
1989 140,000 9,150 27,000 — — 178,650
1988 14,000 — — 750 — 15,500
1987 27,800 — — 54,850 — 83,150

▎ 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.