Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
USS SOUTH WORKS
79TH ST & BRANDON AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60617
Parent company: USX CORP
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 | Methanol | Zinc compounds | Manganese compounds | Lead compounds | Zinc (fume or dust) | Total (lbs) |
| 1992 | — | 1,340 | 1,160 | 1,600 | — | 4,100 |
| 1991 | 20,000 | 13,900 | 13,900 | 12,800 | — | 74,850 |
| 1990 | 40,000 | 16,100 | 7,800 | 9,100 | — | 83,895 |
| 1989 | 77,000 | 15,800 | 7,900 | 7,100 | — | 115,432 |
| 1988 | — | 21,500 | 7,300 | 5,400 | — | 37,050 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | 25,000 | 25,250 |
▎ 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.