Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
NUCOR STEEL KANKAKEE INC
ONE NUCOR WAY, BOURBONNAIS, IL, 60914
Parent company: NUCOR 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 | Zinc compounds | Manganese compounds | Lead compounds | Manganese And Manganese Compounds | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 1,143 | — | — | 648 | — | 2,305 |
| 2023 | 1,943 | — | — | 653 | — | 3,098 |
| 2022 | 1,884 | 575 | 150 | — | 80 | 2,938 |
| 2021 | 1,624 | 570 | 150 | — | — | 2,704 |
| 2020 | 1,341 | — | — | 497 | — | 2,312 |
| 2019 | 2,133 | — | — | 611 | — | 3,274 |
| 2018 | 1,996 | — | — | 678 | — | 3,219 |
| 2017 | 1,737 | 491 | 135 | — | 92 | 2,673 |
| 2016 | 1,627 | 471 | 141 | — | 84 | 2,535 |
| 2015 | 1,833 | 612 | 158 | — | 90 | 2,929 |
| 2014 | 2,268 | 510 | 231 | — | 128 | 3,414 |
| 2013 | 2,011 | 485 | 163 | — | 106 | 2,998 |
| 2012 | 1,876 | 447 | 181 | — | 106 | 2,845 |
| 2011 | 981 | 1,185 | 27 | — | 46 | 2,401 |
| 2010 | 995 | 1,194 | 27 | — | 46 | 2,449 |
| 2009 | 1,172 | 1,468 | 10 | — | 41 | 2,729 |
| 2008 | 2,903 | 838 | 75 | — | 46 | 4,501 |
| 2007 | 3,128 | 916 | 346 | — | 119 | 4,615 |
| 2006 | 8,567 | 1,620 | 979 | — | 223 | 11,672 |
| 2005 | 7,697 | 1,524 | 1,050 | — | 224 | 10,774 |
| 2004 | 7,947 | 1,488 | 1,124 | — | 225 | 11,064 |
| 2003 | 6,730 | 1,374 | 913 | — | 434 | 9,607 |
| 2002 | 5,395 | 1,135 | 707 | — | 195 | 7,568 |
| 2001 | 4,240 | 842 | 646 | — | — | 5,741 |
| 2000 | 5,390 | 951 | 719 | — | — | 7,075 |
| 1999 | 5,649 | 1,393 | 878 | — | — | 7,928 |
| 1998 | 5,362 | 1,210 | 820 | — | — | 7,399 |
| 1997 | 7,400 | 839 | 1,084 | — | — | 9,330 |
| 1996 | 6,173 | 811 | 718 | — | — | 7,711 |
| 1995 | 3,222 | 489 | 1,184 | — | 31 | 4,965 |
| 1994 | 2,748 | 418 | 1,010 | — | 27 | 4,237 |
| 1993 | 2,546 | 122 | 295 | — | 8 | 2,981 |
| 1992 | 44,947 | 2,158 | 5,214 | — | 137 | 52,631 |
| 1991 | 37,935 | 1,821 | 4,400 | — | 115 | 44,418 |
| 1990 | 28,621 | 1,374 | 3,320 | — | 87 | 33,513 |
| 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | 2,000 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 934 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
▎ 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.