Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ALTON STEEL INC
5 CUT ST, ALTON, IL, 62002
Parent company: NA
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 | Methanol | Phosphoric acid | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Manganese compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 1,933 | — | — | — | — | 3,146 |
| 2023 | 1,870 | — | — | — | — | 3,155 |
| 2022 | 2,051 | — | — | — | — | 3,346 |
| 2021 | 4,817 | — | — | — | — | 6,533 |
| 2020 | 6,162 | — | — | — | — | 7,978 |
| 2019 | 6,801 | — | — | — | — | 8,916 |
| 2018 | 5,414 | — | — | — | — | 7,245 |
| 2017 | 2,184 | — | — | 37 | 1,027 | 3,735 |
| 2016 | 2,224 | — | — | 45 | 1,031 | 3,756 |
| 2015 | 1,963 | — | — | 46 | 1,036 | 3,509 |
| 2014 | 2,501 | — | — | 54 | 1,270 | 4,475 |
| 2013 | 505 | — | — | 255 | 500 | 1,700 |
| 2012 | 1,005 | — | — | 255 | 500 | 2,200 |
| 2011 | 2,655 | — | — | 500 | 1,500 | 5,170 |
| 2010 | 12,255 | — | — | 500 | 2,550 | 15,904 |
| 2009 | 7,855 | — | — | 500 | 2,050 | 11,481 |
| 2008 | 17,255 | — | — | 500 | 3,550 | 23,214 |
| 2007 | 14,255 | — | — | 255 | 2,750 | 18,145 |
| 2006 | 8,355 | — | — | 255 | 1,950 | 11,549 |
| 2005 | 5,255 | — | — | 255 | 1,250 | 7,376 |
| 2004 | 6,200 | — | — | 255 | 1,355 | 8,485 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | 20 | 755 | 775 |
| 2001 | 83,347 | — | — | 38 | 914 | 84,796 |
| 2000 | 239,021 | — | — | 73 | 2,100 | 242,620 |
| 1999 | 281,429 | — | — | 8,296 | 3,034 | 294,486 |
| 1998 | 18,725 | — | — | 130 | 3,700 | 24,679 |
| 1997 | 15,919 | — | — | 218,100 | 4,500 | 240,873 |
| 1996 | 17,657 | — | — | 160 | 4,700 | 23,886 |
| 1995 | 26,378 | — | — | 159 | 4,015 | 32,491 |
| 1994 | 20,344 | 60,094 | — | 275 | 6,965 | 90,607 |
| 1993 | 21,150 | 88,000 | 88,000 | 13,272 | 63,951 | 299,255 |
| 1992 | 20,150 | 88,000 | 88,000 | 13,272 | 63,951 | 299,028 |
| 1991 | 17,140 | 68,000 | 66,000 | 33,242 | 58,048 | 260,528 |
| 1990 | — | 57,821 | 71,826 | — | — | 311,698 |
| 1989 | — | 105,983 | 6,568 | — | — | 212,554 |
| 1988 | — | 27,512 | — | — | — | 101,593 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 89,781 |
▎ 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.