Facility detail

NUCOR STEEL NEBRASKA

2911 E NUCOR RD, NORFOLK, NE, 68701

Parent company: NUCOR CORP

Carcinogen PBT — 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 Zinc compounds Manganese compounds Zinc (fume or dust) Lead compounds Phenol Total (lbs)
2024 1,543 — — — — 5,633
2023 1,710 — — — — 5,402
2022 1,429 — — — — 5,004
2021 2,867 — — — — 7,188
2020 1,866 2,493 — 657 — 5,498
2019 2,465 2,142 — 570 — 5,688
2018 2,943 — — — — 5,888
2017 2,456 1,674 — 424 — 5,092
2016 3,381 1,352 — 349 — 5,594
2015 3,539 6,333 — 369 — 10,803
2014 3,135 5,372 — 271 — 9,417
2013 2,923 6,077 — 356 — 9,948
2012 2,679 5,197 — 188 — 8,685
2011 3,204 7,664 — 241 — 11,775
2010 3,326 5,785 — 247 — 10,043
2009 2,100 5,900 — 181 — 9,742
2008 5,350 9,800 — 173 — 17,158
2007 5,224 8,975 — 210 — 16,689
2006 16,450 11,050 — 1,098 — 31,000
2005 7,690 12,817 — 2,025 — 24,533
2004 8,039 12,890 — 2,094 — 25,321
2003 7,522 10,558 — 1,972 — 21,591
2002 29,506 6,102 — 2,821 — 41,147
2001 7,570 2,789 — 1,750 — 13,521
2000 8,369 2,991 — 1,965 17,949 32,302
1999 8,186 3,053 — 1,880 — 14,306
1998 3,879 6,604 — 1,654 — 13,842
1997 1,778 688 — 209 — 3,189
1996 1,788 645 — 211 — 2,805
1995 1,942 565 — 193 — 2,809
1994 2,347 619 — 197 — 3,741
1993 2,637 594 — 188 — 4,540
1992 2,264 520 — 169 — 4,064
1991 — — 33,690 — — 45,159

▎ 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.