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PIPELINE MILLING OPS

Quick Summary

  • Released 3,799,601 lbs of toxic chemicals to the environment in the most recent TRI reporting year.
  • Assessed $0 in total penalties since records began.
  • Reports releases of chemicals classified as known or probable carcinogens.
Address
15 MILES SOUTH
CRESCENT VALLEY, NV 89821
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County
EUREKA County
Industry
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
NAICS (North American Industry Classification)
212220
Inspections
6 · last Jul 15, 2024
Total Penalties
$0 · last Jan 29, 2013
Registry ID
110041618666

How This Compares

#11 of 144 TRI reporters in NV
#34 of 555 TRI reporters in Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Ranked by most recent year's total TRI releases.

TRI Toxic Chemical Releases

Annual pounds of each toxic chemical released to air, water, and land, as reported to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory. Carcinogen (♦) and PFAS designations are per EPA and IARC classifications.

Emissions Trend (2015–2024) -97% overall
Year Total Releases (lbs) vs Prior Year
2015 28,312,030
2016 20,987,598 -26%
2017 3,799,601 -82%
2018 11,109,923 +192%
2019 244,125 -98%
2020 23,526,534 +9537%
2021 2,852,711 -88%
2022 1,441,186 -49%
2023 9,179,557 +537%
2024 907,668 -90%

2024

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Antimony compounds
Zinc compounds
Mercury compounds 409,135 111 409,024 37
Methanol 198,230 105 198,125
Cadmium compounds 85,757 37 85,720 ♦ Carcinogen
Cobalt compounds 65,629 65,629 ♦ Carcinogen
Cyanide compounds 49,017 49,017
Copper compounds 41,590 999 40,591 65,533
Propylene 25,018 25,018
Hydrogen cyanide 17,678 17,678
Lead compounds 13,783 63 13,720
Ammonia 912 911 1
Naphthalene 740 740 ♦ Carcinogen
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 144 144
Nickel compounds 17 17 ♦ Carcinogen
Arsenic compounds 12 12 ♦ Carcinogen
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 5 5
Manganese compounds 1 1

2023

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Antimony compounds
Cobalt compounds ♦ Carcinogen
Lead compounds 4,078,154 122 4,078,032 886
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 2,427,386 2,427,386 13
Arsenic compounds 712,929 16 712,913 ♦ Carcinogen
Zinc compounds 705,667 8 705,659
Cyanide compounds 334,709 334,709
Methanol 274,004 104 273,900
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 261,645 155 261,490 4,021
Nickel compounds 110,181 548 109,633 ♦ Carcinogen
Manganese compounds 89,679 39 89,640 75,320
Cadmium compounds 88,281 34 88,247 ♦ Carcinogen
Copper compounds 58,221 905 57,316 39,897
Propylene 24,166 24,166
Hydrogen cyanide 12,756 12,756
Mercury compounds 1,078 7 1,071
Naphthalene 698 698 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 2 2

2022

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Antimony compounds
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Arsenic compounds 629,912 65 629,847 ♦ Carcinogen
Methanol 329,895 117 329,778
Cyanide compounds 204,409 204,409 16
Copper compounds 93,209 1,049 92,160 41,719
Manganese compounds 75,823 48 75,775 43,344
Cobalt compounds 68,354 68,354 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 38,134 10,668 27,466
Naphthalene 788 788 ♦ Carcinogen
Lead compounds 283 0 282
Propylene 203 203
Mercury compounds 134 1 133
Zinc compounds 28 14 14
Nickel compounds 10 10 ♦ Carcinogen
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 3 3
Cadmium compounds 1 1 ♦ Carcinogen

2021

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Antimony compounds
Zinc compounds
Arsenic compounds ♦ Carcinogen
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 1,849,368 1,849,368 8
Cyanide compounds 249,934 249,934 11
Methanol 234,734 104 234,630
Copper compounds 194,897 849 194,048 65,117
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 144,004 146 143,858 8,849
Nickel compounds 109,450 514 108,936 ♦ Carcinogen
Cobalt compounds 69,496 69,496 ♦ Carcinogen
Lead compounds 578 0 578
Propylene 194 194
Naphthalene 42 42 ♦ Carcinogen
Mercury compounds 10 1 9
Ammonia 2 1 1
Manganese compounds 1 1
Cadmium compounds 1 1 ♦ Carcinogen

2020

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Arsenic compounds 20,664,563 669 20,663,894 ♦ Carcinogen
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 1,529,547 1,529,547 15
Cyanide compounds 498,744 21,672 477,072
Zinc compounds 398,721 14 398,707
Methanol 217,132 212 216,920
Antimony compounds 88,838 1 88,837
Cobalt compounds 66,325 66,325 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 61,409 11,512 49,897
Naphthalene 896 896 ♦ Carcinogen
Propylene 229 229
Lead compounds 82 0 82
Copper compounds 22 22
Nickel compounds 13 13 ♦ Carcinogen
Mercury compounds 7 2 5
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 4 4
Manganese compounds 1 1
Cadmium compounds 1 1 ♦ Carcinogen

2019

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Antimony compounds
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 147,791 118 147,673
Cobalt compounds 71,457 71,457 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 24,826 8,306 16,520
Naphthalene 43 43 ♦ Carcinogen
Mercury compounds 7 2 5
Cadmium compounds 1 1 ♦ Carcinogen

2018

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Arsenic compounds ♦ Carcinogen
Lead compounds 9,194,886 322 9,194,564 9
Methanol 659,705 239 659,466
Cyanide compounds 591,658 27,698 563,960
Copper compounds 253,798 748 253,050 80,967
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 156,791 129 156,662
Antimony compounds 100,846 100,846
Cobalt compounds 75,704 75,704 ♦ Carcinogen
Cadmium compounds 36,269 28 36,241 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 34,903 14,298 20,605
Toluene 3,660 3,660 1,572
Naphthalene 1,039 619 420 ♦ Carcinogen
Propylene 337 337
Xylene (mixed isomers) 306 306
Nickel compounds 15 15 ♦ Carcinogen
Manganese compounds 2 2
Zinc compounds 2 2
Mercury compounds 2 2

2017

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Arsenic compounds ♦ Carcinogen
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 2,465,782 2,465,782 8
Zinc compounds 460,339 9 460,330
Cyanide compounds 285,442 28,286 257,156
Methanol 256,577 248 256,329
Antimony compounds 200,586 200,586
Cobalt compounds 71,523 71,523 ♦ Carcinogen
Cadmium compounds 34,319 28 34,291 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 24,224 9,594 14,630
Naphthalene 618 618 ♦ Carcinogen
Propylene 159 159
Copper compounds 16 16
Nickel compounds 9 9 ♦ Carcinogen
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 3 3
Mercury compounds 1 1 0
Lead compounds 1 1
Manganese compounds 1 1

2016

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Arsenic compounds 13,795,338 561 13,794,777 ♦ Carcinogen
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 2,119,299 2,119,299 9
Lead compounds 2,013,601 152 2,013,448
Zinc compounds 900,862 9 900,853
Methanol 491,083 122 490,961
Mercury compounds 353,731 147 353,584 16
Cyanide compounds 352,371 12,849 339,522
Copper compounds 284,072 801 283,271 1
Antimony compounds 196,300 196,300
Manganese compounds 135,001 35 134,966
Nickel compounds 110,338 484 109,854 ♦ Carcinogen
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 86,657 138 86,519
Cobalt compounds 70,317 70,317 ♦ Carcinogen
Cadmium compounds 33,602 30 33,572 ♦ Carcinogen
Ammonia 32,537 4,880 27,657
Propylene 11,858 11,858
Naphthalene 631 631 ♦ Carcinogen

2015

Chemical Total (lbs) Air Water Land Off-Site
Arsenic compounds 17,650,965 543 17,650,422 ♦ Carcinogen
Zinc compounds 5,369,919 9 5,369,910
Lead compounds 1,704,866 137 1,704,729
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 1,615,858 1,615,858
Cyanide compounds 426,796 16,591 410,205
Copper compounds 388,800 734 388,066 4
Methanol 293,036 254 292,782
Mercury compounds 281,419 98 281,321 2,586
Manganese compounds 169,955 33 169,922 7
Nickel compounds 122,838 444 122,394 ♦ Carcinogen
Antimony compounds 100,623 100,623
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 87,406 127 87,279
Cobalt compounds 59,122 59,122 ♦ Carcinogen
Cadmium compounds 28,584 28 28,556 ♦ Carcinogen
Propylene 11,231 11,231
Naphthalene 612 612 ♦ Carcinogen

Waste Management & Recycling

How this facility manages toxic chemicals beyond direct releases — through recycling, energy recovery, and on-site or off-site treatment. Data from the most recent TRI reporting year. Quantities in pounds.

Chemical Released Recycled Energy Recovery Treated
Ammonia 31,249
Lead compounds 709
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 11,119
Manganese compounds 87,048
Arsenic compounds 2,017
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 1,138,440
Cyanide compounds 1,200 49,554
Zinc compounds 288
Antimony compounds 106
Nickel compounds 353

Off-Site Transfer Destinations

Facilities to which toxic chemicals were transferred for disposal, recycling, energy recovery, or treatment during the most recent TRI reporting year. Quantities in pounds.

Destination Chemical Disposal Recycling Energy Rec. Treatment
PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING
ELKO, NV
Lead compounds 709
US ECOLOGY IDAHO INC SITE B
GRAND VIEW, ID
Lead compounds 140
PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING
ELKO, NV
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 11,082
DESERT DISPOSAL
WINNEMUCCA, NV
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 13
US ECOLOGY IDAHO INC SITE B
GRAND VIEW, ID
Mercury compounds 37
US ECOLOGY IDAHO INC SITE B
GRAND VIEW, ID
Cadmium compounds
PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING
ELKO, NV
Manganese compounds 85,931
BROCK BITS
GRAND JUINCTION, CO
Manganese compounds 376
US ECOLOGY IDAHO INC SITE B
GRAND VIEW, ID
Manganese compounds 7
BROCK BITS
GRAND JUINCTION, CO
Copper compounds 137
PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING
ELKO, NV
Copper compounds 65,396

Compliance Violations

Individual permit violations recorded by the EPA across air, water, and hazardous waste programs. Open violations are unresolved as of the most recent ECHO data update.

Program Type Violation Date Return to Compliance Status
caa FRV Jan 11, 2021 Open
caa FRV Jan 11, 2021 Open
rcra Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of HW TSDs: Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures Jun 27, 2018 Dec 24, 2018 Resolved
rcra State Statutory or Regulatory requirements that are broader-in-scope than the federal RCRA requirements Jun 27, 2018 Dec 24, 2018 Resolved
rcra Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of HW TSDs: Use and Management of Containers Jun 27, 2018 Dec 24, 2018 Resolved
rcra State Statutory or Regulatory requirements that are broader-in-scope than the federal RCRA requirements Jun 10, 2015 Aug 12, 2015 Resolved
rcra Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of HW TSDs: Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures Jun 10, 2015 Nov 6, 2015 Resolved
rcra Standards for Universal Waste Management: Standards for Small Quantity Handlers Jun 10, 2015 Nov 6, 2015 Resolved
rcra State Statutory or Regulatory requirements that are broader-in-scope than the federal RCRA requirements Jun 10, 2015 Nov 6, 2015 Resolved
rcra Standards for Universal Waste Management: Standards for Small Quantity Handlers Jun 10, 2015 Aug 12, 2015 Resolved
rcra Standards for Universal Waste Management: Standards for Small Quantity Handlers Apr 2, 2013 May 6, 2013 Resolved
rcra Standards Applicable to Generators of HW: Pre-Transport Requirements Applicable to Small and Large Quantity Generators Apr 2, 2013 Apr 2, 2013 Resolved
rcra State Statutory or Regulatory requirements that are broader-in-scope than the federal RCRA requirements Apr 2, 2013 Apr 2, 2013 Resolved
rcra Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of HW TSDs: Use and Management of Containers Aug 25, 2009 Aug 25, 2009 Resolved
rcra Standards Applicable to Generators of HW: Pre-Transport Requirements Applicable to Small and Large Quantity Generators Aug 23, 2006 Aug 29, 2006 Resolved
rcra Standards Applicable to Generators of HW: General Sep 13, 2005 Jan 31, 2006 Resolved
rcra Standards Applicable to Generators of HW: General May 24, 2004 Jul 28, 2004 Resolved
rcra Standards for Used Oil: Generators May 24, 2004 Jul 28, 2004 Resolved
rcra Standards Applicable to Generators of HW: General Jun 19, 2000 Oct 17, 2000 Resolved
rcra Standards Applicable to Generators of HW: General Jul 8, 1997 Jul 8, 2002 Resolved

Enforcement Actions

Formal enforcement cases brought by the EPA or state agencies, including administrative orders and civil penalties assessed. Penalty amounts reflect what was formally assessed, not necessarily what was collected.

Administrative - Formal
Clean Air Act · Case 3602376733 · Sep 23, 2020
$0
Administrative - Formal
Clean Air Act · Case 3602376734 · Sep 23, 2020
$0
Administrative - Formal
· Case 09-2011-3004 · Jan 29, 2013
$158,892
VERBAL INFORMAL
RCRA (Hazardous Waste) · Case RCRA-NVR000073874-001 · Jun 15, 2004
INSPECTION REPORT WRITTEN
RCRA (Hazardous Waste) · Case RCRA-NVR000073874-005 · Oct 15, 2002
VERBAL INFORMAL
RCRA (Hazardous Waste) · Case RCRA-NVT000604025-001 · Aug 15, 2002
INSPECTION REPORT WRITTEN
RCRA (Hazardous Waste) · Case RCRA-NVR000073874-002 · Sep 27, 2000

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