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AK Steel

Rank in Toxic 100: 64
Rank among all TRI companies: 179
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 296,353
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 19,254
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 289,677
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 22%

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This company is rank 28 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 92 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Copper and copper compounds 148 0 1,500 18 0.01% 31.7% 54.4% 40.0% 21.6% 12.5%
Formaldehyde 463 0 46,000 1,277 0.44% 30.8% 52.7% 46.6% 28.3% 11.8%
Zinc and zinc compounds 32,019 0 100 276 0.10% 30.1% 51.7% 35.6% 19.4% 10.4%
Lead and lead compounds 2,392 0 23,000 3,362 1.16% 26.9% 46.8% 30.1% 16.5% 7.8%
Manganese and manganese compounds 7,615 0 12,000 9,571 3.30% 25.4% 44.4% 27.0% 14.2% 6.9%
Nickel and nickel compounds 773 0 930,000 43,208 14.92% 22.0% 39.6% 22.4% 12.2% 4.6%
Chromium and chromium compounds 2,710 0 43,000,000 144,192 49.78% 21.4% 39.7% 21.7% 11.8% 4.6%
Mercury and mercury compounds 446 0 12,000 519 0.18% 22.2% 39.3% 20.3% 10.4% 4.2%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 2,000 0 700 138 0.05% 22.0% 39.0% 19.4% 9.7% 4.0%
Hydrochloric acid 14,759 0 180 66 0.02% 16.4% 32.6% 22.9% 13.7% 3.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 357 6,700 710,000 11,041 3.81% 28.0% 49.3% 20.3% 11.3% 3.2%
Toluene 11,719 2 1 0 0.00% 17.7% 35.7% 17.7% 10.1% 2.7%
Phenol 5,594 104 18 4 0.00% 23.9% 45.0% 20.5% 12.6% 2.7%
Benzene 61,557 2 28,000 72,153 24.91% 22.7% 43.4% 19.8% 12.2% 2.6%
Naphthalene 4,516 6,690 12,000 2,585 0.89% 25.1% 46.9% 20.1% 12.4% 2.6%
Ammonia 28,061 0 35 33 0.01% 22.6% 43.5% 19.1% 11.7% 2.6%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 10 0 140 0 0.00% 10.7% 26.0% 6.4% 2.5% 1.9%
Molybdenum trioxide 66 0 15,000 23 0.01% 11.1% 26.6% 7.1% 3.0% 1.8%
Ethylene 42,999 0 1 1 0.00% 24.3% 47.7% 19.3% 13.0% 1.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 1,630 3 35 1 0.00% 20.7% 42.9% 15.4% 10.2% 1.3%
Anthracene 69 705 3 0 0.00% 27.0% 53.0% 21.7% 15.9% 1.3%
Hydrogen fluoride 25,698 0 250 168 0.06% 17.9% 37.9% 9.6% 4.0% 1.3%
Hydrogen sulfide 4,000 0 1,800 139 0.05% 23.3% 47.3% 18.0% 12.7% 1.3%
Cyanide compounds 2,800 0 4,400 408 0.14% 25.2% 50.4% 19.8% 14.4% 1.2%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 1 150 6 0 0.00% 27.3% 53.9% 21.8% 16.3% 1.1%
Styrene 39 0 4 0 0.00% 27.7% 54.6% 22.2% 16.7% 1.1%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 500 438 20,000 263 0.09% 28.2% 55.5% 22.8% 17.3% 1.1%
Nitric acid 31,266 0 270 167 0.06% 20.7% 44.2% 9.5% 3.7% 0.9%
Glycol Ethers 10,600 0 180 62 0.02% 21.4% 44.8% 10.7% 4.3% 0.8%
Phenanthrene 1,376 3,690 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dibenzofuran 170 770 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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