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Rank in Toxic 100: 31
Rank among all TRI companies: 90
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 1,780,074
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 3,637,180
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 687,927
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 25%
EJ: Minority Share: 55%

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This company is rank 23 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 30 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Ethylene 160,023 3,000,000 4 0.00% 21.9% 37.9%
Propylene (Propene) 5,840 240,000 0 0.00% 20.4% 36.2%
Benzene 74,547 132,410 75,784 11.02% 23.6% 42.5%
Naphthalene 14,326 96,270 7,564 1.10% 21.5% 39.5%
Phenanthrene 4,078 50,807 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 2,022 25,953 28,893 4.20% 19.7% 26.8%
Toluene 11,600 25,500 0 0.00% 23.6% 43.1%
Anthracene 489 20,680 0 0.00% 19.8% 34.6%
Dibenzofuran 906 12,786 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 317,047 12,000 32,592 4.74% 22.5% 42.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 2,481 7,320 7 0.00% 27.7% 54.7%
Biphenyl 334 3,920 11 0.00% 17.9% 24.2%
Carbon disulfide 33,363 2,590 6 0.00% 17.4% 23.1%
Methanol 76,000 1,400 1 0.00% 20.5% 30.7%
Styrene 271 1,370 0 0.00% 16.6% 23.0%
Ammonia 545,494 1,266 1,106 0.16% 23.2% 45.5%
Phenol 38,562 1,146 25 0.00% 18.4% 24.9%
Acetonitrile 378 620 0 0.00% 16.1% 22.3%
Pyridine 7 330 0 0.00% 17.3% 23.0%
Dicyclopentadiene 1 230 0 0.00% 15.3% 22.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2 160 0 0.00% 17.6% 23.4%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 3,000 150 1 0.00% 18.3% 23.9%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 563 107 307 0.04% 20.6% 29.4%
Ethylbenzene 54 81 1 0.00% 17.0% 22.9%
2-Methylpyridine 0 44 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol 0 38 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyanide compounds 10,042 2 1,945 0.28% 17.5% 23.1%
Hydrogen cyanide 24,979 0 4,552 0.66% 17.9% 25.3%
1,3-Butadiene 748 0 4,678 0.68% 31.6% 64.0%
Molybdenum trioxide 294 0 341 0.05% 26.6% 65.9%
Lead and lead compounds 1,714 0 2,971 0.43% 26.7% 56.5%
Manganese and manganese compounds 30,294 0 29,817 4.33% 26.8% 61.1%
Mercury and mercury compounds 384 0 234 0.03% 24.3% 56.1%
Nickel and nickel compounds 671 0 36,577 5.32% 24.9% 60.7%
Silver and silver compounds 22 0 0 0.00% 24.7% 63.8%
Thallium and thallium compounds 159 0 159 0.02% 25.7% 64.9%
Antimony and antimony compounds 173 0 223 0.03% 25.3% 63.2%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds 140 0 114,841 16.69% 26.6% 58.4%
Barium and barium compounds 660 0 296 0.04% 25.7% 62.0%
Beryllium and beryllium compounds 8 0 5,022 0.73% 26.1% 64.5%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds 197 0 96,410 14.01% 26.1% 61.1%
Chromium and chromium compounds 1,309 0 194,724 28.31% 26.4% 59.9%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds 42 0 45,967 6.68% 24.8% 63.9%
Copper and copper compounds 980 0 79 0.01% 26.3% 58.5%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 689 0 6 0.00% 25.4% 61.9%
Zinc and zinc compounds 90,015 0 757 0.11% 27.9% 62.5%
Hydrochloric acid 310,287 0 1,274 0.19% 19.2% 36.6%
Sulfuric acid 2,500 0 465 0.07% 22.7% 61.5%
Selenium and selenium compounds 79 0 1 0.00% 25.8% 64.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 100 0.01% 22.7% 61.5%
Glycol Ethers 11,000 0 183 0.03% 18.8% 64.4%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 1,300 0 0 0.00% 17.5% 23.1%

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