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Rank in Toxic 100: 17
Rank among all TRI companies: 52
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 317,314
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 1,272,847
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 34%
EJ: Minority Share: 67%

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This company is rank 35 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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Chromium and chromium compounds 4,366 0 1,111,392 87.32% 35.4% 69.6%
Nickel and nickel compounds 2,397 0 89,701 7.05% 32.4% 62.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 2,580 0 52,346 4.11% 20.0% 23.0%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds 328 0 8,172 0.64% 17.6% 31.5%
Manganese and manganese compounds 34,572 0 6,805 0.53% 23.4% 44.2%
Lead and lead compounds 4,772 0 2,866 0.23% 36.1% 74.4%
Glycol Ethers 140,569 0 1,017 0.08% 23.5% 40.8%
Mercury and mercury compounds 4,360 0 220 0.02% 16.0% 35.0%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds 7 0 149 0.01% 19.8% 57.1%
Copper and copper compounds 2,107 0 60 0.00% 18.4% 42.6%
Zinc and zinc compounds 65,526 0 44 0.00% 21.1% 41.4%
Hydrochloric acid 11,827 0 22 0.00% 14.5% 31.7%
Barium and barium compounds 516 0 19 0.00% 19.1% 41.7%
Ethylbenzene 3,900 0 12 0.00% 25.6% 37.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 28,739 0 12 0.00% 19.0% 13.0%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds 0 0 4 0.00% 14.7% 16.0%
Ammonia 10,400 0 3 0.00% 15.6% 37.7%
Chlorine dioxide 5 0 1 0.00% 19.0% 43.7%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 0 1 0.00% 17.2% 37.6%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 90 0 0 0.00% 18.8% 29.8%
Propylene (Propene) 254 0 0 0.00% 21.3% 27.3%

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