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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Polycyclic aromatic compounds
357
6,700
710,000
11,041
3.81%
28.0%
49.3%
20.3%
11.3%
3.2%
Naphthalene
4,516
6,690
12,000
2,585
0.89%
25.1%
46.9%
20.1%
12.4%
2.6%
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%
Anthracene
69
705
3
0
0.00%
27.0%
53.0%
21.7%
15.9%
1.3%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
500
438
20,000
263
0.09%
28.2%
55.5%
22.8%
17.3%
1.1%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
1
150
6
0
0.00%
27.3%
53.9%
21.8%
16.3%
1.1%
Phenol
5,594
104
18
4
0.00%
23.9%
45.0%
20.5%
12.6%
2.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
1,630
3
35
1
0.00%
20.7%
42.9%
15.4%
10.2%
1.3%
Benzene
61,557
2
28,000
72,153
24.91%
22.7%
43.4%
19.8%
12.2%
2.6%
Toluene
11,719
2
1
0
0.00%
17.7%
35.7%
17.7%
10.1%
2.7%
Formaldehyde
463
0
46,000
1,277
0.44%
30.8%
52.7%
46.6%
28.3%
11.8%
Ethylene
42,999
0
1
1
0.00%
24.3%
47.7%
19.3%
13.0%
1.8%
Styrene
39
0
4
0
0.00%
27.7%
54.6%
22.2%
16.7%
1.1%
Molybdenum trioxide
66
0
15,000
23
0.01%
11.1%
26.6%
7.1%
3.0%
1.8%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
2,000
0
700
138
0.05%
22.0%
39.0%
19.4%
9.7%
4.0%
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%
Mercury and mercury compounds
446
0
12,000
519
0.18%
22.2%
39.3%
20.3%
10.4%
4.2%
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%
Copper and copper compounds
148
0
1,500
18
0.01%
31.7%
54.4%
40.0%
21.6%
12.5%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds
10
0
140
0
0.00%
10.7%
26.0%
6.4%
2.5%
1.9%
Zinc and zinc compounds
32,019
0
100
276
0.10%
30.1%
51.7%
35.6%
19.4%
10.4%
Hydrochloric acid
14,759
0
180
66
0.02%
16.4%
32.6%
22.9%
13.7%
3.9%
Hydrogen fluoride
25,698
0
250
168
0.06%
17.9%
37.9%
9.6%
4.0%
1.3%
Ammonia
28,061
0
35
33
0.01%
22.6%
43.5%
19.1%
11.7%
2.6%
Nitric acid
31,266
0
270
167
0.06%
20.7%
44.2%
9.5%
3.7%
0.9%
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%
Glycol Ethers
10,600
0
180
62
0.02%
21.4%
44.8%
10.7%
4.3%
0.8%
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