Nucor
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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Lead and lead compounds
4,772
0
23,000
2,866
0.23%
36.1%
58.1%
74.4%
68.1%
4.3%
Chromium and chromium compounds
4,366
0
43,000,000
1,111,392
87.32%
35.4%
56.9%
69.6%
61.1%
5.7%
Nickel and nickel compounds
2,397
0
930,000
89,701
7.05%
32.4%
53.4%
62.3%
52.1%
5.9%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds
7
0
15,000,000
149
0.01%
19.8%
42.0%
57.1%
50.1%
3.3%
Manganese and manganese compounds
34,572
0
12,000
6,805
0.53%
23.4%
44.5%
44.2%
31.9%
7.0%
Chlorine dioxide
5
0
18,000
1
0.00%
19.0%
34.6%
43.7%
36.3%
4.3%
Copper and copper compounds
2,107
0
1,500
60
0.00%
18.4%
34.8%
42.6%
21.8%
7.9%
Barium and barium compounds
516
0
7,000
19
0.00%
19.1%
40.5%
41.7%
32.1%
6.3%
Zinc and zinc compounds
65,526
0
100
44
0.00%
21.1%
40.0%
41.4%
30.0%
5.9%
Glycol Ethers
140,569
0
180
1,017
0.08%
23.5%
52.9%
40.8%
28.0%
9.5%
Ammonia
10,400
0
35
3
0.00%
15.6%
31.6%
37.7%
28.9%
4.7%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
0
0
360,000
1
0.00%
17.2%
39.5%
37.6%
28.1%
6.6%
Ethylbenzene
3,900
0
890
12
0.00%
25.6%
50.1%
37.0%
31.5%
3.5%
Mercury and mercury compounds
4,360
0
12,000
220
0.02%
16.0%
33.7%
35.0%
18.0%
7.6%
Hydrochloric acid
11,827
0
180
22
0.00%
14.5%
33.3%
31.7%
22.4%
5.6%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
328
0
6,400,000
8,172
0.64%
17.6%
40.7%
31.5%
19.7%
8.1%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds
90
0
140
0
0.00%
18.8%
36.5%
29.8%
20.1%
6.1%
Propylene (Propene)
254
0
1
0
0.00%
21.3%
49.1%
27.3%
1.3%
21.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
2,580
0
710,000
52,346
4.11%
20.0%
41.3%
23.0%
17.1%
2.8%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
0
0
17,000,000
4
0.00%
14.7%
35.8%
16.0%
1.5%
10.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
28,739
0
35
12
0.00%
19.0%
40.9%
13.0%
8.1%
1.8%
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