PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Nucor

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 35
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 12,811
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 513
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 12,937
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 236,336,054
Percentage of national total 2015 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Post-treatment releases (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium and chromium compounds	458	1	459	229,256,215	97.00%
Lead and lead compounds	329	7	332	5,971,438	2.53%
Copper and copper compounds	652	35	662	992,429	0.42%
Manganese and manganese compounds	5,357	16	5,367	38,104	0.02%
Nickel and nickel compounds	213	60	250	22,707	0.01%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds	10	0	10	20,860	0.01%
Zinc and zinc compounds	5,381	137	5,427	17,910	0.01%
Mercury and mercury compounds	1	0	1	7,433	0.00%
Glycol ethers	0	258	20	3,687	0.00%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds	25	0	25	3,500	0.00%
Barium and barium compounds	354	0	354	1,771	0.00%
Hydrochloric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Chlorine dioxide	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Ethylbenzene	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Lithium carbonate	30	0	30	0	0.00%
Propylene (Propene)	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0	0	0	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2015, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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