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Rank in Toxic 100: 28
Rank among all TRI companies: 69
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 357,044
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 1,248,046
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 30%
EJ: Minority Share: 66%

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This company is rank 43 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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Chromium compounds 4,686 0 43,000,000 1,037,580 83.14% 31.0% 51.6% 69.8% 62.9% 3.7%
Nickel compounds 2,292 0 930,000 87,827 7.04% 28.2% 48.7% 63.9% 54.8% 4.5%
Chromium 90 0 43,000,000 66,932 5.36% 19.4% 44.1% 25.3% 2.5% 19.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 7,691 0 390,000 30,445 2.44% 14.3% 30.9% 28.5% 11.0% 9.6%
Cadmium compounds 301 0 6,400,000 8,713 0.70% 15.2% 37.8% 22.0% 9.7% 8.5%
Manganese compounds 27,082 0 12,000 7,078 0.57% 21.6% 42.8% 47.6% 35.9% 6.5%
Nickel 73 0 930,000 3,602 0.29% 19.1% 42.0% 26.0% 5.2% 16.4%
Lead compounds 4,311 0 23,000 2,955 0.24% 34.1% 56.2% 76.1% 69.9% 3.8%
Glycol Ethers 186,935 0 180 1,304 0.10% 22.5% 51.0% 43.6% 33.3% 7.5%
Manganese 1,437 0 12,000 776 0.06% 17.4% 40.0% 25.2% 4.9% 16.1%
Mercury compounds 4,572 0 12,000 447 0.04% 19.6% 42.4% 47.8% 24.6% 15.4%
Copper compounds 2,606 0 1,500 152 0.01% 27.2% 46.2% 63.0% 51.6% 5.0%
Arsenic compounds 7 0 15,000,000 89 0.01% 18.5% 40.4% 53.3% 46.7% 2.7%
Zinc compounds 61,027 0 100 51 0.00% 20.9% 40.7% 46.0% 34.0% 6.5%
Hydrochloric acid 17,153 0 180 28 0.00% 13.0% 31.0% 29.2% 19.5% 5.8%
Barium compounds 638 0 7,000 20 0.00% 16.1% 35.4% 37.3% 28.6% 5.6%
Lead 16 0 23,000 19 0.00% 17.0% 37.9% 28.2% 6.8% 16.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 35,394 0 35 18 0.00% 17.5% 38.8% 11.4% 6.5% 1.6%
Cobalt compounds 0 0 17,000,000 5 0.00% 15.7% 35.2% 17.8% 1.6% 12.2%
Nitric acid 337 0 270 2 0.00% 18.6% 39.7% 33.5% 25.5% 4.3%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 0 360,000 1 0.00% 17.0% 37.4% 46.4% 39.1% 4.8%
Vanadium compounds 116 0 140 0 0.00% 17.6% 36.7% 35.6% 25.7% 6.8%
Propylene (Propene) 279 0 1 0 0.00% 18.9% 43.4% 24.5% 1.9% 19.4%
Copper 0 0 1,500 0 0.00% 12.2% 26.3% 38.8% 13.1% 19.7%

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