PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Koppers

Rank among all TRI companies: 119
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 532,166
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 1,164,646
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 492,471
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 21%
EJ: Minority Share: 69%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
Phthalic anhydride	18,301	904,755	180	664	0.13%	18.4%	40.1%	68.6%	20.2%	41.8%
Creosote, coal tar	29,840	116,735	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Naphthalene	10,992	60,634	12,000	33,326	6.77%	18.8%	41.9%	72.5%	18.2%	48.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	1,415	33,166	390,000	145,145	29.47%	19.0%	43.8%	76.5%	15.1%	56.9%
Phenanthrene	1,195	17,917	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Anthracene	533	15,489	3	1	0.00%	19.1%	43.5%	75.5%	16.1%	54.5%
Dibenzofuran	39	4,676	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Toluene	262	3,262	1	0	0.00%	17.7%	38.2%	11.5%	5.5%	1.8%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	29	1,584	20,000	193	0.04%	19.0%	43.6%	77.4%	15.7%	57.1%
Biphenyl	166	1,520	800	25	0.01%	18.5%	40.3%	69.2%	20.0%	42.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	89	1,388	35	0	0.00%	16.5%	36.1%	11.2%	5.3%	1.8%
Pentachlorophenol	1	1,141	18,000	0	0.00%	19.5%	50.9%	41.3%	30.0%	10.1%
Benzene	9,521	766	28,000	52,766	10.71%	18.5%	40.5%	69.3%	19.6%	43.4%
Phenol	7	487	18	0	0.00%	17.5%	37.9%	11.4%	5.4%	1.8%
Styrene	281	427	4	0	0.00%	19.6%	41.5%	43.4%	15.6%	21.8%
Quinoline	104	283	3,000,000	43,091	8.75%	18.2%	38.4%	65.0%	22.5%	35.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol	8	199	50	0	0.00%	21.4%	45.1%	12.2%	5.9%	1.9%
Ethylbenzene	16	173	890	0	0.00%	19.7%	42.0%	12.0%	5.8%	1.9%
o-Xylene	3,096	43	35	16	0.00%	18.2%	38.7%	65.7%	22.2%	36.2%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	0	0.00%	19.8%	41.9%	33.3%	21.2%	8.9%
Lead	14	0	23,000	3	0.00%	20.0%	42.4%	33.8%	21.7%	9.0%
Sodium nitrite	199	0	10	0	0.00%	25.0%	45.2%	63.0%	52.8%	6.5%
Ammonia	454,982	0	7	19	0.00%	17.7%	43.6%	7.9%	1.6%	1.8%
Arsenic compounds	103	0	15,000,000	78,393	15.92%	24.8%	45.4%	62.8%	52.6%	6.5%
Chromium compounds	255	0	43,000,000	138,807	28.19%	24.8%	45.4%	62.8%	52.6%	6.5%
Copper compounds	718	0	1,500	22	0.00%	23.7%	45.0%	54.6%	44.8%	6.0%
Lead compounds	0	0	23,000	0	0.00%	21.1%	44.4%	33.9%	25.8%	4.1%

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