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Rank in Toxic 100: 1
Rank among all TRI companies: 1
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 5,285,869
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 3,146,431
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 29,231,718
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 8.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 68%

This company is rank 3 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 91 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Polycyclic aromatic compounds 344 1,266 390,000 16,852 0.06% 24.7% 51.6% 88.5% 12.6% 73.4%
Diethanolamine 8,664 0 1,200 1,451 0.00% 24.6% 51.4% 88.3% 13.0% 72.6%
Biphenyl 44 0 800 6 0.00% 22.4% 47.5% 83.3% 16.3% 62.7%
Cyclohexane 5,665 0 1 0 0.00% 21.9% 46.5% 82.0% 16.9% 60.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 31,692 39,037 35 148 0.00% 21.8% 46.3% 81.5% 16.5% 60.6%
Methyl methacrylate 4,716 0 5 0 0.00% 18.0% 45.6% 26.1% 4.7% 18.3%
Lead compounds 1 0 23,000 0 0.00% 17.9% 45.0% 26.4% 5.1% 17.9%
Hydrogen sulfide 26,024 0 1,800 4,838 0.02% 21.1% 44.9% 80.0% 18.7% 55.7%
Toluene 44,917 1,415,106 1 4 0.00% 20.9% 44.6% 79.3% 16.1% 58.8%
Hydrogen cyanide 91,961 0 4,400 33,142 0.11% 20.1% 43.1% 77.6% 20.2% 51.1%
Mercury 9 0 12,000 9 0.00% 19.8% 42.6% 76.9% 20.0% 50.6%
Benzene 129,520 7,469 28,000 351,916 1.20% 19.7% 42.5% 76.0% 16.0% 55.5%
n-Hexane 337,217 604,268 5 61 0.00% 19.5% 42.2% 73.5% 14.7% 52.8%
Allyl alcohol 5,967 43,196 12,000 7,728 0.03% 19.4% 41.9% 75.9% 14.7% 57.5%
sec-Butyl alcohol 63 0 0 0 0.00% 19.3% 41.6% 75.4% 15.1% 56.4%
Acrolein 49 86,391 180,000 1,369 0.00% 18.4% 41.4% 60.9% 17.5% 38.5%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 11,891 0 930 1,676 0.01% 19.1% 41.4% 74.9% 15.5% 55.3%
Maleic anhydride 590 26,067 5,000 395 0.00% 19.0% 41.3% 74.6% 15.5% 54.9%
Ethylbenzene 69,503 7,553 890 6,637 0.02% 19.0% 41.2% 74.7% 16.0% 54.4%
Anthracene 76 0 3 0 0.00% 19.0% 41.2% 75.0% 14.9% 56.3%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 15,912 0 93 156 0.00% 18.6% 40.5% 73.7% 16.3% 53.0%
Acetophenone 9,839 160 10 10 0.00% 18.6% 40.5% 73.7% 16.3% 53.0%
Cumene 11,814 271 9 10 0.00% 18.6% 40.5% 73.7% 16.3% 52.9%
Naphthalene 34,049 1,905 12,000 31,035 0.11% 18.4% 40.2% 73.1% 16.3% 52.3%
Acetonitrile 29,138 62,343 58 165 0.00% 18.4% 40.1% 73.1% 16.7% 51.7%
Phenol 209 166 18 0 0.00% 18.3% 40.1% 73.2% 16.5% 52.2%
Dicyclopentadiene 6,332 1,016 18,000 4,084 0.01% 18.4% 40.0% 70.7% 12.5% 54.8%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 840 0 120 10 0.00% 17.8% 39.3% 68.4% 14.1% 49.7%
1,3-Butadiene 184,179 45,289 110,000 962,308 3.29% 17.8% 39.3% 72.1% 16.9% 50.7%
Methyl iodide 1,500 0 290,000 56,137 0.19% 17.7% 39.2% 68.5% 14.6% 49.1%
Chlorine 3,331 1 23,000 7,941 0.03% 17.7% 39.1% 69.3% 15.7% 48.6%
Vinyl acetate 94,806 303,506 18 159 0.00% 17.5% 38.9% 68.4% 14.3% 49.5%
Ammonia 78,131 0 7 41 0.00% 17.6% 38.8% 70.9% 18.0% 47.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 9,255 613 58 31 0.00% 17.4% 38.6% 71.1% 18.3% 47.7%
1,2-Butylene oxide 9 0 180 0 0.00% 17.3% 38.3% 70.5% 18.4% 46.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1,400,000,000 14 0.00% 17.3% 38.3% 70.4% 18.4% 46.6%
Barium compounds 27 0 7,000 13 0.00% 17.3% 38.3% 70.4% 18.4% 46.6%
Lead 3 0 23,000 4 0.00% 17.3% 38.3% 70.4% 18.4% 46.6%
Chromium compounds 30 0 43,000,000 21,894 0.07% 17.3% 38.3% 70.4% 18.4% 46.6%
Acetaldehyde 85,322 0 7,900 47,390 0.16% 17.3% 38.1% 69.9% 17.2% 47.5%
Styrene 241,573 255,183 4 41 0.00% 17.0% 37.4% 44.3% 13.0% 25.3%
Propylene oxide 91,934 0 13,000 105,996 0.36% 17.0% 37.4% 68.1% 16.0% 47.1%
Ethylene oxide 16,537 0 11,000,000 27,561,634 94.29% 16.9% 37.1% 67.4% 14.1% 48.1%
Ethylene glycol 4,198 0 9 6 0.00% 16.7% 36.7% 66.8% 13.6% 47.8%
Propylene (Propene) 625,627 0 1 31 0.00% 16.3% 36.3% 61.5% 13.6% 43.2%
n-Butyl alcohol 1,135 0 10 2 0.00% 16.3% 35.9% 65.3% 12.8% 47.3%
2-Ethoxyethanol 591 0 18 1 0.00% 16.1% 35.5% 64.5% 12.6% 46.5%
Methanol 120,048 1,750 0 2 0.00% 15.8% 35.4% 51.3% 14.4% 32.2%
Cobalt compounds 2 0 17,000,000 4,129 0.01% 16.2% 35.3% 12.4% 7.1% 1.8%
Glycol Ethers 4,222 0 180 110 0.00% 15.8% 35.0% 63.6% 12.4% 45.8%
Molybdenum trioxide 1,691 7,029 15,000 1,897 0.01% 15.7% 34.7% 63.5% 14.4% 43.8%
Antimony compounds 7 0 18,000 15 0.00% 15.5% 34.4% 47.7% 11.7% 31.1%
2-Methoxyethanol 922 0 180 24 0.00% 15.3% 34.0% 61.8% 11.8% 44.7%
Ethylene 2,761,095 0 1 35 0.00% 14.3% 33.5% 46.7% 10.1% 32.1%
tert-Butyl alcohol 58,843 29,491 10 63 0.00% 14.8% 32.7% 59.2% 12.9% 41.1%
Propionaldehyde 5,989 0 440 95 0.00% 12.9% 30.0% 52.3% 11.0% 36.3%
Zinc compounds 621 0 100 3 0.00% 12.8% 30.0% 20.8% 11.6% 5.1%
Formic acid 315 0 1 0 0.00% 13.5% 29.9% 53.9% 11.6% 37.0%
Titanium tetrachloride 1,149 207,329 35,000 0 0.00% 6.1% 25.9% 55.5% 12.3% 18.6%
Isoprene 14,440 26 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenanthrene 427 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyclohexanol 682 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 20,000 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 181 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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