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Rank in Toxic 100: 62
Rank among all TRI companies: 148
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 577,645
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 376,403
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%

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This company is rank 98 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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Glycol Ethers 192,735 0 1,548 0.41% 24.3% 50.3%
Hydrogen sulfide 116,351 0 707 0.19% 14.1% 37.6%
Ammonia 96,840 0 2 0.00% 14.8% 39.1%
Zinc compounds 66,774 0 63 0.02% 20.2% 46.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 33,346 0 10 0.00% 18.5% 15.0%
Manganese compounds 30,812 0 6,814 1.81% 20.1% 44.7%
Hydrochloric acid 17,180 0 28 0.01% 12.4% 29.5%
Lead compounds 5,377 0 3,557 0.95% 33.3% 76.6%
Chromium compounds 5,113 0 220,524 58.59% 19.9% 46.1%
Mercury compounds 4,577 0 305 0.08% 15.5% 42.5%
Copper compounds 2,524 0 81 0.02% 16.4% 43.4%
Nickel compounds 2,285 0 39,020 10.37% 17.1% 39.9%
Manganese 1,340 0 727 0.19% 15.7% 24.9%
Barium compounds 691 0 31 0.01% 15.6% 38.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 574 0 23,885 6.35% 9.5% 34.3%
Nitric acid 431 0 3 0.00% 18.5% 35.2%
Propylene (Propene) 256 0 0 0.00% 16.4% 24.0%
Vanadium compounds 174 0 0 0.00% 18.2% 40.3%
Chromium 94 0 70,086 18.62% 16.7% 24.5%
Cadmium compounds 77 0 4,679 1.24% 17.6% 33.0%
Nickel 66 0 3,508 0.93% 16.5% 24.5%
Lead 15 0 17 0.00% 15.3% 26.6%
Arsenic compounds 10 0 128 0.03% 17.7% 52.4%
Cobalt compounds 4 0 677 0.18% 25.4% 67.4%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 0 2 0.00% 16.5% 51.7%
Copper 0 0 0 0.00% 12.3% 39.5%

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