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Rank in Toxic 100: 4
Rank among all TRI companies: 4
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 5,264,244
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 8,291,467
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 11,936,031
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 3.4%
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 35%

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1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 6,349 41,475 18 6 0.00% 9.8% 22.8% 47.4% 23.5% 19.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 13,552 5 58 121 0.00% 13.0% 32.8% 63.1% 13.3% 39.9%
1,2-Dichloroethane 33,015 3,082 93,000 82,349 0.69% 24.6% 43.2% 41.8% 24.7% 14.0%
1,3-Butadiene 47,405 0 110,000 133,763 1.12% 25.6% 48.7% 56.7% 21.9% 28.8%
1,4-Dioxane 1,918 16,161 18,000 842 0.01% 15.2% 31.8% 55.3% 50.2% 4.4%
1-[2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl-1H-1,2,4,-triazole 0 3,850 10 0 0.00% 10.6% 27.9% 34.4% 20.7% 8.7%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 4 87,002 330 0 0.00% 15.1% 31.6% 52.8% 29.3% 19.5%
2-Ethoxyethanol 2 0 18 0 0.00% 15.8% 32.6% 55.6% 50.4% 4.1%
2-Methoxyethanol 5 0 180 0 0.00% 16.3% 33.4% 55.5% 50.2% 3.9%
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid 94 0 2 0 0.00% 15.0% 31.5% 52.8% 29.3% 19.6%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 250 0 20 0 0.00% 13.4% 43.4% 6.4% 2.5% 1.4%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1,250 0 1,600,000 12,537 0.11% 9.1% 17.6% 36.1% 27.8% 4.0%
Acetaldehyde 50 0 7,900 9 0.00% 15.4% 36.5% 28.4% 19.2% 5.1%
Acetonitrile 90 2,092 58 0 0.00% 14.8% 31.9% 10.5% 4.6% 2.3%
Acrolein 290 0 180,000 1,144 0.01% 14.3% 32.0% 57.7% 8.0% 46.3%
Acrylamide 181 110 360,000 3,491 0.03% 11.4% 26.4% 34.6% 23.4% 6.0%
Acrylic acid 13,234 66,000 3,500 1,343 0.01% 15.4% 33.5% 52.3% 10.6% 37.9%
Acrylonitrile 2,146 32 240,000 44,994 0.38% 17.3% 35.4% 38.9% 24.9% 8.3%
Ammonia 3,788,483 0 7 324 0.00% 19.2% 37.2% 48.4% 34.4% 8.8%
Aniline 4,572 15,024 5,700 338 0.00% 12.8% 25.5% 42.4% 33.0% 4.9%
Barium compounds 675 0 7,000 329 0.00% 35.9% 62.3% 46.5% 26.8% 12.7%
Benzene 30,137 905 28,000 25,132 0.21% 24.4% 46.7% 58.1% 23.8% 28.5%
Biphenyl 1,839 36,621 800 59 0.00% 13.7% 29.9% 47.9% 14.2% 28.9%
Bromine 39 0 2,100 0 0.00% 14.8% 31.8% 10.5% 4.6% 2.3%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide) 329 0 700 1 0.00% 14.8% 31.9% 10.5% 4.6% 2.3%
Butyl acrylate 5,225 0 3,500 1,159 0.01% 16.3% 35.2% 52.9% 9.2% 39.8%
Butyraldehyde 3,910 25,000 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Carbon tetrachloride 3,000 23,000 21,000 1,683 0.01% 16.2% 32.3% 47.8% 38.8% 4.5%
Chlorine 14,788 0 23,000 5,348 0.04% 16.7% 34.7% 31.0% 16.5% 10.2%
Chlorobenzene 19,910 56,600 4 2 0.00% 13.9% 27.9% 42.8% 33.4% 4.7%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 9,100 0 0 0 0.00% 12.6% 25.0% 41.0% 31.9% 4.5%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 1,361 0 0 0 0.00% 13.1% 26.2% 42.6% 33.6% 4.5%
Chloroform 12,039 1,300 82,000 22,706 0.19% 15.0% 30.3% 44.3% 34.6% 4.8%
Chloromethane 4,114 0 640 114 0.00% 10.8% 24.4% 48.4% 26.6% 18.1%
Chlorophenols 0 3,777,179 120,000 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Chromium compounds 6,231 0 43,000,000 5,580,319 46.75% 23.7% 43.5% 29.2% 14.4% 9.3%
Cobalt compounds 1,761 0 17,000,000 800,586 6.71% 18.5% 38.5% 25.5% 10.9% 6.2%
Copper compounds 7,523 0 1,500 914 0.01% 23.7% 43.4% 28.6% 14.1% 9.0%
Cumene 510 0 9 0 0.00% 14.9% 48.5% 6.7% 2.8% 1.3%
Cyanide compounds 10 0 4,400 0 0.00% 14.9% 32.4% 10.5% 4.7% 2.3%
Cyclohexane 31,099 5 1 0 0.00% 15.1% 33.4% 58.3% 8.8% 45.7%
Cyclohexanol 4,500 700 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) 2,535 2,830 3,900,000 59,554 0.50% 8.7% 16.6% 35.5% 27.4% 3.8%
Diethanolamine 130 0 1,200 14 0.00% 10.5% 28.2% 38.6% 24.3% 10.2%
Diisocyanates 2,109 26,732 350,000 36,094 0.30% 16.7% 33.0% 38.1% 26.1% 7.0%
Dimethyl phthalate 900 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethyl sulfate 10 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 829 27,000 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 853 228,956 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1,400,000,000 0 0.00% 15.1% 33.1% 10.9% 4.8% 2.5%
Epichlorohydrin 15 0 4,300 3 0.00% 28.9% 50.8% 71.8% 63.6% 4.7%
Ethyl acrylate 493 0 73 5 0.00% 18.8% 37.9% 31.2% 17.8% 8.5%
Ethylbenzene 23,688 41,813 890 159 0.00% 22.8% 45.8% 46.1% 23.0% 15.8%
Ethylene 177,661 0 1 3 0.00% 25.5% 48.4% 59.2% 24.0% 29.2%
Ethylene glycol 14,418 53,627 9 9 0.00% 11.3% 28.7% 37.8% 23.8% 9.5%
Ethylene oxide 16,696 0 11,000,000 5,028,719 42.13% 15.3% 31.4% 41.2% 30.8% 5.6%
Formaldehyde 11,650 3,057 46,000 13,355 0.11% 15.3% 31.8% 45.3% 29.8% 11.2%
Formic acid 20,485 522 1 0 0.00% 14.0% 28.8% 41.3% 30.8% 5.8%
Glycol Ethers 16,933 0 180 77 0.00% 15.4% 34.1% 47.2% 41.3% 4.3%
Hydrochloric acid 63,054 0 180 286 0.00% 14.5% 30.4% 41.3% 22.8% 12.7%
Hydrogen cyanide 33 0 4,400 5 0.00% 19.3% 40.6% 42.0% 34.5% 3.5%
Hydrogen fluoride 870 0 250 2 0.00% 26.1% 45.5% 77.2% 2.6% 72.7%
Isobutyraldehyde 2,540 5,300 100 21 0.00% 19.8% 43.3% 75.8% 13.8% 58.1%
Lead 0 0 23,000 1 0.00% 13.0% 28.2% 24.7% 15.9% 3.5%
Lead compounds 164 0 23,000 392 0.00% 41.1% 70.3% 53.2% 31.3% 14.3%
Lithium carbonate 134 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Maleic anhydride 280 0 5,000 30 0.00% 14.0% 31.7% 57.0% 8.1% 45.5%
Manganese compounds 344 0 12,000 424 0.00% 39.5% 67.9% 51.3% 29.9% 13.9%
Methanol 296,075 235,250 0 2 0.00% 16.4% 33.8% 43.8% 26.5% 11.9%
Methyl acrylate 11,830 0 180 6 0.00% 27.1% 48.1% 46.2% 29.5% 0.5%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 3,984 1,176 1 0 0.00% 14.5% 33.4% 10.1% 4.5% 2.2%
Methyl methacrylate 2,504 0 5 2 0.00% 19.9% 40.9% 29.0% 14.9% 9.6%
Molybdenum trioxide 108 0 15,000 132 0.00% 22.2% 41.2% 26.8% 12.8% 8.7%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 905 961 120 1 0.00% 15.0% 32.3% 10.6% 4.8% 2.3%
N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine 322 77,631 10 0 0.00% 14.8% 31.7% 10.6% 4.7% 2.3%
n-Butyl alcohol 5,818 783,940 10 2 0.00% 15.3% 33.1% 47.2% 24.9% 17.9%
n-Hexane 84,451 840,137 5 8 0.00% 25.9% 48.7% 62.7% 19.8% 37.5%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 6,437 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 46 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Naphthalene 351 14,497 12,000 194 0.00% 13.3% 30.8% 37.2% 23.5% 8.9%
Nickel compounds 808 0 930,000 43,621 0.37% 35.7% 62.2% 46.7% 26.9% 12.6%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 23 0 1 0 0.00% 10.5% 25.5% 39.2% 25.2% 5.9%
Nitric acid 35,020 0 270 126 0.00% 20.6% 41.3% 28.8% 13.4% 10.7%
Nitrobenzene 3,071 710 140,000 4,121 0.03% 15.0% 29.2% 42.4% 32.3% 4.0%
Nonylphenol 134 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
o-Toluidine 599 17,000 180,000 2,200 0.02% 18.6% 35.8% 57.0% 49.7% 3.7%
o-Xylene 12,743 205 35 3 0.00% 15.0% 32.6% 10.6% 4.8% 2.3%
Ozone 6 0 19 0 0.00% 15.0% 30.3% 44.3% 34.6% 4.8%
p-Chloroaniline 6 54 110,000 90 0.00% 14.7% 32.6% 44.5% 23.9% 16.9%
Phenol 1,406 33 18 0 0.00% 22.2% 44.7% 58.1% 2.5% 53.4%
Phosgene 28 0 12,000 8 0.00% 13.9% 27.9% 42.8% 33.4% 4.6%
Phthalic anhydride 34 0 180 0 0.00% 13.7% 31.0% 56.1% 8.2% 44.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 293 390,000 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Propargyl alcohol 175 0 500 2 0.00% 12.1% 24.0% 40.4% 31.3% 4.4%
Propylene (Propene) 119,408 0 1 4 0.00% 25.0% 48.1% 62.4% 21.5% 35.1%
Propylene oxide 13,566 0 13,000 8,230 0.07% 18.0% 36.1% 37.6% 25.2% 7.4%
sec-Butyl alcohol 158 0 0 0 0.00% 22.8% 43.2% 42.0% 26.5% 9.5%
Sodium dicamba 195 0 2 0 0.00% 15.0% 31.5% 52.9% 29.3% 19.6%
Sodium nitrite 0 536 10 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Styrene 9,532 21,524 4 3 0.00% 18.9% 39.2% 30.4% 14.5% 11.4%
Sulfuric acid 10,663 0 3,500 282 0.00% 17.0% 36.0% 14.7% 7.3% 3.5%
tert-Butyl alcohol 22,588 2,140 10 1 0.00% 18.4% 38.3% 32.8% 20.6% 3.5%
Toluene 57,762 1,406,383 1 2 0.00% 20.3% 40.7% 59.5% 35.1% 18.7%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 107 301,446 50,000 7,188 0.06% 23.6% 45.0% 69.4% 64.5% 2.7%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 1,306 0 50,000 8,751 0.07% 8.9% 26.6% 45.0% 3.7% 34.7%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 327 0 50,000 2,189 0.02% 8.9% 26.6% 44.9% 3.7% 34.7%
Triethylamine 5,690 0 500 29 0.00% 17.4% 34.3% 32.5% 22.3% 5.3%
Vanadium compounds 252 0 140 4 0.00% 41.7% 71.0% 54.0% 31.8% 14.5%
Vinyl acetate 1,521 0 18 1 0.00% 12.0% 28.5% 14.1% 8.1% 2.1%
Vinyl chloride 181 0 31,000 32 0.00% 14.8% 31.7% 10.5% 4.6% 2.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 125,926 41,571 35 26 0.00% 21.2% 40.9% 48.6% 26.9% 12.9%
Zinc compounds 364 0 100 3 0.00% 39.9% 68.5% 53.0% 30.5% 15.1%

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