PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Cleveland-Cliffs

Rank in Toxic 100: 44
Rank among all TRI companies: 86
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 1,385,627
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 110,927
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 828,444
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 25%
EJ: Minority Share: 47%

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This company is rank 21 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 15 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	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
Ammonia	341,841	0	7	2,392,887	97	0.01%	19.4%	37.8%	47.5%	28.5%	14.7%
Chlorine	212,676	0	23,000	4,891,548,000	62,109	7.50%	12.0%	29.1%	9.9%	3.7%	3.1%
Zinc compounds	152,530	0	100	15,253,017	1,098	0.13%	27.0%	49.3%	62.8%	36.9%	21.9%
Benzene	128,885	1,403	28,000	3,608,766,000	84,169	10.16%	26.3%	47.0%	32.7%	21.7%	5.6%
Hydrogen sulfide	107,155	0	1,800	192,879,000	15,658	1.89%	25.4%	47.0%	71.5%	39.0%	29.5%
Ethylene	76,458	0	1	42,817	1	0.00%	23.6%	43.2%	26.1%	15.3%	4.6%
Sulfuric acid	70,550	0	3,500	246,926,400	5,589	0.67%	29.1%	51.1%	33.9%	25.8%	4.1%
Methanol	65,267	0	0	11,748	1	0.00%	22.6%	43.3%	61.1%	43.1%	14.0%
n-Hexane	45,400	0	5	227,000	6	0.00%	18.2%	37.5%	62.9%	32.5%	25.2%
Manganese compounds	29,582	0	12,000	354,984,840	38,489	4.65%	26.9%	49.1%	57.6%	35.0%	18.4%
Phenol	27,185	1,580	18	489,330	6	0.00%	18.4%	36.6%	54.2%	35.1%	15.3%
Toluene	19,678	917	1	13,774	0	0.00%	25.5%	46.4%	38.8%	27.4%	7.4%
Nitric acid	14,732	0	270	3,977,640	19	0.00%	15.5%	37.7%	5.9%	1.5%	1.3%
Hydrogen fluoride	13,652	0	250	3,413,000	60	0.01%	14.3%	30.3%	11.4%	3.5%	1.7%
Naphthalene	12,670	40,688	12,000	155,850,000	3,870	0.47%	28.9%	50.5%	30.6%	20.4%	4.1%
Lead compounds	11,256	0	23,000	258,879,697	10,647	1.29%	25.9%	47.5%	57.0%	34.7%	17.9%
Hydrochloric acid	9,342	0	180	1,681,560	45	0.01%	16.4%	35.5%	40.1%	20.9%	14.3%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	7,984	0	700	5,588,520	392	0.05%	18.1%	35.7%	37.6%	21.7%	11.5%
Glycol Ethers	7,213	0	180	1,298,340	23	0.00%	19.7%	39.6%	11.8%	3.7%	1.4%
Propylene (Propene)	6,347	0	1	7,616	0	0.00%	22.5%	42.0%	35.8%	24.0%	7.3%
Phenanthrene	4,273	16,915	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Chromium compounds	3,862	0	43,000,000	4,981,722,000	279,571	33.75%	23.9%	44.6%	46.2%	27.3%	14.3%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	2,972	789	35	104,013	2	0.00%	27.2%	48.3%	32.9%	23.4%	5.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	2,132	32,932	390,000	863,694,000	19,009	2.29%	29.6%	52.3%	38.8%	25.3%	8.0%
Cyanide compounds	1,331	1	4,400	5,860,800	163	0.02%	17.0%	34.6%	41.8%	25.4%	11.8%
Nickel compounds	1,196	0	930,000	1,111,908,000	38,692	4.67%	20.1%	39.0%	49.9%	30.8%	14.7%
Pyridine	1,065	184	1,000	1,065,000	31	0.00%	17.7%	35.4%	51.0%	31.7%	15.7%
Anthracene	934	5,466	3	3,193	0	0.00%	28.3%	49.6%	40.1%	27.7%	8.2%
Mercury compounds	894	0	12,000	10,723,169	432	0.05%	17.5%	34.8%	47.4%	28.4%	15.0%
Copper compounds	855	0	1,500	1,282,500	92	0.01%	26.9%	48.9%	59.9%	35.7%	20.0%
Dibenzofuran	780	4,147	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	692	1,545	20,000	13,834,200	348	0.04%	28.9%	49.8%	24.3%	13.5%	2.6%
Styrene	513	148	4	1,799	0	0.00%	34.3%	57.8%	44.3%	34.1%	6.9%
Barium compounds	504	0	7,000	3,528,000	363	0.04%	28.2%	51.4%	76.2%	42.4%	31.0%
Formaldehyde	484	0	46,000	22,264,000	1,212	0.15%	31.9%	54.7%	46.7%	26.7%	13.4%
Mercury	378	0	12,000	4,533,960	505	0.06%	19.5%	37.9%	19.0%	9.4%	4.0%
Manganese	312	0	12,000	3,744,360	68	0.01%	13.0%	32.4%	18.9%	8.0%	5.7%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	306	2,484	6	1,775	0	0.00%	16.0%	32.2%	41.4%	22.3%	15.6%
Vanadium compounds	305	0	140	42,700	4	0.00%	28.0%	50.9%	69.0%	39.5%	26.2%
Cadmium compounds	302	0	6,400,000	1,932,800,000	214,585	25.90%	29.5%	52.8%	60.3%	37.1%	19.4%
Lithium carbonate	220	0	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol	146	0	50	7,300	0	0.00%	15.2%	30.7%	38.3%	19.3%	15.5%
Molybdenum trioxide	121	0	15,000	1,815,000	203	0.02%	22.5%	44.2%	74.0%	52.5%	17.3%
Quinoline	121	588	3,000,000	362,280,000	16,880	2.04%	18.1%	35.4%	45.5%	26.9%	15.1%
1,3-Butadiene	110	0	110,000	12,100,000	300	0.04%	15.3%	30.9%	38.7%	19.7%	15.5%
Biphenyl	105	680	800	83,680	2	0.00%	35.1%	59.5%	40.4%	32.1%	5.0%
Carbonyl sulfide	92	0	350	32,200	1	0.00%	13.9%	30.3%	19.5%	11.1%	2.3%
Chromium	59	0	43,000,000	841,276,080	15,586	1.88%	15.6%	35.2%	18.3%	6.1%	6.4%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	43	294	58	2,494	0	0.00%	16.7%	33.3%	42.6%	23.7%	15.4%
Zinc	39	0	100	3,900	0	0.00%	22.2%	41.5%	6.6%	2.2%	1.5%
Nickel	28	0	930,000	26,458,500	532	0.06%	15.6%	36.0%	20.2%	9.0%	6.4%
Antimony compounds	28	0	12,000	336,000	32	0.00%	27.6%	50.6%	78.2%	42.8%	32.7%
Beryllium compounds	13	0	8,600,000	111,800,000	15,355	1.85%	29.0%	52.6%	80.4%	44.3%	33.7%
Ethylbenzene	9	165	890	7,618	0	0.00%	18.0%	35.4%	46.4%	27.6%	15.2%
Cobalt compounds	4	0	17,000,000	68,000,000	2,152	0.26%	8.6%	19.4%	8.1%	2.3%	1.7%
Lead	1	0	23,000	12,581	0	0.00%	13.8%	37.3%	8.9%	2.9%	3.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	3,140,568	45	0.01%	18.8%	37.4%	58.0%	37.3%	16.6%

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