PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Nucor

Rank in Toxic 100: 65
Rank among all TRI companies: 140
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 548,213
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 3,461
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 415,220
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 34%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Ammonia	65,364	0	2	0.00%	14.2%	39.6%
Barium compounds	609	0	27	0.01%	14.7%	36.9%
Cadmium compounds	86	0	3,092	0.74%	18.3%	42.6%
Chromium	86	0	63,597	15.32%	17.2%	23.7%
Chromium compounds	5,075	0	243,325	58.60%	16.9%	34.2%
Cobalt compounds	4	0	602	0.15%	23.6%	65.2%
Copper	0	0	0	0.00%	12.2%	40.4%
Copper compounds	3,029	0	152	0.04%	16.5%	44.6%
Glycol Ethers	183,410	0	1,443	0.35%	23.8%	49.9%
Hydrochloric acid	18,761	0	29	0.01%	12.8%	29.1%
Hydrogen sulfide	55,665	0	344	0.08%	13.6%	38.0%
Lead	12	0	14	0.00%	15.2%	27.2%
Lead compounds	4,912	0	1,951	0.47%	26.0%	63.3%
Manganese	1,563	0	821	0.20%	15.8%	24.5%
Manganese compounds	31,078	0	13,254	3.19%	21.7%	50.8%
Mercury compounds	4,411	0	261	0.06%	14.6%	42.0%
MIXTURE	18,154	3,461	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Nickel	68	0	3,491	0.84%	17.4%	24.2%
Nickel compounds	2,474	0	42,686	10.28%	16.6%	40.0%
Nitric acid	414	0	2	0.00%	18.5%	35.4%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	0	2	0.00%	15.3%	50.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	8,371	0	39,854	9.60%	16.6%	36.3%
Propylene (Propene)	214	0	0	0.00%	16.8%	23.1%
sec-Butyl alcohol	6,184	0	0	0.00%	17.2%	34.9%
Vanadium compounds	108	0	0	0.00%	17.4%	36.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	42,186	0	14	0.00%	16.1%	13.7%
Zinc compounds	95,976	0	256	0.06%	23.3%	56.6%

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