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Rank in Toxic 100: 5
Rank among all TRI companies: 6
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 5,022,272
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 7,320,926
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 8,834,947
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 2.6%
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 36%

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Chlorophenols 0 2,257,393 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Toluene 55,744 2,016,629 2 0.00% 19.5% 60.0%
n-Hexane 83,823 955,296 8 0.00% 23.7% 63.5%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 90 454,023 10,761 0.12% 24.2% 69.6%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 1,488 310,227 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
n-Butyl alcohol 13,953 243,152 5 0.00% 15.6% 59.7%
Methanol 249,371 215,782 2 0.00% 15.2% 44.2%
1,2-Dichloroethane 9,908 198,667 22,033 0.25% 22.3% 40.6%
Diisocyanates 2,032 106,110 31,517 0.36% 16.7% 39.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 6,137 69,488 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Ethylene glycol 12,555 68,707 8 0.00% 10.3% 37.5%
Formaldehyde 14,315 55,174 16,451 0.19% 15.0% 44.7%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 37 49,181 1 0.00% 10.4% 49.3%
Chlorobenzene 20,000 48,200 2 0.00% 13.5% 42.6%
Methyl methacrylate 1,989 44,146 2 0.00% 21.2% 31.7%
Molybdenum trioxide 7 37,409 2 0.00% 12.8% 56.2%
Glycol Ethers 15,310 33,136 86 0.00% 14.9% 52.5%
Styrene 9,791 21,582 3 0.00% 19.2% 32.4%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,800 21,000 1,567 0.02% 15.9% 47.7%
o-Toluidine 588 16,000 2,111 0.02% 18.6% 56.4%
Cyanide compounds 30 13,585 3 0.00% 18.4% 40.9%
2-Ethoxyethanol 2 11,523 0 0.00% 16.2% 55.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 100,697 8,291 28 0.00% 17.4% 51.5%
Ethylbenzene 17,784 8,126 118 0.00% 22.8% 51.8%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 3,010 7,200 3 0.00% 10.1% 49.0%
Acetonitrile 418 6,624 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Biphenyl 2,241 6,333 59 0.00% 13.6% 55.1%
Isobutyraldehyde 4,078 5,200 37 0.00% 19.4% 78.6%
Sodium nitrite 0 4,376 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Acrylamide 157 4,160 3,128 0.04% 12.9% 38.9%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 960 3,244 1 0.00% 15.4% 10.6%
1,4-Dioxane 1,443 2,959 575 0.01% 15.6% 55.5%
Dimethylamine 5,324 2,700 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1-[2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl-1H-1,2,4,-triazole 42 2,115 0 0.00% 13.0% 34.8%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 4,706 1,936 0 0.00% 16.7% 9.0%
Formic acid 18,026 1,900 0 0.00% 13.5% 41.5%
tert-Butyl alcohol 19,331 1,805 1 0.00% 17.0% 31.6%
Chloroform 12,000 1,700 22,611 0.26% 14.6% 44.3%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) 2,624 1,700 60,324 0.68% 8.7% 34.2%
Aniline 7,422 1,330 516 0.01% 12.2% 40.5%
Benzene 31,877 876 25,772 0.29% 21.6% 57.7%
Triethylamine 1,949 814 12 0.00% 13.2% 40.4%
Nitrobenzene 2,395 580 3,988 0.05% 13.7% 41.7%
p-Chloroaniline 7 109 103 0.00% 14.1% 45.4%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable) 10 105 0 0.00% 10.8% 36.4%
Methyl acrylate 11,157 75 7 0.00% 26.1% 45.4%
Dimethyl phthalate 860 75 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Vinyl chloride 74 72 13 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Acrylonitrile 977 61 30,234 0.34% 19.9% 34.6%
N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine 228 29 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
o-Xylene 11,301 19 2 0.00% 15.5% 10.7%
Butyl acrylate 6,392 3 1,349 0.02% 15.2% 55.1%
Epichlorohydrin 5 0 1 0.00% 27.6% 71.2%
Bromomethane (Methyl Bromide) 338 0 1 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Ethylene 146,860 0 2 0.00% 22.7% 59.1%
Chloromethane 1,567 0 45 0.00% 10.7% 49.5%
Hydrogen cyanide 3,019 0 116 0.00% 15.5% 45.3%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 2,326 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 35.3%
Acetaldehyde 48 0 8 0.00% 15.5% 29.6%
Ethylene oxide 14,266 0 4,334,511 49.06% 15.0% 41.8%
Phosgene 27 0 8 0.00% 13.6% 42.7%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 24,000 0 0 0.00% 12.2% 40.4%
Propylene oxide 13,459 0 7,939 0.09% 17.8% 39.1%
Dimethyl sulfate 10 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
sec-Butyl alcohol 465 0 0 0.00% 22.7% 43.4%
Acrylic acid 8,958 0 995 0.01% 15.3% 51.7%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 250 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 6.5%
Phthalic anhydride 45 0 0 0.00% 14.8% 38.7%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 1 0 6 0.00% 8.6% 45.2%
Naphthalene 244 0 51 0.00% 16.0% 43.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 14,348 0 142 0.00% 13.3% 65.0%
Cumene 510 0 0 0.00% 18.7% 6.8%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1,250 0 12,331 0.14% 9.1% 35.0%
1,3-Butadiene 37,129 0 105,475 1.19% 22.3% 55.0%
Acrolein 244 0 932 0.01% 13.2% 57.8%
Propargyl alcohol 180 0 2 0.00% 11.8% 39.7%
Vinyl acetate 1,541 0 1 0.00% 12.3% 14.9%
Maleic anhydride 100 0 13 0.00% 13.5% 58.6%
Cyclohexanol 3,660 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenol 1,150 0 0 0.00% 26.4% 80.4%
2-Methoxyethanol 5 0 0 0.00% 16.6% 55.5%
Cyclohexane 26,489 0 0 0.00% 13.9% 57.9%
Diethanolamine 165 0 19 0.00% 9.1% 37.9%
Propylene (Propene) 113,737 0 4 0.00% 22.8% 62.7%
Butyraldehyde 6,474 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Ethyl acrylate 363 0 5 0.00% 20.3% 31.3%
Lithium carbonate 59 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 3 0 23 0.00% 8.6% 45.3%
N-Methylolacrylamide 46 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid 21 0 0 0.00% 14.7% 53.6%
Sodium dicamba 44 0 0 0.00% 13.9% 52.9%
Lead 1 0 1 0.00% 12.7% 24.8%
Manganese 90 0 21 0.00% 12.8% 56.2%
Hydrochloric acid 42,215 0 227 0.00% 13.2% 44.7%
Hydrogen fluoride 883 0 2 0.00% 26.0% 82.3%
Ammonia 3,723,646 0 312 0.00% 18.8% 47.9%
Sulfuric acid 8,214 0 216 0.00% 16.8% 14.2%
Nitric acid 27,214 0 102 0.00% 19.7% 29.9%
Bromine 135 0 2 0.00% 15.3% 10.5%
Chlorine 15,316 0 5,729 0.06% 15.9% 31.6%
Barium compounds 546 0 254 0.00% 35.9% 53.7%
Chromium compounds 4,196 0 3,748,140 42.42% 23.2% 29.8%
Cobalt compounds 553 0 305,169 3.45% 18.1% 27.4%
Copper compounds 4,006 0 490 0.01% 23.4% 29.9%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1 0.00% 15.6% 10.9%
Lead compounds 143 0 370 0.00% 38.7% 56.9%
Manganese compounds 388 0 434 0.00% 36.4% 53.6%
Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 21.1% 26.2%
Nickel compounds 1,899 0 77,393 0.88% 27.6% 40.8%
Nonylphenol 1,333 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Vanadium compounds 274 0 5 0.00% 37.7% 55.9%
Zinc compounds 354 0 3 0.00% 37.9% 57.0%

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