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

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