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Rank in Toxic 100: 46
Rank among all TRI companies: 90
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 821,770
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 3,411,566
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 765,976
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 58%

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1,4-Dichlorobenzene 5,172 90,030 522 0.07% 29.1% 39.9%
Catechol 1,080 1,883 586 0.08% 27.0% 80.4%
Hydrogen fluoride 3,880 0 117 0.02% 26.0% 68.0%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 160 56,432 0 0.00% 24.8% 72.5%
Hydroquinone 871 22,928 2,621 0.34% 24.5% 70.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 45,850 599,501 1 0.00% 23.1% 55.4%
Ethylene 28,115 0 0 0.00% 22.3% 40.4%
m-Cresol 9 0 0 0.00% 21.2% 51.8%
Chloroform 7,588 146,598 8,517 1.11% 19.5% 43.9%
Chlorobenzene 306,778 330,803 44 0.01% 19.1% 37.2%
Freon 113 13,581 19,525 1 0.00% 18.5% 39.7%
Nitric acid 47 0 1 0.00% 18.3% 57.4%
Allyl alcohol 407 0 265 0.03% 17.9% 43.6%
Ammonia 6,941 0 2 0.00% 17.7% 54.4%
Hydrochloric acid 2,816 0 54 0.01% 17.3% 48.9%
Acrylic acid 2,246 3,152 1,518 0.20% 17.3% 51.2%
Naphthalene 163 64 327 0.04% 16.9% 61.7%
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane 1,169 0 0 0.00% 16.5% 47.1%
Dichloromethane 750 0 3 0.00% 16.4% 50.2%
Maleic anhydride 115 0 7 0.00% 16.3% 5.2%
Formic acid 850 0 0 0.00% 16.3% 5.2%
Triethylamine 3,705 60,000 10 0.00% 16.0% 5.3%
Toluene 53,446 499,057 0 0.00% 15.9% 6.3%
Propylene oxide 1,331 0 867 0.11% 15.8% 63.6%
Methanol 60,158 207,255 1 0.00% 15.8% 61.8%
Glycol Ethers 1,313 5 28 0.00% 15.6% 66.3%
Chloromethane 20,328 20,129 282 0.04% 15.3% 8.0%
Zinc compounds 111 0 0 0.00% 15.3% 5.0%
Ethylene oxide 250 0 506,090 66.07% 15.1% 66.0%
Ethylbenzene 35 0 0 0.00% 14.9% 50.3%
Acrylamide 477 402 9,837 1.28% 14.6% 39.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 36 0 1 0.00% 14.4% 80.8%
Diethanolamine 66 330 7 0.00% 14.3% 75.1%
Propargyl alcohol 6 0 0 0.00% 14.2% 49.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 4,074 1,000 3 0.00% 14.0% 42.2%
Phenol 7,651 57,868 26 0.00% 13.9% 70.6%
Formaldehyde 1,228 14,903 37,483 4.89% 13.6% 73.6%
4,4'-Diaminodiphenylether 3 133 11 0.00% 13.6% 41.3%
1,3-Phenylenediamine 1 133 0 0.00% 13.6% 41.3%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1 133 32 0.00% 13.6% 41.3%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 176 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 4.2%
Chloroacetic acid 1,501 18 69 0.01% 13.4% 46.7%
Epichlorohydrin 2,193 0 869 0.11% 13.4% 46.6%
Methyl acrylate 243 0 4 0.00% 13.4% 45.4%
Ethylene glycol 3,155 0 2 0.00% 13.4% 45.6%
Acrylonitrile 35,792 713,169 171,671 22.41% 12.8% 33.5%
Styrene 194 0 0 0.00% 12.8% 15.0%
Diphenylamine 77 5,680 0 0.00% 12.7% 14.2%
Butyl acrylate 44 0 1 0.00% 12.7% 14.9%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 16,182 449,500 34 0.00% 12.6% 32.0%
Hydrogen cyanide 104,848 0 23,938 3.13% 12.6% 45.9%
Hydrogen sulfide 254 0 6 0.00% 12.4% 13.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 23 0 116 0.02% 12.3% 33.5%
2-Ethoxyethanol 12 25,440 0 0.00% 10.2% 30.0%
Trichloroacetyl chloride 9 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) 447 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyclohexanol 5 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,4-Dioxane 0 1 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 105 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 71,956 66,454 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 758 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 16,181 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 1,746 2,102 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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