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Rank in Toxic 100: 61
Rank among all TRI companies: 103
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 497,194
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 12,496
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 547,521
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 44%

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This company is rank 66 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 16,777 0 180 3,019,896 162 0.03% 13.7% 35.5% 73.7% 9.7% 54.9%
Propylene 176 0 1 211 0 0.00% 16.8% 40.6% 23.1% 2.7% 17.2%
Manganese 2,031 0 12,000 24,368,760 1,028 0.19% 16.2% 39.2% 25.6% 4.5% 16.9%
Chromium 241 0 43,000,000 1,761,912,100 74,074 13.53% 16.0% 39.0% 22.1% 3.8% 14.9%
Nickel 117 0 930,000 108,739,320 3,837 0.70% 16.5% 38.9% 23.1% 5.4% 13.4%
Zinc compounds 93,249 0 100 9,324,929 203 0.04% 21.2% 42.5% 52.5% 33.7% 12.9%
Lead 16 0 23,000 379,213 20 0.00% 16.1% 37.0% 29.8% 11.9% 12.2%
Manganese compounds 29,632 0 12,000 355,582,009 13,589 2.48% 21.8% 44.4% 52.5% 34.5% 12.1%
Lead compounds 5,247 0 23,000 120,675,618 2,655 0.48% 25.1% 46.6% 60.8% 46.1% 10.5%
Diisocyanates 0 0 350,000 6,458 0 0.00% 23.6% 43.1% 38.3% 26.4% 7.9%
Mercury compounds 4,179 0 12,000 50,152,545 271 0.05% 14.1% 30.6% 40.6% 24.0% 7.7%
Vanadium compounds 118 0 140 16,547 0 0.00% 18.3% 37.6% 38.2% 27.5% 7.5%
Cadmium compounds 56 0 6,400,000 358,144,000 2,305 0.42% 18.7% 38.3% 44.1% 33.2% 7.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 374 0 390,000 146,023,800 732 0.13% 15.6% 35.3% 21.1% 9.9% 7.0%
Nickel compounds 2,338 0 930,000 2,173,877,232 40,643 7.42% 19.9% 43.6% 44.9% 31.8% 6.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 81,089 2,928 7 567,624 2 0.00% 14.7% 31.5% 38.8% 27.6% 6.2%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like 0 0 1,400,000,000 3,546,362 15 0.00% 14.7% 32.0% 38.7% 25.2% 6.2%
Certain glycol ethers 225,439 9,568 180 42,301,324 1,718 0.31% 23.4% 50.5% 48.5% 38.8% 6.1%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 2,448 0 1,500 3,672,050 79 0.01% 18.1% 37.5% 45.5% 29.8% 6.1%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 7,330 0 43,000,000 34,344,974,081 405,667 74.09% 23.7% 47.3% 47.9% 36.8% 5.9%
Cobalt compounds 2 0 17,000,000 37,740,000 423 0.08% 24.2% 46.6% 67.4% 58.3% 5.5%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 1,736 0 0 208 0 0.00% 17.2% 36.7% 34.9% 24.5% 5.3%
Nitric acid 382 0 270 103,208 2 0.00% 18.4% 38.7% 35.4% 26.1% 4.7%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 639 0 7,000 4,471,180 44 0.01% 15.2% 33.1% 44.7% 37.3% 4.5%
Polychlorinated biphenyls 0 0 360,000 82,800 2 0.00% 15.2% 35.2% 49.2% 42.1% 4.3%
Barium 25 0 7,000 174,370 0 0.00% 18.1% 36.3% 56.6% 49.8% 3.2%
Ethylbenzene 553 0 890 492,170 2 0.00% 24.2% 47.4% 36.4% 28.7% 3.2%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 1,333 0 10 13,330 0 0.00% 24.2% 47.3% 36.4% 28.7% 3.2%
Copper 7 0 1,500 11,101 0 0.00% 24.1% 47.3% 36.4% 28.7% 3.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 18,916 0 35 662,060 3 0.00% 24.8% 47.9% 37.9% 31.3% 3.1%
Naphthalene 1,140 0 12,000 13,680,000 45 0.01% 24.0% 47.0% 36.2% 28.5% 3.1%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 1,602 0 58 92,916 0 0.00% 24.0% 46.8% 36.0% 28.3% 3.0%

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