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Rank in Toxic 100: 48
Rank among all TRI companies: 80
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 685,170
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 2,362,940
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 778,135
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 57%

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Ethylene oxide 249 0 521,710 67.05% 15.0% 66.2%
Acrylonitrile 25,170 421,147 219,784 28.24% 12.8% 34.7%
Hydrogen cyanide 57,602 0 16,203 2.08% 12.6% 45.9%
Acrylamide 440 2,512 8,731 1.12% 14.8% 38.4%
Chloroform 5,695 6,972 6,027 0.77% 19.6% 40.7%
Hydroquinone 734 9,230 1,889 0.24% 23.5% 66.4%
Propylene oxide 1,880 0 921 0.12% 16.7% 64.4%
Epichlorohydrin 1,377 0 554 0.07% 13.4% 46.2%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-Dichlorobenzene) 4,959 228,104 498 0.06% 29.2% 39.9%
Allyl alcohol 402 0 263 0.03% 17.9% 43.6%
Chloromethane 18,602 4,056 252 0.03% 15.2% 7.1%
Naphthalene 143 159 237 0.03% 17.2% 57.6%
Phosphine 303 0 234 0.03% 17.3% 42.1%
Catechol 430 129 202 0.03% 26.6% 79.1%
Acrylic acid 609 1,459 185 0.02% 17.6% 44.9%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 2 47 66 0.01% 13.6% 41.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 6 0 56 0.01% 12.5% 35.8%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 1,742 0 54 0.01% 26.6% 70.6%
Certain glycol ethers 1,709 293 49 0.01% 15.9% 67.4%
Chlorobenzene 283,472 96,885 41 0.01% 19.1% 36.1%
Chloroacetic acid 850 0 40 0.01% 13.4% 46.2%
Formaldehyde 90 0 38 0.00% 15.7% 5.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 8,830 377,900 32 0.00% 12.7% 33.2%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 977 0 9 0.00% 17.5% 44.2%
Triethylamine 3,370 50,400 9 0.00% 16.0% 5.3%
Maleic anhydride 150 0 9 0.00% 16.3% 5.2%
4,4'-Diaminodiphenyl ether 2 25 8 0.00% 13.6% 41.3%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 1,512 0 6 0.00% 16.4% 50.2%
Phenol 5,160 27,041 6 0.00% 16.0% 56.3%
Hydrogen sulfide 219 0 5 0.00% 12.4% 13.9%
Methyl acrylate 243 0 4 0.00% 13.4% 45.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 270 5,366 3 0.00% 15.7% 75.2%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 4,307 0 3 0.00% 17.6% 51.3%
Ethylene glycol 1,805 0 1 0.00% 13.4% 45.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 42,799 504,102 1 0.00% 23.4% 57.2%
Nitric acid 48 0 1 0.00% 18.3% 57.0%
2-Ethoxyethanol 793 0 1 0.00% 13.7% 31.0%
Methanol 56,394 160,008 1 0.00% 17.6% 49.6%
Freon 113 (CFC-113) 7,404 2,755 0 0.00% 19.2% 42.7%
Toluene 51,192 377,516 0 0.00% 16.0% 5.9%
Ethylene 25,874 0 0 0.00% 22.4% 40.5%
Zinc compounds 134 0 0 0.00% 15.4% 5.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 8 0 0 0.00% 15.4% 77.9%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 178 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 4.2%
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 1,947 0 0 0.00% 16.5% 47.2%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 99 23,624 0 0.00% 12.5% 14.4%
Diphenylamine 75 0 0 0.00% 12.7% 14.3%
Chloroethane 113 11,251 0 0.00% 25.6% 75.3%
Formic acid 730 0 0 0.00% 16.3% 5.2%
m-Cresol 8 0 0 0.00% 21.3% 52.1%
1,3-Phenylenediamine 1 1,138 0 0.00% 13.6% 41.3%
Trichloroacetyl chloride 9 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Tetrabromobisphenol A 307 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 129 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 62,413 36,045 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls 0 1,061 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 9,503 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 1,199 4,212 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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