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Rank in Toxic 100: 2
Rank among all TRI companies: 4
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 3,980,308
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 7,309,722
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 8,446,509
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 2.5%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 37%

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Chlorophenols 0 2,120,057 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 76,331 1,404,000 6 0.00% 18.5% 47.5%
Cyclohexane 34,986 1,359,000 1 0.00% 14.2% 57.5%
Toluene 54,445 1,285,961 1 0.00% 20.3% 55.7%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 13,124 212,906 6 0.00% 14.8% 59.0%
Pendimethalin 264 196,026 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 961 184,753 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Methanol 214,394 163,453 1 0.00% 17.0% 42.5%
Ethylene glycol 13,422 69,503 10 0.00% 11.9% 39.6%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 35 45,108 1 0.00% 10.2% 49.1%
Diisocyanates 2,059 37,955 35,026 0.41% 17.3% 39.2%
Aniline 6,530 29,040 463 0.01% 11.7% 39.8%
o-Toluidine 593 25,800 2,772 0.03% 19.9% 60.0%
Formaldehyde 13,330 22,648 17,422 0.21% 14.6% 45.9%
Chloroform 11,805 17,870 26,171 0.31% 14.7% 44.8%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,220 17,200 1,405 0.02% 15.7% 47.3%
Certain glycol ethers 7,833 12,790 68 0.00% 14.4% 56.3%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 21,042 10,700 0 0.00% 18.1% 34.3%
1,2-Dichloroethane 8,595 10,616 16,784 0.20% 21.8% 38.9%
Cyanide compounds 23 9,691 2 0.00% 18.3% 39.4%
Methyl methacrylate 2,054 9,157 2 0.00% 21.4% 31.8%
Acrylic acid 9,364 8,210 1,760 0.02% 14.7% 55.4%
Acetonitrile 263 8,090 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Molybdenum trioxide 232 5,585 239 0.00% 20.2% 27.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 1,030 5,128 1 0.00% 15.5% 10.6%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 41 5,057 143 0.00% 19.8% 38.9%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 5,900 4,830 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Acrylamide 102 4,749 2,030 0.02% 12.2% 28.2%
Styrene 10,401 4,096 3 0.00% 18.6% 31.0%
Butyl acrylate 5,516 3,134 1,155 0.01% 15.3% 55.1%
Chlorobenzene 21,110 3,120 2 0.00% 13.3% 42.2%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) (Toluenediamine) 2,584 2,800 61,473 0.73% 8.7% 34.3%
Dimethylamine 5,451 2,711 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 1,790 2,132 0 0.00% 17.6% 8.0%
Nitrobenzene 2,674 1,070 4,583 0.05% 13.9% 41.9%
Triethylamine 2,682 976 18 0.00% 13.0% 40.5%
Ethylbenzene 19,722 800 139 0.00% 22.3% 50.9%
Formic acid 21,646 743 0 0.00% 13.8% 43.3%
Ethyl acrylate 359 663 5 0.00% 20.4% 31.3%
Benzene 36,298 469 21,054 0.25% 18.1% 52.2%
Isobutyraldehyde 4,732 393 50 0.00% 19.2% 78.1%
Butyraldehyde 7,272 393 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Vinyl chloride 98 201 18 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 107,216 62 24 0.00% 19.4% 46.8%
o-Xylene 9,500 51 2 0.00% 15.5% 10.7%
Acrylonitrile 3,919 12 51,289 0.61% 17.2% 36.9%
Vinyl acetate 816 12 1 0.00% 11.2% 10.6%
Bromomethane (Methyl bromide) 216 0 1 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Ethylene 162,467 0 2 0.00% 20.9% 55.6%
Chloromethane 2,166 0 62 0.00% 10.5% 49.5%
Hydrogen cyanide 2,687 0 110 0.00% 15.6% 45.1%
Chloroethane 1,485 0 0 0.00% 12.8% 38.6%
Acetaldehyde 25 0 4 0.00% 15.6% 29.3%
Ethylene oxide 14,848 0 5,000,145 59.20% 14.7% 41.4%
Phosgene 26 0 8 0.00% 13.6% 42.6%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 11,200 0 0 0.00% 12.2% 40.4%
Propylene oxide 14,259 0 8,753 0.10% 17.5% 39.2%
Dimethyl sulfate 10 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 209 0 0 0.00% 22.7% 41.7%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 250 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 7.3%
Phthalic anhydride 40 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 48.3%
Naphthalene 221 0 51 0.00% 15.0% 42.3%
Biphenyl 1,810 0 68 0.00% 13.5% 58.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 3,665 0 5 0.00% 21.6% 42.6%
Methyl acrylate 11,837 0 7 0.00% 26.2% 45.7%
Cumene 510 0 0 0.00% 18.7% 6.9%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1,319 0 13,390 0.16% 9.1% 34.9%
Epichlorohydrin 12 0 3 0.00% 27.7% 71.7%
1,3-Butadiene 22,371 0 49,600 0.59% 18.3% 42.1%
Acrolein 350 0 2,978 0.04% 13.8% 59.9%
Propargyl alcohol 175 0 2 0.00% 11.8% 39.7%
Maleic anhydride 88 0 22 0.00% 13.7% 59.3%
Cyclohexanol 1,590 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenol 11 0 0 0.00% 19.2% 7.5%
Diethanolamine 165 0 20 0.00% 9.0% 38.3%
Propylene 131,442 0 3 0.00% 20.6% 59.4%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 4,656 0 4 0.00% 10.3% 49.3%
Dimethyl phthalate 810 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 46 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dicamba 6 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 54.0%
Sodium dicamba 8 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 54.1%
Manganese 95 0 54 0.00% 13.4% 58.5%
Barium 113 0 55 0.00% 20.4% 26.4%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 37,508 0 164 0.00% 15.0% 43.1%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 941 0 2 0.00% 26.0% 82.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 2,741,734 0 237 0.00% 18.4% 46.4%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 8,407 0 223 0.00% 16.7% 13.8%
Nitric acid 18,135 0 85 0.00% 19.0% 37.7%
Bromine 199 0 3 0.00% 15.3% 10.4%
Chlorine 10,174 0 3,757 0.04% 16.2% 30.5%
Propiconazole 108 0 0 0.00% 24.3% 37.7%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 542 0 252 0.00% 36.0% 53.8%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 3,908 0 3,062,069 36.25% 23.0% 30.6%
Cobalt compounds 30 0 17,424 0.21% 18.3% 28.6%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 446 0 68 0.00% 34.1% 48.6%
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 0.00% 15.3% 18.5%
Lead compounds 399 0 740 0.01% 38.1% 55.7%
Manganese compounds 428 0 505 0.01% 34.7% 50.1%
Nickel compounds 763 0 41,457 0.49% 33.9% 49.5%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 13 0 0 0.00% 10.3% 38.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 11 0 41 0.00% 17.9% 49.1%
Vanadium compounds 251 0 4 0.00% 38.8% 57.1%
Zinc compounds 359 0 3 0.00% 36.6% 57.0%

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