Nucor
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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Certain glycol ethers
225,439
9,568
1,718
0.31%
23.4%
48.5%
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
2
0.00%
14.7%
38.8%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
1,333
0
0
0.00%
24.2%
36.4%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)
1,736
0
0
0.00%
17.2%
34.9%
Naphthalene
1,140
0
45
0.01%
24.0%
36.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,602
0
0
0.00%
24.0%
36.0%
Ethylbenzene
553
0
2
0.00%
24.2%
36.4%
Propylene
176
0
0
0.00%
16.8%
23.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
18,916
0
3
0.00%
24.8%
37.9%
Polychlorinated biphenyls
0
0
2
0.00%
15.2%
49.2%
Lead
16
0
20
0.00%
16.1%
29.8%
Manganese
2,031
0
1,028
0.19%
16.2%
25.6%
Nickel
117
0
3,837
0.70%
16.5%
23.1%
Barium
25
0
0
0.00%
18.1%
56.6%
Chromium
241
0
74,074
13.53%
16.0%
22.1%
Copper
7
0
0
0.00%
24.1%
36.4%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
16,777
0
162
0.03%
13.7%
73.7%
Nitric acid
382
0
2
0.00%
18.4%
35.4%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
639
0
44
0.01%
15.2%
44.7%
Cadmium compounds
56
0
2,305
0.42%
18.7%
44.1%
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
405,667
74.09%
23.7%
47.9%
Cobalt compounds
2
0
423
0.08%
24.2%
67.4%
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
79
0.01%
18.1%
45.5%
Diisocyanates
0
0
0
0.00%
23.6%
38.3%
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
15
0.00%
14.7%
38.7%
Lead compounds
5,247
0
2,655
0.48%
25.1%
60.8%
Manganese compounds
29,632
0
13,589
2.48%
21.8%
52.5%
Mercury compounds
4,179
0
271
0.05%
14.1%
40.6%
Nickel compounds
2,338
0
40,643
7.42%
19.9%
44.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
374
0
732
0.13%
15.6%
21.1%
Vanadium compounds
118
0
0
0.00%
18.3%
38.2%
Zinc compounds
93,249
0
203
0.04%
21.2%
52.5%
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