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Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 53
Rank among all TRI companies: 103
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 3,518,191
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 14,897
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 580,062
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 69%

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This company is rank 42 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 23 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 3 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

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Hydrogen cyanide 1,524,923 0 4,400 6,709,662,388 165,878 28.60% 19.1% 40.4% 70.5% 19.8% 41.9%
Cobalt compounds 171 0 17,000,000 2,907,000,000 121,060 20.87% 19.1% 40.0% 67.5% 21.3% 35.5%
Benzene 121,147 1,229 28,000 3,410,376,777 109,428 18.86% 22.0% 45.6% 76.2% 23.0% 47.2%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 11,737 160 390,000 4,594,629,001 66,088 11.39% 24.3% 46.8% 68.9% 38.5% 24.7%
Nickel compounds 2,165 0 930,000 2,013,245,400 57,963 9.99% 17.7% 36.5% 64.0% 24.2% 27.3%
1,3-Butadiene 3,539 58 110,000 389,312,000 21,874 3.77% 22.3% 45.8% 78.2% 21.9% 50.0%
Acrolein 32,784 0 180,000 5,901,120,000 13,244 2.28% 12.9% 32.9% 13.9% 4.5% 5.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 205,637 75 3,500 719,729,640 7,688 1.33% 14.0% 30.7% 59.2% 14.2% 30.4%
Hydrogen sulfide 62,738 15 1,800 112,931,172 5,848 1.01% 18.6% 39.5% 70.8% 17.5% 41.4%
Formaldehyde 19,546 1 46,000 899,116,000 3,018 0.52% 14.3% 33.3% 14.8% 5.9% 5.1%
Naphthalene 7,782 1,533 12,000 97,542,318 2,899 0.50% 23.5% 46.1% 72.9% 34.4% 32.7%
Acetaldehyde 85,449 0 7,900 675,047,100 2,150 0.37% 14.1% 32.8% 14.4% 5.3% 4.9%
Ethylbenzene 28,264 3,362 890 25,184,240 1,064 0.18% 21.1% 43.4% 72.7% 23.9% 40.9%
Carbonyl sulfide 25,921 0 350 9,072,249 457 0.08% 13.1% 29.7% 65.7% 9.7% 35.8%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 419,207 2,677 7 2,950,931 223 0.04% 17.3% 37.7% 72.8% 12.6% 45.6%
Lead compounds 609 0 23,000 14,012,791 206 0.04% 17.3% 37.4% 62.0% 16.7% 35.9%
Molybdenum trioxide 258 0 15,000 3,867,600 157 0.03% 9.3% 21.8% 58.9% 8.9% 25.2%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 99,710 1,447 35 3,496,704 135 0.02% 22.1% 44.3% 72.3% 28.1% 36.3%
Diethanolamine 4,633 0 1,200 5,559,852 124 0.02% 21.8% 50.5% 91.8% 8.3% 83.4%
Chlorine 743 0 23,000 17,091,070 89 0.02% 18.5% 41.6% 75.0% 3.2% 70.0%
Lead 79 0 23,000 1,817,244 66 0.01% 28.3% 50.7% 74.2% 65.8% 5.1%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 48 218 20,000 1,001,266 59 0.01% 36.8% 62.4% 82.7% 72.1% 6.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 26,035 968 58 1,533,510 55 0.01% 22.2% 44.7% 72.7% 27.6% 37.7%
Tetrachloroethylene 2,706 8 930 2,520,187 54 0.01% 18.3% 40.9% 66.5% 13.7% 47.2%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 3,599 0 180 647,789 47 0.01% 17.6% 37.7% 70.6% 15.7% 40.1%
Mercury compounds 102 0 12,000 1,223,172 46 0.01% 13.5% 30.4% 64.5% 10.9% 34.9%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 339,888 162 5 1,699,470 45 0.01% 22.9% 46.1% 72.5% 27.6% 37.8%
Ozone 65,720 0 19 1,248,678 20 0.00% 19.1% 40.8% 60.4% 17.7% 37.0%
Antimony compounds 51 0 12,000 612,000 20 0.00% 27.2% 49.1% 71.9% 63.0% 5.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0 0 1,400,000,000 726,591 18 0.00% 18.8% 39.5% 68.1% 21.8% 34.6%
Phenol 4,272 94 18 77,685 11 0.00% 17.3% 37.8% 74.0% 12.3% 46.1%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 260 0 250 65,110 7 0.00% 24.3% 46.9% 77.9% 39.6% 28.8%
Propylene 57,720 0 1 69,264 4 0.00% 24.2% 47.9% 79.5% 29.3% 44.6%
Toluene 161,578 1,695 1 113,199 4 0.00% 22.1% 44.7% 73.0% 25.9% 39.8%
Carbon disulfide 19,875 88 5 99,376 3 0.00% 19.4% 40.7% 68.0% 23.2% 36.7%
Mercury 6 0 12,000 72,078 2 0.00% 27.2% 49.1% 71.9% 63.0% 5.4%
Cyclohexane 67,675 33 1 39,256 2 0.00% 21.8% 45.0% 75.7% 22.6% 47.4%
Vanadium compounds 523 0 140 73,220 1 0.00% 14.9% 31.6% 54.7% 24.6% 18.5%
Cumene 3,215 43 9 28,595 1 0.00% 21.1% 43.7% 72.9% 22.8% 43.3%
Ethylene 25,128 0 1 14,072 1 0.00% 23.8% 46.3% 75.1% 38.0% 29.6%
1,2-Dichloroethane 5 0 93,000 465,000 0 0.00% 12.2% 40.8% 68.4% 4.0% 57.1%
Styrene 9,125 9 4 31,939 0 0.00% 21.0% 43.4% 63.5% 24.3% 33.9%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 1,863 88 6 10,955 0 0.00% 20.5% 43.4% 64.9% 19.4% 39.6%
Methanol 34,279 45 0 6,170 0 0.00% 10.8% 24.6% 55.8% 11.5% 22.8%
Zinc compounds 59 0 100 5,949 0 0.00% 20.8% 42.5% 62.8% 31.0% 27.2%
Vanadium (except when contained in an alloy) 19 0 140 2,660 0 0.00% 27.2% 49.1% 71.9% 63.0% 5.4%
Formic acid 35,446 0 1 17,723 0 0.00% 14.3% 33.3% 15.1% 5.5% 5.2%
Certain glycol ethers 45 0 180 8,046 0 0.00% 13.9% 32.2% 58.9% 3.8% 52.8%
Anthracene 169 264 3 616 0 0.00% 21.2% 42.9% 63.6% 25.4% 31.9%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 2 0 10 20 0 0.00% 19.7% 42.2% 61.0% 19.2% 36.3%
Ethylene glycol 5 48 9 53 0 0.00% 12.4% 40.9% 67.5% 4.4% 55.9%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 60 0 1 42 0 0.00% 12.2% 40.8% 68.4% 4.0% 57.2%
Phenanthrene 1,672 576 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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