PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Cleveland-Cliffs

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 50
Rank among all TRI companies: 96
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 1,013,985
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 423,416
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 627,342
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 26%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%

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This company is rank 44 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 15 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.)	3,958	0	265,036	42.25%	23.8%	43.5%
Cadmium compounds	249	0	174,164	27.76%	29.4%	60.0%
Benzene	86,311	84,384	54,230	8.64%	21.9%	27.2%
Nickel compounds	1,019	0	36,241	5.78%	21.2%	48.6%
Manganese compounds	23,414	0	30,356	4.84%	26.8%	54.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	1,740	97,940	14,424	2.30%	30.5%	42.3%
Hydrogen sulfide	95,445	0	13,385	2.13%	25.1%	70.8%
Chromium	28	0	9,856	1.57%	16.3%	25.7%
Lead compounds	9,152	0	8,998	1.43%	25.3%	56.2%
Cobalt compounds	3	0	4,777	0.76%	15.1%	8.0%
Naphthalene	12,837	134,175	4,510	0.72%	27.9%	29.1%
Beryllium compounds	3	0	3,467	0.55%	29.0%	80.4%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	34,402	0	2,818	0.45%	26.7%	27.0%
Quinoline	11	913	1,053	0.17%	30.2%	42.2%
Zinc compounds	98,853	0	861	0.14%	27.7%	61.8%
Nickel	8	0	703	0.11%	12.0%	36.3%
Mercury	342	0	475	0.08%	19.5%	19.1%
Mercury compounds	862	0	446	0.07%	17.6%	46.8%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	655	8,117	319	0.05%	28.9%	24.5%
Molybdenum trioxide	116	0	207	0.03%	22.9%	74.1%
1,3-Butadiene	63	0	173	0.03%	15.3%	38.7%
Aluminum (fume or dust)	1,725	0	129	0.02%	19.4%	19.6%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	30,884	0	113	0.02%	14.7%	29.8%
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)	392,488	0	104	0.02%	19.0%	47.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	976	0	99	0.02%	26.0%	56.3%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	203	0	87	0.01%	25.7%	64.0%
Hydrogen cyanide	262	0	69	0.01%	17.3%	48.2%
Cyanide compounds	303	21	54	0.01%	18.0%	21.7%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	10,228	0	43	0.01%	14.8%	9.6%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)	0	0	35	0.01%	18.7%	57.9%
Certain glycol ethers	8,501	0	27	0.00%	19.7%	11.8%
Antimony compounds	20	0	23	0.00%	27.4%	77.9%
Nitric acid	16,996	0	22	0.00%	15.5%	5.8%
Chlorine	5	0	12	0.00%	25.5%	75.2%
Manganese	8	0	7	0.00%	12.2%	37.2%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	42,300	0	7	0.00%	18.4%	63.4%
Vanadium compounds	376	0	4	0.00%	25.8%	63.3%
Lead	2	0	2	0.00%	25.8%	36.0%
Biphenyl	101	1,056	2	0.00%	35.6%	40.3%
Ethylbenzene	57	257	1	0.00%	33.1%	41.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	1,857	1,253	1	0.00%	32.9%	35.4%
Phenol	1,888	3,091	1	0.00%	19.5%	21.9%
Methanol	57,279	0	1	0.00%	21.7%	66.5%
Ethylene	50,426	0	1	0.00%	22.1%	28.2%
Carbonyl sulfide	25	0	1	0.00%	17.3%	48.2%
Toluene	18,104	7,001	0	0.00%	27.2%	37.9%
2,4-Dimethylphenol	120	0	0	0.00%	15.2%	38.3%
Propylene	2,626	0	0	0.00%	26.3%	33.4%
Anthracene	873	14,342	0	0.00%	28.8%	40.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	25	457	0	0.00%	17.1%	42.6%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	272	3,833	0	0.00%	16.1%	41.8%
Styrene	496	228	0	0.00%	34.0%	44.4%
Carbon disulfide	46	0	0	0.00%	17.3%	48.2%
Phenanthrene	3,904	56,605	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Pyridine	0	290	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Dibenzofuran	684	9,452	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
Lithium carbonate	455	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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