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Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 3
Rank among all TRI companies: 4
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 4,404,095
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 4,479,545
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 11,219,461
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 3.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 36%

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This company is rank 9 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 1,038 0 3 0.00% 26.0% 82.3%
Isobutyraldehyde 6,845 320 68 0.00% 18.8% 76.9%
Epichlorohydrin 12 0 3 0.00% 27.7% 71.7%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 18 405,953 5,756 0.05% 24.2% 69.2%
Phenol 141 10,453 0 0.00% 22.4% 64.6%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 80,128 1,302,907 5 0.00% 21.9% 60.4%
Acrolein 378 0 3,241 0.03% 13.8% 60.0%
Maleic anhydride 152 0 37 0.00% 13.6% 59.2%
Cyclohexane 23,060 40 0 0.00% 13.9% 59.0%
Biphenyl 1,839 433 69 0.00% 13.5% 58.8%
Propylene 142,038 0 4 0.00% 18.5% 58.7%
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 2,656 0.02% 13.4% 58.3%
Manganese 83 0 47 0.00% 13.4% 58.3%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 31,726 95,299 14 0.00% 14.1% 58.2%
Vanadium compounds 251 0 4 0.00% 38.8% 57.1%
Acrylic acid 11,564 964 2,180 0.02% 14.6% 56.4%
Lead compounds 331 0 716 0.01% 38.4% 56.4%
Phthalic anhydride 42 368 0 0.00% 13.4% 56.2%
Butyl acrylate 5,266 1,214 1,118 0.01% 15.2% 56.0%
o-Toluidine 644 18,000 2,471 0.02% 18.3% 55.9%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 299 0 232 0.00% 36.9% 55.8%
Zinc compounds 655 0 4 0.00% 35.4% 54.5%
Toluene 46,496 1,573,802 1 0.00% 20.0% 54.2%
Sodium dicamba 199 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 54.1%
Dicamba 304 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 54.0%
Ethylene 167,574 0 2 0.00% 19.9% 53.6%
Benzene 23,355 55 13,837 0.12% 17.8% 52.8%
Nickel compounds 541 0 35,335 0.31% 35.8% 52.5%
Manganese compounds 434 0 513 0.00% 34.5% 49.9%
Chloromethane 2,947 0 85 0.00% 10.6% 49.5%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 6,441 0 5 0.00% 10.4% 49.3%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 12 0 43 0.00% 17.9% 49.1%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 4 6,350 0 0.00% 10.1% 49.0%
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) 3,085,227 2,845 258 0.00% 18.9% 48.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 130,754 33 27 0.00% 19.8% 46.5%
Carbon tetrachloride 2,220 13,160 1,372 0.01% 15.4% 46.4%
Methyl acrylate 13,429 0 8 0.00% 26.5% 46.3%
Hydrogen cyanide 2,572 0 93 0.00% 16.4% 46.2%
Formaldehyde 14,684 1,315 19,960 0.18% 15.2% 45.8%
Chloroform 10,500 13,340 23,512 0.21% 14.7% 44.6%
Formic acid 18,814 57,281 0 0.00% 14.0% 44.5%
Methanol 235,175 62,149 1 0.00% 17.8% 43.2%
Ethylbenzene 24,746 6 126 0.00% 20.9% 43.1%
Nitric acid 14,021 0 75 0.00% 18.9% 42.8%
Phosgene 27 0 9 0.00% 13.6% 42.7%
Naphthalene 277 0 66 0.00% 15.0% 42.5%
Chlorobenzene 23,910 25,680 2 0.00% 13.4% 42.4%
Nitrobenzene 2,806 519 4,246 0.04% 14.1% 41.8%
Ethylene oxide 16,636 2 5,702,784 50.83% 14.5% 41.6%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 41,735 1,250 164 0.00% 15.2% 41.6%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol) 147 0 0 0.00% 22.7% 41.3%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 9,690 0 0 0.00% 12.2% 40.4%
Ethylene glycol 13,817 6,986 13 0.00% 13.8% 40.4%
Aniline 5,280 9,995 382 0.00% 11.8% 40.2%
Triethylamine 2,440 709 17 0.00% 12.5% 40.1%
Propylene oxide 19,383 0 10,576 0.09% 17.2% 40.1%
Propargyl alcohol 175 0 2 0.00% 11.8% 39.7%
1,3-Butadiene 19,575 0 42,331 0.38% 17.7% 38.9%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 11 0 0 0.00% 10.3% 38.7%
Diethanolamine 115 0 14 0.00% 9.0% 38.3%
Diisocyanates 1,143 12,141 23,330 0.21% 17.8% 38.3%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 16,752 53,800 0 0.00% 18.1% 37.6%
Chlorothalonil 13 0 2 0.00% 24.8% 37.6%
Propiconazole 21 0 0 0.00% 24.8% 37.1%
Acrylonitrile 3,846 14 50,323 0.45% 17.2% 36.9%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1,340 0 13,836 0.12% 9.0% 34.9%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) (Toluenediamine) 2,514 1,813 60,616 0.54% 8.7% 34.2%
Chlorine 9,406 0 3,709 0.03% 15.7% 33.5%
Methyl methacrylate 2,096 2,376 2 0.00% 21.3% 32.3%
Ethyl acrylate 369 462 5 0.00% 20.4% 31.5%
Acetaldehyde 18 0 3 0.00% 15.5% 29.5%
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.) 6,429 0 4,999,398 44.56% 22.1% 29.1%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 7,857 0 826 0.01% 21.9% 28.6%
Styrene 8,548 15,132 2 0.00% 18.1% 28.3%
Chloroethane 900 0 0 0.00% 14.9% 27.8%
Cyanide compounds 12 4,839 1 0.00% 17.1% 27.7%
Acrylamide 98 0 1,939 0.02% 12.1% 26.8%
Barium 237 0 119 0.00% 20.7% 26.3%
Cobalt compounds 413 0 185,946 1.66% 17.2% 25.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 3,868 0 5 0.00% 18.0% 16.7%
Certain glycol ethers 2,910 7,440 20 0.00% 17.8% 16.0%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 8,256 0 222 0.00% 16.7% 13.9%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 946 2,837 1 0.00% 15.6% 10.7%
o-Xylene 12,823 0 3 0.00% 15.5% 10.6%
Pendimethalin 282 124,727 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Vinyl acetate 802 0 1 0.00% 11.1% 10.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane 8,126 8,840 4,611 0.04% 15.4% 10.5%
Acetonitrile 243 5,804 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Vinyl chloride 287 131 52 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Bromomethane (Methyl bromide) 64 0 0 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Bromine 190 0 2 0.00% 15.4% 10.5%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 2,617 2,194 0 0.00% 17.2% 8.5%
Cumene 1,660 0 0 0.00% 16.2% 8.3%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 250 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 7.3%
Dimethyl sulfate 10 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
1,2-Phenylenediamine 0 64,194 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyclohexanol 1,250 10 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Butyraldehyde 19,267 320 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 7,550 13,500 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethyl phthalate 934 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 5,717 290 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide 47 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Molybdenum trioxide 0 5,796 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 910 243,015 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Chlorophenols 0 298,441 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 92 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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