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Rank among all TRI companies: 221
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 1,447,310
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 9,575,321
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 182,243
EJ: Poor Share: 12%
EJ: Minority Share: 43%

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This company is rank 86 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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Propyleneimine 6 0 84,462 46.35% 10.8% 32.9%
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.) 35 0 73,520 40.34% 12.7% 62.5%
Formaldehyde 11,300 705 8,144 4.47% 10.6% 11.3%
Diisocyanates 1,081 72,414 6,938 3.81% 16.0% 31.0%
Acetaldehyde 8,197 2,550 2,779 1.53% 13.9% 36.0%
Acrylic acid 48,131 143,398 1,318 0.72% 12.6% 21.7%
Nickel compounds 96 0 863 0.47% 11.6% 13.8%
Acrylonitrile 417 1,373 839 0.46% 11.5% 13.1%
Acrylamide 60 3,041 537 0.29% 10.9% 27.5%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 928 0 327 0.18% 10.9% 33.2%
Lead 55 0 325 0.18% 12.0% 47.6%
Nitric acid 11,626 0 316 0.17% 10.9% 33.2%
Ethylbenzene 25,686 199,677 273 0.15% 15.3% 23.0%
Butyl acrylate 1,021 17,187 208 0.11% 11.2% 32.1%
Manganese compounds 327 0 205 0.11% 14.4% 42.2%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 2,511 0 178 0.10% 10.9% 33.2%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 1,343 0 137 0.08% 11.5% 35.0%
Boron trifluoride 2,123 0 88 0.05% 17.2% 24.2%
Trichloroethylene 58 0 88 0.05% 10.3% 32.2%
Diethyl sulfate 8 0 80 0.04% 11.4% 12.6%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 128,096 1,370,818 80 0.04% 19.1% 16.3%
Antimony compounds 212 0 69 0.04% 17.1% 34.9%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 20,979 383,962 61 0.03% 17.9% 36.5%
Carbon disulfide 316,000 0 57 0.03% 16.7% 27.2%
Certain glycol ethers 19,917 382,119 51 0.03% 16.6% 26.5%
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 5 126 33 0.02% 9.6% 48.5%
Catechol 406 448 27 0.02% 11.5% 13.0%
Lead compounds 15 0 23 0.01% 14.1% 41.1%
Nickel 1 0 21 0.01% 22.5% 29.6%
Naphthalene 17 0 17 0.01% 10.0% 31.6%
Zinc compounds 6,448 0 17 0.01% 14.4% 22.5%
Phenol 44,589 181,201 17 0.01% 11.7% 10.8%
Ethyl acrylate 2,115 517 13 0.01% 10.7% 32.7%
Epichlorohydrin 29 0 13 0.01% 10.8% 33.0%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 3,948 101,821 12 0.01% 11.4% 19.0%
Bromine 709 0 12 0.01% 17.4% 23.2%
Methyl acrylate 6,925 10,941 11 0.01% 11.4% 15.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 6,244 12,784 9 0.00% 25.9% 53.0%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 2,740 25,912 7 0.00% 17.8% 35.4%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 4,719 34,803 7 0.00% 17.7% 15.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 314 0 6 0.00% 10.9% 33.2%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 37,050 119,762 5 0.00% 13.0% 31.6%
Toluene 445,974 2,335,754 5 0.00% 12.0% 21.0%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 2 28,995 5 0.00% 15.0% 21.4%
Vinyl acetate 4,020 1,756 5 0.00% 11.1% 32.9%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 56 0 4 0.00% 17.5% 40.8%
Mercury compounds 5 0 4 0.00% 14.9% 37.8%
Tetrachloroethylene 39 0 4 0.00% 10.3% 32.3%
Ethylene glycol 9,892 591,132 3 0.00% 17.9% 39.9%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 27,913 71,355 3 0.00% 11.4% 17.3%
Phthalic anhydride 521 699 3 0.00% 18.2% 36.7%
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) 5,644 4,669 3 0.00% 12.3% 33.7%
Triethylamine 1,081 23,247 2 0.00% 10.7% 9.8%
Copper 14 0 2 0.00% 13.0% 39.3%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 1,887 3,817 2 0.00% 11.6% 13.7%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 1 25 2 0.00% 17.7% 13.9%
Methanol 149,342 1,813,709 1 0.00% 10.8% 30.6%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 23,497 1,168,838 1 0.00% 14.4% 33.1%
Cyclohexane 28,857 234,251 0 0.00% 15.3% 22.8%
Formic acid 4,957 17,025 0 0.00% 8.4% 32.6%
Sulfuryl fluoride 673 0 0 0.00% 11.6% 13.8%
Methyl methacrylate 1,427 2,113 0 0.00% 15.6% 25.8%
Propylene 2,647 0 0 0.00% 18.5% 37.3%
Acetonitrile 57 13,329 0 0.00% 11.4% 14.9%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 611 29,098 0 0.00% 9.8% 25.1%
Styrene 400 14,180 0 0.00% 13.4% 19.6%
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 2,671 48,030 0 0.00% 16.7% 35.0%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 13 82,908 0 0.00% 11.1% 11.3%
Chloroethane 15 6 0 0.00% 11.6% 13.8%
Dimethyl sulfate 9 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Tetrabromobisphenol A 0 144 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Tetrafluoroethylene (Tetrafluoroethene) 18,000 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 602 24,684 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate 0 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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