United States Steel
Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 78
Rank among all TRI companies: 171
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 1,733,199
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 4,528,288
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 267,057
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 52%
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This company is rank 49 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list .
This company is rank 29 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list .
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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.)
836
0
68,413
25.62%
21.5%
62.3%
Cadmium compounds
115
0
48,757
18.26%
22.5%
69.3%
Hydrogen sulfide
382,761
13,555
37,350
13.99%
18.5%
41.3%
Benzene
30,787
7,846
25,953
9.72%
14.8%
26.4%
Arsenic compounds
31
0
23,445
8.78%
21.4%
68.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
2,180
11,468
20,335
7.61%
17.6%
29.7%
Manganese compounds
20,075
0
16,387
6.14%
22.2%
59.5%
Hydrogen cyanide
30,383
0
5,838
2.19%
15.7%
27.5%
Nickel compounds
158
0
5,601
2.10%
20.2%
61.9%
Lead compounds
4,397
0
3,719
1.39%
21.1%
56.2%
Naphthalene
7,703
6,436
3,309
1.24%
16.1%
28.0%
Cyanide compounds
10,095
1
2,001
0.75%
15.8%
27.5%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
354,845
2,378
1,761
0.66%
14.9%
33.3%
Beryllium compounds
3
0
1,686
0.63%
21.3%
63.4%
Zinc compounds
102,475
0
634
0.24%
22.7%
66.6%
Vanadium compounds
438
0
267
0.10%
20.8%
60.9%
Chromium
4
0
266
0.10%
16.2%
67.8%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene
497
100
260
0.10%
17.3%
29.4%
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)
513,484
56
195
0.07%
18.8%
45.1%
Molybdenum trioxide
188
0
182
0.07%
22.4%
69.2%
Mercury compounds
571
0
174
0.07%
19.7%
56.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
1,700
0
162
0.06%
17.5%
63.0%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
279
0
88
0.03%
20.0%
58.8%
Nickel
2
0
69
0.03%
16.8%
56.4%
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
58
0.02%
17.4%
56.3%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)
538
0
31
0.01%
21.6%
57.8%
Phenol
42,675
37
28
0.01%
16.4%
28.3%
Thallium compounds
26
0
27
0.01%
22.9%
69.8%
Antimony compounds
31
0
26
0.01%
22.7%
69.6%
Biphenyl
261
201
9
0.00%
16.0%
27.8%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
8,130
0
8
0.00%
19.9%
48.7%
Carbon disulfide
33,279
42
7
0.00%
15.6%
27.3%
Lead
7
0
5
0.00%
19.2%
67.7%
Ethylene
62,899
4,160,063
3
0.00%
14.5%
25.2%
Ethylbenzene
60
448
2
0.00%
15.2%
27.0%
Methanol
101,372
68
1
0.00%
17.5%
32.1%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
2,881
141
1
0.00%
16.7%
28.6%
Acetonitrile
361
35
1
0.00%
14.1%
25.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
362
881
0
0.00%
15.0%
26.8%
Propylene
2,375
314,874
0
0.00%
15.3%
25.8%
Pyridine
6
19
0
0.00%
15.4%
27.1%
Selenium compounds
43
0
0
0.00%
22.6%
69.5%
Dicyclopentadiene
1
13
0
0.00%
14.1%
26.2%
Manganese
1
0
0
0.00%
18.0%
59.5%
Toluene
8,496
1,641
0
0.00%
14.0%
25.7%
Silver compounds
9
0
0
0.00%
21.1%
67.6%
Ethylene glycol
114
3,450
0
0.00%
16.0%
27.8%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
1,337
0
0
0.00%
15.8%
27.5%
Anthracene
335
622
0
0.00%
16.6%
28.6%
Styrene
255
85
0
0.00%
14.6%
26.5%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1
460
0
0.00%
13.7%
25.4%
Phenanthrene
2,638
2,607
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
2,4-Dimethylphenol
0
35
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dibenzofuran
700
726
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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