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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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