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Freeport-McMoRan

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 15
Rank among all TRI companies: 24
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 3,548,347
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 4,665
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 2,873,997
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.8%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 65%

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This company is rank 30 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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ChemicalAir releases (lbs)Incineration transfers (lbs)Toxic Score
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Percent of total company scoreEJ: Poor ShareEJ: Minority Share
Arsenic compounds5,60502,328,35381.01%16.2%65.0%
Cobalt compounds7500325,12111.31%15.8%63.7%
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.) 5000129,3794.50%16.2%64.8%
Cadmium compounds500056,6371.97%16.2%64.8%
Nickel compounds51009,1290.32%18.5%70.6%
Lead compounds21,76908,3030.29%16.2%64.7%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)286,05005,6050.20%14.7%54.7%
Benzene10,0002503,6860.13%11.8%51.9%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)106,31502,5770.09%16.1%63.7%
Molybdenum trioxide22,96002,1090.07%15.4%44.2%
Chromium1501,4220.05%14.2%50.2%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))2,95506650.02%16.2%64.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds7602930.01%10.5%51.4%
Chlorine75001450.01%16.4%56.3%
Manganese compounds1,85501140.00%15.5%60.2%
Antimony compounds50001060.00%16.2%64.8%
Naphthalene7500970.00%11.1%52.2%
Manganese5150940.00%15.3%52.0%
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)3,045,2400650.00%12.8%12.9%
Zinc compounds19,2150430.00%16.2%64.8%
Nickel100390.00%14.7%49.8%
Mercury compounds258040.00%17.2%61.6%
Selenium compounds1,505040.00%16.1%66.8%
Ethylbenzene25525020.00%11.4%52.4%
Silver compounds500020.00%16.2%64.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)3,85025020.00%11.7%51.9%
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.)0010.00%14.0%53.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene755000.00%11.0%52.0%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)2,1003,65000.00%14.2%50.5%
n-Hexane (Hexane)2,350000.00%11.5%52.5%
Cumene755000.00%11.4%52.4%
Toluene6,90026500.00%11.7%52.0%
Nitric acid47000.00%10.8%33.1%
Ethylene glycol1,700000.00%8.5%26.3%
Cyclohexane500000.00%11.9%52.9%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)34000.00%10.8%33.1%

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