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Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 52
Rank among all TRI companies: 101
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 744,771
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 1,822,699
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 657,468
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%

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Ethylene oxide 271 1 298,042 45.33% 16.7% 56.6%
Acrylonitrile 34,731 513,195 297,931 45.31% 12.4% 36.7%
Formaldehyde 888 2,350 23,744 3.61% 11.8% 74.5%
Hydrogen cyanide 77,893 0 22,116 3.36% 11.1% 47.4%
Chloroform 4,952 2,826 5,777 0.88% 18.8% 41.8%
Hydroquinone 947 21,483 3,371 0.51% 22.1% 65.7%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 388 0 1,620 0.25% 9.5% 8.3%
Allyl alcohol 664 0 1,351 0.21% 19.1% 44.3%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-Dichlorobenzene) 6,136 103,572 749 0.11% 13.3% 47.5%
Acrylamide 85 0 582 0.09% 15.9% 7.6%
Propylene oxide 1,321 0 522 0.08% 15.0% 64.6%
Naphthalene 184 499 393 0.06% 14.4% 63.4%
Chloromethane 18,260 1,624 248 0.04% 12.1% 8.2%
Epichlorohydrin 601 0 239 0.04% 11.7% 48.1%
Catechol 446 547 206 0.03% 26.4% 79.1%
Acrylic acid 596 9,923 175 0.03% 16.5% 47.2%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 25,774 700 97 0.01% 12.3% 36.0%
Biphenyl 3,533 0 57 0.01% 11.0% 6.1%
Chlorobenzene 335,018 158,907 54 0.01% 16.6% 40.4%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 1,858 0 52 0.01% 21.3% 68.0%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 1 0 32 0.00% 13.6% 44.3%
Certain glycol ethers 1,214 0 28 0.00% 15.8% 70.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 1,278 0 14 0.00% 15.9% 46.0%
Phenol 11,547 16,576 12 0.00% 13.8% 64.0%
4,4'-Diaminodiphenyl ether 3 0 12 0.00% 13.6% 44.3%
Chloroacetic acid 225 0 10 0.00% 11.8% 47.9%
Maleic anhydride 150 0 8 0.00% 14.5% 6.0%
Triethylamine 2,920 94,350 7 0.00% 14.1% 5.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 293 400 6 0.00% 13.9% 77.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 217 0 5 0.00% 12.9% 15.5%
Nitric acid 54 0 1 0.00% 16.6% 56.5%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 34,300 87,250 1 0.00% 23.1% 61.2%
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) 3,867 0 1 0.00% 12.4% 34.6%
Freon 113 (CFC-113) 10,474 3,609 1 0.00% 18.5% 43.3%
Methanol 55,823 131,457 1 0.00% 14.3% 52.7%
Propargyl alcohol 221 0 1 0.00% 9.6% 50.1%
Toluene 67,338 643,840 0 0.00% 14.2% 7.3%
Ethylene glycol 877 0 0 0.00% 11.7% 47.5%
Zinc compounds 144 0 0 0.00% 12.6% 6.5%
Ethylene 19,856 0 0 0.00% 20.8% 39.6%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 4 0 0 0.00% 13.7% 80.3%
Lead 0 0 0 0.00% 17.1% 67.6%
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 3,598 0 0 0.00% 15.3% 48.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 189 0 0 0.00% 9.6% 5.9%
Diphenylamine 65 3,639 0 0.00% 13.0% 16.2%
Formic acid 1,070 0 0 0.00% 14.4% 6.1%
Chloroethane 82 14,439 0 0.00% 25.0% 73.7%
1,3-Phenylenediamine 1 0 0 0.00% 13.6% 44.3%
2-Ethoxyethanol 4 0 0 0.00% 10.6% 33.1%
m-Cresol 3 1,772 0 0.00% 20.1% 46.1%
Trichloroacetyl chloride 9 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Tetrabromobisphenol A 71 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Cyclohexanol 10 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Dimethylamine 134 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 13,155 794 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Polychlorinated biphenyls 0 4,107 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 3,648 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol 1,000 1,192 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 29 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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