PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

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Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 91
Rank among all TRI companies: 192
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 102,688
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 1
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 232,925
EJ: Poor Share: 13%
EJ: Minority Share: 48%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
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.)	3,122	0	202,320	86.86%	13.0%	49.1%
Nickel compounds	424	0	14,289	6.13%	10.1%	36.3%
Manganese compounds	16,040	0	8,132	3.49%	12.4%	36.5%
Cadmium compounds	66	0	5,938	2.55%	15.9%	59.0%
Lead compounds	3,390	0	1,621	0.70%	13.7%	57.0%
Mercury compounds	1,158	0	247	0.11%	12.0%	61.3%
Zinc compounds	77,640	0	143	0.06%	14.1%	51.7%
Nickel	3	0	119	0.05%	7.3%	27.2%
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	1	36	0.02%	11.6%	43.2%
Vanadium compounds	60	0	34	0.01%	13.9%	27.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	730	0	33	0.01%	12.3%	42.6%
Manganese	12	0	6	0.00%	7.3%	27.2%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	43	0	6	0.00%	17.0%	28.9%

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