PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Benjamin J Phelps
Street	689 Main Street
City	Agawam
State	MA
Number of students	308
Student % minority	17%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	77
Number of chemicals affecting school	52
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	16th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	19,876
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	3rd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	53
Toxic Hazard	4,489.10

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.92 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 4.60 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	2,943.05
MOTT METALLURGICAL CORP	MOTT METALLURGICAL CORP	555.38
ASSA ABLOY ACCESS & EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP - CORBIN RUSSWIN	Assa Abloy	464.45
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	104.93
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	99.14

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	3,022.61
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.)	840.48
Chromium	237.13
Nickel compounds	179.48
Formaldehyde	177.39
Nickel	17.19
Antimony compounds	3.14
Lead compounds	2.85
Acrylic acid	2.63
Certain glycol ethers	2.07
Epichlorohydrin	1.90
Diisocyanates	0.47
Vinyl acetate	0.36
Lead	0.36
1-Bromopropane	0.19
Ethylbenzene	0.14
Trichloroethylene	0.11
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.09
Nitric acid	0.08
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)	0.08
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.06
Ozone	0.06
Zinc compounds	0.05
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	0.04
1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Copper	0.01
Benzene	0.01
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	2,942.93
MOTT METALLURGICAL CORP	MOTT METALLURGICAL CORP	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.)	522.17
ASSA ABLOY ACCESS & EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP - CORBIN RUSSWIN	Assa Abloy	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.)	318.15
ASSA ABLOY ACCESS & EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP - CORBIN RUSSWIN	Assa Abloy	Nickel compounds	146.26
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	104.56

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