PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Nucor

Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 423,760
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 136,435
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 20,652,304
EJ: Near Poor Share: 28%
EJ: Minority Share: 24%

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This company is rank 65 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
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Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium compounds	591	10	11,300,460	54.72%
Lead compounds	393	10	7,261,070	35.16%
Copper compounds	817	6	1,234,230	5.98%
Nitrate compounds	400,546	135,904	337,964	1.64%
Cadmium compounds	70	0	140,720	0.68%
Manganese compounds	14,582	0	103,529	0.50%
Lead	2	3	75,795	0.37%
Mercury compounds	6	0	58,336	0.28%
Nickel compounds	579	52	57,502	0.28%
Chromium	0	0	34,810	0.17%
Copper	14	0	20,835	0.10%
Zinc compounds	5,584	413	19,787	0.10%
Vanadium compounds	25	0	3,550	0.02%
Barium compounds	412	0	2,059	0.01%
Nickel	0	16	1,504	0.01%
Manganese	1	21	152	0.00%
Cobalt compounds	2	0	0	0.00%
Lithium carbonate	136	0	0	0.00%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2019, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

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