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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 60
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 2,610,307
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 311
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 172,436,438
EJ: Near Poor Share: 39%
EJ: Minority Share: 16%

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This company is rank 68 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 29 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Arsenic compounds 77 0 115,500,000 66.98%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 878 3 18,877,250 10.95%
Lead compounds 975 25 18,003,600 10.44%
Chromium 43 0 6,054,500 3.51%
Molybdenum trioxide 10,000 0 3,800,000 2.20%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 1,911 0 2,866,500 1.66%
Antimony compounds 640 0 1,600,000 0.93%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 2,536,333 0 1,597,890 0.93%
Cyanide compounds 6,384 0 1,276,800 0.74%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 6 0 1,013,400 0.59%
Lead 49 0 889,560 0.52%
Thallium compounds 15 0 210,000 0.12%
Manganese compounds 18,488 0 131,265 0.08%
Cadmium compounds 52 0 104,000 0.06%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 5 0 97,400 0.06%
Zinc compounds 19,903 145 66,156 0.04%
Benzene 1 0 55,000 0.03%
Mercury compounds 4 1 54,200 0.03%
Vanadium compounds 380 0 53,200 0.03%
Pyridine 51 0 51,000 0.03%
Manganese 7,107 17 50,585 0.03%
Beryllium compounds 40 0 20,000 0.01%
Nickel compounds 211 3 19,451 0.01%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 3,293 0 16,465 0.01%
Nickel 159 0 14,433 0.01%
Selenium compounds 31 0 6,200 0.00%
Silver compounds 18 0 3,600 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 3 0 3,300 0.00%
Naphthalene 6 0 300 0.00%
Phenol 87 0 287 0.00%
Toluene 3 0 39 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 5 0 25 0.00%
Anthracene 5 0 17 0.00%
Styrene 3 0 15 0.00%
Phenanthrene 6 0 0 0.00%
Dibenzofuran 25 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 3,101 117 0 0.00%
Cobalt compounds 9 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 2020, 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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