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Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 64
Surface Water releases 2022 (lbs): 17,444,941
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2022 (lbs): 147,161
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2022: 105,999,472
EJ: Near Poor Share: 34%
EJ: Minority Share: 19%

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This company is rank 56 on the Toxic 100 Air Polluters list.
This company is rank 20 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
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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.) 2,109 26 32,025,000 30.21%
Chromium 915 0 13,717,950 12.94%
Diethanolamine 24,000 0 12,000,000 11.32%
Sodium nitrite 1,184,473 291 11,847,641 11.18%
Lead compounds 512 114 11,261,881 10.62%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 16,136,108 92,967 10,224,318 9.65%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 3,686 41 5,590,500 5.27%
Vanadium compounds 239 0 3,346,000 3.16%
Arsenic 1 0 1,500,000 1.42%
Cyanide compounds 7,207 29 1,447,226 1.37%
Hydrogen sulfide 336 0 604,800 0.57%
Lead 30 1 564,804 0.53%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 3 0 450,000 0.42%
Vanadium (except when contained in an alloy) 25 0 350,980 0.33%
Molybdenum trioxide 612 0 232,560 0.22%
Zinc compounds 4,639 51,467 185,149 0.17%
Nickel compounds 1,521 497 183,604 0.17%
Manganese compounds 25,062 456 181,174 0.17%
Benzene 2 0 110,000 0.10%
Selenium compounds 453 0 90,600 0.09%
Mercury compounds 4 0 36,900 0.03%
Nickel 203 0 18,478 0.02%
Phenol 2,948 2 9,735 0.01%
Thallium 1 0 7,980 0.01%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 733 0 3,665 0.00%
Mercury 0 0 2,830 0.00%
Chlorine 227 0 2,270 0.00%
Copper 1 0 1,725 0.00%
Antimony 0 0 725 0.00%
Manganese 62 17 559 0.00%
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 0 326 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 1 50 0.00%
Barium 8 0 41 0.00%
Cobalt 2 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 is reportable under this listing) 23,820 1,254 0 0.00%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 25,000 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 2022, 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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