PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Caterpillar

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 97
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 24,259
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 1,054
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 24,410
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 10,162,834

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This company is rank 71 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Post-treatment releases (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium and chromium compounds	16	11	19	9,485,803	93.34%
Lead and lead compounds	20	1	20	357,737	3.52%
Sodium nitrite	23,452	0	23,452	234,520	2.31%
Copper and copper compounds	49	14	53	79,156	0.78%
Chlorine	220	0	220	2,202	0.02%
Manganese and manganese compounds	205	83	256	1,820	0.02%
Nickel and nickel compounds	10	6	14	1,246	0.01%
Zinc and zinc compounds	0	261	88	292	0.00%
Ethylene glycol	117	17	119	59	0.00%
Ammonia	169	0	169	0	0.00%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Methanol	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Triethylamine	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Propylene (Propene)	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Nitrate compounds	0	662	0	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2015, 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.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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