Nucor

Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 53
Rank among all TRI companies: 105
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 633,365
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 3,391
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 610,547
Percentage of national total 2022 toxic air and incineration score: 0.2%
EJ: Poor Share: 15%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
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.)	7,194	0	266,541	43.66%	18.6%	34.1%
Diisocyanates	4,989	0	149,065	24.42%	13.3%	56.2%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	11,767	15	143,964	23.58%	9.9%	24.9%
Nickel compounds	2,275	0	19,778	3.24%	16.6%	41.2%
Manganese compounds	27,620	0	10,549	1.73%	18.4%	47.9%
Chromium	23	0	8,732	1.43%	12.5%	24.3%
Lead compounds	5,575	0	2,722	0.45%	26.2%	64.3%
Certain glycol ethers	344,540	2,198	2,309	0.38%	23.1%	57.2%
Nickel	60	0	1,947	0.32%	13.5%	19.4%
Manganese	2,897	0	1,877	0.31%	15.1%	41.3%
Cadmium compounds	48	0	1,580	0.26%	22.4%	58.7%
Cobalt compounds	3	0	575	0.09%	22.4%	68.4%
Mercury compounds	3,585	0	220	0.04%	15.7%	38.9%
Zinc compounds	79,650	0	175	0.03%	19.0%	50.0%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	17,288	0	147	0.02%	12.5%	74.9%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	610	1	113	0.02%	12.2%	10.5%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	2,679	0	52	0.01%	15.7%	40.9%
Naphthalene	1,153	0	40	0.01%	20.4%	36.1%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	612	0	39	0.01%	15.1%	46.9%
Vanadium compounds	244	0	35	0.01%	16.5%	36.5%
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	33	0.01%	13.2%	36.5%
Lead	44	0	29	0.00%	16.6%	34.4%
Nitric acid	900	0	11	0.00%	17.6%	38.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	12,641	1,178	6	0.00%	11.3%	11.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	21,109	0	3	0.00%	19.9%	35.5%
Ethylbenzene	703	0	2	0.00%	20.6%	36.5%
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)	72,926	0	2	0.00%	13.9%	39.9%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	0	0	1	0.00%	14.3%	45.0%
Barium	23	0	0	0.00%	15.9%	52.8%
Antimony compounds	20	0	0	0.00%	21.8%	37.4%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	1,621	0	0	0.00%	20.6%	36.4%
sec-Butyl alcohol (2-Butanol)	3,977	0	0	0.00%	17.6%	38.4%
Copper	4	0	0	0.00%	20.5%	36.4%
Propylene	245	0	0	0.00%	12.1%	23.2%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	6,344	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%

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