3M Company Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 681,145POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 189,888Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 696,261this company's penalties  in Violation Tracker.this company's state, local, and Federal subsidies  in Subsidy Tracker.rank 67 on the Toxic 100 Air list .information in PERI's Greenhouse database . display facilities ) ( display chemicals at facilities ) (Links on chemical names lead to Scorecard chemical health effects.) 
  
    Lead compounds 204 
0 
204 
3,673,800 
38.06% 
Chromium 5 
5 
6 
3,090,000 
32.01% 
Sodium nitrite 119,376 
0 
119,376 
1,193,760 
12.37% 
Glycol ethers 4,800 
0 
4,800 
864,000 
8.95% 
Nitrate compounds 551,753 
0 
551,753 
347,604 
3.60% 
Triethylamine 410 
0 
410 
205,000 
2.12% 
Catechol 9 
0 
9 
84,600 
0.88% 
Acrylonitrile 0 
0 
0 
70,200 
0.73% 
Copper compounds 41 
5 
42 
63,565 
0.66% 
Methanol 2,796 
183,778 
17,370 
17,370 
0.18% 
Nickel compounds 144 
0 
144 
13,104 
0.14% 
Dichloromethane 6 
0 
6 
12,000 
0.12% 
Acetonitrile 103 
0 
103 
5,974 
0.06% 
Mercury 0 
0 
0 
3,300 
0.03% 
Ethylbenzene 2 
0 
2 
1,760 
0.02% 
Formaldehyde 0 
3,358 
266 
1,331 
0.01% 
Carbon disulfide 0 
951 
122 
1,220 
0.01% 
Ethyl acrylate 0 
0 
0 
960 
0.01% 
Hydrogen sulfide 0 
5 
0 
499 
0.01% 
Phenol 17 
1,204 
112 
368 
0.00% 
Methyl isobutyl ketone 28 
0 
28 
364 
0.00% 
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0 
300 
24 
238 
0.00% 
Toluene 14 
0 
14 
182 
0.00% 
tert-Butyl alcohol 18 
0 
18 
180 
0.00% 
Zinc compounds 37 
38 
50 
165 
0.00% 
Acrylic acid 47 
94 
54 
109 
0.00% 
Methyl acrylate 1 
0 
1 
32 
0.00% 
Barium compounds 5 
0 
5 
25 
0.00% 
Xylene (mixed isomers) 4 
0 
4 
18 
0.00% 
Formic acid 0 
150 
12 
6 
0.00% 
Styrene 1 
0 
1 
5 
0.00% 
Methyl methacrylate 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Nitric acid 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Copper 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Manganese compounds 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Mercury compounds 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Hydrochloric acid 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Sulfuryl fluoride 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Diisocyanates 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Chromium compounds 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Bromine 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Sulfuric acid 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Ammonia 360 
0 
360 
0 
0.00% 
Hydrogen fluoride 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
964 
0 
964 
0 
0.00% 
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Antimony compounds 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Ethylene oxide 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Boron trifluoride 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Naphthalene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
2-Phenylphenol 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Phthalic anhydride 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Tetrabromobisphenol A 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Acrylamide 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Trichloroethylene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Dimethyl sulfate 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
n-Butyl alcohol 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Isopropyl alcohol (strong acid manufacturing only) 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Benzoyl peroxide 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
o-Xylene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Butyl acrylate 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Tetrachloroethylene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Tetrafluoroethylene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Cyclohexane 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
2-Ethoxyethanol 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
n-Hexane 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
1,3-Phenylenediamine 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Vinyl acetate 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Ethylene glycol 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
p-Xylene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Cumene 0 
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
Diethyl sulfate 0 
0 
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 2017, 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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