PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Caterpillar Inc.

Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 543
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 361
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 2,368,292
EJ: Near Poor Share: 25%
EJ: Minority Share: 33%

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Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium	11	21	1,636,484	69.10%
Lead	10	15	448,200	18.93%
Chromium compounds	13	0	195,000	8.23%
Copper	41	9	75,305	3.18%
Lead compounds	0	0	6,480	0.27%
Nickel	19	15	3,057	0.13%
Chlorine	189	0	1,890	0.08%
Manganese	61	82	1,013	0.04%
Manganese compounds	90	5	675	0.03%
Nitrate compounds	0	165	104	0.00%
Phenol	14	0	46	0.00%
Ethylene glycol	0	44	22	0.00%
Zinc compounds	0	5	17	0.00%
Ammonia	95	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 2019, 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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