PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Cleveland-Cliffs

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 21
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 22,111,066
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 88,762
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 1,238,869,246
Percentage of national total 2019 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.3%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 35%
EJ: Minority Share: 25%

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This company is rank 44 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 15 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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
Nitrate compounds	20,808,334	77,951	13,158,359	1.06%
Ammonia	28,907	7,784	0	0.00%
Zinc compounds	9,426	1,636	36,506	0.00%
Nickel compounds	1,793	555	213,686	0.02%
Manganese compounds	20,763	473	150,776	0.01%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	5,802	131	1,067,974,200	86.21%
Lead compounds	719	124	15,174,773	1.22%
Copper compounds	2,557	31	3,882,000	0.31%
Chromium compounds	5,917	27	89,163,000	7.20%
Manganese	583	17	4,256	0.00%
Cyanide compounds	7,357	14	1,474,100	0.12%
Mercury	0	12	120,300	0.01%
Phenol	4,315	8	14,266	0.00%
Cadmium compounds	87	0	174,000	0.01%
Mercury compounds	5	0	47,269	0.00%
Barium compounds	703	0	3,515	0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide	269	0	484,200	0.04%
Chlorine	108	0	1,080	0.00%
Vanadium compounds	295	0	41,300	0.00%
Sodium nitrite	1,172,182	0	11,721,820	0.95%
Phenanthrene	3,300	0	0	0.00%
Naphthalene	9,100	0	455,000	0.04%
Toluene	36	0	468	0.00%
Diethanolamine	24,000	0	17,040,000	1.38%
Anthracene	1,100	0	3,630	0.00%
Dibenzofuran	880	0	0	0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	300	0	6,000,000	0.48%
Molybdenum trioxide	531	0	201,780	0.02%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	1,000	0	20,000	0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	32	0	160	0.00%
Lead	55	0	997,794	0.08%
Nickel	168	0	15,309	0.00%
Chromium	371	0	6,445,700	0.52%
Benzene	70	0	3,850,000	0.31%

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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