PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Koch Industries

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 22
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 5,704,957
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 1,660,222
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 1,174,982,314
Percentage of national total 2020 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.2%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 36%
EJ: Minority Share: 22%

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This company is rank 58 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 21 on the Greenhouse 100 list.
This company is rank 14 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list.

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Acetaldehyde	62,642	4	494,903,400	42.12%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	1,667	0	300,124,080	25.54%
Hydrogen sulfide	44,667	0	80,400,600	6.84%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi	44	245	78,849,800	6.71%
Lead compounds	4,327	4	77,954,619	6.63%
Benzene	842	0	46,310,000	3.94%
Hexachlorobenzene	22	0	35,200,000	3.00%
Polychlorinated biphenyls	16	0	31,740,000	2.70%
Catechol	691	0	6,219,000	0.53%
Propionaldehyde	8,600	0	3,784,000	0.32%
Manganese compounds	417,200	13	2,962,209	0.25%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	4,117,108	414,321	2,854,799	0.24%
Chloroform	430	0	2,623,000	0.22%
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0	224,209	2,242,090	0.19%
Copper	0	781	1,170,840	0.10%
Sodium nitrite	110,000	0	1,100,000	0.09%
Ethylbenzene	920	0	1,012,407	0.09%
Vanadium compounds	6,201	0	868,140	0.07%
Methanol	652,033	29,809	681,842	0.06%
Selenium compounds	3,323	0	664,600	0.06%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom	94	284	567,390	0.05%
Chromium	5	0	549,700	0.05%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	20	0	402,020	0.03%
Diethanolamine	556	0	394,870	0.03%
Lead	2	10	230,296	0.02%
Pentachlorobenzene	128	0	166,400	0.01%
Mercury compounds	15	0	154,305	0.01%
Zinc compounds	43,387	20	143,242	0.01%
Tetrachloroethylene	58	0	122,220	0.01%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like	0	0	112,359	0.01%
Certain glycol ethers	3	516	93,330	0.01%
Formaldehyde	16,940	241	85,905	0.01%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	14,499	15	72,571	0.01%
Nickel compounds	352	233	53,273	0.00%
Cyanide compounds	160	0	32,000	0.00%
Biphenyl	37	0	29,600	0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers)	5,832	1	29,165	0.00%
Cumene	1,889	0	18,890	0.00%
o-Xylene	3,097	0	15,485	0.00%
Toluene	936	14	12,343	0.00%
Nickel	22	109	11,937	0.00%
Formic acid	12,060	0	6,030	0.00%
n-Hexane (Hexane)	279	27	5,194	0.00%
Naphthalene	83	0	4,150	0.00%
Phenol	624	131	2,493	0.00%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	51	0	1,020	0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	4	0	374	0.00%
Manganese	26	0	184	0.00%
Carbon disulfide	8	0	80	0.00%
Ethylene glycol	3	95	48	0.00%
Cyclohexane	18	0	10	0.00%
Anthracene	1	0	3	0.00%
Phenanthrene	1	0	0	0.00%
Cyclohexanol	20	0	0	0.00%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0	980,939	0	0.00%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	172,947	8,202	0	0.00%
Cobalt compounds	69	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 2020, 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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