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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 66
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 384,772
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 120,746
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 120,422,482
EJ: Near Poor Share: 34%
EJ: Minority Share: 15%

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This company is rank 61 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
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Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 784 639 108,246,995 89.89%
Lead compounds 482 9 8,839,767 7.34%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 1,027 41 1,602,970 1.33%
Mercury compounds 97 0 973,704 0.81%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 359,330 119,189 301,467 0.25%
Lead 4 3 110,821 0.09%
Manganese compounds 15,555 1 110,448 0.09%
Nickel compounds 711 255 87,881 0.07%
Vanadium compounds 359 0 50,232 0.04%
Cadmium compounds 18 0 36,480 0.03%
Chromium 0 0 31,601 0.03%
Zinc compounds 5,875 507 21,060 0.02%
Copper 1 2 4,425 0.00%
Nickel 5 20 2,264 0.00%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 359 0 1,797 0.00%
Manganese 0 80 571 0.00%
Lithium carbonate 158 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt compounds 7 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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