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Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 51
Surface Water releases 2021 (lbs): 2,963,796
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2021 (lbs): 350
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2021: 154,131,237
EJ: Near Poor Share: 43%
EJ: Minority Share: 11%

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This company is rank 83 on the Toxic 100 Air Polluters list.
This company is rank 26 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Arsenic compounds 70 0 105,000,000 68.12%
Lead compounds 1,052 17 19,244,160 12.49%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 764 0 15,821,500 10.26%
Molybdenum trioxide 10,000 0 3,800,000 2.47%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 1,859 0 2,788,500 1.81%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 2,896,841 0 1,825,010 1.18%
Antimony compounds 640 0 1,600,000 1.04%
Cyanide compounds 6,421 0 1,284,200 0.83%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 6 0 1,153,800 0.75%
Chromium 9 0 434,450 0.28%
Lead 22 0 396,900 0.26%
Thallium compounds 15 0 210,000 0.14%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 5 0 103,800 0.07%
Manganese compounds 13,885 0 98,583 0.06%
Zinc compounds 22,525 91 74,633 0.05%
Benzene 1 0 55,000 0.04%
Pyridine 55 0 55,000 0.04%
Vanadium compounds 380 0 53,200 0.03%
Mercury compounds 3 0 27,100 0.02%
Manganese 3,693 17 26,339 0.02%
Nickel compounds 255 5 23,615 0.02%
Beryllium compounds 37 0 18,500 0.01%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 2,595 0 12,975 0.01%
Nickel 69 0 6,281 0.00%
Selenium compounds 30 0 6,000 0.00%
Cadmium compounds 2 0 4,000 0.00%
Silver compounds 18 0 3,600 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 3 0 3,300 0.00%
Naphthalene 9 0 450 0.00%
Phenol 65 0 215 0.00%
Toluene 5 0 65 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 6 0 30 0.00%
Anthracene 5 0 17 0.00%
Styrene 3 0 15 0.00%
Phenanthrene 6 0 0 0.00%
Dibenzofuran 27 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 2,413 222 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 2021, 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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