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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 6
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 6,598,179
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 2,619,689
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 6,827,545
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 4,704,008,052
Percentage of national total 2015 surface water and POTW hazard: 2.0%

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This company is rank 13 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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BASF CORP GEISMAR LA 1,742,953 0 1,742,953 1,809,551,958 38.47%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA 0 40,611 3,857 1,254,985,390 26.68%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA 75,976 0 75,976 1,185,061,897 25.19%
BASF CORP NEWPORT DE 0 642,359 50,081 156,938,843 3.34%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI 78 12,911 1,752 121,334,679 2.58%
BASF CORP ERIE PA 528 701,845 149,641 91,833,910 1.95%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC 0 3,861 303 53,426,607 1.14%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH 859 704,889 4,871 15,957,378 0.34%
BASF CORP KANKAKEE IL 0 463 116 9,548,535 0.20%
BASF CORP ATTAPULGUS OPS ATTAPULGUS GA 2,006,931 0 2,006,931 1,258,110 0.03%
BASF CORP MONACA PA 11,858 0 11,858 1,098,176 0.02%
BASF CORP-SAVANNAH OPERATIONS SAVANNAH GA 1,388,900 0 1,388,900 863,100 0.02%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX 1,336,416 0 1,336,416 847,564 0.02%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO 8,792 0 8,792 466,928 0.01%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL 23,432 0 23,432 288,440 0.01%
BASF PEEKSKILL PIGMENT FACILITY PEEKSKILL NY 0 248,066 0 236,000 0.01%
BASF CORP CINCINNATI OH 972 198,952 16,780 182,183 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC 212 20,252 322 66,050 0.00%
BASF CORP-PASADENA CATALYST SITE PASADENA TX 0 16,070 1,095 27,956 0.00%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR 256 0 256 19,050 0.00%
BASF CORP LOUISVILLE KY 0 1,981 412 5,493 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC 0 250 20 3,573 0.00%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL 6 65 12 3,296 0.00%
BASF CORP EVANS CITY PA 0 261 142 1,416 0.00%
BASF CORP WASHINGTON NJ 0 23,661 1,879 1,315 0.00%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN 0 2,110 671 128 0.00%
BASF CORP PASADENA TX 0 1,000 60 62 0.00%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN 0 35 2 9 0.00%
BASF CORP LEVITTOWN PA 10 17 11 3 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DE PUERTO RICO MANATI PR 0 30 2 1 0.00%
BASF CORP AMES IA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ORANGE CA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP BRIGHTON CO 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP NORTH CHARLESTON PLANT NORTH CHARLESTON SC 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MATTAWAN MI 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS LLC PORT ARTHUR TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP LIVONIA MI 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORPORATE/CLEMSON SITE CENTRAL SC 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP EAST SETAUKET NY 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF MALCOM IA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
PEARL PLANT BUCHANAN NY 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP STREETSBORO OH 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF TRILON M THEODORE AL 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - VIDALIA WORKS VIDALIA LA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARKS GA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP PASADENA PLANT PASADENA TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF NORTH GEISMAR SITE GEISMAR LA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HOUSTON EBN SITE HOUSTON TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - LANCASTER SITE LANCASTER TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HARBOR TERM INAL FREEPORT TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2015, 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.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's releases have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies for their parent company data, although the full pounds and hazard are displayed here.

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