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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 10
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 4,021,135
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 2,280,673
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 4,116,726
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 1,932,669,534
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.7%

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This company is rank 7 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

Facilities displayed below: (
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(Click on column headers to re-sort table: current sort is by pounds released post-treatment.)
(Links on facility names lead to full TRI reports. Links on cities lead to Mapquest maps.)
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BASF CORP ATTAPULGUS OPS ATTAPULGUS GA 1,936,490 0 1,936,490 1,216,020 0.06%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX 1,128,995 0 1,128,995 706,463 0.04%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA 593,276 0 593,276 162,821,410 8.42%
BASF CORP-SAVANNAH OPERATIONS SAVANNAH GA 264,700 0 264,700 154,980 0.01%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA 67,294 0 67,294 511,869,202 26.49%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE 0 674,693 51,878 174,541,690 9.03%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO 21,785 0 21,785 471,839 0.02%
BASF CORP ERIE PA 54 353,904 21,413 13,926,915 0.72%
BASF CORP CINCINNATI OH 106 135,845 10,911 35,499 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH 864 639,228 5,708 16,268,802 0.84%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL 5,420 0 5,420 318,999 0.02%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA 0 33,376 3,649 922,969,372 47.76%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI 115 12,767 1,777 107,610,962 5.57%
BASF CORP - HARBOR TERM INAL FREEPORT TX 831 0 831 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC 513 12,770 820 224,022 0.01%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX 583 0 583 1,283 0.00%
BASF CORP WASHINGTON NJ 0 6,650 528 264 0.00%
BASF CORP LOUISVILLE KY 0 1,372 322 81,820 0.00%
BASF CORP KANKAKEE IL 0 261 106 9,548,176 0.49%
BASF CORP MONACA PA 94 0 94 1,128,073 0.06%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC 0 1,025 81 3,342,424 0.17%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN 0 600 31 153 0.00%
BASF CORP LEVITTOWN PA 10 14 11 3 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS PEEKSKILL FACILITY PEEKSKILL NY 0 334,764 11 5,428,000 0.28%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL 4 51 10 3,155 0.00%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN 0 29 1 7 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DE PUERTO RICO MANATI PR 0 18 1 1 0.00%
BASF MALCOM IA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF NORTH GEISMAR SITE GEISMAR LA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - LANCASTER SITE LANCASTER TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HOUSTON EBN SITE HOUSTON TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF HOUSTON POLYURETHANE HOUSTON TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP PASADENA PLANT PASADENA TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS LLC PORT ARTHUR TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP BISHOP TX 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP BRIGHTON CO 0 0 0 0 0.00%
CHEMETALL US INC JACKSON MI 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MATTAWAN MI 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP (FORMERLY CONCEPP TECHNOLOGIES) WYANDOTTE MI 0 73,307 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS PEARL PLANT BUCHANAN NY 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP EAST SETAUKET NY 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP NORTH CHARLESTON PLANT NORTH CHARLESTON SC 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORPORATE/CLEMSON SITE CENTRAL SC 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARKS GA 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF TRILON M THEODORE AL 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP STREETSBORO OH 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP LIVONIA MI 0 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ORANGE CA 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 2017, 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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