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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 98
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 3,343
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 748
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 3,424
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 17,615,831

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This company is rank 81 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
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Chromium compounds 32 5 33 16,590,000 94.18%
Chromium 0 6 1 713,900 4.05%
Lead 12 0 12 216,000 1.23%
Copper 36 12 39 58,955 0.33%
Sodium nitrite 2,734 0 2,734 27,340 0.16%
Lead compounds 0 1 0 3,615 0.02%
Chlorine 254 0 254 2,540 0.01%
Nickel 24 2 25 2,275 0.01%
Manganese 69 88 123 873 0.00%
Manganese compounds 32 0 32 227 0.00%
Zinc compounds 0 54 18 61 0.00%
Phenol 13 0 13 43 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 0 17 1 1 0.00%
Nitrate compounds 0 564 0 0 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ethylene thiourea 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 137 0 137 0 0.00%
Toluene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Triethylamine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Methanol 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.

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