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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 43
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 403,109
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 108,245
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 403,389
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 210,508,339
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%

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This company is rank 28 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
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Chemicals displayed below: (
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Chromium compounds 395 13 398 199,165,682 94.61%
Lead compounds 551 11 555 9,984,471 4.74%
Copper compounds 521 5 522 783,342 0.37%
Nitrate compounds 391,123 107,310 391,123 246,407 0.12%
Chromium 0 0 0 151,328 0.07%
Manganese compounds 5,588 0 5,588 39,676 0.02%
Lead 1 3 2 38,475 0.02%
Cadmium compounds 15 0 15 29,840 0.01%
Nickel compounds 286 40 311 28,282 0.01%
Zinc compounds 4,220 608 4,425 14,603 0.01%
Copper 6 0 6 9,030 0.00%
Mercury compounds 1 0 1 7,333 0.00%
Vanadium compounds 28 0 28 3,969 0.00%
Glycol ethers 0 220 17 3,144 0.00%
Barium compounds 338 0 338 1,690 0.00%
Nickel 0 17 11 977 0.00%
Manganese 1 19 13 90 0.00%
Nitric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Tetrachloroethylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Lithium carbonate 35 0 35 0 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Arsenic compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene 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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