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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 5
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 89,901
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 48
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 89,918
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 3,086,597,686
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 1.2%

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This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Chromium compounds 4,010 0 4,010 2,005,000,000 64.96%
Arsenic compounds 704 2 705 1,057,542,900 34.26%
Copper compounds 15,135 0 15,135 22,702,500 0.74%
Nickel compounds 6,358 3 6,360 578,746 0.02%
Lead compounds 16 0 16 286,857 0.01%
Vanadium compounds 1,100 0 1,100 154,000 0.00%
Barium compounds 29,294 0 29,294 146,470 0.00%
Manganese compounds 13,539 0 13,539 96,127 0.00%
Mercury compounds 7 0 7 66,000 0.00%
Zinc compounds 7,284 43 7,299 24,085 0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Thallium compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt compounds 58 0 58 0 0.00%
Beryllium compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 12,396 0 12,396 0 0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Styrene 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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