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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 2
Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 6,313,675
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 2,897,000
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 50,070,473,167
Percentage of national total 2018 surface water and POTW hazard: 9.7%

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This company is rank 4 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP KANKAKEE IL 1,2-Dichloroethane 0 33 3,002,998 0.01%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO 1,2-Dichloroethane 5 0 455,000 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA 1,3-Butadiene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX 2,4-Dichlorophenol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA 2,4-Dinitrophenol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA 2-Ethoxyethanol 1 0 3 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA 2-Methoxyethanol 1 0 200 0.00%
BASF CORP LOUISVILLE KY 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0 250 3,500 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA 4,4'-Methylenedianiline 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC Acetaldehyde 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA Acrylamide 0 93,400 46,700,000,000 93.27%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Acrylamide 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA Acrylic acid 0 2,360 4,720 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Acrylic acid 1 0 2 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Acrylic acid 11 256 534 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Acrylic acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Acrylonitrile 2 0 1,080,000 0.00%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA Acrylonitrile 0 2 1,080,000 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Acrylonitrile 11 0 5,940,000 0.01%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Acrylonitrile 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP AMES IA Ammonia 0 18 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Ammonia 4 2,680 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HARBOR TERM INAL FREEPORT TX Ammonia 19 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Ammonia 112 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Ammonia 9,200 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Ammonia 11,000 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP-SAVANNAH OPERATIONS SAVANNAH GA Ammonia 53,100 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Ammonia 0 11,103 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ATTAPULGUS OPS ATTAPULGUS GA Ammonia 8,700 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Ammonia 78 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Ammonia 2 13,900 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA Ammonia 0 1,585 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Aniline 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Aniline 0 6,182 35,237,400 0.07%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL Barium compounds 1 16 83 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Barium compounds 20 0 100 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Barium compounds 0 357 1,785 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Barium compounds 5 5 50 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Benzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Biphenyl 0 15,391 12,312,800 0.02%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Butyl acrylate 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Butyl acrylate 1 0 2 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Butyl acrylate 0 141 282 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Carbon tetrachloride 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Chlorobenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 3 0 1 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Chloroform 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Chloromethane 3 0 3,900 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Chlorophenols 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Chromium compounds 9 38 5,902,500 0.01%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS PEEKSKILL FACILITY PEEKSKILL NY Chromium compounds 0 38 4,750,000 0.01%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Chromium compounds 1 106 13,375,000 0.03%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Cobalt compounds 85 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL Copper compounds 1 0 1,947 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Copper compounds 35 217 377,985 0.00%
BASF CORP LOUISVILLE KY Copper compounds 0 42 63,000 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Copper compounds 10 20 45,000 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Copper compounds 1 171 258,000 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Copper compounds 202 0 303,000 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Cumene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Cumene 5 0 50 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Cyanide compounds 5 0 1,000 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Cyclohexane 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Cyclohexanol 80 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) 19 0 60,800,000 0.12%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Dicamba 101 0 222 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Diethanolamine 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC Diethanolamine 0 76 53,790 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Dimethyl sulfate 5 0 0 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DE PUERTO RICO MANATI PR Dimethylamine 0 5 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL Dimethylamine 1,491 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Dimethylamine 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Dioxane 1,367 0 136,700,000 0.27%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR Epichlorohydrin 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Ethyl acrylate 1 0 48,000 0.00%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA Ethyl acrylate 0 94 4,512,000 0.01%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Ethyl acrylate 3 19 1,056,000 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Ethylbenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Ethylbenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Ethylbenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP LEVITTOWN PA Ethylene glycol 5 12 9 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Ethylene glycol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Ethylene glycol 15 0 8 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Ethylene glycol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DE PUERTO RICO MANATI PR Ethylene glycol 0 78 39 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Ethylene glycol 11 3,048 1,529 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS US LLC MUSKEGON MI Ethylene glycol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR Ethylene glycol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC Ethylene glycol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC Ethylene glycol 0 571 285 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL Ethylene glycol 3 0 2 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Ethylene oxide 2 5,273 1,160,500,000 2.32%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC Ethylene oxide 0 85 18,700,000 0.04%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC Ethylene oxide 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Formaldehyde 119 0 595 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Formaldehyde 240 0 1,200 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Formaldehyde 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Formaldehyde 5 0 25 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Formic acid 670 0 335 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Formic acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Formic acid 25,000 0 12,500 0.00%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR Glycol ethers 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Glycol ethers 3 61 11,520 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Glycol ethers 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Glycol ethers 15,361 0 2,764,980 0.01%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Lead compounds 1 7 141,300 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Lead compounds 5 1 113,400 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Lead compounds 1 6 126,000 0.00%
BASF CORP LEVITTOWN PA Lithium carbonate 5 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Manganese 130 0 923 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Manganese compounds 402 2 2,868 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Mercury compounds 0 0 1,000 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS US LLC MUSKEGON MI Methanol 0 979,676 979,676 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Methanol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Methanol 0 386,649 386,649 0.00%
BASF CORP KANKAKEE IL Methanol 0 10 10 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Methanol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Methanol 5 0 5 0.00%
BASF CORP SUFFOLK VA Methanol 0 14,560 14,560 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Methanol 1 0 1 0.00%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC Methanol 0 26 26 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Methanol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP CINCINNATI OH Methanol 0 7,506 7,506 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Methyl acrylate 2 0 66 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL Methyl acrylate 51 0 1,683 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Methyl isobutyl ketone 5 0 65 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Methyl isobutyl ketone 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Methyl methacrylate 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Methyl methacrylate 5 119 88 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Methyl methacrylate 1 0 1 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Molybdenum trioxide 5 20 9,538 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO N,N-Dimethylformamide 5 0 50 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA n-Butyl alcohol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS US LLC MUSKEGON MI n-Butyl alcohol 0 19,544 195,440 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH n-Butyl alcohol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA n-Hexane 0 5 85 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 9,764 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 550 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 11 304 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA N-methylolacrylamide 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Naphthalene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Naphthalene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Naphthalene 5 0 250 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Nickel compounds 2 9 1,001 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Nickel compounds 4 418 38,402 0.00%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL Nickel compounds 0 0 23 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Nickel compounds 5 3 746 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Nickel compounds 506 0 46,046 0.00%
BASF CORP ATTAPULGUS OPS ATTAPULGUS GA Nitrate compounds 1,923,800 0 1,211,995 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Nitrate compounds 47 9,800 6,204 0.00%
BASF CORP ELYRIA OH Nitrate compounds 322 747,964 471,420 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL Nitrate compounds 1,491 0 939 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS PEEKSKILL FACILITY PEEKSKILL NY Nitrate compounds 0 167,842 105,740 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Nitrate compounds 138 361,700 227,958 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Nitrate compounds 36,000 0 22,680 0.00%
BASF CORP-SAVANNAH OPERATIONS SAVANNAH GA Nitrate compounds 550,000 0 346,500 0.00%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL Nitrate compounds 5 33 24 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Nitrate compounds 1,300,000 0 819,000 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Nitrate compounds 0 15,542 9,791 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Nitrate compounds 18,761 0 11,819 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Nitrate compounds 529,000 0 333,270 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Nitric acid 0 5 1,350 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Nitric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Nitric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS PEEKSKILL FACILITY PEEKSKILL NY Nitric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Nitric acid 5 0 1,350 0.00%
BASF CORP HUNTSVILLE AL Nitric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Nitric acid 1,750,000 0 472,500,000 0.94%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Nitric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP ZACHARY LA Nitric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Nitrobenzene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC Nonylphenol 0 5 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA o-Toluidine 190 0 45,600,000 0.09%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO o-Xylene 5 0 25 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Ozone 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE p-Chloroaniline 0 2,700 297,000,001 0.59%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Pendimethalin 5 0 50 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Phenol 240 0 792 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Phenol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Picric acid 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Propargyl alcohol 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC Propylene oxide 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT MAULDIN SC Propylene oxide 0 96 22,920,000 0.05%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Propylene oxide 12 4,389 1,056,240,000 2.11%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI sec-Butyl alcohol 5 0 50 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Sodium dicamba 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Sodium nitrite 73,000 0 730,000 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL Sodium nitrite 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Styrene 40 748 3,940 0.00%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN Styrene 0 4 21 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Styrene 1 0 5 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Styrene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN Styrene 0 1,700 8,500 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA tert-Butyl alcohol 990 0 9,900 0.00%
BASF CORP CHATTANOOGA TN tert-Butyl alcohol 0 7,270 72,700 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Toluene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Toluene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP WEST MEMPHIS AR Toluene 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - HANNIBAL SITE PALMYRA MO Toluene 5 0 65 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Toluenediisocyanate 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Toluenediisocyanate 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Triethylamine 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP MC INTOSH AL Triethylamine 622 0 311,000 0.00%
BASF CORP SENECA SC Triethylamine 0 5 2,500 0.00%
BASF CORP LOUISVILLE KY Vanadium compounds 0 250 35,000 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Vanadium compounds 0 250 35,000 0.00%
BASF CORP MONACA PA Vinyl acetate 5 0 5 0.00%
BASF CORP SPARTANBURG SC Vinyl acetate 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP - BEAUMONT BEAUMONT TX Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GEISMAR LA Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF CORP GREENVILLE OH Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0.00%
BASF COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC NEWPORT DE Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 221 1,105 0.00%
BASF CORP WYANDOTTE MI Zinc compounds 0 70 231 0.00%
BASF CORP ERIE PA Zinc compounds 1 143 475 0.00%
BASF CORP - FREEPORT SITE FREEPORT TX Zinc compounds 143 0 472 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2018, 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.

* 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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