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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 12
Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 71,750
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 58
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 2,270,063,928
Percentage of national total 2018 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.4%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 3 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals at facilities displayed below: (
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GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Arsenic compounds 1,112 0 1,668,000,000 73.48%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Chromium compounds 3,100 0 279,000,011 12.29%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Chromium compounds 1,003 0 90,270,004 3.98%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Arsenic compounds 51 0 76,500,000 3.37%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Chromium compounds 810 0 72,900,003 3.21%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Chromium compounds 266 0 23,940,001 1.05%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Arsenic compounds 13 0 19,500,000 0.86%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Copper compounds 12,000 0 18,000,000 0.79%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Chromium compounds 100 0 9,000,000 0.40%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Chromium compounds 51 0 4,590,000 0.20%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Copper compounds 2,900 0 4,350,000 0.19%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Copper compounds 1,379 0 2,068,500 0.09%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Vanadium compounds 4,300 0 602,000 0.03%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Lead compounds 12 0 208,800 0.01%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Nickel compounds 1,600 0 145,600 0.01%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Copper compounds 96 0 144,000 0.01%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Nickel compounds 1,430 0 130,130 0.01%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Selenium compounds 630 0 126,000 0.01%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Mercury compounds 12 0 123,000 0.01%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Chromium compounds 1 0 90,000 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Nickel compounds 970 0 88,270 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Barium compounds 12,000 0 60,000 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Nickel compounds 470 0 42,770 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Barium compounds 6,641 0 33,205 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Nickel compounds 321 0 29,211 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Barium compounds 5,000 0 25,000 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Mercury compounds 2 0 21,000 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Barium compounds 3,100 0 15,500 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Barium compounds 2,464 0 12,320 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Barium compounds 2,330 0 11,650 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Mercury compounds 1 0 9,000 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Lead compounds 0 0 3,600 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Nickel compounds 22 10 2,912 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Zinc compounds 841 0 2,775 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Manganese compounds 380 0 2,698 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Zinc compounds 682 0 2,251 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Zinc compounds 670 0 2,211 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Manganese compounds 285 0 2,024 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Barium compounds 340 0 1,700 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Manganese compounds 234 0 1,661 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Manganese compounds 162 0 1,150 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Mercury compounds 0 0 1,000 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Manganese compounds 140 0 994 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Manganese compounds 140 0 994 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Zinc compounds 245 0 809 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Zinc compounds 110 48 521 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Zinc compounds 140 0 462 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Zinc compounds 58 0 191 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Lead compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Vanadium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Ammonia 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Vanadium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Nickel compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Manganese compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Lead compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Copper compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Cobalt compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Chromium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Barium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Vanadium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Mercury compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Manganese compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Lead compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Barium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
CHOCTAW GENERATION LP LLLP ACKERMAN MS Zinc compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Cobalt compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Ammonia 497 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Styrene 0 0 0 0.00%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ATLANTA GA Ammonia 24 0 0 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Ammonia 150 0 0 0.00%
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT RINCON GA Ammonia 4 0 0 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
HAMMOND STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ROME GA Ammonia 4 0 0 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Lead compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Nickel compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Thallium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Ammonia 140 0 0 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Vanadium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Lead compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Cobalt compounds 65 0 0 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Ammonia 310 0 0 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Vanadium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Ammonia 120 0 0 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Ammonia 22 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Vanadium compounds 0 0 0 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Ammonia 1,800 0 0 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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