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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 39
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 60,375
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 371,666,196
Percentage of national total 2019 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 36%
EJ: Minority Share: 38%

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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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WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Chromium compounds 1,500 0 135,000,000 36.32%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Arsenic compounds 55 0 82,500,000 22.20%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Chromium compounds 800 0 72,000,000 19.37%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Arsenic compounds 14 0 21,000,000 5.65%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Chromium compounds 226 0 20,340,000 5.47%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Copper compounds 12,000 0 18,000,000 4.84%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Chromium compounds 150 0 13,500,000 3.63%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Copper compounds 2,715 0 4,072,500 1.10%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Copper compounds 2,700 0 4,050,000 1.09%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Copper compounds 280 0 420,000 0.11%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Lead compounds 12 0 217,800 0.06%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Nickel compounds 1,700 0 154,700 0.04%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Nickel compounds 970 0 88,270 0.02%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Selenium compounds 320 0 64,000 0.02%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Nickel compounds 420 0 38,220 0.01%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Barium compounds 6,350 0 31,750 0.01%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Nickel compounds 321 0 29,211 0.01%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Manganese compounds 4,100 0 29,110 0.01%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Mercury compounds 3 0 26,000 0.01%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Manganese compounds 2,947 0 20,924 0.01%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Manganese compounds 2,700 0 19,170 0.01%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Barium compounds 2,801 0 14,005 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Barium compounds 2,600 0 13,000 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Barium compounds 2,500 0 12,500 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Mercury compounds 1 0 6,000 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Manganese compounds 608 0 4,317 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Zinc compounds 910 0 3,003 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Zinc compounds 712 0 2,350 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Manganese compounds 280 0 1,988 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Lead compounds 0 0 1,800 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Manganese compounds 172 0 1,221 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Zinc compounds 370 0 1,221 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Zinc compounds 350 0 1,155 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 Barium compounds 110 0 550 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Zinc compounds 55 0 182 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Manganese compounds 24 0 170 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Barium compounds 16 0 80 0.00%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ATLANTA GA Ammonia 150 0 0 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Ammonia 160 0 0 0.00%
HAMMOND STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ROME GA Ammonia 4 0 0 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Ammonia 120 0 0 0.00%
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT RINCON GA Ammonia 13 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Ammonia 130 0 0 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Ammonia 6 0 0 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Ammonia 7,800 0 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Ammonia 200 0 0 0.00%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

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 2019, 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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