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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 10
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 5,242,482
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 2,129,126
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 2,859,840,185
Percentage of national total 2019 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.6%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 25%
EJ: Minority Share: 12%

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Chemicals displayed below: (
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Nitrate compounds 4,134,568 543,734 2,947,331 0.10%
Nitric acid 928,505 5 250,697,700 8.77%
Sodium nitrite 92,000 0 920,000 0.03%
Ammonia 66,276 31,629 0 0.00%
n-Butyl alcohol 8,300 36,337 446,370 0.02%
Glycol ethers 3,000 61 550,980 0.02%
Dimethylamine 1,611 2 0 0.00%
Formaldehyde 1,079 0 5,395 0.00%
Manganese compounds 993 5 7,086 0.00%
tert-Butyl alcohol 990 6,890 78,800 0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 906 275 0 0.00%
Triethylamine 723 0 361,500 0.01%
Manganese 700 0 4,970 0.00%
Dioxane 669 0 66,900,000 2.34%
Nickel compounds 532 585 101,674 0.00%
Formic acid 360 0 180 0.00%
Copper compounds 268 258 788,625 0.03%
Zinc compounds 206 318 1,729 0.00%
o-Toluidine 190 0 45,600,000 1.59%
Ethyl acrylate 118 20 6,624,000 0.23%
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) 110 0 352,000,000 12.31%
Acrylic acid 107 274 762 0.00%
Chromium compounds 57 92 18,612,500 0.65%
Barium compounds 35 271 1,533 0.00%
Methyl acrylate 29 1 990 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 22 2,558 1,290 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 12 123 96 0.00%
Propylene oxide 12 3,362 809,846,399 28.32%
Styrene 12 1,022 5,170 0.00%
Acrylonitrile 7 0 3,780,000 0.13%
Methanol 6 1,471,419 1,471,424 0.05%
Dicamba 5 0 11 0.00%
Lithium carbonate 5 0 0 0.00%
Cyanide compounds 5 0 1,000 0.00%
Naphthalene 5 0 250 0.00%
sec-Butyl alcohol 5 0 50 0.00%
Dimethyl sulfate 5 0 0 0.00%
o-Xylene 5 0 25 0.00%
Cumene 5 0 50 0.00%
1,2-Dichloroethane 5 1,800 164,254,999 5.74%
Vinyl acetate 5 0 5 0.00%
Toluene 5 0 65 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 5 0 65 0.00%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 5 0 50 0.00%
Pendimethalin 5 0 50 0.00%
2-Methoxyethanol 2 0 400 0.00%
Ethylene oxide 2 3,249 715,220,000 25.01%
2-Ethoxyethanol 1 0 3 0.00%
Chloromethane 1 0 1,300 0.00%
Butyl acrylate 1 135 272 0.00%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 1 0 0 0.00%
Lead compounds 0 7 135,540 0.00%
Acrylamide 0 0 10,000 0.00%
Vanadium compounds 0 255 35,700 0.00%
Nonylphenol 0 4 0 0.00%
Aniline 0 10,759 61,326,300 2.14%
p-Chloroaniline 0 3,177 349,470,000 12.22%
Mercury compounds 0 0 100 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 214 1,070 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 5 500 0.00%
Biphenyl 0 9,442 7,553,599 0.26%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0 750 10,500 0.00%
Diethanolamine 0 87 61,777 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.

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