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Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 48
Surface Water releases 2021 (lbs): 51,080
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2021 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2021: 163,387,853
EJ: Near Poor Share: 34%
EJ: Minority Share: 25%

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This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

Chemicals at facilities displayed below: (
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BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 1,200 0 108,000,000 66.10%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Arsenic compounds 18 0 27,000,000 16.53%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 12,003 0 18,004,500 11.02%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 2,821 0 4,231,500 2.59%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 1,200 0 1,800,000 1.10%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Arsenic compounds 1 0 1,500,000 0.92%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 13 0 1,170,000 0.72%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 8 0 720,000 0.44%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Lead compounds 28 0 504,000 0.31%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Nickel compounds 1,402 0 127,582 0.08%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Mercury compounds 9 0 89,000 0.05%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 34 0 51,000 0.03%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Nickel compounds 391 0 35,581 0.02%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 6,390 0 31,950 0.02%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Selenium compounds 130 0 26,000 0.02%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 3,440 0 17,200 0.01%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Nickel compounds 180 0 16,380 0.01%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 3,200 0 16,000 0.01%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Manganese compounds 1,200 0 8,520 0.01%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Manganese compounds 920 0 6,532 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Manganese compounds 680 0 4,828 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Manganese compounds 640 0 4,544 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Nickel compounds 49 0 4,459 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 800 0 4,000 0.00%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Zinc compounds 942 0 3,109 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Mercury compounds 0 0 3,000 0.00%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Manganese compounds 222 0 1,576 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Manganese compounds 210 0 1,491 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Zinc compounds 370 0 1,221 0.00%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Mercury compounds 0 0 1,000 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Zinc compounds 264 0 871 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 130 0 650 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 110 0 550 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Zinc compounds 150 0 495 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Zinc compounds 95 0 314 0.00%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ATLANTA GA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 52 0 0 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 2,100 0 0 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 480 0 0 0.00%
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT RINCON GA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 12 0 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 720 0 0 0.00%
E. C. GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 8,400 0 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 66 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 2021, 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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