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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 5
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 89,901
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 48
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 89,918
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 3,086,597,686
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 1.2%

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This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals at facilities displayed below: (
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WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Chromium compounds 2,000 0 2,000 1,000,000,000 32.40%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Arsenic compounds 660 0 660 990,000,000 32.07%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Chromium compounds 990 0 990 495,000,000 16.04%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Chromium compounds 610 0 610 305,000,000 9.88%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Chromium compounds 196 0 196 98,000,000 3.18%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Chromium compounds 177 0 177 88,500,000 2.87%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Arsenic compounds 40 2 41 61,542,900 1.99%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Chromium compounds 36 0 36 18,000,000 0.58%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Copper compounds 12,000 0 12,000 18,000,000 0.58%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Arsenic compounds 4 0 4 6,000,000 0.19%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Copper compounds 2,778 0 2,778 4,167,000 0.14%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Copper compounds 357 0 357 535,500 0.02%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Chromium compounds 1 0 1 500,000 0.02%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Lead compounds 14 0 14 252,000 0.01%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Nickel compounds 2,300 0 2,300 209,300 0.01%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Nickel compounds 1,831 0 1,831 166,621 0.01%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Vanadium compounds 1,100 0 1,100 154,000 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Nickel compounds 970 0 970 88,270 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Nickel compounds 890 0 890 80,990 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Mercury compounds 7 0 7 65,000 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Manganese compounds 7,226 0 7,226 51,305 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Manganese compounds 5,900 0 5,900 41,890 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Barium compounds 7,763 0 7,763 38,815 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Barium compounds 7,740 0 7,740 38,700 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Barium compounds 5,900 0 5,900 29,500 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Nickel compounds 321 0 321 29,211 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Barium compounds 3,600 0 3,600 18,000 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Lead compounds 1 0 1 16,857 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Lead compounds 1 0 1 14,400 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Zinc compounds 4,002 0 4,002 13,207 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Barium compounds 1,980 0 1,980 9,900 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Barium compounds 1,600 0 1,600 8,000 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Zinc compounds 1,391 0 1,391 4,590 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Nickel compounds 46 3 48 4,354 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Lead compounds 0 0 0 3,600 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Zinc compounds 872 0 872 2,878 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Barium compounds 410 0 410 2,050 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Zinc compounds 540 43 555 1,830 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Barium compounds 300 0 300 1,500 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Zinc compounds 397 0 397 1,310 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Mercury compounds 0 0 0 1,000 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Manganese compounds 140 0 140 994 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Manganese compounds 110 0 110 781 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Manganese compounds 82 0 82 582 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Manganese compounds 57 0 57 405 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Zinc compounds 64 0 64 211 0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL MOSS POINT MS Manganese compounds 22 0 22 156 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Zinc compounds 18 0 18 59 0.00%
DAVID M RATCLIFFE FACILITY DE KALB MS Manganese compounds 2 0 2 14 0.00%
DAVID M RATCLIFFE FACILITY DE KALB MS Barium compounds 1 0 1 5 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Ammonia 9,203 0 9,203 0 0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT BUCKS AL Ammonia 2,500 0 2,500 0 0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARTERSVILLE GA Cobalt compounds 58 0 58 0 0.00%
HAMMOND STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ROME GA Ammonia 9 0 9 0 0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT PARRISH AL Ammonia 180 0 180 0 0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST PENSACOLA FL Ammonia 91 0 91 0 0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT CARROLLTON GA Ammonia 110 0 110 0 0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT WILSONVILLE AL Ammonia 17 0 17 0 0.00%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT ATLANTA GA Ammonia 200 0 200 0 0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT QUINTON AL Ammonia 82 0 82 0 0.00%
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT RINCON GA Ammonia 4 0 4 0 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2017, 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.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

* 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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