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Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 86
Surface Water releases 2021 (lbs): 284,866
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2021 (lbs): 194,545
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2021: 41,378,695
EJ: Near Poor Share: 26%
EJ: Minority Share: 58%

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Acetaldehyde 0 3,288 25,975,199 62.77%
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.) 74 0 9,225,000 22.29%
Lead compounds 151 2 2,749,320 6.64%
Chromium 3 4 1,190,000 2.88%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 32 12,683 635,750 1.54%
Sodium nitrite 59,157 0 591,567 1.43%
Certain glycol ethers 1,422 0 255,960 0.62%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 117 18 202,500 0.49%
Methanol 1,074 170,755 171,829 0.42%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 218,739 0 137,805 0.33%
Triethylamine 167 0 83,500 0.20%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 24 0 48,200 0.12%
Catechol 5 0 45,000 0.11%
Carbon disulfide 0 3,400 34,000 0.08%
Phenol 88 3,240 10,983 0.03%
Formaldehyde 1,567 317 9,421 0.02%
Nickel compounds 39 0 3,549 0.01%
Mercury compounds 0 0 2,000 0.00%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0 191 1,910 0.00%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 142 70 1,060 0.00%
Mercury 0 0 1,000 0.00%
Manganese compounds 0 125 888 0.00%
Acetonitrile 15 0 870 0.00%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 4 0 372 0.00%
Acrylic acid 62 112 348 0.00%
Zinc compounds 35 29 212 0.00%
Formic acid 0 310 155 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 9 0 118 0.00%
Nickel 0 1 91 0.00%
Toluene 7 0 85 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 4 0 3 0.00%
Sulfluramid 1 0 0 0.00%
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) 1,928 0 0 0.00%
1-Octanesulfonamide, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptadecafluoro-N-methyl- 1 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.

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