Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 16 Surface Water releases 2021 (lbs): 5,002,962 POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2021 (lbs): 1,287,241
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2021: 1,194,173,842
Percentage of national total 2021 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.3%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 37%
EJ: Minority Share: 19%
Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
(Click on column headers to re-sort table: current sort is by percent of total company hazard.) (Links on chemical names lead to New Jersey Right To Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets that have information on chemical health effects.)
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)
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)
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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