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Surface Water releases 2022 (lbs): 420,009
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2022 (lbs): 112,646
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2022: 26,845,323
EJ: Near Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 28%

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Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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(quantity x toxicity) descending.)
(Links on chemical names lead to New Jersey Right To Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets that have information on health effects.)
ChemicalSurface water releases (lbs)POTW transfers (lbs)Toxic Hazard
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Percent of total company hazard
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.) 5124411,174,30341.62%
Lead compounds397137,365,32127.44%
Vanadium compounds31604,422,04016.47%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)823931,373,1885.12%
Antimony compounds3470866,2763.23%
Chromium911549,6502.05%
Lead 172356,2201.33%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)397,84398,077312,4301.16%
Cadmium compounds680135,8200.51%
Manganese compounds13,838198,2610.37%
Nickel compounds67635493,7320.35%
Mercury compounds7072,5660.27%
Zinc compounds4,07252715,1780.06%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))84704,2350.02%
Nickel25143,4650.01%
Copper101,6200.01%
Manganese431001,0180.00%
Lithium carbonate160000.00%
Cobalt compounds8000.00%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates013,41000.00%

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 2022, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project.

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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