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Environmental Release Report: CARBON County, WY
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation in CARBON County*
    Cleanest/Best Counties in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Counties in US
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    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Noncancer risk score (air and water releases):
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    Air releases of recognized developmental toxicants:
    Air releases of recognized reproductive toxicants:

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    *Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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  • Environmental Justice Analysis for CARBON County

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:BENZENE
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:MERCURY COMPOUNDS
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 18,768
    Suspected Carcinogens 570
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 63,217
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 39,510
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 58,720
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 18,681
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 47,068
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 42,606
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 71,151
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 155,931
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 15,305
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 89,001
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 176,849
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 71,163

    *Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below.
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  • What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm
    • Air Releases
    6 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    218 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
    Water Releases
    5 TRI chems released to water in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    172 TRI chemicals released to water in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
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  • TRI Data Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    1988 175,171 0 329,600 0 504,771 0 NA
    1989 119,295 0 20,771 0 140,066 0 NA
    1990 466,385 0 19,961 0 486,346 0 NA
    1991 495,554 0 120 0 495,674 0 92,080,533
    1992 547,885 0 1,640 0 549,525 0 46,914,762
    1993 109,365 0 110 0 109,475 0 35,052,261
    1994 153,731 0 120 0 153,851 0 42,167,478
    1995 241,911 0 130 0 242,041 0 975,575
    1996 246,733 0 150 0 246,883 0 1,006,139
    1997 296,159 0 0 0 296,159 1,000 1,331,227
    1998 278,021 0 29,264 0 307,285 0 994,442
    1999 291,842 0 0 0 291,842 72 1,463,320
    2000 243,112 0 52 0 243,164 832 1,209,099
    2001 70,455 0 0 0 70,455 294 99,992
    2002 190,622 0 6,768 0 197,390 12 1,318,766
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Dioxin Compounds Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    2002 .06318 0 .0719 0 .1351 0 .135
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