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Environmental Release Report: SUPERIOR TUBE CO.
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
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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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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
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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 143,323 11
    Suspected Carcinogens 449 12
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 144,653 11
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 144,653 11
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 143,080 5
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 143,772 23
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 143,772 23
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 144,859 17
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 1,330
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 144,653 11
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 145,102 23
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 147,332 23
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 147,332 23

    *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 416,573 4,500 2,000 0 423,073 317,016 NA
    1989 470,546 4,500 2,250 0 477,296 313,940 NA
    1990 481,353 2,030 1,505 0 484,888 200,797 NA
    1991 406,330 1,285 275 0 407,890 157,683 598,457
    1992 357,534 1,285 275 0 359,094 197,482 663,085
    1993 283,128 1,285 275 0 284,688 158,574 531,862
    1994 242,413 1,010 0 0 243,423 273,654 725,376
    1995 293,490 1,010 0 0 294,500 263,285 790,776
    1996 242,253 1,010 0 0 243,263 300,785 770,927
    1997 209,780 520 0 0 210,300 409,034 550,301
    1998 235,620 523 0 0 236,143 146,980 406,281
    1999 229,171 30 0 0 229,201 131,327 381,102
    2000 213,933 18 0 0 213,951 143,685 367,234
    2001 169,316 40 0 0 169,356 119,577 313,841
    2002 147,332 23 0 0 147,355 289,136 437,646
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: SUPERIOR TUBE CO.
    Mailing Address: 3900 GERMANTOWN PIKE, COLLEGEVILLE, PA 19401
    Public Contact: DAVID SCHNACKENBERG
    Phone: (610) 489-5382
    SIC Code: 33 Primary Metal Industries
    2002 Parent Company: SUPERIOR GROUP INC.
    Latitude: 40.18176
    Longitude: -75.43391
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  • Links

    • Scorecard's Criteria air pollutants report for this facility
    • See EPA Envirofacts report for this facility for information about regulatory compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and permitted air and water emissions.
    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

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