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Environmental Release Report: DOMINION RESOURCES INC. YORKTOWN POWER STATION
 
 
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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 12,700 9
    Suspected Carcinogens 8,103 14
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 132,803 9
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1,800 1
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 131,000 8
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 995,000 213
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 14,660 1,616
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,110,703 1
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 1,440,000
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 148,000 14,001
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,700 1
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 157,203 14,008
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,489,763 15,812
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 1,478,383 12,022

    *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
    1998 2,228,540 10,335 26,100 0 2,264,975 26,210 2,265,300
    1999 2,450,140 21,253 0 0 2,471,393 256,900 3,062,000
    2000 1,412,425 59,302 50,900 0 1,522,627 260,744 4,829,353
    2001 1,724,084 33,009 489,023 0 2,246,116 9,109 3,580,234
    2002 1,496,644 27,814 411,100 0 1,935,558 0 2,928,204
    "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
    2000 1.43 0 0 0 1.43 0 1.43
    2001 2.30 0 0 0 2.30 0 2.30
    2002 1.92 0 0 0 1.92 0 1.92
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: DOMINION RESOURCES INC. YORKTOWN POWER STATION
    Mailing Address: 1600 WATERVIEW RD., YORKTOWN, VA 23692
    Public Contact: BRUCE EASLEY
    Phone: (757) 898-2555
    SIC Code: 49 Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
    2002 Parent Company: DOMINION RESOURCES INC.
    Latitude: 37.21444
    Longitude: -76.46167
    Facilities are encouraged to respond to the information presented in Scorecard.
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  • Links

    • 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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