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Environmental Release Report: CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
 
 
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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
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:CADMIUM 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 1,473
    Suspected Carcinogens 1,096
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 2,423
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 483
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 2,020
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 201
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 1,508
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 2,092
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 2,079
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 505
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 2,533
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 282
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 2,517
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 4,582
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 3,332

    *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 350 0 12,186,030 0 12,186,380 399,130 12,582,663
    1999 445 0 13,554,931 0 13,555,376 362,999 10,504,595
    2000 5,126 0 20,859,447 0 20,864,573 525,636 21,373,197
    2001 5,000 0 7,081,123 0 7,086,123 479,267 7,556,784
    2002 5,414 0 5,956,026 0 5,961,440 254,070 6,204,696
    "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 0 0 9.00 0 9.00 0 9.00
    2001 0 0 1.50 0 1.50 0 1.50
    2002 0 0 .9 0 .9 0 .9
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
    Mailing Address: HWY. 17 N. MILEMARKER 163, EMELLE, AL 35459
    Public Contact: RODGER HENSON
    Phone: (205) 652-9721
    SIC Code: 49 Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
    2002 Parent Company: WASTE MANAGEMENT
    Latitude: 32.76038
    Longitude: -88.31046
    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

    Scorecard's report for SUMTER County on:

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