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Environmental Release Report: BP CHEMICALS INC.
 
 
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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:ACRYLONITRILE
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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 48,570
    Suspected Carcinogens 1,010
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 62,615
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 5,265
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 51,310
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 9,875
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 90,490
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 12,125
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 74,210
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 119,595
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 5,265
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 66,040
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 155,975
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 116,560

    *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 7,286,800 386,750 8,050 50,011,750 57,693,350 212,750 NA
    1989 3,915,300 118,100 0 52,932,250 56,965,650 65,700 NA
    1990 3,563,645 78,355 0 20,640,015 24,282,015 80,175 NA
    1991 2,992,400 60,455 0 24,508,895 27,561,750 70,770 37,070,370
    1992 2,866,305 62,860 0 20,363,250 23,292,415 92,740 33,823,170
    1993 214,380 0 0 20,406,300 20,620,680 42,740 36,793,015
    1994 401,740 0 0 9,190,100 9,591,840 31,735 25,168,506
    1995 406,065 0 0 13,160,730 13,566,795 16,660 27,581,790
    1996 263,065 0 0 12,865,790 13,128,855 30,755 29,213,581
    1997 329,765 0 0 11,582,920 11,912,685 42,480 26,150,675
    1998 563,709 0 0 13,323,037 13,886,746 21,518 28,645,717
    1999 379,189 0 0 14,272,051 14,651,240 26,289 27,729,321
    2000 248,370 0 0 13,342,695 13,591,065 32,969 27,246,743
    2001 221,578 0 0 15,721,175 15,942,753 23,016 34,678,122
    2002 155,985 0 0 13,571,128 13,727,113 24,943 34,128,310
    "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: BP CHEMICALS INC.
    Mailing Address: 1900 FORT AMANDA RD., LIMA, OH 45804
    Public Contact: KEVIN SPRAGUE
    Phone: (419) 226-1237
    SIC Code: 28 Chemicals And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: BP AMERICA INC.
    Latitude: 40.72327
    Longitude: -84.12705
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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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