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Environmental Release Report: DOE RUN CO. HERCULANEUM SMELTER
 
 
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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 120,671 59
    Suspected Carcinogens 2,918 31
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 120,728 52
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 117,626 21
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 5,511 59
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 129,443 94
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 121,890 65
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 120,205 47
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 324
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 120,250 42
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 117,626 21
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 3,203 38
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 16,789 116
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 1,141 15

    *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 417,099 994 28,460,108 0 28,878,201 12,150 NA
    1989 423,631 1,381 16,678,414 0 17,103,426 7,425 NA
    1990 395,537 420 13,695,175 0 14,091,132 171,517 NA
    1991 396,182 525 16,076,405 0 16,473,112 24,177 16,880,089
    1992 274,211 778 6,202,698 0 6,477,687 1,006 16,938,872
    1993 258,309 3,063 7,932,956 0 8,194,328 90,526 22,006,942
    1994 256,355 1,107 8,981,911 0 9,239,373 1,001 37,874,682
    1995 236,823 1,070 7,868,740 0 8,106,633 1,001 28,932,389
    1996 234,739 328 7,645,246 0 7,880,313 997 40,213,304
    1997 262,535 405 8,466,990 0 8,729,930 997 52,709,233
    1998 271,716 247 9,567,146 0 9,839,109 36,429 50,750,953
    1999 331,549 179 9,671,956 0 10,003,684 1,560 33,021,429
    2000 321,911 520 16,807,748 0 17,130,179 1,706 48,900,601
    2001 261,169 442 15,182,450 0 15,444,061 6,344 62,702,876
    2002 136,881 158 15,434,024 0 15,571,063 38,574 41,426,256
    "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: DOE RUN CO. HERCULANEUM SMELTER
    Mailing Address: 881 MAIN ST., HERCULANEUM, MO 63048
    Public Contact: CLIFTON W. GRAY
    Phone: (314) 933-3187
    SIC Code: 33 Primary Metal Industries
    2002 Parent Company: RENCO GROUP INC.
    Latitude: 38.26094
    Longitude: -90.37797
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    • Scorecard's Criteria air pollutants report for this facility
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    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

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