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Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index: 2013 Report, Based on 2009 data

These are not the most recent data available. For current rankings, please go to the Toxic 100 home page.

Largest corporations ranked by toxic score 

Toxic 100 Water Rank

Company

Toxic hazard (pounds released x toxicity)

Toxics released directly to surface water 

Toxics transfered to sewage treatment 

Total toxics released to surface water (direct and post-
treatment)

 

 

 

(millions of pounds)


In 2014, Ohio Valley Electric, previously ranked at number one among the Toxic 100 Water Polluters, submitted new data to the U.S. E.P.A. revising its 2009 TRI reporting. Ohio Valley Electric has revised its reported water release of 27,090 pounds arsenic or arsenic compounds to 814 pounds. Based on the revision, Ohio Valley Electric is ranked 28th on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters with a RSEI Hazard of 1,249,698,036. The next edition of the Toxic 100 will reflect the most current information from U.S. E.P.A.

1

Ferro 

24,232,189,979

0.03

2.57

0.24

2

American Electric Power

19,025,810,420

0.15

0.00

0.15

3

U.S. Department of Defense

17,745,108,776

15.21

0.08

15.21

4

Southern 

14,167,425,066

0.17

0.00

0.17

5

U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority

11,065,513,858

0.80

0.00

0.80

6

PPL

10,440,384,996

0.12

0.00

0.12

7

Dominion Resources 

6,583,409,504

0.14

0.00

0.14

8

Dow Chemical 

6,529,470,848

0.90

10.92

1.90

9

Evonik Industries AG

6,204,752,331

0.02

0.14

0.04

10

Dynegy 

4,096,350,750

0.10

0.00

0.10

11

DTE Energy

3,836,662,048

0.06

0.01

0.06

12

Duke Energy

3,269,549,428

0.21

0.00

0.21

13

BASF

2,873,829,889

6.65

1.26

6.87

14

Emerald Performance Materials

2,810,889,397

0.01

0.19

0.03

15

Newpage

2,524,302,940

0.25

5.18

0.67

16

Progress Energy 

2,321,495,710

0.06

0.00

0.06

17

Honeywell International

2,141,368,702

0.29

0.77

0.35

18

Exxonmobil

2,055,468,102

5.67

0.28

5.71

19

Celanese

2,042,189,572

0.08

6.86

0.63

20

Bayer Group

1,906,844,129

0.57

0.52

0.61

21

Eastman Chemical 

1,857,664,031

0.75

0.09

0.75

22

Dayton Power and Light

1,632,355,988

0.00

0.00

0.00

23

Lubrizol

1,598,534,516

0.03

0.30

0.11

24

Rio Tinto

1,448,735,946

0.01

0.00

0.01

25

Reliant Energy

1,433,389,006

0.10

0.00

0.10

26

Oxid

1,408,061,871

0.00

0.31

0.13

27

Clariant 

1,334,306,282

0.60

0.08

0.61

28

Ohio Valley Electric 

1,249,698,036

0.04

0.00

0.04

29

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours

1,062,809,009

5.16

0.90

5.30

30

Koch Industries

1,054,548,508

5.71

0.94

5.80

31

Lyondellbasell Industries

981,901,535

0.01

6.48

0.80

32

Owensboro Municipal Utilities

957,155,620

0.08

0.00

0.08

33

Cambrex

855,002,712

0.00

0.00

0.00

34

South Carolina Public Service Authority

839,911,567

0.00

0.00

0.00

35

Allegheny Energy 

748,595,142

0.01

0.00

0.01

36

Graftech International 

611,650,000

0.00

0.15

0.00

37

Renco Group

569,568,870

0.07

0.00

0.07

38

Smurfit-Stone Container

568,939,192

0.57

10.62

1.47

39

Chevron

510,579,953

0.58

0.01

0.58

40

International Paper 

492,643,288

2.46

0.03

2.46

41

Cytec Industries 

492,388,662

0.38

2.40

0.46

42

General Electric 

469,848,613

0.03

1.16

0.09

43

Mountain State Carbon 
Follansbee Plant

468,997,214

0.10

0.00

0.10

44

Domtar

441,447,821

1.13

0.00

1.13

45

KPS Capital Partners

420,978,729

0.02

0.01

0.02

46

Firstenergy

382,445,701

0.04

0.00

0.04

47

JEA

381,212,205

0.01

0.00

0.01

48

Langdale

375,457,500

0.00

0.00

0.00

49

Southern Wood Preserving of Hattiesburg 

375,457,500

0.00

0.00

0.00

50

Max Environmental
Yukon Facility

375,444,150

0.00

0.00

0.00

51

Exelon

354,075,754

0.00

0.00

0.00

52

Scana

304,990,633

0.01

0.00

0.01

53

Boise Cascade

283,764,359

0.25

0.00

0.25

54

Cardolite 

283,075,863

0.00

0.05

0.03

55

Sunoco

269,320,589

0.08

1.20

0.20

56

Conocophillips

232,519,840

5.14

0.47

5.20

57

United States Steel

227,917,172

2.33

0.00

2.33

58

Sanders Lead

224,204,210

0.00

0.00

0.00

59

Marathon Oil

220,951,329

0.47

0.32

0.56

60

East Kentucky Power Cooperative

213,326,279

0.01

0.00

0.01

61

Penford 

211,566,718

0.00

2.04

0.16

62

Apollo Advisors

198,031,462

0.38

0.00

0.38

63

Rank Group Investments

196,092,236

0.29

0.00

0.29

64

Cabot

193,457,773

0.06

0.00

0.06

65

Weyerhaeuser 

168,384,898

0.56

0.00

0.56

66

Temple-Inland

162,818,808

0.60

0.00

0.60

67

Potlatch 

159,967,252

0.20

0.00

0.20

68

Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. (Grupo Alfa)

151,541,944

0.38

0.00

0.38

69

Arch Chemicals

135,228,182

0.06

0.06

0.06

70

Arcelormittal

132,524,120

0.95

0.09

0.95

71

Huntsman

129,955,663

0.10

0.11

0.12

72

BP

129,862,864

0.56

0.20

0.59

73

Pfizer 

115,766,641

0.01

1.05

0.15

74

Exide

115,725,423

0.00

0.00

0.00

75

Merisol USA

114,766,588

0.00

0.00

0.00

76

Flint Ink

112,622,347

0.00

1.18

0.12

77

Seminole Generating Station

108,564,494

0.00

0.00

0.00

78

Powersouth Energy Cooperative

105,452,383

0.01

0.00

0.01

79

Cognis 

101,149,458

0.00

0.78

0.06

80

Cox Industries 

100,624,320

0.00

0.00

0.00

81

Graphic Packaging Holding 

100,320,929

0.06

0.12

0.09

82

Alabama River Pulp

99,874,715

0.54

0.00

0.54

83

Packaging of America

99,286,460

0.13

0.00

0.13

84

Valero Energy

94,867,462

3.41

0.15

3.43

85

Transalta Centralia Generation / Mining

94,632,697

0.05

0.00

0.05

86

Buckeye Technologies 

92,289,431

0.30

0.00

0.30

87

Placid Refining

88,254,061

0.02

0.00

0.02

88

Abitibibowater

84,823,058

0.42

0.00

0.42

89

Constellation Energy

80,383,433

0.01

0.00

0.01

90

Envirofocus Technologies

79,887,652

0.00

0.00

0.00

91

Rayonier 

79,762,505

0.27

0.00

0.27

92

Koppers Industries

77,811,969

0.05

0.00

0.05

93

Desoto Treated Materials 

76,642,560

0.00

0.00

0.00

94

PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)

74,395,781

0.76

0.00

0.76

95

Elgin Fine Chemicals

73,008,992

0.00

0.00

0.00

96

Seaman Timber

69,939,999

0.00

0.00

0.00

97

Hercules 

69,094,938

0.00

14.80

0.51

98

Edison International

64,235,250

0.10

0.00

0.10

99

New NGC

64,228,716

0.01

0.00

0.01

100

Meadwestvaco

63,639,040

0.45

0.00

0.45

  

Explanatory notes (also see the technical notes):

Toxic Hazard: Pounds released directly to surface water plus pounds estimated released post-treatment multiplied by chemical-specific toxicity weights. Sources: (1) pounds released and transferred: US EPA's Toxics Release Inventory, 2009; (2) toxicity weights and post-treatment release estimator: US EPA’s Risk Screening Environmental Indicators, version 2.3.0. For details, see Technical Notes.

Toxics released directly to surface water and pounds transfered to sewage treatment: Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to water on-site at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to POTW’s for sewage treatment, without weighting for toxicity.

Total toxics released to surface water: Millions of pounds ot toxic chemical released directly to water on-site plus estimated post-treatment release to surface water of toxic chemical transfered to POTW’s for sewage treatment.

Coverage: This table presents the RSEI Hazard for companies and agencies reporting to the US EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory. Individual facilities are assigned to corporate parents on the basis of 2011 information on the ownership structure.

 

 

 

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