ROBERT R. MERHIGE, JR.CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAWProfessor Noah M. SachsRyan P. Murphy

Choose Clean Water Coalition, June 2014

Toxic Chemical Policy in the Commonwealth

Source: Environmental Defense Fund, www.edf.org

Facility Location Pounds (million)

Sector

BAE Systems (Radford Army Ammunitions Plant)

Radford 7.70 Metal Product Manufacturing

Accomac Processing Plant (Perdue Farms, Inc.)

Accomack 2.52 Food Manufacturing

Honeywell Int’l Inc. Hopewell 1.92 Chemical Manufacturing

Philip Morris USA Chester 1.43 Beverage & Tobacco Product Manufacturing

Jewell Coke Co., L.P. (SunCoke Energy)

Buchanan 1.31 Petroleum & Coal Product Manufacturing

Clover Power Station (Dominion) Halifax 1.11 Generating FacilityChesterfield Power Station (Dominion)

Chesterfield 1.03 Generating Facility

Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Ops. Group

Campbell .98 Chemical Manufacturing

Chesapeake Energy Center (Dominion)

Chesapeake .93 Generating Facility

Amercan Electric Power (Clinch River Plant)

Russell .92 Generating Facility

2012 Toxic Release Inventory

Chemicals Released to Air (millions)

Chemicals Released to Water (millions)

Chemicals Released to Land (millions)

Chemical Pounds Chemical Pounds Chemical Pounds

HCl 4.92 Nitrate Compounds 11.42 Ba & Ba Compounds .83

Ammonia 3.73 Ammonia .098 Mn & Mn Compounds .35

Methanol 1.98 Mn & Mn Compounds .045 V & V Compounds .31

Zinc Compounds 1.22 Nitroglycerin .038 Cu & Cu Compounds .26

H2SO4 1.16 Dimethylamine .037 Zn & Zn Compounds .19

Toluene .89 Ba & Ba Compounds .036 Pb & Pb Compounds .18

Certain Glycol Ethers .51 Cyclohexanol .035 Cr & Cr Compounds .12

H2S .39 Zn & Zn Compounds .017 Ni & Ni Compounds .12

n-Hexane .38 Methanol .011 As & As Compounds .07

Freon 113 .27 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone

.007 Nitroglycerin .03

Other 2.94 Other .017 Other .03

Total 18.40 Total 11.76 Total 2.52

2012 Toxic Release Inventory

Toxic Chemical Storage & Reporting

Source: New York Times

Facilities in Virginia Storing Over 1 Million Pounds of Toxic Substances in 2011

Oil Transportation

Coal Ash Impoundments

Source: Waterkeeper Alliance

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