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Environmental Release Report: CRAWFORD GENERATING STATION
 
 
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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 200 97
    Suspected Carcinogens 153
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 60,358 97
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 353 97
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 60,005
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 50,205 97
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 632 97
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 110,210 97
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 110,010
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 61,169 145
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 200 97
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 60,816 48
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 110,821 48
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 130,081 456

    *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 321,675 1,091 0 0 322,766 30,220 926,781
    1999 113,640 368 0 0 114,008 34,000 380,700
    2000 166,391 472 0 0 166,863 620 469,107
    2001 117,567 890 0 0 118,457 0 351,670
    2002 131,677 601 0 0 132,278 5,843 397,451
    "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 .6 0 0 0 .6 0 .6
    2001 .505 0 0 0 .505 0 .505
    2002 .54 0 0 0 .54 0 .54
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: CRAWFORD GENERATING STATION
    Mailing Address: 3501 S. PULASKI, CHICAGO, IL 60623
    Public Contact: DOUG MCFARLAND
    Phone: (312) 583-6000
    SIC Code: 49 Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
    2002 Parent Company: EDISON INTL.
    Latitude: 41.82941
    Longitude: -87.72397
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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

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