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Environmental Release Report: NEWMONT MINING CORP. CARLIN SOUTH AREA
 
 
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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:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:MERCURY COMPOUNDS
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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 321
    Suspected Carcinogens 2,843 .100
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 25,303 .100
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 788 .100
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 2,281
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 22,180
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 485
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 434
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 39,974
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 66
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 40,652 .100
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 254
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 37,728
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 38,099
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 37,801

    *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 173,883 7,088 107,130,445 0 107,311,416 449 114,180,799
    1999 71,124 769 98,447,606 0 98,519,499 99 103,198,629
    2000 53,257 1,135 154,157,564 0 154,211,956 75 397,251,571
    2001 87,585 2,079 170,160,610 0 170,250,274 2,911 195,426,947
    2002 41,362 .100 43,102,216 0 43,143,578 108,080 70,854,691
    "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: NEWMONT MINING CORP. CARLIN SOUTH AREA
    Mailing Address: 6 MILES N. OF CARLIN, CARLIN, NV 89822
    Public Contact: MARY KORPI
    Phone: (775) 778-4270
    SIC Code: 10 Metal Mining
    2002 Parent Company: NA
    Latitude: 40.78389
    Longitude: -116.21167
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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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