Fluoride Action Network Hydrogen Fluoride Information from the Toxic Release Inventory – 2008 Available in html at http://fluoridealert.org/tri-2008.html It’s important to note that not all industries or sources that release fluoride or fluorine into the environment are included in the U.S. EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). For example, the toxic fluoridating agents used in public drinking water fluoridation schemes, hexafluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) and silicofluoride (Na2SiF6), (or their various other names, fluosilicic acid, sodium fluosilicate, etc.), are not listed. These are toxic wastes captured in the ‘pollution controls’ from the mining of phosphate rock. The major use of the mined phosphate is for agricultural fertilizer. Also not listed in TRI are uranium and radionuclides, which are also in phosphate rock and their mined products. The 2008 TRI data for releases for hydrogen fluoride was 64,972,078 pounds, and for fluorine it was 91,874 pounds. The releases are generally self-reported, not measured, by industry. 2008 is the latest year with all data (the 2009 database is not complete). Below are the 2008 TRI data for Hydrogen Fluoride sorted by: Table 1. Industry category for releases Table 2. State ranking for releases Table 3. State releases (including Fluorine releases) by industry/town/county TABLE 1: Hydrogen Fluoride releases in 2008 as reported by the Toxic Release Inventory Category Pounds Released Coal-fired electric utilities (TRI code 221112) 50,917,693 Hazardous Waste/Solvent Recovery 5,303,483 Primary Metals 3,470,571 Stone/Clay/Glass 2,349,164 Chemicals 1,573,218 Petroleum 484,984 Paper 308,886 Food/Beverages/Tobacco 227,312 Computers/Electronic Products 186,985 Fabricated Metals 67,178 No TRI Code 33,106 Metal Mining 26,853 Transportation Equipment 19,993 Chemical Wholesalers 1,685 Cement 767 Machinery 201 TOTAL for 2008 64,972,078 NOTE: The inks for the above are: Toxic Release Inventory - http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/ Uranium Resources from Phosphate - http://www.wise-uranium.org/purec.html Radionuclides - http://www.fluoridealert.org/re/phosphate.radionuclides.pdf 1 Fluoride Action Network TABLE 2: 2008: Rank by State for Hydrogen Fluoride Releases From Toxic Release Inventory (In orange are the 2008 Fluorine releases) Rank State HF Total Releases Rank State HF Total Releases 1 OH 9,115,568 26 AZ 707,782 2 PA 4,520,465 (51) 27 CO 681,342 3 GA 4,275,928 28 NY (20) 657,256 4 TX 3,434,807 (28,289) 29 WY 400,923 5 AL 3,180,753 (37,994) 30 UT 382,445 6 KY 2,920,832 (6,879) 31 KS 341,332 7 NC 2,798,344 (2,659 32 WA 330,193 8 IN 2,640,939 33 DE 307,600 9 FL 2,573,891 34 MN 254,988 10 IL 2,529,867 (2,318) 35 MT 242,102 11 MI 2,344,230 36 NH 218,761 12 WV 2,246,017 37 NJ 193,837 13 TN 2,233,874 38 MA 187,516 14 MO 2,143,720 39 OR 161,955 15 AR 2,046,542 (9,166) 40 NM 132,445 16 SC 1,626,489 (3,831) 41 NV 103,755 17 WI 1,242,523 42 SD 86,000 18 MD 1,233,217 43 ID 73,655 19 IA 1,122,463 44 AK 33,106 20 VA 1,115,804 (666) 45 CA 26,509 21 NE 939,444 46 Puerto Rico 11,184 22 OK 888,541 47 ME 3,579 23 MS 807,381 48 VT 3,123 24 ND 737,857 49 CT 809 25 LA 710,386 2008 Total Releases (in pounds): Hydrogen Fluoride = 64,972,078 Fluorine Releases = 91,874 TABLE 3: BY STATE for 2008: Hydrogen Fluoride & Fluorine Releases (in pounds) Total State Type of Industry Name of Industry Releases 33,106 AK Federal Facility U.S. ARMY FORT WAINWRIGHT. 1060 GAFFNEY (No TRI category) RD #4500, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska 99703 (FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR) 660,000 AL Coal-fired power plant GASTON STEAM PLANT. HWY 25, WILSONVILLE, Alabama 35186 (SHELBY) 600,000 AL Coal-fired power plant MILLER STEAM PLANT. 4250 PORTER RD, QUINTON, Alabama 35130 (JEFFERSON) 470,000 AL Coal-fired power plant BARRY STEAM PLANT. US HWY 43, BUCKS, Alabama 36512 (MOBILE) 460,000 AL Coal-fired power plant US TVA COLBERT FOSSIL PLANT. 900 COLBERT 2 Fluoride Action Network STEAM PLANT RD, TUSCUMBIA, Alabama 35674 (COLBERT) 280,000 AL Coal-fired power plant US TVA WIDOWS CREEK FOSSIL PLANT. 2800 STEAM PLANT RD, STEVENSON, Alabama 35772 (JACKSON) 200,000 AL Coal-fired power plant ALABAMA POWER CO GREENE COUNTY STEAM PLANT. HWY 43 & COUNTY RD 18, FORKLAND, Alabama 36740 (GREENE) 113,192 AL Stone/Clay/Glass BORAL BRICKS INC - BESSEMER P LANT 6. HOPEWELL RD, BESSEMER, Alabama 35021 (JEFFERSON) 90,000 AL Coal-fired power plant GORGAS STEAM PLANT. 460 GORGAS RD, PARRISH, Alabama 35580 (WALKER) 53,960 AL Stone/Clay/Glass MONARCH CERAMIC TILE INC. 834 RICKWOOD RD, FLORENCE, Alabama 35630 (LAUDERDALE) 42,272 AL Chemicals ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLC - DECATUR PLANT. 1050 CHEMSTRAND AVE, DECATUR, Alabama 35601 (MORGAN) 40,010 AL Stone/Clay/Glass BORAL BRICKS INC PHENIX CITY PLANT 4. 1501 BRICKYARD RD, PHENIX CITY, Alabama 36869 (RUSSELL) 38,686 AL Stone/Clay/Glass BORAL BRICKS INC BESSEMER PLA NT 5. VULCAN RD, BESSEMER, Alabama 35022 (JEFFERSON) 38,000 AL Coal-fired power plant GADSDEN STEAM PLANT. 1000 GOODYEAR AVE, GADSDEN, Alabama 35903 (ETOWAH) 37,994 AL FLUORINE RELEASES WISE ALLOYS LLC - ALLOYS PLANT. 4805 SECOND ST, MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama 35661 (COLBERT) 28,467 AL Stone/Clay/Glass DAL-TILE CORP FAYETTE PLANT. 1470 COUNTY RD 21 S, FAYETTE, Alabama 35555 (FAYETTE) 28,333 AL Paper ABITIBIBOWATER INC COOSA PINES OPERATIONS. 17589 PLANT RD, COOSA PINES, Alabama 35044 (TALLADEGA) 27,000 AL Coal-fired power plant CHARLES R LOWMAN POWER PLANT. 4392 CARSON RD, LEROY, Alabama 36548 (WASHINGTON) 7,800 AL Chemicals PEMCO. 100 PEMCO DR, LEESBURG, Alabama 35983 (CHEROKEE) 1,664 AL Chemicals MDA MANUFACTURING INC. 905 STATE DOCKS RD, DECATUR, Alabama 35601 (MORGAN) 547 AL Chemicals DAIKIN AMERICA INC. 905 STATE DOCKS RD, DECATUR, Alabama 35601 (MORGAN) 434 AL WISE ALLOYS LLC - ALLOYS PLANT. 4805 SECOND ST, MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama 35661 (COLBERT) 233 AL Stone/Clay/Glass HENRY BRICK CO. 3409 WATER AVE, SELMA, Alabama 36701 (DALLAS) 151 AL Primary Metals MITSUBISHI POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AMERICAN CORP. 7800 MITSUBISHI LN, THEODORE, Alabama 36582 (MOBILE) 4 AL Primary Metals WAH CHANG ALABAMA. 7400 HWY 20 W, HUNTSVILLE, Alabama 35806 (MADISON) 925,010 AR Primary Metals SAINT GOBAIN PROPPANTS. 5300 GERBER RD, 3 Fluoride Action Network (Sintered bauxite) FORT SMITH, Arkansas 72904 (SEBASTIAN) 463,662 AR Coal-fired power plant WHITE BLUFF GENERATING PLANT. 1100 WHITE BLUFF RD, REDFIELD, Arkansas 72132 (JEFFERSON) 461,985 AR Coal-fired power plant INDEPENDENCE STEAM ELECTRIC STATION. 555 POINT FERRY RD, NEWARK, Arkansas 72562 (INDEPENDENCE) 65,000 AR Coal-fired power plant AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER FLINT CREEK PLANT. 21797 SWEPCO PLANT RD, GENTRY, Arkansas 72734 (BENTON) 62,260 AR Stone/Clay/Glass ACME BRICK CO -FORT SMITH. 2723 OLD GREENWOOD RD, FORT SMITH, Arkansas 72903 (SEBASTIAN) 43,651 AR Primary Metals ALMATIS INC - BAUXITE ARKANS AS. 4701 ALCOA RD, BAUXITE, Arkansas 72011 (SALINE) 15,690 AR Chemicals GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL - SOUTH PLANT. 324 SOUTHFIELD CUTOFF, EL DORADO, Arkansas 71730 (UNION) 9,166 AR FLUORINE RELEASES CLEAN HARBORS EL DORADO LLC. 309 AMERICAN CIR UNION, EL DORADO, Arkansas 71730 (UNION) 8,289 AR Chemicals DUPONT EL DORADO. 322 SOUTHFIELD CUTOFF RD, EL DORADO, Arkansas 71730 (UNION) 745 AR Hazardous Waste/Solvent CLEAN HARBORS EL DORADO LLC. 309 Recovery AMERICAN CIR UNION, EL DORADO, Arkansas 71730 (UNION) 250 AR Transportation Equipment TRIUMPH FABRICATIONS HOT SPRINGS. 1923 CENTRAL AVE, HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas 71901 (GARLAND) 400,000 AZ Coal-fired power plant CHOLLA POWER PLANT. 4801 FRONTAGE RD, JOSEPH CITY, Arizona 86032 (NAVAJO) 67,006 AZ Coal-fired power plant CORONADO GENERATING STATION. 7 MI NE OF ST JOHN'S AZ OFF HWY 191, SAINT JOHNS, Arizona 85936 (APACHE) 63,249 AZ Coal-fired power plant SALT RIVER PROJECT NAVAJO GENERATING STATION. 5 MI E OF PAGE ON HWY 98, PAGE, Arizona 86040 (COCONINO) 60,203 AZ Coal-fired power plant SPRINGERVILLE GENERATING STATION. 12 MILES N 12 MILES E, SPRINGERVILLE, Arizona 85938 (APACHE) 56,883 AZ Coal-fired power plant IRVINGTON GENERATING STATION. 3950 E IRVINGTON RD, TUCSON, Arizona 85714 (PIMA) 40,972 AZ Coal-fired power plant ARIZONA ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE INC. 3525 N HWY 191 S, COCHISE, Arizona 85606 (COCHISE) 4,891 AZ Computers/Electronics MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. 1200 S 52ND ST, TEMPE, Arizona 85281 (MARICOPA) 3,365 AZ Computers/Electronics STMICROELECTRONICS. 1000 E BELL RD, PHOENIX, Arizona 85022 (MARICOPA) 2,460 AZ Computers/Electronics FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR - CHANDLER. 1300 N ALMA SCHOOL RD CH335, CHANDLER, Arizona 85224 (MARICOPA) 4 Fluoride Action Network 2,247 AZ Computers/Electronics ON SEMICONDUCTOR SCI LLC. 5005 E MCDOWELL RD, PHOENIX, Arizona 85008 (MARICOPA) 1,352 AZ Computers/Electronics SUMCO SOUTHWEST CORP. 19801 N TATUM BLVD, PHOENIX, Arizona 85050 (MARICOPA) 1,265 AZ Computers/Electronics INTEL CORP. 4500 S DOBSON RD MAIL STOP: OC4-105, CHANDLER, Arizona 85248 (MARICOPA) 1,209 AZ Paper CATALYST PAPER (SNOWFLAKE) INC. HWY 277 SPUR, SNOWFLAKE, Arizona 85937 (NAVAJO) 1,024 AZ Computers/Electronics MICROSEMI CORP. 8700 E THOMAS RD, SCOTTSDALE, Arizona 85251 (MARICOPA) 549 AZ Computers/Electronics INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER EPI SERVICES. 550 W JUANITA AVE, MESA, Arizona 85210 (MARICOPA) 500 AZ Fabricated Metals APPLIED MATERIALS INC. 3925 E WATKINS ST SUITE 100, PHOENIX, Arizona 85034 (MARICOPA) 260 AZ Chemicals COLUMBUS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC. 4034 W WASHINGTON AVE, PHOENIX, Arizona 85009 (MARICOPA) 247 AZ Computers/Electronics INTEL - MAIN CHANDLER CAMPUS.