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. 2011 Dec;101(Suppl 1):S246–S254. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300174

TABLE 1.

Seattle's 10 Highest Toxic Release Inventory Air Pollution Exposure Risk Characterizations in 1990, 2000, 2007 and 1990 to 2007

Facility Name Cluster Pounds Risk Value $ Total Risk, % Cumulative Risk, %
1990
PSF Industries Inc. 13 7205 14 958 861.86 49.12 49.12
American Tar Co. 5 1255 11 670 515.74 38.33 87.45
Boeing Commercial Airplane Plant 2 15 1 070 553 1 739 932.70 5.71 93.16
Seattle Steel Inc. 2 44 100 1 395 724.49 4.58 97.75
Precision Engineering Inc. 15 250 211 857.68 0.70 98.44
Western Steel Casting Co. 13 1500 171 021.64 0.56 99.00
North Star Casteel Products Inc. 13 1000 67 406.67 0.22 99.23
Northwest Plating Co. 13 37 970 48 096.28 0.16 99.38
Asko Processing Inc. 5 18 134 36 669.09 0.12 99.50
Industrial Plating Corp. 13 27 541 35 994.15 0.12 99.62
    Top 10 facility totals 1 209 508 30 336 080.32 99.62 99.62
    All facility totals (n = 58) 2 478 741 30 451 134.28 100.00 100.00
2000
Sound Propeller Services Lake Union 5 500 640 879.57 74.84 74.84
Alaskan Copper Works 13 30 86 877.07 10.14 84.98
Wescor Graphics Corp. 9 18 240 63 903.48 7.46 92.45
Asko Processing Inc. 5 9925 24 117.29 2.82 95.26
Art Brass Plating Inc. 15 17 820 22 120.05 2.58 97.84
Nucor Steel Seattle Inc. 2 45 223 7457.97 0.87 98.72
Equilon Enterprises LLC 16 3003 2981.70 0.35 99.06
Trim Systems 15 7951 2322.51 0.27 99.33
BP West Coast Products 16 4110 1447.96 0.17 99.50
Viox Corp. 15 238 791.27 0.09 99.60
    Top 10 facility totals 107 040 852 898.87 99.60 99.60
    All facility totals (n = 28) 285 736 856 357.67 100.00 100.00
2007
Sound Propeller Services South Park 15 1000 1 416 190.68 95.07 95.07
Ash Grove Cement Co. 13 224 66 214.38 4.45 99.52
Equilon Enterprises LLC 16 3755 3197.78 0.21 99.73
BP West Coast Products 16 3506 1275.13 0.09 99.82
Saint-Gobain Containers Inc. 15 411 858.71 0.06 99.87
Nucor Steel Seattle Inc. 2 1908 667.14 0.04 99.92
Rudd Co. Inc. 2 9824 362.88 0.02 99.94
Boeing Commercial Airplane Boeing Field 15 3490 329.36 0.02 99.96
Ballard Brass & Aluminum 2 250 119.64 0.01 99.97
Lafarge North America 15 85 112.33 0.01 99.98
    Top Ten Facility Totals 24 453 1 489 328.02 99.98 99.98
    All Facility Totals (n = 22) 38 039 1 489 595.94 100.00 100.00
1990–2007
PSF Industries Inc. 13 15 864 35 725 552.16 51.15 51.15
American Tar Co. 5 1255 11 670 515.74 16.71 67.86
Alaskan Copper Works 13 1570 6 521 082.06 9.34 77.20
Sound Propeller Services Lake Union 5 5792 4 951 338.11 7.09 84.29
Boeing Commercial Airplane Plant 2 15 2 160 764 2 966 704.02 4.25 88.54
Sound Propeller Services South Park 15 1255 2 191 256.74 3.14 91.68
Seattle Steel Inc. 2 44 100 1 395 724.49 2.00 93.68
Western Steel Casting Co. 13 17 170 1 062 167.62 1.52 95.20
Wescor Graphics Corp. 9 175 830 624 489.76 0.89 96.09
Asko Processing Inc. 5 212 094 508 356.23 0.73 96.82
    Top 10 facility totals 2 635 694 67 617 186.94 96.82 96.82
    All facility totals(n = 90) 8 793 903 69 838 908.46 100.00 100.00

Source: US Environmental Protection Agency Risk Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Version 2.3.41.