Toxic Releases, by State statistics

[In pounds. Based on reports from almost 23,000 manufacturing facilities, which have 10 or more full-time employees and meet established thresholds for manufacturing, processing, or otherwise using the list of more than 300 chemicals covered. Only chemicals that were reportable in all years shown are compared so that data do not any chemicals added or deleted the list covered. The inventory was established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA)]


				Core chemicals		Core chemicals					Expanded chemical list ²

State									1998
and	POST	5-DIGIT	2-DIGIT	1988	1995	1996	1997
outlying area	OFFICE	FIPS	FIPS						Change,	Percent	1995	1996	1997	1998
	ABBREV	CODE	CODE					Total	1988-98	change,
										1988-98


Total.	(X)	(X)	(X)	3,396,383,483	1,977,172,480	1,918,521,434	1,953,979,254	1,856,935,191	-1,539,448,292	-45.3	2,637,533,086	2,545,283,447	2,586,972,184	2,496,759,865

United States.	US	00000	00	3,380,920,636	1,967,056,149	1,909,343,919	1,945,602,690	1,849,353,545	-1,531,567,091	-45.3	2,625,979,916	2,534,744,004	2,577,576,570	2,488,406,889

Alabama..	AL	01000	01	111,028,538	100,913,410	89,890,659	80,129,125	75,875,560	-35,152,978	-31.7	115,003,067	103,332,043	94,777,907	89,519,922
Alaska	AK	02000	02	3,714,569	2,158,743	1,683,698	779,045	314,823	-3,399,746	-91.5	6,840,330	6,908,783	4,617,154	1,948,559
Arizona.	AZ	04000	04	66,280,900	38,298,065	45,840,805	30,584,971	53,496,957	-12,783,943	-19.3	40,492,953	47,549,250	31,641,811	54,346,031
Arkansas	AR	05000	05	41,209,387	25,821,435	30,380,514	49,085,206	39,510,512	-1,698,875	-4.1	38,742,824	42,146,898	59,618,614	50,743,995
California..	CA	06000	06	110,756,053	38,164,342	35,414,101	28,263,902	28,194,920	-82,561,133	-74.5	56,312,582	53,788,702	44,677,505	43,688,750
Colorado	CO	08000	08	15,743,170	3,498,678	3,204,035	3,131,147	3,569,678	-12,173,492	-77.3	5,307,467	5,290,856	5,152,559	5,473,006
Connecticut.	CT	09000	09	38,696,367	9,315,681	7,290,376	8,489,475	6,023,415	-32,672,952	-84.4	11,860,417	9,149,657	10,238,786	7,604,324
Delaware..	DE	10000	10	8,793,803	2,982,689	2,085,357	2,023,620	2,283,690	-6,510,113	-74.0	5,520,318	4,479,297	4,180,960	5,503,568
District of Columbia	DC	11000	11	750	56,970	9,460	6,615	11,511	10,761	1,434.8	56,970	9,460	6,615	11,511
Florida	FL	12000	12	61,723,562	52,835,932	53,944,608	57,253,531	41,651,398	-20,072,164	-32.5	81,525,208	88,401,454	97,507,175	78,499,582
Georgia	GA	13000	13	86,694,993	41,262,176	41,835,078	51,945,469	45,239,691	-41,455,302	-47.8	61,042,615	62,192,067	72,830,528	64,867,232
Hawaii..	HI	15000	15	847,805	562,284	448,355	343,620	306,151	-541,654	-63.9	656,692	540,267	452,405	435,831
Idaho..	ID	16000	16	7,354,669	12,081,793	13,868,276	12,936,773	13,313,832	5,959,163	81.0	16,120,221	18,310,011	17,761,541	22,750,923
Illinois..	IL	17000	17	141,237,027	85,812,365	82,306,834	92,037,911	83,581,362	-57,655,665	-40.8	120,924,965	115,330,836	127,158,423	116,483,095
Indiana	IN	18000	18	185,248,438	93,961,286	94,244,626	105,254,667	105,549,492	-79,698,946	-43.0	114,966,053	112,817,420	122,643,217	120,941,009
Iowa..	IA	19000	19	43,056,771	22,058,479	19,117,526	19,866,112	24,847,373	-18,209,398	-42.3	38,928,564	35,407,819	34,194,004	40,100,994
Kansas.	KS	20000	20	30,569,025	17,835,085	17,526,044	18,939,538	20,770,839	-9,798,186	-32.1	29,164,165	26,798,538	26,831,425	29,137,835
Kentucky.	KY	21000	21	66,948,777	34,082,658	33,251,579	35,269,358	31,078,308	-35,870,469	-53.6	48,539,755	49,974,774	46,844,950	41,033,286
Louisiana..	LA	22000	22	250,924,798	125,881,755	135,400,374	131,501,530	120,503,130	-130,421,668	-52.0	180,310,077	190,278,748	187,808,271	175,603,883
Maine	ME	23000	23	15,560,704	6,958,468	5,608,380	6,368,798	6,576,681	-8,984,023	-57.7	11,497,422	9,631,285	9,973,645	9,636,269
Maryland.	MD	24000	24	20,258,825	12,040,124	9,568,830	9,908,106	8,753,507	-11,505,318	-56.8	18,271,418	13,336,439	14,106,599	13,251,453
Massachusetts..	MA	25000	25	32,303,089	8,770,906	7,017,993	6,285,331	6,540,231	-25,762,858	-79.8	10,091,082	8,105,515	7,178,480	7,278,796
Michigan.	MI	26000	26	143,507,412	89,864,306	81,672,921	74,642,680	73,924,271	-69,583,141	-48.5	102,920,423	94,885,669	86,381,065	83,648,982
Minnesota	MN	27000	27	56,097,889	18,409,828	17,091,329	15,653,204	15,017,469	-41,080,420	-73.2	24,467,157	22,075,160	20,201,397	19,870,654
Mississippi.	MS	28000	28	59,669,849	40,246,039	40,625,179	45,708,043	40,763,029	-18,906,820	-31.7	61,434,085	58,207,309	66,823,769	60,520,702
Missouri.	MO	29000	29	91,212,847	50,631,807	50,092,779	53,029,567	48,645,483	-42,567,364	-46.7	61,155,281	59,980,750	61,742,224	57,045,614
Montana.	MT	30000	30	35,630,465	42,644,621	47,219,566	42,565,595	50,530,744	14,900,279	41.8	43,931,043	48,520,477	43,621,812	51,377,382
Nebraska..	NE	31000	31	17,123,549	11,353,630	8,817,422	13,891,155	10,218,743	-6,904,806	-40.3	15,164,831	12,962,565	18,128,326	16,186,981
Nevada.	NV	32000	32	2,357,318	3,379,331	3,315,281	4,017,511	3,671,941	1,314,623	55.8	3,922,022	3,798,706	4,444,713	4,204,845
New Hampshire.	NH	33000	33	13,975,720	2,250,006	2,247,511	2,368,056	2,346,947	-11,628,773	-83.2	2,923,904	2,966,639	2,872,430	2,970,927
New Jersey..	NJ	34000	34	48,474,308	14,090,722	12,315,000	13,559,774	11,492,736	-36,981,572	-76.3	19,224,662	18,907,321	20,546,909	19,959,412
New Mexico.	NM	35000	35	30,427,754	43,436,083	42,722,158	40,093,247	23,788,269	-6,639,485	-21.8	45,032,577	44,347,541	41,779,667	24,827,806
New York	NY	36000	36	101,432,234	31,370,206	27,835,708	28,650,089	21,965,597	-79,466,637	-78.3	43,490,743	37,954,432	39,491,267	35,489,850
North Carolina.	NC	37000	37	132,089,323	73,340,406	72,724,754	63,683,802	56,574,494	-75,514,829	-57.2	96,546,219	94,878,345	85,758,466	76,800,683
North Dakota.	ND	38000	38	1,195,540	1,206,639	773,687	794,419	1,045,336	-150,204	-12.6	2,932,925	2,325,812	2,422,425	2,449,976
Ohio..	OH	39000	39	206,027,514	126,504,425	123,169,541	127,043,535	124,018,172	-82,009,342	-39.8	157,260,172	153,643,964	155,865,505	153,558,752
Oklahoma	OK	40000	40	30,594,900	16,086,020	15,320,406	15,219,915	13,905,499	-16,689,401	-54.5	30,045,985	26,546,507	24,886,232	24,397,829
Oregon.	OR	41000	41	21,648,764	22,313,626	23,547,717	24,197,432	28,039,036	6,390,272	29.5	28,545,660	28,713,017	30,492,618	33,180,800
Pennsylvania..	PA	42000	42	136,473,174	97,762,531	88,165,538	96,910,470	89,865,562	-46,607,612	-34.2	129,697,137	120,389,458	144,947,172	145,737,350
Rhode Island	RI	44000	44	7,821,230	3,181,430	2,252,709	2,046,266	1,607,134	-6,214,096	-79.5	3,409,326	2,402,424	2,207,449	1,751,380
South Carolina.	SC	45000	45	66,161,727	49,054,562	48,554,629	47,833,188	49,997,982	-16,163,745	-24.4	59,417,978	58,353,270	56,823,857	59,695,616
South Dakota.	SD	46000	46	2,393,747	1,905,217	1,401,061	1,323,017	1,287,592	-1,106,155	-46.2	4,186,498	3,731,672	4,218,481	3,251,231
Tennessee..	TN	47000	47	127,004,563	93,964,293	90,647,927	89,934,912	78,245,857	-48,758,706	-38.4	110,980,496	107,014,100	106,744,974	94,907,549
Texas	TX	48000	48	322,558,783	208,978,359	186,249,091	179,274,943	169,996,600	-152,562,183	-47.3	305,641,800	267,670,497	262,400,508	262,681,842
Utah..	UT	49000	49	123,845,400	69,401,025	77,730,842	96,470,201	99,492,858	-24,352,542	-19.7	79,853,420	88,118,018	103,895,386	106,252,499
Vermont	VT	50000	50	1,750,690	562,760	344,045	346,264	208,300	-1,542,390	-88.1	692,851	501,317	567,574	417,357
Virginia.	VA	51000	51	112,871,474	41,023,826	40,177,272	40,867,551	39,526,438	-73,345,036	-65.0	59,952,147	58,856,804	58,378,853	56,848,332
Washington	WA	53000	53	30,678,806	22,655,549	22,270,714	24,613,732	24,151,925	-6,526,881	-21.3	29,992,922	29,364,350	32,185,569	32,108,843
West Virginia	WV	54000	54	39,676,284	19,962,084	17,657,607	15,287,406	16,325,841	-23,350,443	-58.9	32,571,087	29,333,199	25,310,249	26,185,485
Wisconsin.	WI	55000	55	62,526,731	34,798,910	33,105,187	33,842,049	33,756,270	-28,770,461	-46.0	47,056,858	44,724,438	44,877,440	43,780,692
Wyoming.	WY	56000	56	16,740,621	1,324,584	1,358,830	1,330,817	950,359	-15,790,262	-94.3	11,354,542	9,790,124	9,357,659	9,437,664

America Samoa..	(X)	(X)	(X)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(X)	5,300	10,500	7,000	8,750
Guam..	(X)	(X)	(X)	0	3,100	3,000	0	0	0	(X)	3,100	3,000	0	0
Puerto Rico..	(X)	(X)	(X)	12,869,935	8,877,571	7,942,240	7,192,393	6,694,121	-6,175,814	-48.0	10,051,513	9,019,800	7,959,917	7,288,665
Virgin Islands.	(X)	(X)	(X)	2,592,912	1,235,660	1,232,275	1,184,171	887,525	-1,705,387	-65.8	1,493,257	1,506,143	1,428,697	1,055,561

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1998 Toxic Release Inventory, EPA report 745-R-00-007. Note: The original document was changed by EPA on 11/9/2000. Those changes are not reflected here.

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The United States Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is mandated by Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. The law is based on the premise that citizens have a right to know about potentially harmful chemicals in their communities. It has two main purposes: to provide planning for response to chemical accidents and to provide the public and the government with information about possible chemical hazards.

Under section 313 of EPCRA, certain manufacturers must report on an annual basis the amounts of about 650 chemicals, including 29 chemical categories, which are released directly to the air, land or water or which are injected underground. The reports also include information on amounts transferred to off-site locations for treatment or disposal. The law further specifies that the EPA must compile these reports into an annual inventory that is publicly available by computer telecommunications and other means on a cost-reimbursement basis.

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* Releases. A release is an on-site discharge of a toxic chemical to the environment. This includes emissions to the air, discharges to bodies of water, releases at the facility to land, as well as contained disposal into underground injection wells. Releases are reported to TRI by media type.

Releases to Air. Releases to air are reported either as stack or fugitive emissions. Stack emissions are releases to air that occur through confined air streams, such as stacks, vents, ducts, or pipes. Fugitive emissions are all releases to air that are not released through a confined air stream. Fugitive emissions include equipment leaks, evaporative losses from surface impoundments and spills, and releases from building ventilation systems.

Releases to Water. Releases to water include discharges to streams, rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water. This includes releases from contained sources, such as industrial process outflow pipes or open trenches. Releases due to runoff, including stormwater runoff, are also reportable to TRI.

Underground Injection. Underground injection is a contained release of a fluid into a subsurface well for the purpose of waste disposal. Wastes containing TRI chemicals are injected into either Class I wells or Class V wells. Class I wells are used to inject liquid hazardous wastes or dispose of industrial and municipal wastewaters beneath the lowermost underground source of drinking water. Class V wells are generally used to inject non- hazardous fluid into or above an underground source of drinking water. TRI reporting does not currently distinguish between these two types of wells, although there are important differences in environmental impact between these two methods of injection. However, 1996 reports will provide this distinction.

Releases to Land. Releases to land occur within the boundaries of the reporting facility. Releases to land include disposal of toxic chemicals in landfills (in which wastes are buried), land treatment/application farming (in which a waste containing a listed chemical is applied to or incorporated into soil), surface impoundments (which are uncovered holding areas used to volatilize and/or settle waste materials), and other land disposal methods (such as spills, leaks, or waste piles). For the 1996 reporting year, reporters will be requested to distinguish between RCRA subtitle C landfills and all other landfills. *

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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