Top 10 Industries with Largest Total On-site and Off-site Releases, 2001 On-site Releases Underground Injection Total Air Surface Water Emissions Discharges Pounds Pounds 2,854,512 427,312 717,575,860 3,519,693 227,840,792 57,577,475 57,612,307 44,670,397 974,414 23,498 On-site Land Releases Land Surface Treatment Impoundments Pounds Pounds 2,771 789,092,004 2,862,858 119,262,845 564,214 18,865,572 11,068 26,592,628 0 764,672 Other Total On-site Disposal Releases Pounds Pounds 1,926,814,356 2,782,029,322 9,307,705 989,178,631 2,373,900 501,305,818 87,886,686 286,824,028 518 168,425,606 Off-site Releases Transfers Off- Total On- and site to Off-site Disposal Releases Pounds Pounds 524,935 2,782,554,257 73,068,649 1,062,247,281 81,278,999 582,584,818 271,764,651 558,588,679 51,446,405 219,872,011 195,654,165 125,063,185 103,926,308 88,535,433 80,629,943
SIC Code Industry 10 491/493 28 33 738/495
Metal Mining Electric Utilities Chemicals Primary Metals Hazardous Waste/ Solvent Recovery 26 Paper 157,150,488 16,536,395 0 0 31,330 12,298,320 637,538 2,918,901 314,047 189,887,018 5,767,146 20 Food 56,136,054 55,154,841 56,231 677 254 71,174 6,850,163 378,475 253,496 118,901,365 6,161,820 -- Multiple codes 20-39 66,687,839 16,511,697 1,723 10 263,125 1,566,757 81,222 709,033 3,003,912 88,825,318 15,100,990 30 Plastics 77,101,109 71,092 0 0 72,149 832,141 0 5,212 3,706 78,085,410 10,450,023 37 Transportation Equip. 66,691,884 198,256 750 0 45,805 332,224 334,354 27 61,088 67,664,387 12,965,556 Note: On-site Releases are from Section 5 of Form R. Off-site Releases are from Section 6 (transfers off-site to disposal) of Form R. Off-site Releases include metals and metal compounds transferred off-site for solidification/stabilization and for wastewater treatment, including to POTWs. Off-site Releases do not include transfers to disposal sent to other TRI Facilities that reported the amount as an on-site release.
Class I Wells Pounds 0 0 167,868,820 842,853 22,678,278
RCRA Class II-V Subtitle C Other Wells Landfills Landfills Pounds Pounds Pounds 21,629,444 0 41,208,922 4 1,383,707 135,265,958 95,407 1,174,731 24,944,908 5 5,736,662 63,471,422 0 129,266,508 14,717,719
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