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2002
Dioxin Data from Major Chlorine Producers and Users
Under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning
and Community-Right-to-know Act, facilities that manufacture,
process, or otherwise use certain toxic materials are required
to report amounts of emissions of these materials to air,
water and land if they exceed established activity thresholds.
Reported amounts are compiled in the Toxics Release Inventory
(TRI). The TRI also requires facilities to report their pollution-prevention
and recycling data. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
compiles TRI data each year, publishes an annual report, and
makes the data available to the public via the Internet.
PCDD/Fs are a category of compounds that were
added to the TRI in 2000. Industries are now required to report
PCDD/F emissions, pollution-prevention, and recycling data.
This webpage presents PCDD/F data submitted
by major industrial producers and users of chlorine. Data
on this webpage are representative of PCDD/F releases for
greater than 90% of chlorine and nearly 100% of vinyl chloride
US production and over 75% of other chemical uses of chlorine.
It provides data on PCDD/F releases, treatment, disposal and
transfer activities. PCDD/F data, in numerical form, are reported
in the links below using two types of units: (1) TEQ,
denoting "Toxic Equivalent," a quantitative measure of the
combined toxicity of a mixture of dioxin-like chemicals, and
(2) TM-17, denoting "Total Mass
of 17 different types of dioxin family compounds of concern."
Estimated
total releases for 2002*
| Year
2002 PCDD/F Total Releases |
| Summary
of quantities of PCDD/Fs released to air and water in
2002. Air emissions include fugitive emissions (non-point
sources) and stack emissions. |
Toxic Equivalents Grams
TEQ |
Total Mass Grams TM-17 |
2002
Dioxin
Air and Water Releases |
Air
Releases
Water |
3.91
8.32
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209.95
682.64
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| 2002
Total |
12.23
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892.59
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| 1995
Total Dioxin Emission Source Inventory |
Total
Releases from Man-made Sources |
3,252
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139,900
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| 2002
Data Percentage of 1995 Total Dioxin Inventory |
Percentage
of 2002 Chlorine Industry Total Dioxin Releases from Total
1995 Dioxin Releases |
0.004% |
0.006% |
| *These
estimated total release figures have not been reviewed
by U.S. EPA. |
Please click on the company name below to
view estimated 2002 dioxin totals for that company and its
facilities.
Facilities
Available in 2002 Database
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Mobile,
AL
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Muscle
Shoals, AL
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Delaware City, DE
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Edgemoor,
DE
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New
Castle, DE
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Illiopolis, IL
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Baton Rouge, LA
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Convent,
LA
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Hahnville,
LA
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Lake
Charles, LA
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Plaquemine,
LA
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Midland, MI
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DeLisle,
MS
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Niagara
Falls, NY
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Castle
Hayne, NC
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New
Johnsonville, TN
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Deer
Park, TX (C/A)
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Deer
Park, TX (VCM)
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Freeport,
TX
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Ingleside, TX
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LaPorte,
TX
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LaPorte,
TX
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Point Comfort, TX
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New
Martinsville, WV
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The
links listed below contains aggregated 2002 TRI dioxin data
for each of the facilities listed in the above table. All
data is presented using both the TEQ and TM-17 methods.
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Dioxin
TRI Data - Cl2 Sector
