Fran Guminga wrote:
> According to 1991 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports, Graco
> emitted 464,658 TONS of chemicals into the atmosphere in 1990,
TRI data, for the years 1987-1999, is available, online, at
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/tris_web.dcn_details?tris_id=55413GRCNC6011T&fac_uin=MND006253223.
A search page can be found at
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/tris/tris_query.html.
This search page lets you search by Facility Identification, Geography,
Standard Industrial Classification, and Chemical Name. The Geography
search allows one to search by ZIP code, which is a handy way to find
all to reporting facilities in a given area.
Below is data I pulled from the TRI site for Graco. I have includ
> Total Aggregate Releases of TRI Chemicals to the Environment:
> Please note that all release amounts are reported in pounds. For all
> releases estimated as a range, the mid-point of the range was used in
> these calculations. This table summarizes the releases reported by the
> facility. NR - signifies nothing reported by this facility for the
> corresponding medium.
Media 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
Air Emissions 8606 5273 8102 23205 23200 20000 NR NR
51019 79000 88200 160700 124836
Surface Water Discharges NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
NR NR NR NR 0 0
Releases to Land NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
NR NR NR NR NR NR
Underground Injection NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
NR NR NR NR 0 0
Total On-Site Releases 8606 5273 8102 23205 23200 20000 NR NR
51019 79000 88200 160700 124836
Transfer Off-Site to Disposal 17 46 NR NR NR NR NR
NR NR N 216233 40457 1634
Total Releases 8623 5319 8102 23205 23200 20000 NR NR
51019 79000 304433 201157 126470
I wonder where Fran Guminga got her numbers. According to the above TRI
reports, for all years from 1990 onward, a total of 218,404 pounds have
been released on-site, that is, 109 tons were released by Graco for the
entire 1990's decade.
Scott McGerik
Hawthorne
Minneapolis
http://www.visi.com/~scottlm/
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