The Environmental Protection Agency has released a state-by-state analysis as an addendum to the “1998 Toxics Release Inventory State Fact Sheets,” released in May 2000.” The new report provides a more thorough analysis of each state’s data for the manufacturing industries, the original industries monitored over 11 years (1988-98), and the seven newly included major industrial sectors. The seven new industry sectors are electric utilities, coal mining, metal mining, chemical wholesalers, petroleum bulk plants and terminals, solvent recovery and hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal.
Through the TRI program, companies are required to report quantities of toxic chemicals that their facilities annually release into the air, water, and land. EPA’s yearly analysis serves as a snapshot of each state’s releases. Another 1998 TRI addendum report dealing with details on a national level, “Toxics Release Inventory Public Data Release,” will be released shortly. The state fact sheets are now available through Coastal’s Web site at tap//www.coastal.com/hottopic.htm.
Based on a report from Safety Currents
