Summary Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data
Summary TRI data for Top 14 “Toxics Across America” chemicals
The table below summarizes Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) release data for each of the Top 14 "Toxics Across America" chemicals (those produced at >1 billion lbs/year), summed across all of the TRI sites that correspond to sites of production reported under the CDR and identified in our Toxics Across America report [PDF]. The TRI data set was collected in 2012 and released in 20131. We also provide data by individual site.
| Totals Disposal or Other Releases (lbs) | On-site Disposal or Other Releases (lbs) | Off-site Disposal or Other Releases (lbs) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Name | # of identified CDR sites in TRI / total # of CDR sites2 | On- and Off-site | On-site | Off-site | Land | Water | Air | Land | Storage and Treatment | Other |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane; Ethylene dichloride (EDC) (107-06-2) |
11 / 11 | 272,490 | 271,699 | 791 | 2 | 1,523 | 270,174 | 777 | 0 | 14 |
| Benzene (71-43-2) |
47 / 66 | 1,207,452 | 1,194,569 | 12,882 | 105,404 | 487 | 1,088,678 | 9,599 | 13 | 3,270 |
| Vinyl chloride (VC or VCM) (75-01-4) |
10 / 13 | 227,382 | 227,380 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 227,370 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Toluene (108-88-3) |
43 / 73 | 894,012 | 884,775 | 9,237 | 79,597 | 2,509 | 802,666 | 2,496 | 17 | 6,724 |
| Styrene (100-42-5) |
14 / 24 | 302690 | 168,812 | 133,878 | 0 | 20 | 168,792 | 370 | 133,508 | 0 |
| Ethylbenzene (100-41-4) |
16 / 31 | 651,644 | 646,083 | 5,562 | 517,676 | 23 | 128,384 | 536 | 2,901 | 2,125 |
| Lead (7439-92-1) |
6 / 66 | 2,623,953 | 1,993,168 | 630,785 | 1,984,903 | 200 | 8,065 | 24 | 630,761 | 0 |
| 1,3-Butadiene (106-99-0) |
14 / 29 | 361,072 | 360,880 | 192 | 0 | 10 | 360,870 | 95 | 97 | 0 |
| Propylene oxide (PPO) (75-56-9) |
6 / 8 | 147,875 | 138,443 | 9,432 | 3,813 | 1,792 | 132,838 | 9,432 | 0 | 0 |
| Formaldehyde (50-00-0) |
39 / 42 | 969,532 | 508,892 | 460,640 | 243,548 | 17,097 | 248,248 | 460,640 | 0 | 0 |
| Chromium | 11 / 68 | 8,939 | 825 | 8,113 | 5 | 251 | 569 | 7,577 | 525 | 11 |
| Bisphenol A (BPA) (80-05-7) |
6 / 15 | 267,188 | 80,498 | 186,690 | 65,393 | 3,208 | 11,897 | 186,690 | 0 | 0 |
| Benzenamine (Aniline) (62-53-3) |
8 / 9 | 1,616,645 | 1,616,421 | 224 | 1,557,528 | 0 | 58,893 | 224 | 0 | 0 |
| Acrylonitrile (107-13-1) |
5 / 7 | 10,524,428 | 10,523,536 | 892 | 10,392,677 | 9 | 130,850 | 892 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (lbs) | 20,075,302 | 18,615,981 | 1,459,320 | 14,950,547 | 27,138 | 3,638,294 | 679,354 | 767,822 | 12,144 | |
Footnotes
1) The data above is based on EPA's 2012 TRI dataset. EPA's most recent TRI data can be found at the Envirofacts website or through EPA's TRI Explorer.
2) This column shows the fraction of CDR sites for each chemical that also reported releases of that chemical under the TRI. Not all sites that reported production or import under the CDR also reported releases from those same sites under the TRI. There are several reasons for this; for example, some CDR sites only import the chemical or are in an industrial sector that is not covered by the TRI requirement. See EPA's description of TRI reporting requirements.