USA Banner

Official US Government Icon

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure Site Icon

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation Icon United States Department of Transportation United States Department of Transportation

Table 4-44. Estimated National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-2.5)a (Million short tons)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-44. Estimated National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-2.5)a (Million short tons)

Excel | CSV

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Transportation                 
On-road vehicles 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.26 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.20
Aircraft 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Railroads 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03
Marine vessels R0.03 R0.03 R0.03 R0.03 R0.03 R0.03 R0.04 R0.04 0.04
Other off-roadb R0.03 R0.03 R0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Transportation-related fugitive dust                 
Unpaved roads 1.69 1.68 1.64 1.72 1.71 1.56 1.82 R1.89 1.91
Paved roads 0.56 0.60 0.61 0.62 0.63 0.59 0.60 R0.64 0.66
Total transportation 2.67 2.71 2.67 R2.75 R2.75 R2.51 R2.77 R2.88 2.91
Nontransportation                 
Fuel combustion 0.91 0.89 0.93 0.85 0.84 0.90 R0.86 R0.79 0.79
Industrial processesc 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.50 0.50 0.50 R0.38 R0.39 0.39
Waste disposal and recycling 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.29 0.27 0.25 R0.23 R0.24 0.24
Miscellaneousd 3.59 3.32 R3.22 R2.95 R3.62 R3.04 R3.96 R4.21 4.06
Total nontransportation 5.29 5.02 R4.97 R4.59 R5.23 R4.69 R5.43 R5.63 5.49
TOTAL7.96 7.74 R7.65 R7.33 R7.98 R7.18 R8.19 R8.48 8.38

a Particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in size.
b Other off-road comprises nonroad gasoline- and diesel-powered recreational, airport service and railway maintenance vehicles and  recreational marine vessels.
c Industrial processes comprise chemical and allied product manufacturing, metals processing, petroleum and related industries, and other   industrial processes; solvent utilization; and storage and transportation.
d Miscellaneous comprises nonroad gasoline- and diesel-powered construction, industrial, lawn and garden, farm, light-commercial,  logging vehicles and other non-road sources; geogenic sources, agriculture and forestry, cooling towers, nontransportation-related fugitive dust, wildfires, managed burning, and other fugitive dust and combustion (that could not accurately be allocated to specific source categories).

KEY: R = revised

NOTES: The emissions estimates shown here are those that are directly emitted, which represent only a portion of the total PM-2.5 emissions  found in the air. Secondary formation of fine particulates resulting from emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic  compounds, and other substances is also a significant source of PM-2.5. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. The methodologies used to estimate emissions constantly evolve and undergo major changes. Improved methods are often used to revise estimates for previous years. Therefore, some estimates in this table may not match estimates produced in previous reports, and some trends may not be consistent across years in which major methodology changes have occurred.

SOURCES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Air Pollutant Emission Trends: 1900-1998 (EPA-454/R-00-002) (Research Triangle Park, NC: March 2000), table A-6; also available at Internet site www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/trends98/emtrnd.html, as of  Aug. 8, 2000.