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Table 4-45: Estimated National Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-45: Estimated National Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide

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(Million short tons)

  1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 (R) 2003 (R) 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 (R) 2007 2008
TOTAL all sources 31.22 28.04 25.93 23.31 23.08 22.37 22.08 21.77 21.35 18.62 18.39 18.84 18.94 17.54 16.35 15.93 (R) 14.77 14.80 14.82 14.84 13.66 13.01 11.43
Highway vehicles 0.27 0.33 0.39 0.46 0.50 0.47 0.44 0.40 0.37 0.34 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.21 0.18 0.15 0.12 0.09 0.06
Off-Highway 0.28 0.30 0.32 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.48 0.44 0.44 0.51 0.62 0.73 0.83 0.71 0.58 0.46
Fuel combustion 23.46 22.66 21.39 20.02 20.29 19.80 19.49 19.25 18.89 16.23 16.25 16.65 16.74 15.34 14.16 13.74 12.80 12.77 12.75 12.72 11.70 11.21 9.80
Industrial processesa 7.09 4.68 3.77 2.43 1.86 1.68 1.72 1.65 1.62 1.59 1.37 1.43 1.43 1.33 1.38 1.43 1.06 1.04 1.01 0.99 0.99 1.00 1.00
Waste disposal and recycling 0.01 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Miscellaneous 0.11 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.10 0.09

KEY: R = revised.

a Industrial processes consists of chemical and allied product manufacturing, metals processing, petroleum and related industries, and other industrial processes; solvent utilization; and storage and transport.

SOURCE

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors (CHIEF), Current Emission Trends Summaries, available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/trends/index.html as of Jan. 19, 2010.