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Table 5-5 - Toxic Release Inventory Data for Transportation Equipment Manufacturing: 1996

Monday, September 10, 2012

Table 5-5 - Toxic Release Inventory Data for Transportation Equipment Manufacturing: 1996

(In pounds, except as noted)

Sector by mode SIC Onsite releases Transfers offsite Totals
Air emissions Surface water discharges Under-ground injection Land releases Total onsite releases For disposala For waste managementb Total offsite
Motor vehicle and car bodies 3711 40,561,496 10,428 0 15,310 40,587,234 1,517,251 46,128,216 47,645,467 88,232,701
Truck and bus bodies 3713 4,719,018 3,257 0 47,986 4,770,261 133,698 4,308,171 4,441,869 9,212,130
Motor vehicle parts and accessories 3714 15,634,030 83,564 0 363,251 16,080,845 4,348,414 103,728,587 108,077,001 124,157,846
Truck trailers 3715 1,705,764 265 0 115,727 1,821,756 16,370 996,221 1,012,591 2,834,347
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts 3751 721,200 0 0 0 721,200 9,050 679,411 688,461 1,409,661
Highway vehicles total    63,341,508  97,514  0  542,274  63,981,296  6,024,783  155,840,606  161,865,389  225,846,685 
Aircraft 3721 4,247,896 16,719 0 15,866 4,280,481 62,547 2,283,762 2,346,309 6,626,790
Aircraft engines and engine parts 3724 484,200 86,909 0 73,773 644,882 430,432 11,984,305 12,414,737 13,059,619
Aircraft parts and equipment, nec 3728 2,396,026 324 0 15,949 2,412,299 120,680 2,504,350 2,625,030 5,037,329
Aircraft total    7,128,122  103,952  0  105,588  7,337,662  613,659  16,772,417  17,386,076  24,723,738 
Ship building and repairing 3731 2,707,317 19,752 0 23,922 2,750,991 191,201 7,760,908 7,952,109 10,703,100
Boat building and repairing 3732 11,274,153 0 0 27,134 11,301,287 11,007 469,057 480,064 11,781,351
Marine vessels total    13,981,470  19,752  0  51,056  14,052,278  202,208  8,229,965  8,432,173  22,484,451 
Railroad equipment 3743 1,328,150 1 0 1 1,328,152 210,868 1,983,439 2,194,307 3,522,459
Railroad total    1,328,150  1  0  1  1,328,152  210,868  1,983,439  2,194,307  3,522,459 
Miscellaneousc   12,323,358 2,901 0 5,501 12,331,760 578,421 18,724,061 19,302,482 31,634,242
Total (pounds)   98,102,608 224,120 0 704,420 99,031,148 7,629,939 201,550,488 209,180,427 308,211,575
TOTAL (tons)   49,051 112 0 352 49,516 3,815 100,775 104,590 154,106

a Disposal is an environmental release that occurs offsite.

b Waste management categories include recycling, energy recovery, treatment, and publicly owned treatment works.

c Data for facilities that reported more than one Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 37.

NOTES: This table does not include data for all facilities that report under SIC 37. Space vehicles, guided missiles, and parts (SIC 3761, 3764, and 3769), travel trailers and campers (SIC 3792), tanks and tank components (SIC 3795), and transportation equipment not elsewhere classified (nec) (SIC 3799) have been excluded.

SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, 1996 Public Data Release: Ten Years of Right-To-Know, available at www.epa.gov/opptintr/tri/pdr96/2drhome.htm, 1999.