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  • From 1988 to 2002, total releases to land have increased 112%.
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    ZINC32,563,907118,31223,782 295,589 331,192
    ZINC COMPOUNDS20,377,049177,008,456428,835 237,607,132 31,401,577
    LEAD COMPOUNDS10,833,364227,967,60993,044 126,721,478 14,841,763
    ALUMINUM7,598,5044,477,573  .700 5,676,423
    CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS6,149,5692,407,334243,597 13,044,926 7,672,524
    COPPER COMPOUNDS5,159,700206,076,700162,325 94,728,746 8,341,083
    ASBESTOS (FRIABLE)5,006,3897,934    381,577
    LEAD4,854,3861,402,480785,211 126,685 7,101,504
    MANGANESE3,801,695258,93562,260 610,642 3,815,510
    MANGANESE COMPOUNDS3,446,03671,878,3601,071,580 43,028,585 70,774,651
    NICKEL COMPOUNDS1,943,0756,494,201206,746 13,391,606 5,333,449
    BARIUM COMPOUNDS1,812,9938,184,0432,002,833 78,603,637 79,868,223
    ARSENIC1,450,70528,92528,895 182 257,873
    COPPER1,437,0213,439,7061,620 48,934 435,339
    ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS1,175,896966,147286 8,578,446 403,778
    POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS1,156,5991,474  146 88,387
    SELENIUM COMPOUNDS1,045,43921,093661 817,212 425,095
    CADMIUM COMPOUNDS1,014,415279,1705 2,834,998 22,408
    ALUMINUM OXIDE (FIBROUS FORMS)927,319     221,030
    BARIUM921,067261,450  17,705 4,722,042
    CHROMIUM851,700214,89236 1,389,918 667,075
    MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE686,04638,020  34,855 184,675
    DIISOCYANATES670,9327,3507 10 252,672
    NICKEL608,424117,754850 585,967 246,641
    CADMIUM549,732 8 5 62,291
    ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)548,102263,549,27182,952 131,766,378 4,009,808
    ETHYLENE GLYCOL483,21662,35712,449 58,594 144,116
    VANADIUM428,38843,224  62,252 414,816
    COBALT380,28661220 10,464 71,665
    COBALT COMPOUNDS315,760699,00369,432 2,850,097 1,326,296
    SILVER COMPOUNDS306,94038,672152 92,953 29,333
    SELENIUM293,931   9,071 10,150
    DECABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE280,1655  20 63,522
    VANADIUM COMPOUNDS273,3681,360,125577,655 18,435,963 17,606,034
    POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS271,6783,837692 6,569 45,191
    BERYLLIUM257,935 19 100 37,724
    PHENANTHRENE255,48449236 1,289 243
    ANTIMONY252,725 32 2 1,092,040
    THALLIUM COMPOUNDS235,73318,01530,906 914,617 639,581
    NAPHTHALENE227,2278,4381,591 1,062 7,453
    CREOSOTES202,6355,305  .100  
    BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS175,706158,093790 233,570 164,713
    NITRATE COMPOUNDS169,202303,25712,766,849 7,951,589 1,176,376
    PHOSPHORUS (YELLOW OR WHITE)160,035540     
    SILVER159,9785  5  
    STYRENE148,95128,314.300 12 29,691
    DIPHENYLAMINE103,024      
    THALLIUM97,979      
    NITRIC ACID86,79157,701216,956 36,806  
    ANTHRACENE81,000823 319 251
    CYANIDE COMPOUNDS76,6112,621  4,123,808 386
    XYLENE (MIXED ISOMERS)71,250144,6331,098 379 3,055
    METHYL ETHYL KETONE62,84152,66733 1,938 3,460
    PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE41,0005    10,288
    MERCURY COMPOUNDS40,3233,185,0581,111 1,652,376 29,942
    BENZENE39,8704,638233 34 351
    1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE38,3991     
    TOLUENE37,89541,53977 984 8,457
    HYDROFLUORIC ACID36,4205,062  1,814,522 59,696
    METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE32,2888,927.010 741 741
    DIBENZOFURAN31,000      
    PHENOL25,7144,676628 5,630 73,433
    NITROFEN25,300      
    TETRACHLOROETHYLENE25,290119,230  2  
    METHYL ACRYLATE21,832      
    SODIUM AZIDE20,82213     
    P-CRESOL20,001     29
    N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE19,470869     
    SODIUM DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE18,991      
    BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE18,615     8,154
    TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE (MIXED ISOMERS)17,14321    1,653
    CHLOROBENZENE16,0585     
    DIURON15,200      
    NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID14,153     1
    4,4'-DIAMINODIPHENYL ETHER14,080      
    URETHANE13,092      
    MALEIC ANHYDRIDE12,4495     
    1,2,4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE11,00414,5252,498 290 36,307
    ANILINE10,1404    30
    VINYL ACETATE8,445   742  
    GLYCOL ETHERS7,5753,8876,403 19 32,032
    4,4'-ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL7,276   15 46,455
    MERCURY6,7348543,920 5,970 10,512
    HEXACHLOROBENZENE6,494   908 4,323
    CAMPHECHLOR5,666      
    METHOXONE5,073     51
    BENZO(GHI)PERYLENE5,0423818 311 4,563
    M-DINITROBENZENE3,774      
    1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE2,90112    37
    FORMALDEHYDE2,8502,07015,434 30,319 75,459
    TRIFLURALIN2,41319,636    
    TRIETHYLAMINE2,334255    10,001
    TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL2,196871    250
    HYDROCHLORIC ACID2,00072,033  5  
    METHANOL1,909392,682201,062 385,079 484,044
    ETHYLBENZENE1,8665,28344 19 970
    2,4-D1,705     395
    CHLORDANE1,659      
    DICYCLOPENTADIENE1,15180     
    CYCLOHEXANE1,1284,48518   755
    M-PHENYLENEDIAMINE1,036      
    THIRAM862     9,729
    EPICHLOROHYDRIN84567  173 1,725
    1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE816     453
    CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE7955     
    HYDROGEN CYANIDE7911  820  
    PENDIMETHALIN665168,189    
    PICLORAM569     17,546
    2,4-DINITROPHENOL561      
    1,2-DICHLOROBENZENE556      
    1,3-BUTADIENE52236    324
    O-DINITROBENZENE482      
    1,2-DICHLOROETHANE460114     
    N-BUTYL ALCOHOL4244,655  65 909
    CUMENE3892,30427   6,482
    ACETALDEHYDE38454,017 2,174 8,500
    HEPTACHLOR378      
    ACETONITRILE37015.010 3 2
    METHOXYCHLOR347      
    ALDRIN341      
    1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE (MIXED ISOMERS)321     11
    N-HEXANE29812,19949 13 13,905
    AMMONIA286114,8741,893,945 1,576,144 115,468
    N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE25021  222 36,053
    O-TOLUIDINE250      
    METHYL IODIDE2505  250  
    FLUOROURACIL250      
    FORMIC ACID24551,300   1,775
    TRICHLOROETHYLENE21911     
    4-NITROPHENOL1922     
    BIPHENYL1772.380   260
    ALLYL ALCOHOL1355    49
    O-PHENYLENEDIAMINE133      
    P-DINITROBENZENE132      
    PENTACHLOROBENZENE132     1,792
    GAMMA-LINDANE117      
    MECOPROP106      
    NITROBENZENE93      
    DIETHANOLAMINE928502 8,090  
    1,1-DICHLORO-1-FLUOROETHANE8310    21,416
    BENZYL CHLORIDE7225013    
    DICHLOROMETHANE691,1407   3,207
    FREON 11363      
    CRESOL (MIXED ISOMERS)532645 2,290 709
    2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOL52      
    P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE36      
    TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE30      
    DIBUTYL PHTHALATE25255     
    CHLOROETHANE225    8
    ACRYLIC ACID15      
    ETHYLENE OXIDE1516     
    PROPYLENE1410    13
    PROPIONALDEHYDE14     825
    O-CRESOL11     29
    CARBON DISULFIDE11     2,497
    CHLOROFORM851,89929 255 9,170
    CHLOROMETHANE7     45
    ACETOPHENONE54,758    4,263
    1,2-BUTYLENE OXIDE4     2
    SODIUM NITRITE415,88710,360 1,414 317,765
    ETHYL ACRYLATE4   21  
    CARBON TETRACHLORIDE344     
    1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE2      
    ALLYL CHLORIDE13     
    M-CRESOL1     59
    1,1,1,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE1      
    1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE115     
    1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE1      
    2,4-DIMETHYLPHENOL 1     
    UNKNOWN      2
    1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE      9
    ACRYLONITRILE 14    391
    M-XYLENE      1
    BIS(2-CHLORO-1-METHYLETHYL) ETHER      2
    PYRIDINE 1,550     
    ALDICARB  3    
    CATECHOL 517 562 725
    1,4-DIOXANE  1,902    
    DIMETHYLAMINE  60   2,600
    MANEB 482    482
    DIMETHYL PHTHALATE 862    
    ETHOPROP  121,928    
    BUTYL ACRYLATE    30  
    2-MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE 250  106,788  
    METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER 1,46452 5 6
    ATRAZINE  533,480    
    DIAMINOTOLUENE (MIXED ISOMERS) 5     
    C.I. DIRECT BLUE 218 750     
    HYDRAZINE 65     
    DIAZINON 5     
    1-(3-CHLOROALLYL)-3,5,7-TRIAZA-1-AZONIAADAMANTANE CHLORIDE  349    
    NICOTINE AND SALTS  95,042   8,013
    ETHYL CHLOROFORMATE 5     
    LITHIUM CARBONATE      24,000
    3-IODO-2-PROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE  307    
    THIOUREA    250  
    DICHLORVOS 5     
    METHYL BROMIDE      4
    ETHYLENE 5    6
    DICHLOROBROMOMETHANE      76
    1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 80     
    PROPYLENE OXIDE 60  78,500 155
    SULFURIC ACID 654  5  
    BROMINE 10    8,633
    FLUORINE      106,205
    CHLORINE 2,94714,648 351,619  
    2,3-DICHLOROPROPENE      193
    SEC-BUTYL ALCOHOL 28    34
    PERACETIC ACID 1,075     
    METHYL CHLOROCARBONATE 5     
    2,2',6,6'-TETRABROMO-4,4'-ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL      136,040
    METHYL METHACRYLATE    21 141
    HEXACHLORO-1,3-BUTADIENE 1     
    PENTACHLOROPHENOL 10     
    QUINOLINE 5     
    N-METHYLOLACRYLAMIDE    33  
    BENZOYL PEROXIDE 5    2,042
    O-XYLENE 26    7
    TETRACHLORVINPHOS 5     
    OCTACHLOROSTYRENE    173 165
    P-XYLENE 3961   1

    Note: See Dioxin Compounds Summary for the contribution of dioxins to this release or waste management category (in grams).




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