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| Table 4-18 | |
| Toxic Chemical Releases, in Idaho, the Region, and the U.S., 1989 | |
| Released to | Transferred Offsite |
Total Releases/Transfers | ||||||
| Air | Surface Water | Land | Public Sewage | Underground | Rank | |||
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (lb.) | (U.S.) | |
| Idaho | 25.99 | 1.96 | 57.5 | 12.15 | 0 | 2.4 | 15,739,859 | 43 |
| Alaska | 78.2 | 21.73 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 24,986,799 | 38 |
| Montana | 6.4 | 0.27 | 93.21 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.05 | 39,103,261 | 33 |
| Nevada | 20.79 | 0.03 | 69.32 | 0.44 | 0 | 9.41 | 3,295,677 | 49 |
| Oregon | 59.37 | 1.07 | 6.15 | 23.61 | 0 | 9.8 | 31,499,505 | 35 |
| Utah | 87.32 | 0.16 | 10.65 | 0.51 | 0 | 1.36 | 148,915,352 | 13 |
| Washington | 56.98 | 31.95 | 0.86 | 1.63 | 0 | 8.58 | 48,706,760 | 30 |
| Wyoming | 20.12 | 0.46 | 1.07 | 0 | 78.26 | 0.1 | 18,050,866 | 41 |
| U.S. | 42.54 | 3.31 | 7.79 | 9.66 | 20.7 | 16 | 5,705,670,380 | - |
| Source: | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics in the Community: National and Local Perspectives, the 1989 Toxics Release Inventory National Report: September 1991 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1991). |
| Note: | Data as reported under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. |
Compiled by: Diane Prorak, data input assisted by:
Robert Anton-Erik
Contact: Lily Wai
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