&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics
(7408)
EPA 745-R-94-002
May 1994
EPA's 33/50 Program
Fifth Progress Update
1992 Interim Reduction Goal Exceeded
V Printed on Recycled Paper
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TRI REPORTING PROFILES FOR
33/50 PROGRAM CHEMICALS
INTRODUCTION
The 33/50 Program, an EPA voluntary pollution prevention initiative, derives its name from .
its overall goalsan interim goal of a 33% reduction in 1992 and an ultimate goal of a 50% reduc-
tion by 1995 in releases and transfers of 17 high-priority toxic chemicals (see box below), using
1988 TRI reporting as a baseline. During 1988, 1.48 billion pounds of the target chemicals were
either released to the environment on-site or transferred off-site to waste management facilities. The
aim of the 33/50 Program is to reduce this amount by at least 50%743 million poundsby 1995,
with an interim reduction target of more than 490 million pounds by 1992.
The 33/50 Program represents an innovative experiment aimed at demonstrating whether
voluntary reduction programs can augment the Agency's traditional command-and-control approach
by achieving targeted reductions more quickly than would regulations alone. The Program is part of
a broad group of EPA activities designed to encourage pollution prevention as the best means of
achieving reductions in toxic chemical emissions. More than 16,000 TRI facilities have reported
33/50 Program chemicals to TRI since 1988. By contacting the chief executives of the parent
companies of TRI facilities that report 33/50 Program chemicals, the Program seeks to instill a
pollution prevention ethic throughout the highest echelons of American businesses.
At the time the 33/50 Program was formulated, 1988 was the most recent year for which TRI
data were available, and the Program's baseline and goals were set accordingly. Reductions that
companies achieved between 1988 and 1990 therefore contribute to the 33/50 Program's national
17 Priority Chemicals Targeted by the 33/50 Program
* *
Benzene Methyl ethyl ketone
Cadmium and compounds Methyl isobutyl ketone
Carbon tetrachloride Nickel and compounds
Chloroform . Tetrachloroethylene
Chromium and compounds Toluene
Cyanide compounds 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Dichloromethane Trichloroethylene
Lead and compounds Xylenes
Mercury and compounds
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reduction goals. However, these prior reductions should not be viewed as resulting from the 33/50
Program, as companies were first informed about the Program in February of 1991.
Many states, a number of industry associations, and numerous individual companies include
33/50 Program chemicals within the scope of their own reduction programs. Twenty-six states had
established toxics use reduction and pollution prevention programs prior to establishment of the
33/50 Program, and these contributed to its design. Others have used the 33/50 Program as a model.
EPA views the 33/50 Program as an umbrella under which the federal government, states, industry,
and communities work in partnership to achieve common goals. Any progress in reducing emissions
of 33/50 Program chemicals reflects the efforts of all these partners.
Analyses of 33/50 Program progress consider only those data elements facilities were
required to report in 1988: environmental releases and transfers off-site for treatment and disposal.
(including transfers to POTWs and transfers with missing or invalid transfer codes). Transfers off-
site for energy recovery and for recycling are not included in 33/50 Program goals.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Findings revealed in the 1992 TRI reporting data are summarized below. The data them-
selves are presented in subsequent sections. As with all TRI reporting, data represent facility
estimates, and some reported reductions may not be reflected in real declines in releases or transfers.
33/50 Program Chemicals Continue Trend
Toward Early Achievement of 1995 Reduction Goal
Releases and transfers of 33/50 Program chemicals were reduced significantly between 1991
and 1992, continuing to approach the Program's ultimate reduction goal of 50% by 1995.
Aggregate reductions of the 17 target chemicals from 1988 through 1992 stand at 596 million
pounds (40.1%), exceeding by more than 100 million pounds the 33/50 Program's 1992
interim 33% reduction goal of 490 million pounds (see Figure 1).
Releases and transfers of the 17 target chemicals declined at four times the rate reported for
all other TRI chemicals between 1991 and 1992 (10.4% vs. 2.6%), and accounted for more
than half of the total reduction in releases and transfers of all TRI chemicals during that
period.
Facilities' projections for 33/50 Program chemicals suggest the Program's 1995 50%
reduction goal of 743 million pounds may be achieved substantially ahead of schedule.
Projections for 1993 suggest the potential for an additional 100 million pounds of reductions;
facilities anticipate a total of nearly 200 million pounds of additional reductions by 1994.
Facilities owned by companies participating in the 33/50 Program reported the highest
reduction levels and accounted for most of the pounds of 33/50 Program chemical reductions.
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Between 1991 and 1992, facilities owned by Program participants reduced releases and
transfers of the 17 Program chemicals by 15%, nearly twice the rate of reduction achieved by
facilities owned by non-participating companies.
Participating companies accounted for 80% of the reduction in 33/50 Program chemical
releases and transfers in the last year.
Since 1988, participating companies have almost halved their releases and transfers of 33/50
Program chemicals (48%).
Total 33/50 Program Chemical Production-Related Wastes Projected to Decline
Total production-related wastes associated with 33/50 Program chemicals increased slightly
between 1991 and 1992, but are projected to decline significantly in 1993 and 1994.
1750
1500
1250
1000
750
500
250
Millions of Pounds
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1992 Goal:
996 million
pounds
1995 Goal:
743 million
pounds
Figure 1. TRI Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Chemicals, 1988-199241
O The amounts for recycling and energy recovery reported for 1991 and 1992 have not been included in these totals.
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Facilities owned by 33/50 Program participating companies reported an increase in
production-related waste for the Program's 17 target chemicals in the last year, but are
projecting substantial waste reductions in 1993 and 1994.
Source Reduction Activity Highlights
33/50 Program chemicals again in 1992 evidenced higher rates and levels of source reduction
activity reporting than other TRI chemicals.
Individual 33/50 Program chemicals had some of the highest rates of source reduction
activity reporting in 1992.
COMPANY PARTICIPATION IN THE 33/50 PROGRAM
While the 33/50 Program does not have a fixed goal for the number of companies electing to
participate, the Program nonetheless has placed considerable emphasis on outreach to prospective
companies in an effort to promote a pollution prevention ethic as widely as possible.
Numbers of Companies Participating
Initial communications about the 33/50 Program are directed to the chief executive officers
of the parent companies of the more than 16,000 industrial facilities that have reported to TRI any of
the Program's 17 target chemicals since 1988. At the close of the Program's third year in February
of 1994, nearly 7,500 companies had been contacted by EPA with invitations to participate. Of
these, 1,216 companies have elected to enroll, pledging to reduce voluntarily more than 355 million
pounds of pollution (see Figure 2).
The "Top 600" companies with the greatest amounts of releases and transfers were the first to
be contacted and have been the focus of greater outreach follow-up from the Program's headquarters
and Regional Office staffs. This concentration on larger companies has proven quite effective, with
more than 60% of these companies electing to participate. However, only a little over 11% of the
nearly 7,000 smaller companies contacted by EPA since 1991 have chosen to enroll (although the
number of participants from this diverse group of companies continues to approach 1,000).
Reductions Pledged by Participating Companies
More than 700 of the participating companies have provided release/transfer^ reduction targets
for 33/50 Program chemicals totalling 355 million pounds by 1995. For these companies, whose
base year amounts accounted for 78% of the releases and transfers reported by all Program partici-
pants, this reduction commitment represents slightly less than 50% per company.
Most of the remaining Program participants have also developed reduction targets, but have
structured them in ways that are difficult to assess against the 1988 release/transfer baseline. For
example, many companies have reduction goals that are indexed to changes in production. If
production remains constant throughout the duration of the Program, these can be read as direct
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reductions targets. However, where production increases or decreases, the absolute impact of the
company's reduction pledge can not be determined in advance. Accordingly, EPA has not factored
these commitments into its assessment of total release/transfer reductions anticipated to be obtained
through the 33/50 Program.
Other Program participants have developed reduction goals that go beyond the goals of the
33/50 Program. Some have pledged to reduce all TR1 releases and transfers by specified amounts or
percentages, but have not indicated specific targets for 33/50 Program chemicals. Others have gone
beyond targeting end-of-pipe releases or transfers by attempting to reduce their actual use of toxic
chemicals, but have not stipulated the impact such pollution prevention initiatives will have on
environmental releases of 33/50 Program chemicals. As a result, the 355 million pounds of release/
transfer reductions represents a lower bound on the reductions that companies are attempting under
the 33/50 Program.
Actual Reductions Out-Pacing Pledges
As evidenced in both the 1991 and 1992 TRI reporting data, actual reductions being
achieved by companies for the Program's 17 target chemicals are exceeding significantly EPA's
conservative interpretation of companies' reduction pledges. The 596 million pounds of 33/50
Program chemical releases and transfers reduced between 1988 and 1992 is more than two-thirds
greater than the 355 million pounds pledged by participating companies to be reduced by 1995.
Participants
Number of Companies
1216
July "91 Feb "92 Mar '94
Pledged Reductions
Millions of Pounds
1995 Goal
743 million pounds
1992 Goal
490 million pounds
355
304
201
A4y -91 Feb '92 Mar '94
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Figure 2. 33/50 Program Participant Status, March 1994.
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Some of these additional reductions are a result of decreases being achieved by companies
that are not participating in the Program (about 170 million pounds through 1992). Some is due to
the efforts of participating companies whose reduction pledges could not be not factored into the
national total. Significantly, however, companies that have made reduction pledges are achieving
greater results than even they anticipated.
33/50 PROGRAM RELEASES AND TRANSFERS
Table 1 presents facilities' reports of on-site releases and off-site transfers to treatment and
disposal for 1988, the 33/50 Program's base year, and for the latest three years: 1990, 1991, and
1992. Therefore, with few exceptions, TRI data for 1989 will not be presented. In order to control
for changes to the chemical list over time, year-to-year comparisons are based on a consistent list of
chemicals that have been reportable for all years 1988-1992. In addition, 33/50 Program chemicah
are broken out in aggregate for comparison to all other TRI chemicals. The trends hi reductions for
each grouping of chemicals are depicted in Figures 3 and 4. These data are presented by chemical in
Table 2.
33/50 Program Chemical Reductions versus Reductions for Other TRI Chemicals
Figure 4 highlights the dramatic change in the reduction trends for 33/50 Program chemicals
versus other TRI chemicals that began in 1991, the year that the 33/50 Program was announced, and
that continues to be observed through 1992, the Program's second year. Facilities' 1992 TRI reports
show that in the first two years after formal announcement of the 33/50 Program, the 17 target
chemicals were reduced at over twice the rate observed for all other TRI chemicals: a 28.7%
reduction between 1990 and 1992 for 33/50 Program chemicals versus a 12.4% reduction for the
remaining TRI chemicals. In the last year alone. Program chemicals out-paced reductions in other
TRI chemicals by four to one (10.4% vs. 2.6%).
This reduction pattern represents a significant change from that observed in years prior to the
initiation of the 33/50 Program. Prior to 1991, reductions in the releases and off-site transfers of the
17.33/50 Program chemicals lagged significantly behind reductions in other TRI chemicals. When
the 17 33/50 Program chemicals are subtracted, remaining TRI releases and transfers declined by
24% from 1988 through 1990. During that same period, emissions of the 17 targeted 33/50 Program
chemicals were reduced by only 16%.
Between 1991 and 1992, reductions in releases and transfers of the 17 33/50 Program
chemicals were also greater in absolute amounts than those reported for all other chemicals subject
to TRI reporting requirements: a 103 million pound reduction for Program chemicals compared to an
88 million pound decline for the other TRI chemicals. This despite the fact that the 17 33/50
Program chemicals represented only 23% of TRI total releases and transfers in 1991 (reduced to
21% in 1992).
Reductions of the 17 33/50 Program chemicals are accounting for increasing proportions of
the aggregate TRI release/transfer reductions. Prior to the Program's initiatiorvin 1991, the 17 target
chemicals accounted for 16.5% of the reductions in the releases and transfers of TRI chemicals '
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Table 1. Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Chemicals Compared to Other TRI Chemicals, 1988,1990-
19920.
1988
1990
1991
1992
1988-1992
1988-1990
1990-1992
1991-1992
All TRI Chemicals
(Excluding Additions/
Deletions)
Pounds
6,468,309,271
5,026,518,459
4,391,867,298
4,200,547,486
Percent Change
-35.1%
-22.3%
-16.4%
-4.4%
TRI Chemicals
Less 33/50
Chemicals
Pounds
4,981,845,141
3,777,948,282
3,398,277,613
3,310,219,739
Percent Change
-33.6%
-24.2%
-12.4%
-2.6%
33/50 Program
Chemicals
Only
Pounds
1,486,464,130
1,248,570,177
993,589,685
890,327,747
Percent Change
-40.1%
-16.0%
' -28.7%
-10.4%
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
Millions of Pounds
1988
&1989
1990
E1991
Q1992
All TRI Chemicals
(Excluding
Additions/Deletions)
TRI Chemicals Less
33/50 Chemicals
33/50 Program
Chemicals Only
'Figure 3. Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Chemicals Compared to Other TRI Chemicals, 1988-1992.1
( x
Q The amounts for recycling and energy recovery reported for 1991 and 1992 have not been included in these totals.
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(238 million of the 1.4 billion pounds of TRI releases and transfers reduced between 1988 and
1990). In the Program's first year, the portion of total reductions attributable to 33/50 Program
chemicals jumped to 40%; between 1991 and 1992, the share of reductions associated with Program
chemicals increased again to more than half (54%) of the TRI total.
The "leaders-in-reductions" role being played by 33/50 Program chemicals is also reflected
in the reductions performance of the individual TRI facilities that use these chemicals. Nine out of
the top ten facilities reporting the greatest absolute reductions in direct environmental releases
(excluding underground injection) of all TRI chemicals between 1991 and 1992 are owned by
companies that are participating in the 33/50 Program. 33/50 Program companies also own 18 of the
top 20 and 41 of the top 50 total non-injection release reduction facilities.
33/50 Program Chemical Releases and Transfers,
by Medium/Management Method and by Chemical
Releases and off-site transfers of 33/50 Program chemicals are summarized by chemical and
release medium/transfer management method in Table 2. The "Subtotal" column in the transfers
portion of this table represents those transfer types (POTWs, treatment, and disposal) that are
included in the 33/50 Program goals. Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the reduction trends for 33/50
Program chemicals aggregated by on-site release medium/off-site transfer type, and by chemical,
respectively.
Off-site transfers of 33/50 Program chemicals have declined at a higher rate (-52.8% since
1988) than have on-site environmental releases (-36.9%). However, between 1991 and 1992 release
reductions occurred at almost twice the rate of that for off-site transfers for treatment and disposal
(11.2% vs. 6.1 %). Releases of other TRI chemicals declined at less than half the rate for 33/50
Program chemicals in 1992 (4.8%), and transfers actually, increased by nearly 4% (33.9 million
pounds).
Transfers to Energy Recovery and Recycling
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) substantially expanded the scope of TRI to
include reporting on additional toxic chemical management activities. Off-site transfers to energy
recovery and recycling processes are now reported in Section 6.2 of Form R in addition to the
previously reported transfers to POTW's and other treatment and disposal facilities. Off-site
transfers to energy recovery and recycling facilities are also reported in Section 8 of Form R, which
was made mandatory under the PPA commencing with the 1991 reporting period.
Transfers to energy recovery (215.1 million pounds) and transfers to recycling (763.2 million
pounds) in 1992 again substantially exceeded the total for all previously reported offrsite transfers of
33/50 Program chemicals (142.1 million pounds). While on-site releases of Program chemicals
declined by 11.2% and off-site transfers for treatment and disposal decreased by 6.1% between 1991
and 1992, transfers of the 17 target chemicals to recycling increased by more than 40%. Transfers
to energy recovery, on the other hand, declined slightly (1.2%).
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Table 2. TRI Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Chemicals, 1988,1990-1992.
CAS
Number
7 1 -43-2
56-23-5
67-66-3
75-09-2
78-93-3
108-10-1
127-18-4
108-88-3
71-55-6
79-01-6
Chemical
Benzene
Caibon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromethane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
Year
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
Fugitive or
Nonpoint Air
Emissions
Pounds
7.640,101
9,730.501
14,509,387
20.384,441
4 J 6.994
528.622
419.001
1,081. 552
6,017.425
7.720,653
8.388.150
7,595,976
27.495,557
31,896,963
38.001.615
49,344,483
31,107,484
34,945.620
44.852;450
39,149,720
7.814,570
8,388,210
9.850.864
13,056,204
5,198,796
6.617,995
9,312,227
16.328.800
64.986.449
75.638,113
85,965.861 .
103,150,123
56,479.078
70,669,445
84.171,441
91,654,550
15.269,203
16.833.623
18.794,419
26.076.180
29;43i;717
32,063.749
36,335.446
38.835.850
13,642
17,923
31,039
32.399
Suck or
Point Air
Emissions
Pounds
4.744,478
7.594,244
10,759,685
11,404.198
973 .268
1,019,252
1,320,225
2,695,101
11,017,501
11,529,517
14,648.445
18,265.090
46,467.648
48.227,792
62*14,734
79395,371
59,397,157
70,452,517'
87,382.385
98,154,472
18,079,207
18,960,112
18,284,937 .
18,956.818
7,112.439
10,151.368
13.328.073
19.668.646
126.010.712
130.598,817
159.946.495
190.959.865
58.465.308
70.284.531
82.033.915 '
86.658.241
14.305.372 '
18.603.398
20.633.998
29,712.439
87.640.149
96,130.343
1 10,736,528
127,483,764
55.498
54.569
72,345
90.293
Surface
Water
Discharges
Pounds
24518
26,966
25.286
46,998
2.441
2,844
4,718
15,627
654,452
764.484
1,005,860
1,132,684
221,192
98,924
194.670
348.560
153,249
139,752
88.289
87,847
96,387
167,452
55,598
762,108
10,207
7,448
21,510
33.314
84,024
105,120
201.796
197.233
13,132
22,058
16,727
95,624
8.153
12,784
14.285
13.801
46,627
62,024
49.538
212.808
1.418
4.241
3.339
4.397 .
Underground
Injection
Pounds
355.683
824.342
689,066
825,035
45,984
42,470
31.557
98,054
50.240
65.089
89,560
36.002
1,183,867
1.317,706
850.018
1,478.833
365395
355,736
146,204-
255,962
129,100
161,600
52,221
116.650
12,780
14,000
11,012
72.250
1,573,901
1,373,957
1,432,918
1,473,666
561
2,805
1.581
1.000
466
800
805
390
219.285
139,963
105,394
144,978
1.211
1.540
1,575
2.409
Releases
to Land
Pounds
340,636
111.928
717.007
127,920
333
2,152
1.005
14,759
28482
22,150
57,924
68,544
79,313
118,560
21,024
157.156
241,794
166.746
50,526
166,537
194,986
130,415
24,733
31,770
9,354
23,304
1,255
82.144
708,278
179,941
371.222
731.199
76.381
174,480
62,176
187,786
20,726
62.991
12.554
21.186
1,450.687
291.621
423.198
647.739
72.443
251.107
397.523
389.729
Total
Releases
Pounds
13.105.816
18.287.981
26.700,431
32.788392
1,439,020
1.595,340
1,776,506
3,905,093
17,768,200
20.101.893
24.189.939
27,098,296
75,447,577
8V. 659.945
101.682,061
130,724.403
91,265,079
106,060,371
132.519,854
137,814.538
26.314,250
27,807,789
28.268.353
32,923.550
12,343.576
16.814,115
22,674,077
36.185,154
193.363.364
207.895,948
247,918,292
296,512.086
115.034,460
141,153.319
166.285.840
178,597,202
29,603.920
35,513.596
39.456,061
55.823.996
118.788.465
128,687.700
147.650.104
167.325,139
144,212
329.380
505.821
519,227
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Table 2.
CAS
Number Chemical
71-43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
\
i 67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 . Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 . 1.1.1-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethy lene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
Transfers Off-site
Transfers, for Treatment/
Year to POTWs Disposal/OtherQ
Pounds Pounds
92 418,050 3,264,626
91 615,849 1,796,369
90 633,978 2,221.463
88 1,135,172 2,295,959
92 1,054 851,343
91 621 980,274
90 42,050 ,082,188
88 5,014 ,350,011
92 553,650 ,052.533
91 803,997 ,890,042
90 802,260 .321,726
88 1,226.573 ,369,922
92 1.300.147 \ 1.901.075
91 ' 1,302,759 12,649,150
90 1,277,099 9,424,710
88 1,830.904 22,434.412
92 652,667 7.135,760
91 776,361 10.791.188
90 873,341 20.520,931
88 962,868 29.202.219
92 776,557 1.762,349
91 815,571 2.163.409
90 1,258.294 4.587.672
88 1.509,030 10.509.414
92 111,273 2.122.116
91 234,642 3.841.153
90 450.922 4.488.297
88 586.398 5.564.088
92 984,843 20.843.705
91 1.294.467 22.25 1.492
90 1,724.282 40.203.384
88 3.549.521 61.868.216
92 118.253 V032.768
91 252.057 H.I 16.701
90 169,276 i:.738.879
88 304,603 I9.:46.682
92 69.639 2.027.105
91 72,595 2.797.006
90 11,348 .3.765J59
88 85.652 6.432.740
92 1.141.806 8.058.493
91 1.594.463 20.852.168
90 1,955,258 25.003.44 J
88 4.224.213 37.860.831
92 45,815 904.297
91 8.550 1.423.902
90 13,768 1.322.369
88 21.613 1.287.068
Subtotal
Pounds
3,682,676
2,412,218
2,855,441
3,431,131
852,397
980,895
1,124.238
1,355,025
1,606.183
2,694,039
2,123,986
2,596.495
13,201,222
13,951,909
10,701.809
24,265,316
7,788.427
11,567,549
21,394,272
30,165,087
2,538,906
2,978,980
5,845,966
12,018,444
2.233.389
4.075,795
4,939.219
6,150,486
21.828,548
23,545,959
41,927,666
65.417,737
5.151,021
8.368.758
12,908,155
19.551.285
2.096,744
2,869,601
3.776.707
6,518.392
9.200.299
22.446.631
26.958.703
42.085,044
950.112
1.434.452
1,336.137
1.308.681
Transfers
Transfers to Energy
to Recycling Recovery
Pounds Pounds
420.161 2,355.003
353.207 3,675.231
NA NA
NA NA
345.452 24,455
390,625 11.061
NA NA
NA NA
1,417.848 765,345
2,077,870 255.288
NA NA
NA NA
28.892840 4.091.11!
28.453,488 3.728,253
NA NA
NA NA
25,348.083 39.200.900
27.549,459 35.495.872
NA NA
NA NA
20,065.393 17.343,529
17,719,398 19.020,878
NA NA
NA NA
7,688,770 729.405
10.760.043 1.263.488
NA NA
NA NA
29.949.225 78,876,427
26,155,482 80.504.551
NA NA
NA NA
23.082.207 3.639,456
27.607.678 3,265,506
NA NA
NA NA
6.610.826 969.233
6.885.795 848.696
NA . NA
NA NA
39.234.250 66.719.473
40.105.692 69.398.025
NA NA
NA NA
2.047,074 3.302
2.257.041 7.460
NA NA
NA NA
Total
Transfers
Pounds
6.457.840
6.440,656
2,855.441
3,431.131
1.222.304
1.382,581
1.124.238
1.355.025
3.789.376
. 5.027.197
2. 123.936
2.596.495
46.185,173
46,133,650
10.701.809
24.265.316
72.337.410
74.612.880
21.394.772
30.165.087
39.947.828
39,719.256
5.845.966
12.018,444
10,651,564
16,099.326
4,939.219
6.150.486
130,654.200
130.205,992
41.927.666
65.417,737
31.872.684
39,241.9.42
12.908.155
. 19.551.285
9.676.803
10.604.092
3,776.707
6.518.392
11.5.154.022
131.950.348
. 26.958.703
42.085.044
3.000.488
3.698.953
1.336.137
1.308.681
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Table 2. TRI Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program. Chemicals, 1988,1990-1992, Continued.
CAS
Number Chemical
Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and
lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds'
Nickel and
nickel compounds
Total for 33/50
Chemicals
Total for All Other
TRI Chemicals
Total for All
TRI Chemicals
Year
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
92
91
90
88
Fugitive or
Nonpoint Air
Emissions
Pounds
540.615
433.191
571.636
625.185
146.738
125.875
240.688
657,222
615.133
556,138
911.400
857,705
10,904
11.912
14,798
17.042
575,669
396,476
389,949
422.578
253,760,075
296,575,009
352,760 ,371
409,270,010
282,920.224
320,088,140
361,108.920
420,331,345
536,680.299
616,663,149
713,869,291
829,601,355
SUck or
Point Air
Emissions
. Pounds
447,109
541.832
574.765
716.836
3,249,962
2,014,049
1,720,330
1.702,448
1,231.793
1,309,076
1.397.583
1,820.295
4.816
8.080
a.759
8,729
288:637
324,579
317,717
291,760
439,491.054
487.804.076
585,780.919
687.984,367
844.793.863
900,621.411
.004.829.897
.165.865.879
.284.284.917
.388.423.487
.590.610.816
.853.8JOJ46
Surface
Water
Discharges
Pounds
288.771
353,384
448,229
397.968
85.316
120.499
129.101
196,962
72.575
139,781
132.653
241.904
563
671
£09
1,656
111.215
131.031
148.294
222,067
1,874,640
2.159,463
2,540,702
4.011,558
271.030,540
241,171,861
195,590,923
307.224,861
272.905,180
243,331,324
198,131,625
311.236,419
Underground
Injection
Pounds
32,470
35.134
83.227
54,902
3.765,225
4.727,763
4.981,412
5,445.176
2.881
928
1.643
2,760
9
9
21
27
297,762
370.948
268.963
239,263
8.036.820
9,434.790
. 8,747,177
10,247357
717,784,054
700,802,847
745,776,317
1,333,410,310
725,820,874
710,237,637
754,523,494
1,343,657,667
Releases
to Land
Pounds
24.127,155
25.953.934
26.037,850
40.228,735
12.953
22.180
19.720
108.969
13,958,301
17.025,678
18,958,677
27,017,700
3,134
5.289
4.199
13,529
3,70 1,250
1.702.258
5,055.518
3,616,781
45.026.306
46.244,734
52.216,111
73,612,183
292,564.516
368,331,905
383,802,133
440.979,933
337,590,822
414.576,639
436,018,244
514.592.116
Total
Releases
Pounds
25,436,120
27,317,475
27.715.707
42,023.626
7,260,194
7.010,366
7,091.251
8.110,777
15,880,683
19,031,601
21,401,956
29,940,364
19,426
25,961
28.586
40.983
4.974,533
2,925,292
6,180.441
4,792,449
748,188,895
842.218,072
1,002,045,280
1,185,125,475
2,409.093,197
1531,016,164
2,691.108,190
3,667.812.328
3,157,282,092
3,373,234,236
3,693,153,470
4,852.937,803
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Table 2, Cont.
CAS
Number Chemical
Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and . '
lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds
Nickel and
nickel compounds
Total for 33/50
Chemicals
Total for All Other
TRI Chemicals
Total for All
TRI Chemicals
Transfers Off-site
. Transfers for Treatment/
Year to POTWs Disposal/OtherO
Pounds Pounds
92 942.267 18,610,517
91 937,233 20,178,560
90 1,116,369 35,910,150
88 2,077,204 32,107,939
92 88,027 635,872
91 121,498 878,334 .
90 119,294 1,391,542
88 1,152,828 2,719,248
92 357,956 37,584,654
91 335,240 21,759,107
90 192,520 56,627,074
88 212,697 30,906,415
92 22 238,984
91 314 152,838
90 316 213,305
88 2,141 275,017
92 249,629 12,301,000
91 386,991 9,294,712
90 315,969 14,746,059
88 903.249 16.118,794
92 7,811,655 134,327,197
91 9,553,208 141,818,405
90 10,956,344 235,568,553
88 19,789,680 281.548,975
92 372,896,708 528729,834
91 384.868,169 482.393.280
90 458,530,011 628,310.081
88 561,248,868 752.783,945
92 380.708,363 662J57.03I
91 394,421,377 624.211,685
90 469,486,355 863.878.634
88 581.038,548 1,034,332.920
Subtotal
Pounds
19,552.784
21.115.793
37.026.519
34,185.143
723,899
999,832
1,510,836
3,872,076
37,942,610
22,094,347
56,819,594
31,119,112
239,006
153,152
213,621
277,158
12,550,629
9,681,703
15,062,028
17,022,043
142,138,852
151,371,613
246,524,897
301,338,655
901,126,542
867^61,449
1.086,840,092
1,314,032,813
1,043,265,394
1,018,633,062
1,333,364,989
.1,615,371,468
Transfers
Transfers to Energy
to Recycling 'Recovery
Pounds Pounds
96,077,807 90,847
66,477.379 123.934
NA . NA
NA ' NA
94.518 168.500
82,410 500
NA NA
NA NA
402,632,887 60,061
220,243,568 69,357
NA NA
NA NA
,31.455 1
465,489 5
NA NA
NA NA
79,236.323 34,628
64,999,091 20,028
NA NA
NA NA
763,195,119 215.071,676
542,583,715 217,688,133
NA NA
NA NA
2,075.270,300 262.235.694
1,722,319.541 224,511,175
NA . NA
. NA NA
2,838.465,419 477,307,370
2,264,903,256 442,199,308
NA NA
NA NA
Total
Transfers
Pounds
115.721.438
87.717,106
37,026.519
34.185.143
986,917
1,082,742
1.510,836
3,872.076
440,635.558
242,407,272
56,819.594
3J, 119.112
290,462
618.646
213,621
277.158
91.821,580
74.700.822
15,062.028
17.022,043
1,120,405,647
911.643,461
246,524,897
301.338.655
3.238,632,536
2,814,092,165
1,086,840.092
1.314.032.813
4.359.038.183
3,725.735.626
1.333.364,989
1.615,371,468
O "Other" indicates: For 1991 and 1992. transfers reported with no waste management codes or invalid codes. For 1988 and 1990.
transfers reported with no waste management codes, invalid codes, or codes not required to be reported in 1988 and 1990
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Percent Reduction
20
15
10
i TRI Chemicals Less 33/50 Chemicals
133/50 Program Chemicals Only
20.4%
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992
Figure 4. Year-to-Year Reduction Comparisons: Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Chemicals versus
Other TRI Chemicals, 1988-1992.0
Q The amounts for recycling and energy recovery reported for 1991 and 1992 have not been included in these totals.
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700
Millions of Pounds
600
500
400
300
200
100
1988
a 1989
1990
Q1991
a 1992
Fugitive Stack Surface Under- Releases
Air Air Water ground to
Emissions Emissions Discharges Infection Land
Transfer Transfer to
to Treatment/
POTWs Disposal/
Other
Offsite
Figure 5. TRI Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Chemicals, by On-site Release Medium or Transfer
Management Type, 1988-1992.0
Q The amounts for recycling and energy recovery reported for 1991 and I992 have not been included in these totals.
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Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromethane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1,1 -Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and
lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds
Nickel and
nickel compounds
1988
E31989
1990
C31991
1=11992
100 200
Millions of Pounds
300
400
Figure 6. TRI Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Program Crumtoto, by Chemical, 1988-1992.0
0 The amounts for recycling and energy recovery reported for 1991 and 1992 have not been included in these totals.
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TRI POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT DATA
FOR 33/50 PROGRAM CHEMICALS
In Section 8 of Form R, which was made mandatory under the PPA starting with the 1991
reporting year, facilities report the amounts of toxic chemicals:
recycled or reused in on-site and off-site processes;
combusted in on-site and off-site energy recovery systems;
destroyed in on-site treatment systems and amounts sent to off-site treatment facilities;
released to the environment as a result of on-site operations plus the amounts shipped off-ske
for disposal.
Section 8 reporting items described above pertain only to chemical quantities contained in
wastes that are the result of regular production-related activities. Toxic chemical quantities
contained in wastes that are generated at the facility through non-routine activities, such as" spill
clean-ups and catastrophic events, are reported in a separate Section 8 reporting item. Each of the
items reported for production-related wastes in Section 8 is reported in aggregate, by chemical, for
the reporting year (1992), the prior year (1991), and forecasted by facilities for the two successive
years (1993 and 1994).
Analysts will note significant discrepancies between reported off-site transfers to recycling in
Sections 6 and 8 of Form R. Less significant discrepancies can also be observed in the reporting of
off-site shipments to energy recovery and treatment. These discrepancies are a result of ambiguities
in Form R reporting definitions and instructions. An EPA work group is currently developing
revised Form R guidance to address this problem in future TRI reporting cycles.
Furthermore, those who compare 1992 TRI production waste data with the figures presented
in the 1991 TRI Public Data Release published report will observe a substantial decline (20%) in the
amounts reported for 33/50 Program chemical production wastes and one of its components, on-site
recycling. Most of this change, however, is the result of an erroneous report submitted for 1991 by
one facility for on-site recycling of methyl ethyl ketone and toluene. The facility corrected the error
after the 1991 data release. Accordingly, year-to-year comparisons of 33/50 Program chemical on-
site recycling and total production waste amounts should be conducted using only the 1992 edition
of the reporting data, which includes the corrected reporting for 1991.
Management of 33/50 Program Chemicals in Wastes
Tables 3 through 7 present the four years of Section 8 data reported for each 33/50 Program
chemical in 1992, .by waste management activity (non-production-related wastes are reported only
for 1992). Figures 7 and 8 illustrate the trends in these data, aggregated by management method and
chemical, respectively.
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Table 3. Quantity of 33/50 Chemicals Recycled On-slte and Off-site, 1991-1994.
CAS
Number Chemical
7 1 -43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
1 08- 1 0- 1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1.1,1-Trichloroethane
79-0 1 -6 Trichloroethy lene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Subtotal On-site for 33/50 Chemicals
Subtotal On-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Subtotal On-site for All TRI Chemicals
CAS ,
Number Chemical
71-43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3. Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
.Nickel and nickel compounds
Subtotal Off-site for 33/50 Chemicals
Subtotal Off-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Subtotal Off-site for All TRI Chemicals
Total for 33/50 Chemicals .
' Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for AH TRI Chemicals
Projected Data
1991
On-site
Pounds
170,352,697
10,540,016
5,924,900
124,080.595
152.234,046
224,788,108
95.046,671
600.469,708
189,367,728
219.725,356
118,594,411
3,610.253
65.261,002
3423.828
918.250,111
1,073.668
47,282.050
2,950,125,148
12,902.557,239
15,852,682,387
1992
On-site
Pounds
59,012,822
"16.629,476
6,353,787
121,863,677
169,763,949
223,939,338
81,782,280
627,080,929
171.223,961
225.757,972
1 19.008.434
11.810.622
63,405.578
773,581
839,102,385
1,684,398
45.430,519
. 2,784,623,708
12,997.571,180
15.782,194.888
1993
On-site
Pounds
58.786.237
16,889,014
6.311.241
1 19,030,230
173.010,685
224,999,630
74,303,431
636,496,137
153,257,583
217321,421
120.496,728
4,947.572
60,784,565
706.134
883.559,075
1,612,095
50,304,683
2,803,316,461
13,872,343.524
16,675,659,985
1994
On-site
Pounds
59.341,922
14.614,106
6,221,101
112.841,738
175,139,976
224,338,224
72,380,009
635,112,924
I2U9U15
208.863.392
1 19,049,200
5.297.481
57,509.521
679,761
807.828.777
1.632,295
48,821,770
2,671.263:412
14.138.586,599
16.809.850,011
Projected Data
1991
Off-site
Pounds
1,418.334
390.924
2,094.019
26.539.452
24.414.975
16.663.629
11.992.876
25.308.785
26.408.474
7.212.151
33,622.912
1,860.251
97.854.574
46.631
294,606.470
60.547
80,461.579
650,956.583
2.325.855.746
2.976,812.329
3.601.081.731
15.228.412.985
18,829,494.716
1992
Off-site
Pounds
487.209
344.453
1.417,917
26,109,091
26,505,126
19.724,864
10,259.945
27,395.427
23.721.150
8.109,967
36,505.254
2.013,976
110.664.314
73.104
451.653.860
71,411
89.574:344
834,631,412
2.639.263,097
3.473.894,509
3.619.255.120
1 5.636.834.277
19.256.089.397
1993
Off-site
Pounds
461,747
296,821
. 1,327.711
23.818.596
24,905,724
21,476,647
8,725,950
23.418.661
14.437.157
6.782.01 1
32.905.968
1,823,702
110,148.305
72.510
294,265.107
116.688
89.792.017
654.775.322
2.518,052.255
3.172,827,577
3,458.091.783
16.390.395,779
19.848.487.562
1994
Off-site
Pounds
463,574
286,821
1,323,146
19,737,318
24.635,612
21,962,040
7,948,157
18,336.201
7,073,900
5,797,334
34,641,047
1,753,478
116,031,611
70,958
291,022,932
107,563
89,435,685
640,627,377
2,814.027.599
3.454,654.976
3.311,890.789
16.952.614.198
20.264,504.987
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Table 4. Quantity of 33/50 Chemicals Used for Energy Recovery On-site and Off-site, 1991-1994.
CAS
Number Chemical
71-43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
79-0 1 -6 Trichloroethy lene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Subtotal On-site for 33/50 Chemicals
Subtotal On-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Subtotal On-site for All TRI Chemicals
CAS
Number Chemical
71-43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
1 27- 1 8-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium, and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Subtotal Off-site for 33/50 Chemicals
Subtotal Off-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Subtotal Off-site for All TRI Chemicals
Total for 33/50 Chemicals
Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for All TRI Chemicals
Projected Data
1991
On-site
Pounds
33,015,755
4.421,868
5,495,474
10,662,551
87,985,435
39,271,740
5,507,721
254,531,730
5.422,186
2,248,000
218,121,061
0
8,331
22,457,509
3,500
0
0
689,152.861
2,153,305.078
2,842,457,939
1992
On-site
Pounds
36,703,579
4,889,374
6,471,447
11,832,816
84,226,588
51,018,601
9,655,330
255,986,447
6,457.400
1,421,546
222,759,973
0
9,410
23.649,069
4,250
0
0
715,085,830
2,226,136,283
2,941,222,113
1993
On-site
Pounds '
22,297,708
4,587,378
6,912,839
12,539,968
93,355,448
46.475,389
9,142,000
285,761,516
6,575,250
2,457,611
253,852,372
0
10,000
22,798,386
4,650
0
0
766,770,515
2,142,536,121
2,909,306,636
1994
On-site
Pounds
23.051,244
4,810.854
6,891,840
13,146,768
105.537,394
53,896,285
10,086.346
335.528,420
7,690,000
2,622,311
304,877,886
0
10,000
22.981,579
5,250
0
0
891,136.171
2,200.548,200
3,091,684.371
Projected Data
1991
Off-site
Pounds
4,621,312
9,955
713,071
3,619,866
32,888,025
13.510.417
565,416
75.285,746
3,107,273
929.245
61.739.897
6.525
170,499
24
2.535.181
0
19.084
199.721.536
380.988.735
580,710.271
888,874.397
2,534.293.813
3.423.168,210
1992
Off-site
Pounds
4,347,690
6,451
565,883
3,247,710
39,688,668
17,643,369
560,816
82;04 1,437
3,060,231
884.498
66.458.815
3,193
102,216
168,614
3,050.765
0
20.226
221,850,582
508:104.018
729,954,600
936,936.412
2,734.240,301
3,671,176,713
1993
Off-site
Pounds
4,301,407
4.048
510,411
2,781,527
38,293,592
17.636.861
577.256
72.241.814
1,843,474
921.898
61,338.567
2.154
78.388
169.815
49.456
0
22.411
200,773.079
498,698.829
699,47 i. 908
967,543.594
2.641.234.950
3.608,778.544
1994
Off-site
Pounds .
4,150.444
3,048
445,146
2.909,892
36,374,762
18.251.623
559,848
69.322.212
1 ,023,000
928.313
57.761,072
1,104
76,803
169.815
49,3*90
0
' 24.774
192.051,246
499.782.921
691,834,167
1.083.187.417
2.700,331.121
3.783.518.538
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Table 5. Quantity of 33/50 Chemicals Treated On-slte and Off-site, 1991-1994.
CAS
Number Chemical
7 1 -43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
1 08-10- 1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1,1.1-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Subtotal On-site for 33/50 Chemicals
Subtotal On-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Subtotal On-site for" All TRI Chemicals
CAS
Number Chemical
71-43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 l.U-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Subtotal Off-site for 33/50 Chemicals
Subtotal Off-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Subtotal Off-site for All TRI Chemicals
Total for 33/50 Chemicals
Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for All TRI Chemicals
Projected Data
1991
On-site
Pounds
33.264,317
15.315,779
23,239,932
32,784,253
45.628,868
10,455,419
14.093J20
116,150,620
1,513,388
3.553,915
41,461,510
523,743
34,881,945
18,943,383
36,854,777
35.303
1,847,413
430,547,885'
9,437,599,018
9,868,146,903
1992
On-site
Pounds
29,725,777
15,007,086
21,854,747
35,365,596
50,463,297
10,747,535
15,421,358
125.358,145
1,653,692
5,675,129
44,637,186
645,925
55.866,063
19,989,134
36.241,003
31,042
2,969,189
471,651,904
9,855,097,590
10J26.749.494
1993
On-slte
Pounds
28,315.408
15,551,212
21,819,606
33.322,409
49,836,026
11,336,684
14,722,794
135,541,841
1,748,516
9,364,672
44,365,735
468,881
60,942,244
20.173,491
37,333.322
31.210
2,456,848
487,330.899
9.696,849,334
10,184,180,233
1994
On-site
Pounds
29.610,573
14,727,641
21,438,887
27,797,042
55.945,338
10,612,472
15,509.522
133,049,992
2.186,676
10.345,592
45,676.574
436.158
60,860.651
20.641,658
39.046,357
31.300
2,370,361
490,286.794
9,607,372,010
10,097,658,804
Projected Data
1991
Off-site
Pounds
2,198,932
820.033
2,082,474
9.205.487
6,685,883
2,184.621
3.097,783
14,025.994
4,875.376
1,564.117
11.028.479
313.879
4,183,628
463,621
5,071,645
55,362
l',908,749
69,766,063
610,602.035
680,368,098
500,313.948
10.048.201,053
10.548,515.001
1992
Off-site
Pounds
1,434,236
833.039
1.612,837
12,445,135
6,274,738
2,049,489
1,963,634
18.618.495 .
4.310,414
1.881.112
9.600,124
486.314
4.716,909
464,810
5,206,963
23,165
2,616,341
74.537,755
603.836,095
678,373.850
546,189.659
10.458,933.685
11,005,123,344
1993
Off-site
Pounds
-1.227,132
901.559
1,746,847
13,368,381
5,817,366
1,793,918
1.689,040
17,750.157
3,164,624
1,516.461
8,802,461
438,721
4,266,774
328,019
5,124,571
19.802
2,195,918
70.151,751
557,113.522
627,265,273
557.482.650
10.253,962,856
10,811.445.506
1994
Off-site
Pounds
1,224,595
1.205,208
1.597,194
13,393.559
5,371.211
1.704,922
1,769,285
14.243,401
1,938,091
1,313.148
7,941,810
448.567
3,582.183
303.461
6,085.877
17.702
2,043,479
64,183,693
534.432.147
598,615,840
554,470,487
10.141.804.157
10,696.274.644
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Table 6. Quantity of 33/50 Chemicals Released, 1991-1994.Q
CAS
Number Chemical
71-43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Total Released On-site/Disposed of
Off-site.for 33/50 Chemicals
Total Released On-site/Disposed of
Off-site for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total Released On-site/Disposed of
Off-site for All TRI Chemicals
Projected Data
1991
Quantity
Released
' Pounds
17,951,313
1.492,508
20,484,275
79.759,180
100,294,177
25,953,178
15,321,406
193,808,129
125,928,847
31,623,552
119,925,131
1,066,297
40,430,313
6.989,038
34,425,360
81.599
11.191,734
826.726,037
2,689,059.113
3,515.785.150
1992
Quantity
Released
Pounds
13,390,673
1,426,570
17,802,805
75,729.079
88,491,478
25,840,592
12,552,614
186,681,857
112,587,880
28,162,324
116,193,398
621,839
41,140,750
7,365,187
32,880,181
234,050
10,345,041
771,446,318
2,629,939,852
3,401,386,170
1993
Quantity
Released
Pounds
11,766,248
1.221,711
15,711,525
64,886.747
78,652.309
23.957,680
9,613.732
158,230,484
71,383,366
24,232,164
112,585.040
1,368,535
' 40,874,361
7.157,795
31,992,682
95,850
11,490.456'
665,220,685
2,511,974,098
3,177.194,783
-
1994
Quantity
Released
Pounds
10,814,320
944,923
13,663,473
53,606,274
71,944,001
21,673,572
7,375,482
147,254,594
40,271,208
18,955,105
106,475.141
1,145,824
42,344,836
7,160,461
30,609,120
87,421
11,293.953
585,619,708
2,130,493,655
2,716,113,363
"Quantity Released" in Section 8 of Form R includes amounts released to the environment on-site and amounts sent off-site for
disposal.
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Table 7. Total Quantity of 33/50 Chemicals in Wastes, 1991-1994.Q
CAS
Number Chemical
7 1 -43-2 Benzene
56-23-5 Carbon tetrachloride
67-66-3 Chloroform
75-09-2 Dichloromethane
78-93-3 Methyl ethyl ketone
108-10-1 Methyl isobutyl ketone
127-18-4 Tetrachloroethylene
108-88-3 Toluene
71-55-6 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
79-01-6 Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
. Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds
Nickel and
nickel compounds
Total for 33/50 Chemicals
Total for AH Other TRI Chemicals
Total for AH TRI Chemicals
1991
Total Production
Related Wastes
Pounds
262.822,660
32.991.083
60,034,145
286.651,384
450,131,409
332,827,112
145.625,193
1,279,580,712
356.623,272
266,856.336
604.493,401
7,380,948
<
242,790,292
52,424.034
1,291.747,044
1,306,479
142,710,609
5,816,996,113
30,499,966,964
36,316.963.077
1992
Total Production
Related Wastes
Pounds
145,101.986
39,136.449
56.079.423
286.593,104
465,413.844
350,963,788
132,195.977
1,323.162.737
323.014,728
271,892,548
615,163,184
15.581.869
275,905,240
52.483,499
1,368,139,407
2,044,066
150,955.660
5,873.827.509
31,459.948.115
37,333.775.624
Projected Data
1993
Total Production
Related Wastes
Pounds
127,155,887
39.451,743
54,340,180
269,747.858
463,871.150
347,676.809
118.774.203
1,329,440.610
252,409,970
263.096,238
634346.871
9,049.565
277,104,637
51.406,150
1.252,328,863
1,875,645
156,262,333
5,648.338,712
31,797,567,683
37.445.906,395
1994
Total Production
Related Wastes
Pounds
128.656.672
36.592.601
51.580.787
243,432,591
474,948,294
352,439,138
115,628.649
1.352,847.744
181,774,090
248.825,195
676.422,724
9.082,612
280,415,605
52,007,693
1,174,647,703
1.876,281
153,990,022
5,535.168.401
31,925,243.131
37.460,411.532
1992
Non-Production
Related Wastes
Pounds
122.584
83.930
46.723
56.850
121.088
27.958
237,639
479,129
103,973
71.831
688.403
2,435
1,460,995
1,518
1.348,824
344
2,180,068
7,034,292
26,935,531
33,969,823
"Total Production Related Wastes" refers to wastes associated with routine production processes and is the sum of the amounts
recycled on- and off-site, used for energy recovery on- and off-site, treated on- and off-site, and released., "Non-Production
Related Wastes" refers to the quantity released to the environment as a result of remedial actions, catastrophic events, or one-
time events not associated with production processes.
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6000
Millions of Pounds
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
1991
01992
1993(Projected)
^1994(Prdjected)
Recycled Recycled Energy Energy Treated Treated Released Total
On-site Off-site Recovery Recovery On-site Off-site On-site Production-
On-site Off-site . Disposed Related
Off-site Wastes
Figure 7. TRI Data Collected under the Pollution Prevention Act for 33/50 Program Chemicals, by Management
Type, 1991-1994.
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Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromethane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Tetrachloroethylehe
Toluene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethyiene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanides compounds
Lead and
lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds
Nickel and
nickel compounds
1991
E31992
1993 (Projected)
^1994 (Projected)
V//^/^/j^^^///^//////////////^^^/^^^
~
SSS55SSSSSSiSSSSSSSSS«Si^^
SK8l%8i8iS8l!8l888i88i^^
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Millions of Pounds
Figure B. Total Production-Related Wastes for 33/50 Program Chemicals, by Chemical, 1991-1994.
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33/50 Program chemical production-related wastes increased slightly (1%) between 1991 and
1992, less than the increase observed for other TRI chemicals (3.2%). However, facilities are
projecting decreases in production waste for 33/50 Program chemicals in 1993 (-3.8%) and again
between 1993 and 1994 (-2%). Production wastes for other TRI chemicals are projected to continue
to increase through 1994, though only slightly (1.5%).
Facilities owned by 33/50 Program participating companies reported a 3% increase in
production-related waste for the Program's 17 target chemicals in the last year. Interestingly,
production wastes for Program chemicals generated by non-participants actually declined by a
similar amount. Participating companies, however, are projecting nearly a 12% reduction in 33/50
Program chemical production waste over the next two years, while non-participating companies are
projecting a 3% increase.
SOURCE REDUCTION REPORTING FOR 33/50 PROGRAM CHEMICALS
Facilities are also required to report in Section 8 of Form R any source reduction efforts that
were directed toward TRI chemicals during the reporting year and the methods they employed in
identifying source reduction opportunities.
Source Reduction Activities
Table 8 summarizes facilities' reporting of source reduction activities for each of the 17
33/50 Program chemicals. As a group and individually, 33/50 Program chemicals evidenced higher
rates and levels of source reduction activity reporting than for. other TRI chemicals. Of the more
than 20,000 Form Rs reporting that a source reduction activity was implemented during 1992, nearly
40% (8,049) were for the 17 33/50 Program chemicals, e\en though Program chemicals account for
only 30% of total TRI Form Rs. One third of the Form Rs for 33/50 Program chemicals reported the
occurrence of source reduction, compared to slightly more than one-fifth of the forms for other TRI
chemicals.
Individual 33/50 Program chemicals had some of the highest rates of reporting on source
reduction. The three TRI chemicals with the greatest number of Form Rs reporting source reduction
are 33/50 Program chemicals (1,1,1-trichloroethane. toluene, and xylenes (mixed isomers)). The
high ranking for 33/50 Program chemicals is partially due to the fact that they rank among the
highest TRI chemicals in total number of Form Rs submitted, but they also evidenced some of the
highest percentages of Form R submissions indicating source reduction.
Fourteen 33/50 Program chemicals are among the top 35 TRI chemicals for numbers of
forms reporting source reduction. Of these, organic chemicals generally evidenced higher percent-
ages of Form Rs reporting source reduction than did the metals, ranging from 30% to 47% for the
nine organic chemicals with the largest number of source reduction reportsT
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Table 8. Number of TRI Forms Reporting Source Reduction, by Source Reduction Category, by Chemical, 1992.
CAS
Number
71-43-2
56-23-5
67-66-3
75-09-2
78-93-3
108-10-1
127-18-4
108-88-3
71-55-6
79-01-6
Chemical
Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloro me thane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
TetracKloroethylene
Toluene
1,1.1 -Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Total for 33/50 Chemicals
Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for All TRI Chemicals
Number
of TRI
Forms
472
90
181
1,114
2,447
1.014
504
3,689
3.131
663
3.573
18S
2.956
294
1.651
37
2.309
24.310
56.706
81.016
Forms Reporting Source
Reduction Activities
Number
154
27
62
419
907
360
189
1.430
' 1,477
248
1,305
64
560
86
443
8
348
8.087
12,421
20.508
Percent of All
Forms
32.6
30.0
34.3
37.6
37.1
35.5
37.5
38.8
47.2
37.4
36.5
34.6
18.9
29.3
26.8
21.6
15.1
33.3
21.9
25.3
Table 9. Methods Used to Identify Source Reduction Activities, by Chemical, 1992.
CAS
Number
7 1 -43-2 "
56-23-5
67-66-3
75-09-2
78-93-3
108-10-1
1 27- 18-4
108-88-3
71-55-6
79-01-6
Total for
Chemical
Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromethane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1.1 -Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds
Nickel and
nickel compounds
33/50 Chemicals
Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for All TRI Chemicals
Number of
Forms Reporting
Source Reduction
Activities
154
27
62
419
907
360
189
1.430
1.477
248
1.305
64
560
86
443
. 8
348
8,087
12.421
20.508
PoUutfMI
OppWtM
IntenMl
72
15
T^
145
341
150
19
527
606
114
492
25
220
43
173
3
132
3.169
4.891
8.060
Pi C VCUQOQ
tty Audit
External
It
.rift
0
16
38
14
6
M
7<>
. 12
\\
\
24
j
27
2
n
%t
46)
»2«
Materials
Balance
Audit
13
5
7
66
144
53
28
187
173
37
159 -
'8
81
10
50
0
54
1.075
1.554
2.629
Participative
Team
Management
52 '
10
30
181
422
178
87
633
681
108
556
29 .
268
34
217
4
191
3.681
5,761
9.442
Employee
Recommendation
Informal
16
5
7
84
183
72
32
250
223
51
258
12
117
15
96
I
75
1,497
2,336
3.833
Formal
Program
22
4
5
39
106
46
17
152
200
26
134
8
58
9
41
4
36
907
1,310
2,217
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Table 8.
Chemical
Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromc thane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and cadmium compounds
Chromium and chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and mercury compounds
Nickel and nickel compounds
Total for 33/5*0 Chemicals
Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for All TRI Chemicals
Category of Source Reduction Activity (number of forms reporting)
Good
Operating
Practices
52
15
ii
167
424
170
113
590
554
118
538
26
280
29
188 '
2
188
3,465
5.892
9,357
Inventory
Control
6
0
2
28
177
61
14
210
100
13
194
4
83
6
63
0
57
1,018
1,455
2,473-
Spill
and Leak
Prevention
126
10
8
103
159
72
51
320
139
38
336
13
128
17
118
0
81
1.719
4.238
5.957
Raw
Material
Modlfi.
cations
8
3
24
118
226
78
27
397
363
16
298
23
120
13
135
1
31
1.881
1,979
3,860
Process
Modifi-
cations
88
14
41
126
274
139
44
446
240
45
409
25
217
58
184
10
163
2,523
5,047
7,570
Cleaning
and
Degreasing
2
0
0
110
128
39
71
148
777
146
114
5
40
13
8
0
33
1,634
1,181
2,815
Surface
Preparation
and
Finishing
3
0
0
15
303
135
5
429
130
7
430
. 5
30
2
10
0
10
1,514
794
2,308
Product
Modifi-
cations
7
0
1
49
95
41
\4
176
149
16
156 _
17
71
2
70
0
36
900
953
1.853
Table 9.
Chemical
Benzene
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform
Dichloromethane
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1.1 -Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Xylenes
Cadmium and
cadmium compounds
Chromium and
chromium compounds
Cyanide compounds
Lead and lead compounds
Mercury and
mercury compounds
Nickel and
nickel compounds
Total for 33/50 Chemicals
Total for All Other TRI Chemicals
Total for All TRI Chemicals
State
Program
0
0
0
4
14
6
4
18
24
8
15
0
4
0
2
0
2
101
127
228
Federal
Prograai
1
0
0
t
1
2
o
3
15
0
2
0
-= 0
- o
0
0
9'
""' o-
26
28
54
Trade/
Industry
Program
9
0
10
14
50
25
20
89
109
12
77
3
33
9
JO.
0
22
512
630
1.142
Vendor
Assistance
21
2
5
98
289
104
48
479
495
54
455
15
124
22
77
1
55
2,344
2,452
4,796
Other
57
4
15
101
156
59
34
. 287
219
40
263
17
99
14
113
1
68
1.547
2,503 ,
4.050
Number
of Forms .
274
45
101
750
1,744
709
365
2,689
2,824
462
2,462
122
1.028
158
826
16
647
15.222
22.057
37.279 '
Percent
of Total
Forms
0.7
O.I
0.3
2.0
4.7
1.9
1.0
7.2
7.6
1.2
6.6
0.3
2.8
0.4
2.2
0.0
1.7
40.8
59.2
1000
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Facilities described the type of source reduction activity which they implemented for each
chemical (see Table 8). 33/50 Program chemicals as a group did not differ significantly from other
TRI chemicals in the types of activities employed. Improvement in facility operating practices is the
most common approach.
Methods Used to Identify Source Reduction.Opportunities
Table 9 summarizes facilities' reporting of source reduction activity identification methods
for each of the 17 33/50 Program chemicals. Here again, facilities did not seem to treat Program
chemicals differently than other TRI chemicals in their search for source reduction opportunities,
although the data do show a somewhat greater reliance on assistance from federal programs, industry
associations, and vendors in the case of 33/50 Program chemicals compared to other TRI chemicals.
Facilities continue to report little reliance on state and Federal programs for assistance in
their source reduction endeavors. Interestingly, however, the number of pollution prevention audits
conducted by external parties increased while facilities' reliance on state and federal programs
decreased significantly for 33/50 Program chemicals between 1991 and 1992. Facilities' heavy
reliance on internal resources suggests that familiarity with facility-specific conditions is critical to
successful identification of source reduction opportunities. This may also explain the 10% increase
in facilities'use of employee's recommendations between 1991 and 1992.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: AN AGENDA FOR ACTION
The 33/50 Program faces an ambitious agenda in the coming years:
Efforts to expand company participation will continue with initial invitations to be offered to
more than 1,000 new companies.
Industry trade associations are being asked to assist EPA in convincing smaller companies to
participate.
Case studies of companies' pollution reduction initiatives under the 33/50 Program are being
prepared and will be made available t6 the public.
The 33/50 Program will co-sponsor a national conference showcasing the accomplishments
of voluntary pollution prevention programs and their company and community partners. The
conference, Promoting Pollution Prevention by Voluntary Initiatives, will be held June 1-3,
1994, in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
A formal 33/50 Program evaluation has been initiated to assess the Program's success. The
evaluation is being conducted under a cooperative agreement with INFORM, a citizen
environmental advocacy organization. Preliminary results will be made public at the
conference described above. Follow-up reports will be issued at least annually.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Anyone interested in obtaining additional information from the 33/50 Program can do so by
calling EPA's TSCA Assistance Hotline at (202) 554-1404 Monday through Friday between 8:30
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST. Or contact us directly* at EPA headquarters at (202) 260-6907 or by
directing letters to Mail Code 7408, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, U.S. EPA, 401 M
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Written communications from companies are maintained in a
publicly available 33/50 Program Administrative Record. Copies of company communications and
computer-generated lists of participating companies are available upon request.
Information about the 33/50 Program can also be obtained from 33/50 Program Coordinators
in EPA's ten Regional Offices:
US EPA - Region I
(MS: ATR)
1 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02203
PHONE: (617)565-3230
FAX: (617) 565-4939
US EPA - Region H
(MS: 105)
2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bldg. 10
Edison, NJ 08837
PHONE: (908)906-6815
FAX: (908) 321-6788
US EPA - Region m
(MS: 3AT01)
841 Chestnut Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
PHONE: (215)597-9302
FAX: (215)580-2011
US EPA - Region IV
345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30365
PHONE: (404)347-1033
FAX: (404)347-1681
US EPA - Region V
(MS: SP-14J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
PHONE: (312)886-1331
FAX: (312)353-4342
US EPA - Region VI
(MS: 6T-PT)
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75202
PHONE: (214)655-7582
FAX: (214)655-2164
US EPA - Region VH
(MS: ARTX)
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
PHONE: (913)551-7600
FAX: (913)551-7065
US EPA - Region VIII
(MS: 8ART-AP)
999 - 18th Street, Suite 600
Denver, CO 80202-2405
PHONE: (303)294-7684
FAX: (303)293-1229
US EPA - Region IX
(MS: A-4-3)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
PHONEf ~ (415) 744-1069
FAX: "(415)744-1073
US EPA - Region X
(MS: AT-083)
1200 - 6th Avenue
Seattle, W A 98101
PHONE: (206)5.53-4762
FAX: (206) 553-8338
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