United States Office of Enforcement EPA-300-R-96-003
Environmental Protection and Compliance February 1996
Agency Assurance (2261)
TRI Reporting at
Government-Owned
Contractor-Operated
Federal Facilities
(GOCO's)
1990-1993
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INTRODUCTION
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available database containing specific
chemical release and transfer information from manufacturing facilities throughout the United
States. The TRI was established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act of 1986, which was intended to promote planning for chemical emergencies and to provide
information to the public regarding the presence and release of toxic and hazardous chemicals in
their communities. In addition, following the passage of the Pollution Prevention Act in 1990,
the TRI was expanded to include reporting of additional waste management and pollution
prevention activities.
Manufacturing facilities (i.e., facilities
in Standard Industrial Classification codes 20
- 39) having ten or more full-time employees
and exceeding certain chemical use thresholds
are required to report under the TRI. The
threshold for manufacturing and processing of
listed chemicals is 25,000 pounds per year for
each chemical, and 10,000 pounds per year
for each listed chemical for other uses.
Reports for each calendar year are
submitted to EPA by July 1 of the following
year. After completing data entry and quality
assurance activities, EPA makes the data
available to the public in a printed report, in a
computerized data base, and through a variety
of other information products (e.g., CD-
ROM). These products are usually released
during the early spring of the year following
the submission of data; thus, the information
contained in this report, which is derived from
data released in March of 1995, presents TRI reporting activity for calendar year 1993.
Applicability of TRI to Federal Facilities
In August of 1993, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12856, which required
Federal facilities to begin submitting TRI reports for 1994 activities. Federal facilities meeting
the TRI chemical thresholds will be required to file TRI reports, whether or not they are engaged
in manufacturing. The first reports will he due to EPA on or before July 1, 1995.
Consequently, this report does not contain TRI data for all Federal facilities.
Important TRI Terms
Releases are on-site discharges of toxic chemicals
to the environment, including emissions to air,
discharges to bodies of water, releases at the
facility to land, and contained disposal into
underground injection wells.
Off-Site Transfers are a hipments of toxic
chemicals in wastes (e.g., for recycling, energy
recovery, treatment, or disposal) to a facility that
i* geographically or physically separate from the
facility reporting under the TRI.
Prevention & Management of Chemicals in
Waste includes the total amount ofproduction-
related TRI chemicals recycled, burned for energy
recovery, treated, and disposed or released. It
does not include amounts generated as a result of
non-routine incidents (e.g., spills).
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Government-owned contractor-operated (GOCO) Federal facilities, however, are required
to submit TRI reports. While not comprehensive, the GOCO data submissions may he generally
indicative o f the ch emicals present and released at Federal facilities, the distribution of releases
and off-site transfers by type, and the relative levels of prevention and management of TRI
chemicals in waste.
TRI Reporting at GOCO Facilities
In 1993, there were 51 GOCO facilities that submitted a total of 277 individual
chemical reports under the TRI program. Total submissions by a single GOCO facility ranged
from as many as 19 to as few as one. The average number of submissions for GOCO facilities in
1993 was 5.4. As shown below in Exhibit 1, the number of GOCOs reporting under the TRI
and the total number of submissions has declined substantially since 1990.
Exhibit 1
GOCOs ani TRI Submissions (1990-93)
Avg. = 5.8 Avg. = 5.5 Avg. = 5.1 Avg. - 5.4
From 1QQO to 1QQ3, submissions at GOCO facilities declined by 27 percent.
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Since 1990, the number of GOCOs reporting under the TRI program declined by 22.7
percent, from 66 to 51 facilities. Over tlie same period, total submissions decreased by 27.1
percent, from 380 to 277. Tke average number of submissions also declined by 6.9 percent,
from 5.8 to 5.4 submissions per facility.
Over tke same period, tke entire universe of reporting TRI facilities and tke number of
individual ckemical submissions also decreased. In 1990, 24,713 facilities submitted 86,051
ckemical reports; in 1993, tke corresponding figures were 23,993 facilities and 79,072
submissions. Tkis represents a decrease in tke number of reporting facilities of 2-9 percent and
an 8.1 percent decrease in tke number of submissions. Note tkat tke average number of
submissions for tke entire TRI universe is muck smaller tkan for tke GOCO facilities 3.5
submissions per facility in 1990 and 3.3 submissions per facility in 1993.
TRI RELEASES AT GOCO FACILITIES
GOCOs reported releases of
approximately 7.2 million pounds of TRI
ckemicals in 1993, nearly all of wkick (99-4
percent) consisted of releases to tke air.
Releases to air from fugitive sources outpaced
stack air emissions ky nearly a five-to-tkree
margin. Exkibit 2 presents tke distribution of
releases according to various environmental
media.
Of tke releases to environmental
media otker tkan air, most (76.3 percent)
were accounted for ky releases to water,
followed by releases to land (23.7 percent).
GOCO facilities released only 5 pounds of
TRI ck emicals via underground injection
during 1993.
For all environmental media, except
underground injection, tke level of releases
kas skown a steady decline since 1990. In
percentage terms, releases to land exhibited
tke greatest decline, falling by more tkan 96.0
percent from just under 300,000 pounds in
TRI Releases hy Environmental Media
Fugitive Air Sources are non-point emissions
or releases tkat are not in a confined directional
{low (e.g., releases from equipment, evaporative
losses from surface impoundments and spills, and
releases from building ventilation systems).
Stack Air Source* are point air emissions or
releases tkat are in a confined air stream,
particularly releases through staclis, vents, ducts,
japes, lab hoods, or otker confined air streams.
Release to Water include discharges to bodies of
water from contained sources (e.g., pipes) and
Releases to Land occur within the boundaries of
a facility and include disposal of chemicals into
land'treatment areas, landfills, surface
impoundments, waste piles, :or other land disposal
(e.g., leaks).
1 > i > * *'>*" £ s <.
Underground Injection is the injection of toxic
ckemicals into any type of well . A , s .
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1990 to slightly more than 10,000 pounds in 1993. RCRA land disposal restrictions most
likely contributed to this marked decrease.
Releases to water from GOCO facilities experienced a similarly dramatic decline, falling
by 86.3 percent from a pproximately 270,000 in 1990 to slightly less than 38,000 in 1993.
Underground injection activity at GOCO facilities actually increased, alth ough the total amount
involved was so small (two pounds in 1990 and five pounds in 1993) it is difficult to draw any
meanin gful conclusions from the data.
Fugitive and stack air emissions experienced somewhat smaller declines in percentage
terms over the same period, 60.5 and 46.2 percent, respectively; however, in absolute terms, the
decreases were substantial fugitive emissions decrease d by almost 6.5 million pounds and stack
air emissions decreased by almost 2.5 million pounds.
Exhibit 2
TRI Releases by Environmental Media (1993)
Fugitive Air 4,275,299
(59.5%)
Land 11,615
(0.2%)
N - 7,190,752 pound.
Stack Air 2,666,377
(39.9%)
^ Underground Injection 5
(0.0%)
Water 37,456
(0.5%)
Air emissions compriseA more than QQ percent of TRI releases at GOCO facilities
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Relative to the entire universe of facilities tliat report under the TRI program, GOCO
facilities reported substantially fewer releases to environmental media other than air. For
example, in 1993, although releases to air were hy far the most common for all TRI facilities,
underground injection, releases to land, and releases to water comprised 20.5 percent, 10.3
percent, and 9-7 percent, respectively, of all reported releases.
Exhibit 3 presents TRI releases at GOCO facilities over time. From 1990 to 1993,
total releases declined by approximately 56.9 percent, from nearly 17 million pounds in 1990 to
slightly more than seven million pounds in 1993. Moreover, this decline cannot he attributed
solely to a decrease in the number of reporting facilities. Comparing releases from only those
GOCO facilities that reported releases in both 1990 and 1993, the total quantity of releases still
declined by 51.9 percent.
Exliilrit 3
TRI Releases at GOCO Facilities (1990-93)
20,000,000 '
16,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
Legend
{ I Stack Air
Fugitive Air
Weter
Underground Injection
1990
1991
1992
1993
Total releases at GOCO Facilities have declined more than 56 percent since iggo.
The decline in releases at GOCO facilities mirrors the general decline in releases for the
entire universe of TRI facilities. In 1990, TRI chemical releases from all reporting facilities to
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all environmental media totalled approximately 3.7 billion pounds; in 1993, total releases stood
at approximately 2-8 billion pounds. This represents a decrease of 24.4 percent.
TRI Releases by Agency Affiliation
Tke overwhelming majority of GOCO facilities reporting releases under the TRI program
are affiliated with the Department of Defense (DOD). From 1990 to 1993, 19-7 percent of the
71 reporting GOCO facilities were non-DOD facilities. Only one GOCO facility was affiliated
with a civilian Federal agency other than the Department of Energy (DOE). Moreover, this
facility (Tennessee Valley Authority Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center in Muscle
S hoals, Alabama) did not report any releases under the TRI after 1990.
In 1993, 44 of the 51 reporting
GOCO facilities (86.3 percent) were affiliated
with DOD, with the remainder associated
with DOE. Among the three major services
within DOD (i.e., Army, Navy, and Air
Force) the distribution of GOCO facilities
that reported releases in 1993 was fairly
constant, ranging from approximately 23
percent for the U.S. Navy to nearly 33
percent for the U.S. Army.
Exhibit 4 presents the breakdown of actual chemical releases at GOCO facilities in 1993
according to agency affiliation. Generally, the overall magnitude of releases corresponds to the
number of GOCO facilities reporting, with one notable exception; despite comprising less than
one-third of GOCO facilities reporting releases in 1993, Air Force GOCO facilities contributed
more than half of all releases.
Ownership of GOCOb (1993)
Agency/Service
Air Force
Army
Navy
Defense Logistics Agency
Department of Energy
TOTAL
# of Faril;%9
U (27.5%)
17 (33.3%)
12 (23.5%)
1 (2.0%)
7 (13,7%)
51 (100%)
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Exhibit 4
GOCO Releases by Agency Affiliation (1993)
Air Force 3,613*25
(50.2%)
DLA 1,623
(0.0%)
DOE 609,470
(8.5%)
N.vy 1,319,030
(18.3%)
Army 1,647,304
(22.9%)
N = 7,190,752 pound*
Releases at A.ir Force facilities comprised more than half of all GOCO releases.
TRI Releases by Chemical
Most releases at GOCO facilities typically involved solvents. In 1993 for example, the
most commonly released chemical (2.4 million pounds) was 1,1,1,-Trichloroethane, which is
used as an industrial solvent in cleaning operations and is also used as a solvent in adhesives,
inks, and coatings. Acetone, the second most commonly released chemical in 1993 (1.0 million
pounds), is used as a solvent in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in adhesives and
printing inks. Hydrochloric acid (960,000 pounds) was tlie tliird most commonly released
chemical at GOCO facilities in 1993. Hydrochloric acid has various uses, including
neutralization of waste streams/pH adjustment of process waters, in the manufacture of
chemicals, and in the cleaning and preparation of metals for coatings.
Exhibit 5 compares the 10 chemicals with the largest releases at GOCO facilities in
1993 to the top 10 ch emicals for the TRI universe as a whole. Although the order differs
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somewhat between the two lists, half of the chemicals are on hoth lists. Moreover, two additional
chemicals on the GOCO facility top 10 list (1,1,1 Trichloroethane and Dichloromethane) fall
within the top 15 chemicals on the overall TRI list.
Exhibit 5
Top 10 Chemicals Released in 1993
GOCO Facilities
All TRI Facilities
Chemical
Pounds
Chemical
Pounds
1. 1,1,1 Trichloroetkane
2,383,113
1. Ammonia
352,865,493
2. Acetone
1,024,651
2. Hydrochloric Acid
225,249,801
3. Hydrochloric Acid
960,359
3. Phosphoric Acid
212,622,635
4. Methyl Ethyl Ketone
671,362
4. Methanol
211,924,491
5. Trichloroethylene
667,269
5. Toluene
178,636,563
6. Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
530,000
6. Sulfuric Acid
159,597,625
7. Freon
204,948
7. Acetone
129,865,365
8. Toluene
139,073
8. Xylene
111,657,896
9. Xylene
105,188
9- Carton Disulfide
93,344,321
10. Dichloromethane
85,064
10. Methyl Ethyl Keytone
85,507,228
Top 10 Total
6,791,865
Top 10 Total
1,548,648,785
Percent of Total Releases
(94.2%)
Percent of Total Releases
(55.1%)
Chemicals releaseeI at GOCO facilities are fairly consistent with those of all TRI facilities.
All of the ch emicals on the GOCO facility list, with the exception of Dichlorotetrafluoro-
ethane, are on the list of the 50 most commonly released chemicals at all TRI facilities in 1993.
Releases of this chemical can he attributed to two DOE facilities, Portsmouth and Paducah. The
chemical is typically used as a refrigerant, fire suppressant, or blowing agent.
The percentage of all releases accounted for by the top 10 chemicals was much higher at
GOCOs than for TRI facilities as a whole 94.2 percent for GOCO facilities and 55.1 percent
for all facilities.
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TRI Releases by Facility
In 1993, the 10 GOCO facilities releasing the largest quantity of TRI chemicals
accounted for nearly two-thirds of all releases at GOCO facilities. Five of the top 10 GOCO
facilities reporting releases in 1993 were affiliated with the Air Force, while three were Army
facilities. Exhibit 6 shows the location of these 10 facilities, as well as the quantity of their
releases. For more information, see Appendix I, which presents the total releases for each
GOCO facility that reported in 1993.
Exhibit 6
Releases at tke Top 10 GOCO Facilities (1993)
1) Morton HaoU. UT - 1,205,500
2) McDonnel DoufUf, OK -- 676,661
3) Northrop Granuun, IX 602,853
4) HoUtm AAP, TN - 592,692
5) LorUwil, GA 556,811
6) DOE PaJucak, KY - 411,427
7) Air Fore. PUnt 4, TX-282,850
8) LontfWn AAP, "IX - 264,932
9) R*H
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TRI OFF-SITE TRANSFERS AT GOCO FACILITIES
In 1993, GOCO facilities transferred more than 4.8 million pounds of TRI chemicals to
POTWs and other off-site locations forth e purposes of recycling, energy recovery, treatment,
disposal. Exhibit 7 presents these off-site transfers according to waste management activity.
or
Exkibit 7
TRI Off-Site Transfers at GOCO Facilities (1993)
More than half of all off-site transfers at GOCO facilities in 1QQ3 were for recycling.
Off-site transfers to recycling facilities were the most common at GOCO facilities in
1993 (55.0 percent), followed hy energy recovery (17.9 percent), disposal, and treatment (13.8
and 12.7 percent, respectively). Transfers of wastewater for treatment was fairly uncommon at
GOCO facilities transfers to POTWs comprised less than 1.0 percent of the total in 1993.
The distribution of off-site transfers at GOCO facilities in 1993 closely resembles that
for all TRI reporting facilities. Transfers for recycling and energy recovery at all TRI facilities
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ranked first and second at 69-1 percent and 10.3 percent respectively. Similarly, tke percent of
transfers for disposal and treatment were very close (6.9 percent and 7.0 percent, respectively)
although they comprised a considerably smaller portion of total off-site transfers at all facilities
relative to GOCO facilities. Unlike GOCO facilities, however, off-site transfers to POTWs
from all TRI facilities comprised nearly the same share (6.7 percent) as transfers for disposal and
treatment.
Total off-site transfers at GOCO
facilities declined substantially since 1990.
Exhibit 8 summarizes the level of off-site
transfers hy type at GOCO facilities from
1990 to 1993.
Off-site transfers at GOCO facilities
decreased a sli ght 2.8 percent between 1990
and 1993. However, transfers for energy
recovery and recycling, generally the two
largest components of total transfers, were not
required to be reported in 1990.
Consequently, the 1990 off-site transfer
figure most likely substantially understates the
actual level of such transfers. Relative to
1991, the total quantity of TRI chemicals
transferred off-site declined from more than
13 million pounds to nearly five million in
just two years. This represents a decrease of
62-8 percent.
Off-site transfers for treatment and
disposal tended to decline from 1990 to
1993, while recycling and energy recovery-
related transfers saw their shares increase.
Transfers to POTWs and other transfers
remained a relatively insignificant portion of
off-site transfers at GOCO facilities.
lKl Off-Site Transfers
Transfer* to PiAlidy Owned Treatment
Work* (POTWs) involve shipments of waste
water tkrougk pipes or sewer systems to State or
municipally owned POTWs.
Transfer* f or Recycling may be recovered or
regenerated by a variety of methods, and once
recycled, may be returned to ike originating
facility or sold for further processing or use.
Transfers for Energy Recovery are combusted
in industrial furnaces or boilers that generate
energy for use at tke off-site location.
Transfers for Treatment involve techniques
that generally result in vaiying degrees of
destruction of tke toxic chemical, although some
treatment {e.g./ stabilization) simply prepares tke
ckemical for further waste management.
Transfers for Disposal eventually result in
releases to land or underground injection of toxic
chemicals off-site. '
Other Transfer* are transfers repotted without a
proper TRI waste management activity code and I
are therefore unidentifiable.
Off-site transfers at GOCO facilities did not resemble transfer activity at all TRI
facilities. For example, total transfers for all facilities actually increased by 71.6 percent from
approximately 1.3 billion pounds in 1990 to around 4.7 billion in 1993. Much of this apparent
increase could be attributed to non-reporting of recycling and energy recovery-related transfers in
1990. As was the case for GOCO facilities, transfers at all TRI facilities for treatment, disposal,
and POTWs, all declined, in percentage terms, from 1990 to 1993.
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Exhibit 8
TRI Off-Site Transfers at GOCO Facilities (1990-93)
Off-site transfers at GOCO facilities declined by nearly three percent from 1990 to 1993.
TRI Off-Site Transfers by Agency Affiliation
As shown in Exhibit 9, Air Force and Navy GOCO facilities accounted for tlie majority
(38.7 percent and 35.5 percent, respectively) of off-site transfers in 1993. Nearly all of the
remaining off-site transfers were made by Army GOCOs. Unlike reported TRI releases (see
Exhibit 4), DOE and DLA did not contribute significantly to off-site transfers accounting for
approximately 0.5 percent in 1993.
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Exhibit 9
GOCO Off-Site Transfers by Agency Affiliation (1993)
Air Force 1,875,918
(38.7%) \
DLA 1,045
(0.0%)
DOE 23,015
(0.5%)
Army 1,229,209
(25.3%)
Navy 1,722,630
(35.5%)
N =4,851,817 pound*
Army, Navy, and Air Force each contributed roughly one- third of
the total off-site transfers for GOCOs in 1993.
TRI Off-Site Transfers by Chemical
The types of chemicals transferred off-site by GOCO facilities in 1993 differed
substantially from those released. While many of the chemicals released at GOCO facilities were
solvents, most of the off-site transfers were metals or acids. In addition, only one of the 10 most
frequently released chemicals at GOCO facilities (1,1,1 Trichloroethane) also made it into the
top 10 chemicals transferred off-site (see Exhibit 5).
Chemicals transferred off-site from GOCO facilities also deviated from those typically
reported by all TRI facilities. As shown in Exhibit 10, only three of the top 10 chemicals
transferred at GOCO facilities (Sulfuric Acid, Copper, and Zinc Compounds) were among the
top 10 for TRI facilities as a whole. In addition, the 10 most frequently transferred chemicals at
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GOCO f acilities in 1993 accounted for 10.6 percent more of annual transfers tkan did tke top
10 chemicals transferred at all TRI facilities.
Exhikit 10
Top
10 Ckemicals
Transferred in 1993
GOCO Facilities
All TRI Faciliti
es
Chemical
Pounds
Ckemical
Pounds
1. 1,1,1 Trickloroetkane
760,575
1. Sulfuric Acid
1,275,321,793
2. Sulfuric Acid
655,551
2. Copper
471,270,744
3. Ckromium
506,947
3. Zinc Compounds
326,495,783
4. Nickel
435,142
4. Lead Compounds
274,803,365
5. Nitric Acid
328,515
5. Metkanol
208,309,729
6. Copper
312,394
6. Hydrochloric Acid
149,206,149
7. Metkyl Etkyl Ketone
302,993
7. Etkylene Glycol
146,150,460
8. Aluminum
198,462
8. Toluene
136,329,128
9- Manganese
180,312
9- Copper Compounds
135,838,535
10. Zinc Compounds
156,533
10. Xylene
103,709,852
Top 10 Total
3,837,424
Top 10 Total
3,227,435,538
Percent of Total Transfers
(79.1%)
Percent of Total Transfers
(68.5%)
Of tke most commonly transferred chemicals in 1QQ3, most involved metals or acids.
TRI Off-Site Transfers by Facility
As shown in Exhibit 11, in 1993, five of the top 10 GOCO facilities reporting off-site
transfers of chemicals under the TRI program were among the top 10 facilities reporting releases
(see Exhibit 6). Five GOCO facilities were affiliated with the Air Force, and three were affiliated
with the Navy. Together, the top 10 facilities accounted for 72.8 percent of all off-site transfers
at GOCO facilities in 1993. For more information, see Appendix I, which presents total off-site
transfers for each GOCO facility that reported in 1993.
In general, the GOCO facilities reporting the largest quantities of off-site transfers were
more widely distributed across the country than were GOCOs with the most releases. Regions I,
VI, and VIII each had two of the top 10 GOCO facilities reporting off-site transfers in 1993.
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In 1QQ3, the GOCO facilit ies reporting the largest off-site transfers
were located throughout seven EPA. Regions
TRI CHEMICALS MANAGED IN WASTE AT GOCO FACILITIES
Most TRI chemicals present at GOCO facilities are not released or transferred off-site;
the majority (in terms of total volume) are managed on-site. Waste management involves
recycling, combustion of waste for energy recovery, or treatment, as well as disposal/release into
the environment.
As shown in Exhibit 12, the quantity of TRI chemicals managed in waste that GOCO
facilities reported as released in 1993 totaled nearly 7.9 million pounds. Note that in the context
of waste management reporting under the TRI program, the definition of "release" includes:
fugitive and stack air emissions; releases at the facility to water, land, or underground
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Exhibit 12
TRI Ckemical Managed in Waste at GOCO Facilities (1993)
Treated - On 5,893,358
(12-4%)
N = 47,387,593 pounds
Recycling accounted for more than two-thirds of all TRI chemicals
managed in waste at GOCO facilities in 1QQ3
injection wells; and off-site transfers for disposal. Other forms of off-site waste management in
1993 accounted for an additional 4.3 million pounds of TRI chemicals. Thus, all waste
managed off-site or released into the environment accounted for slightly more than one-fourth of
all waste reported under the TRI program at GOCO facilities. In contrast, on-site recycling
accounted for approximately 61.7 percent of all TRI chemicals managed in waste at GOCO
facilities, with on-site treatment contributing an additional 12.4 percent.
In 1993, TRI facilities as a whole recycled a substantially smaller portion of their TRI
chemicals managed in waste (39.4 percent and 9-9 percent for on- and off-site recycling,
respectively) than did GOCO facilities. Similarly, releases/disposal of waste at all TRI facilities
accounted for a much smaller share of total waste management (9-6 percent) relative to GOCOs.
The percentage of TRI chemicals in waste subjected to on- and off-site treatment at all facilities
was more than twice that of GOCO facilities in 1993.
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As shown in Exhibit 13, the total
quantity of TRI chemicals managed in waste
at GOCO facilities declined from more than
113 million pounds in 1990 to approximately
47.4 million pounds in 1993 a decline of
nearly 60 percent.
Total releases/disposal of TRI
chemicals in waste decreased by 54.5 percent,
from sli ghtly more than 17.3 million pounds
to just under 8.0 million pounds over the
same period.
On- and off-site energy recovery at
GOCO facilities actually increased
dramatically, in percentage terms, from 1990
to 1993 (146.6 percent and 162.5 percent,
respectively). However, relative to the total
quantity of TRI chemicals managed in waste,
these increases were fairly modest.
Over the same period, on- and off-site
recycling experienced the largest decreases, in
terms of the total quantity of waste managed.
On-site recycling decreased by more than
46.5 million pounds (61.4 percent), while
off-site recycling declined 69-9 percent, from
approximately 9-0 million pounds to slightly
more than 2.7 million pounds.
Lastly, on- and off-site treatment
experienced declines of 31.6 and 72.2
percent, respectively, from 1990 to 1993.
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TRI Chemicals Managed in Waste
Quantity Released is the total quantity of toxic
chemicals released to the environment or
disposed of at the facility (directly discharged to
air, land, and water, and injected underground),
plus the quantity sent off-site for disposal.
Quantity Used lor Energy Recovery On-Site
includes the amount of TRI chemicals destroyed
during the combustion process, not the amount
that entered the energy recovery unit.
Quantity Used for Energy Recovery Off-Site
is the amount of TRI chemicals in waste sent off-
site for combustion, not the amount combusted
at the off-site location.
Quantity Recycled On-Site is the amount of
TRI chemicals recovered for further use, not the
amount entering the recycling facility/process.
Quantity Recycled Off-Site is the amount of
TRI chemicals in waste-sent off-site for recycling,
not the amount recycled at the off-site location.
Quantity Treated On-Site is the quantity of
TRI chemicals destroyed during treatment, not
the amount that entered the treatment operation..
Quantity Treated Off-Site is the amount of
TRI chemicals in waste sent to a POTW or other
off-site location for treatment, not the amount
destroyed at the off-site location.
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Exhibit 13
TRI Chemicals Managed m Waste at GOCO Facilities (1990 93)
120 000 000
100 000 000
80 000 000
60 OOOOOO
40 000 000
20 000 000
1990
Legend
Tnataunt Off
Treatmont On
Recycled Off
Recyclod On
Energy Rocowny Off
Energy Recovery On
Reloaded
1991
1992
1993
From 1990 to 1993, TRI chemicals managed in waste declined by nearly 60 percent
TRI Chemicals Managed in Waste by Agency Affiliation
Unlike agency-reported releases and off-site transfers of TRI chemicals (see Exhibits 4
and 9) Army GOCO facilities, ra ther than Air Force GOCO facilities, were responsible for the
majority of TRI chemicals managed m waste reported in 1993 As shown m Exhibit 14, Army-
affiliated GOCO facilities accounted for nearly 70 percent of all TRI chemicals managed in
waste, with Air Force and Navy facilities a distant second and third at 15 1 percent and 12 1
percent, respectively
A more detaded evaluation of the data revea Is that the overwhelming majority of TRI
chemicals managed in waste reported by GOCOs affiliated with the Army can be attributed to a
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Exhibit 14
TRI Chemicals Managed in Waste by Agency Affiliation (1993)
DOE 1,356,635
(29%) I Air Force 7,141,273
1 ' (15.1%)
DLA 4,875
(0.0%)
N.vy 6,001,918
\" (12.7%)
Army 32,882,892
(69.4%)
N = 47,387,593 pounj.
Army-affiliated GOCOs accounted for 70 percent of TRI chemicals managed as waste.
single facility, Radford Army Ammunition Plant, VA (see Exhibit 16). This facility reported
more than 27.3 million pounds of TRI chemicals managed in waste approximately 57.7
percent of all TRI chemicals managed in waste reported by GOCO facilities in 1993. Most of
this total (98.7 percent) consisted of Nitric and Sulfuric Acids that were recycled on-site (see
Exhibit 15), and therefore were not captured by release or off-site transfer reports.
TRI Chemicals Managed in Waste hy Chemical
As discussed above, two chemicals (Sulfuric Acid and Nitric Acid) were clearly the most
commonly reported as being managed in waste at GOCO facilities in 1993. Sulfuric Acid was
the first chemical on both lists, however, Nitric Acid failed to appear within even the top 15 most
frequently reported chemicals managed in waste at all TRI facilities. Only three o f the top 10
chemicals managed in waste at GOCO facilities were among the 10 most frequently reported
chemicals at all TRI facilities. Together, the top 10 chemicals accounted for roughly 25 percent
more of all TRI chemicals managed in waste at GOCO facilities relative to all TRI facilities.
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Exhibit 15
Top 10 Ckemioals Managed in Waste in 1993
GOCO Facilities All TRI Facilities
Chemical
Pounds
Ckemical
Pounds
1. Sulfuric Acid
18,276,786
1. Sulfuric Acid
10,392,389,465
2. Nitric Acid
13,459,558
2. Hydrochloric Acid
2,388,007,794
3. 1,1,1 Trickloroetkane
3,863,916
3. Metkanol
2,060,419,232
4. Hydrochloric Acid
2,175,150
4. Toluene
1,887,778,134
5. Acetone
1,980,299
5. Etkylene
1,257,889,911
6. Metkyl EtLyl Ketone
1,208,819
6. Ammonia
1,150,253,942
7. Dicklorotetrafluoroetkane
940,000
7. Copper
819,300,825
8. Trickloroetkylene
864,838
8. Propylene
793,797,711
9- Copper
627,272
9- Lead Compounds
716,758,096
10. Ckromium
512,055
10. Pkospkoric Acid
704,786,071
Top 10 Total
43,908,693
Top 10 Total
22,171,381,181
Percent of Total Chemicals
(92.7%)
Percent of Total Chemicals (66.2%)
Sulfuric and Nitric Acids were clearly the most common TRI ch emicals
managed in waste at GOCO facilities in 1QQ3.
TRI Chemicals Managed in Waste by Facility
Exhibit 16 presents tbe top 10 GOCO facilities according to their reported quantities of
TRI chemicals managed in waste. Three Army-affiliated GOCO facilities accounted for
approximately 64.5 percent of all TRI chemicals reported as managed in waste in 1993. As one
would expect, most of these facilities also appeared in the top 10 lists for reported releases and
off-site transfers (see Exhibits 6 and 11).
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Exhibit 16
Chemicals Managed in Waste at the Top 10 GOCO Facilities (1993)
1) AAP.VA - 27,343,494
2) HoUn AAP, TN - 2,222,455
3) Morton TliiokoL UT 1,515,633
4) LockW, GA - 1,483,273
5) Northrup Grumman,TX 1,419,773
6) Hercules, UT - 1,357,003
7) McDoiuiel Dou^Im, OK - 1,313,627
8) GE Industrial, MA - 1,124,900
9) Ulte City AAP, MO - 1,035,359
10) Grumman, NY -- 756,529
The vast majority of TRI chemicals managed in waste were reported at Army GOCOs.
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APPENDIX I
GOVERNMENT-OWNED, CONTRACTOR-OPERATED FEDERAL
FACILITIES RELEASES AND TRANSFERS, 1993
Facility Name
Location
Ckemicals
Released or
Transferred
in 1993
Total
Releases in
1993
(pounds)
Total Off-
Site
Transfers in.
1993
(pounds)
DOE Pinellas
Largo, FL
5
22,755
21,215
DOE Female! Feed
Materials Production
Fernald, OH
1
1,910
0
US Naval Hercules
Industrial Reserve Plant
McGregor, TX
5
94,788
34,422
FMC Corporation Naval
Systems Division
Fridley, MN
6
21,881
141,709
Uniroyal Ckemical Joliet
AAP
Joliet, IL
1
500
0
Army Alliant
Tecksystems
New Brigkton, MN
3
191,005
45,495
AF Tkiokol Utak Based
Aerospace Operations
Promontory, UT
7
1,205,500
290,312
AF Tkiokol Tactical
Division
Brigkam City, UT
1
42,000
7,700
Navy General Dynamics
#1
San Diego, CA
1
131,974
81,406
AF GD Convair
Division
San Diego, CA
6
49,065
128,500
Navy Unisys
Saint Paul, MN
9
33,654
162,126
AF Gencorp Aerojet
Propulsion Division
Rancko Cordova,
CA
11
156,756
68,717
DLA William Langer
Jewell Bearing Plant
Rolla, ND
5
1,623
1,045
GE Industrial and Power
Systems
Pittsfield, MA
4
7,284
72,570
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Facility Nome
Location
Ckexnicals
Released or
Transferred
in 1993
Total
Releases in
1993
(pounds)
Total Off-
Site
Transfers in
1993
(pounds)
GE Plastics
Pittsfield, MA
6
67,987
232,316
GD Air Defense Systems
Pomona, CA
6
17,752
50,500
Navy Lockkeed Missiles
and Space
Sunnyvale, CA
4
88,220
76,220
Navy Grumman
Aerospace
Calverton, NY
2
39,274
6,231
AF Rockwell Nortk
American Aircraft Site
#9
Palmdale, CA
1
20,865
11,387
AF Lockkeed Advanced
Development
Palmdale, CA
1
20,600
20,450
Navy Kaman Aerospace
Bloomfield, CT
2
26,054
8,010
AF Martin Marietta
Astronautics Group
Littleton, CO
1
380
0
AF McDonnell Douglas
Tulsa, OK
16
676,661
311,739
AF USAF #44
Tucson, AZ
7
189,850
38,800
AF Lockkeed
Aeronautical Systems
Marietta, GA
14
556,811
509,584
Vougkt Naval Weapons
Industrial Reserve Plant
Dallas, TX
9
602,853
128,882
Mason Chambers
Mississippi AAP
Stennis Space
Center, MS
1
500
0
Army Tkiokol
Huntsville, AL
2
26,700
37,488
Scranton AAP
Scranton, PA
6
27,972
392,070
Hercules Aerospace
Sunflower AAP
DeSoto, KS
1
2,170
0
Army ISP Ckemioals
Huntsville, AL
1
71,700
2,700
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Facility Name
Location
Chemicals
Released or
Transferred
in 1993
Total
Releases in
1993
(pounds)
Total Off-
Site
Transfers in
1993
(pounds)
General Dynamics Lima
Army Tank Plant
Lima, OH
1
12,698
7,845
Lone Star AAP
Texarkana, TX
1
16,000
0
Milan AAP
Milan, TN
2
18,922
829
Textron Lycoming
Stratford Army Engine
Plant
Stratford, CT
7
140,009
576,367
Army Longkorn AAP
Karnack, TX
3
264,932
57,853
Army Holston AAP
Kingsport, TN
7
592,692
0
Army Radford AAP
Radford, VA
10
243,295
35
AF Rockwell
Tulsa, OK
6
90,250
110,746
Navy Hercules
Composite Products
Magna, UT
12
187,309
728,238
AF McDonnell Douglas
St. Louis, MO
5
81,550
35,208
AF USAF #4
Ft. Wortk, TX
15
282,850
195,565
AF Grumman
NY
8
240,187
147,210
Army General Dynamics
Warren, MI
2
255
10
Lake City AAP
Lake City, MO
10
37,954
108,517
DOE Mound Plant
Miamisturg, OH
1
250
500
DOE Paducak Gaseous
Diffusion Plant
Paducak, KY
5
411,427
1,300
DOE Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
2
1,477
0
DOE Portsmoutk
Gaseous Diffusion
Piketon, OH
5
171,637
0
DOE Hanford
Rickland, WA
1
14
0
TOTAL
248
7,190,752
4,851,817
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