\J35g.' 1997 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY
PUERTO RICO
State/TRI Data
Population
Square Miles
Total Facilities
Total Forms
Form As
3,782,862
3,427
150
446
	52
National Rank for Total On- and Off-site
Releases (includes transfers out-of-state for disposal)
Rank	40
Pounds	7,944,176
National Rank for Total On-site Releases
(includes quantities released at the facility; excludes
quantities transferred to other sites for disposal)
Rank	39
Pounds	7,176,391
National Rank for Total Releases within State
(excludes transfers out-of-state for disposal)
Rank	40
Pounds	7,773,849
National Rank for Production-related Waste
Managed
Rank 39
Pounds	80,867,006
O
The largest triangle appearing in the map represents the largest facility for on-site
releases in Puerto Rico. All triangles are proportionally-sized to represent the amounts of
releases at each facility within this territory.
Reported Releases and
Waste Management Activities
Pounds
On-site Releases
Air Emissions
Surface Water Discharges
Underground Injection Class I Wells
Underground Injection Class II-V Wells
On-site Land Releases to RCRA Subtitle C Landfills
Other On-site Land Releases
Off-site Releases (Transfers Off-site to Disposal)
Total On- and Off-site Releases
,176,391
,154,090
17,529
0
0
250
4,522
767,785
,944,176
Recycled On-site	22,957,397
Recycled Off-site	13,834,881
Energy Recovery On-site	486,257
Energy Recovery Off-site	10,392,249
Treated On-site	17,038,395
Treated Off-site	8,308,705
Quantity Released On- and Off-site	7,849,122
(excludes non-production-related releases; e.g. releases due to
catastro£hic_events_orjiemedialactionsj^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^_
Total Production-related Waste Managed
80,867,006
Total Non-production-related Waste Managed
31,654
Top Five Chemicals for Total Releases In State


On-site Releases
Off-site Releases
(Transfers Off-site to Disposal)





Underground Injection
On-site Releases to Land




CAS
Number
Chemical
Air
Emissions
Surface
Water
Discharges
Class I
Wells
Class II-V
Wells
RCRA
Subtitle C
Landfills
Other
On-site Land
Releases
Transferred Transferred
Into State Within State
Transferred
Out of State
Total Releases
in the State*


Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
75-09-2
Dichloromethane
3,170,791
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,170,841
108-88-3
Toluene
1,130,850
13
0
0
0
0
0
11
30
1,130,874
71-36-3
n-Butyl alcohol
399,776
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
399,776
67-56-1
Methanol
380,476
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
140
380,477

Zinc compounds
1,076
700
0
0
0
1,287
0
333,628
8,000
336,691
*The chemical ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude transfers out of state.

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1997 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY


PUERTO RICO
Top Five Facilities for Total On-site Releases


On-site Releases

Off-site Releases
(Transfers Off-site to Disposal)




Underground Injection
On-site Releases to Land



Facility / City, County

Air
Emissions
Surface
Water
Discharges
Class I Class II-V
Wells Wells
RCRA
Subtitle C
Landiflls
Other
On-site
Land
Releases
Total
On-site
Releases*
Transferred Transferred
Within State Out of State


Pounds
Pounds
Pounds Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds Pounds
Abbott Health Prods. Inc., Baceloneta, Barceloneta

1,545,737
0
0 0
0
0
1,545,737

0 0
Pharmacia & Upjohn Caribe Inc., Arecibo, Arecibo

1,352,905
0
0 0
0
0
1,352,905

0 0
Schering-Plough Prods. Inc., Las Piedras, Las Piedras

550,402
0
0 0
0
0
550,402

0 0
Coatings Inc. & Co., Bayamon, Bayamon

534,690
0
0 0
0
0
534,690

0 0
Phillips Puerto Rico Core Inc., Guayama, Guayama

526,482
221
0 0
0
0
526,703
14,158 9,699
*The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column.









Top Five Facilities for Total Quantity Released On-site and Off-site



Facility / City, County

Recycled
On-site
Recycled
Off-site
Energy Energy
Recovery Recovery
On-site Off-site
Treated
On-site
Quantity
Treated Released On-
Off-site and Off-site*
Total
Production-
related Waste
Managed
Total Non-
Production-
related Waste
Managed


Pounds
Pounds
Pounds Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Abbott Health Prods. Inc., Baceloneta, Barceloneta

9,089,670
25,160
0 2,617,505
5,819,149
381,194
1,556,747
19,489,425
0
Pharmacia & Upjohn Caribe Inc., Arecibo, Arecibo

0
3,010,000
0 987,638
0
2,316,804
1,348,731
7,663,173
260
Schering-Plough Prods. Inc., Las Piedras, Las Piedras

0
664,307
0 95,385
183,168
32,975
552,705
1,528,540
0
Coatings Inc. & Co., Bayamon, Bayamon

769,432
0
0 0
787,545
0
534,690
2,091,667
0
Phillips Puerto Rico Core Inc., Guayama, Guayama

467,776
0
440,850 33,370
502,215
10,043
526,619
1,980,873
22,929
* The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude
non-production-related releases.





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