\J35g.' 1997 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY

MONTANA

State/TRI Data

Population
Square Miles
Total Facilities

Total Forms
Form As

878,730
145,556
29
163
	21

National Rank for Total On- and Off-site
Releases (includes transfers out-of-state for disposal)
Rank	22

Pounds	43,352,385

National Rank for Total On-site Releases
(includes quantities released at the facility; excludes
quantities transferred to other sites for disposal)

Rank	18

Pounds	42,131,345

National Rank for Total Releases within State

(excludes transfers out-of-state for disposal)

Rank	20

Pounds	43,747,510

National Rank for Production-related Waste
Managed

Rank 35
Pounds	103,675,561

The largest triangle appearing in the state map represents the largest facility for on-site
releases in the state of Montana All triangles are proportionally-sized to represent the
amounts of releases at each facility within this state.

Reported Releases and
Waste Management Activities

Pounds

On-site Releases

42,131,345

Air Emissions

4,314,764

Surface Water Discharges

97,172

Underground Injection Class I Wells

0

Underground Injection Class II-V Wells

0

On-site Land Releases to RCRA Subtitle C Landfills

500

Other On-site Land Releases

37,718,909

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

1,221,040

Total On- and Off-site Releases

43,352,385

Recycled On-site

46,586,065

Recycled Off-site

2,966,505

Energy Recovery On-site

2,629,689

Energy Recovery Off-site

59,947

Treated On-site

9,236,891

Treated Off-site

18,892

Quantity Released On- and Off-site

42,177,572

(excludes non-production-related releases; e.g. releases due to



catastrovhic events or remedial actions)



Total Production-related Waste Managed

103,675,561

Total Non-nroduction-related Waste Managed

267

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



Zinc compounds

24,771

790

0

0

0

29,959,348

1,100,000

5

123,424

31,084,914



Lead compounds

33,756

2,294

0

0

0

3,424,928

300,000

0

441,368

3,760,978



Copper compounds

17,501

511

0

0

0

1,911,101

1,900

250

360,581

1,931,263

67-56-1

Methanol

1,714,141

75,000

0

0

0

230

0

0

0

1,789,371



Manganese compounds

1,010

103

0

0

0

1,582,828

0

0

1

1,583,941

*The chemical ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude transfers out of state.


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MONTANA

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
Wells

Class II-V
Wells

RCRA
Subtitle C
Landiflls

Other
On-site
Land
Releases

Total
On-site

Releases*

Transferred
Within State

Transferred
Out of State





Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

ASARCO Inc., East Helena, Lewis and Clark



104,398

5,025

0

0

0

37,706,499

37,815,922

30

1,206,525

Stone Container Corp., Missoula, Missoula



2,019,065

81,230

0

0

0

245

2,100,540



0

505

Plum Creek Mfg. LP, Columbia Falls, Flathead



751,000

0

0

0

0

0

751,000



0

0

Columbia Falls Aluminum Co., Columbia Falls, Flathead



300,650

0

0

0

0

1,300

301,950



0

0

Exxon Billings Refinery, Billings, Yellowstone



254,586

8,708

0

0

0

0

263,294



0

225

*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
Recovery
On-site

Energy
Recovery
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

ASARCO Inc., East Helena, Lewis and Clark



39,132,312

2,832,418

0

0

0

30

37,815,922



79,780,682



0

Stone Container Corp., Missoula, Missoula



0

0

2,373,600

0

4,445,580

158

2,119,858



8,939,196



0

Plum Creek Mfg. LP, Columbia Falls, Flathead



0

0

0

0

0

0

750,000



750,000



0

Columbia Falls Aluminum Co., Columbia Falls, Flathead



6,308,248

0

0

0

0

180

301,950



6,610,378



0

Exxon Billings Refinery, Billings, Yellowstone



0

0

0

0

2,807,740

431

263,805



3,071,976



0

* The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude

non-production-related releases.















For More Information...

State Contact:

Tom Ellerhoff
(406) 444-5263
Fax (406) 444-4386



EPA Regional Contact:

Joyel Dhieux
(303)312-6447
Fax (303)312-6044

To obtain TRI data use assistance, call
TRI User Support Service (TRI-US):

(202)260-1531
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