\J35g.' 1997 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY

RHODE ISLAND

State/TRI Data

Population
Square Miles
Total Facilities

Total Forms
Form As

987,263
1,045
133
357

National Rank for Total On- and Off-site
Releases (includes transfers out-of-state for disposal)
Rank	49

Pounds	2,178,884

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

Rank	49

Pounds	1,773,616

National Rank for Total Releases within State

(excludes transfers out-of-state for disposal)

Rank	49

Pounds	2,075,162

National Rank for Production-related Waste
Managed

Rank 45
Pounds	37,238,419

The largest triangle appearing in the state map represents the largest facility for on-site
releases in the state of Rhode Island. 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
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

,773,616
,767,107
2,177
0
0
0

4,332
405,268
,178,884

Recycled On-site	14,512,098

Recycled Off-site	11,704,702

Energy Recovery On-site	224,327

Energy Recovery Off-site	792,257

Treated On-site	7,242,505

Treated Off-site	726,078

Quantity Released On- and Off-site	2,036,452

(excludes non-production-related releases; e.g. releases due to
catastro£hic_events_orjiemedialactionsj^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^_

Total Production-related Waste Managed

37,238,419

Total Non-production-related Waste Managed

3,708

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

108-88-3

Toluene

761,923

1

0

0

0

2,089

803

0

750

764,816

78-93-3

Methyl ethyl ketone

301,157

0

0

0

0

2,238

1,350

0

12,000

304,745

1330-20-7

Xylene (mixed isomers)

138,305

0

0

0

0

0

23

0

0

138,328

7664-41-7

Ammonia

115,223

76

0

0

0

0

24

0

0

115,323



Glycol ethers

78,505

0

0

0

0

0

1,912

0

0

80,417

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


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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

Quebecor Printing Providence, Providence, Providence

446,054

4

0

0

0

0

446,058

43

592

Kenyon Ind. Inc., Kenyon, Washington

246,024

0

0

0

0

0

246,024

0

0

Rexam D.S.I., Johnston, Providence

150,332

0

0

0

0

0

150,332

0

0

Osram Sylvania Prods. Inc., Central Falls, Providence

108,883

34

0

0

0

0

108,917

11,134

48,700

Arkwright Inc., Fiskeville, Kent

81,350

0

0

0

0

0

81,350

0

0

*The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column.

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

















Total

Total Non-







Energy

Energy





Quantity

Production-

Production-



Recycled

Recycled

Recovery

Recovery

Treated

Treated

Released On-

related Waste

related Waste

Facility / City, County

On-site

Off-site

On-site

Off-site

On-site

Off-site

and Off-site*

Managed

Managed



Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Pounds

Quebecor Printing Providence, Providence, Providence

3,362,997

7,364

0

6,526

0

1,433

446,688

3,825,008

0

Kenyon Ind. Inc., Kenyon, Washington

310,600

0

0

41,900

902,000

0

218,000

1,472,500

0

Rexam D.S.I., Johnston, Providence

0

0

0

14,629

661

661

150,332

166,283

0

Osram Sylvania Prods. Inc., Central Falls, Providence

2,579,300

18,200

0

0

842,900

294,300

120,000

3,854,700

0

Stanley Bostitch Inc., North Kingstown, Washington

0

0

0

0

64,839

87,458

85,324

237,621

1,383

* The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude non-production-related releases.

For More Information...

State Contact:

Karen Slattery

(401) 222-2808, ext. 7030

Fax (401) 222-2017

EPA Regional Contact:

Dwight Peavey
(617)918-1829
Fax (617) 918-1810

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