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TRI National Analysis 2016

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Where You Live

This section the National Analysis looks at releases and other disposal of TRI chemicals that
occurred at various geographic levels throughout the United States.

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To view a summary of Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data, select search parameters within the
top two rows or query the map directly. In addition to viewing the maps based on releases, you
can also view the maps based on "RSEI Risk-Screening Scores." RSEI risk-screening scores are
estimates of potential human health risk generated by EPA's publicly available Risk-Screening
Environmental Indicators CRSEP model. These unitless scores represent relative human health
risk from chronic exposures to TRI chemicals and allow one to compare RSEI scores across
locations. For more on RSEI, see the Hazard and Potential Risk of TRI Chemicals section.

States

States include all U.S. territories for a total of 56 states/territories. All states have facilities that
reported releases to the TRI Program for the 2016 reporting year. The states with the greatest
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20% of total reporting facilities in 2016. Selecting a state on the map will provide a pop-up
with:

•	a state level summary of TRI data

•	a link to the state level TRI fact sheet

•	an option to zoom to the counties within the state.

Metropolitan Areas

More than 80% of the United States' population and many of the industrial facilities that report
to the TRI Program are located in urban areas. This map option shows all metropolitan and
micropolitan statistical areas (metro and micro areas) in the United States as defined by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within which TRI-reported releases occurred in 2016.
Metro and micro areas consist of one or more socially and economically integrated adjacent
counties, cities, or towns. Click on any of these areas on the map for an analysis of TRI data
specific to each.

Watersheds

A watershed is the land area that drains to a common waterway. Rivers, lakes, estuaries,
wetlands, streams, and oceans are catch basins for the land adjacent to them. Ground water
aquifers are replenished based on water flowing down through the land area above them.

Large aquatic ecosystems (LAEs) comprise multiple small watersheds and water resources
within a large geographic area. The Large Aquatic Ecosystems Council was created by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency in 2008 to focus on protecting and restoring the health of
critical aquatic ecosystems. Currently, there are 10 LAEs in this program. Click on any of the 10
LAEs featured on the map to see an analysis of toxic chemical releases in each LAE.

Water pollution, surface runoff, contaminated sediment, discharges of toxic chemicals, and air
emissions can affect the quality of the land, water, and living resources within an aquatic
ecosystem. Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals can be especially problematic in
aquatic ecosystems because pollutants can accumulate in sediments and may bioaccumulate in
aquatic organisms and the tissues of fish and other wildlife within the food chain to
concentrations many times higher than in the water or air, which ultimately may cause
environmental health problems for humans and wildlife.

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TRI Disposal or Other Releases by Large Aquatic Ecosystem, 2016
Air ¦ Water ¦ Land ¦ Total Off-site Disposal or Other Releases

Gulf of Mexico (341 million lb)

Great Lakes (191 million lb)

Columbia River Basin (105 million lb)

Chesapeake Bay (39 million lb)

San Francisco Bay Delta (25 million lb)

Puget Sound - Georgia Basin (6 million lb)

Long Island Sound (3 million lb)

South Florida (2 million lb)

Lake Champlain Basin (743 thousand lb)

Pacific Islands (520 thousand lb)

Total Disposal or Other Releases by Large Aquatic
Ecosystem per Square Mile, 2016

Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Pacific Islands
Chesapeake Bay
Puget Sound - Georgia Basin
Columbia River Basin
San Francisco Bay Delta
Long Island Sound
South Florida
Lake Champlain Basin

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500
Pounds perSq. Mile

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%	20%	40%	60%

Percent of Total

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Tribal Communities

Under EPA policy, the Agency works with federally recognized tribes on a government-to-
government basis to protect the land, air, and water in Indjan.country and Alaska Native
villages and to support tribal assumption of program authority. Facilities located in Indian
country that meet TRI reporting requirements must indicate the appropriate three-digit Bureau
of Indian Affairs fBIAl tribal code on annual TRI reporting forms.

In 2016, there were 40 facilities located in the Indian country of 16 different federally
recognized tribes. These facilities reported a total of 25 million pounds of production-related
waste and 9 million pounds of releases (total disposal or other releases). Over 99% of the TRI
releases in Indian country occurred on-site. 94% of these releases were land releases reported
by electric utilities and metal mining facilities. In 2016, these facilities primarily released metal
compounds such as lead and barium. Lead is often present in the mineral ore disposed of by
metal mines, whereas barium is present in coal and oil burned at electric utilities.

The table below provides more details about various types of releases and waste management
reported by facilities on federally recognized tribal lands.

Quick Facts for 2016: Facilities on Tribal Lands

Number of Facilities that Reported to TRI

40

Number of Tribes with TRI Facilities

16

Production-Related Waste Managed

25.43 million lb

Recycled

7.95 million lb

Energy Recovery

3.27 million lb

Treated

5.49 million lb

Disposed or Otherwise Released

8.72 million lb

Total Disposal or Other Releases

8.72 million lb

On-site

8.68 million lb

Air

0.60 million lb

Water

3.04 thousand lb

Land

8.08 million lb

Off-site

0.04 million lb

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The interactive chart below lists the federally recognized tribes with at least one TRI facility
reporting 2016 data on their land, and include various data related to TRI releases by facilities
located on tribal lands. Use the buttons in the top gray row to filter the data by industry sector,
chemical, and/or tribe. The blue dropdown button on the left allows you to view the data
differently by changing which chart is displayed. Visit the TRI for Tribal Communities Olik
dashboard to explore even more information about releases of chemicals on or near tribal
lands. Additional information about all TRI facilities is also available in the full 2016 TRI National
Analysis Olik dashboard.

Select art Industry Sector

Select a Chemical

Select a Tribe

Select charts from this menu

Releases by Tribe

Number of Facilities by Tribe J Releases by Tribe, 2016

Releases by Chemical

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Releases by Media and Year

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The interactive tabie lists the federally recognized tribes that had at least one facility on their
land that reported TRI data for 2016, along with the total releases reported by facilities, the
number of facilities, and a link to a fact sheet with more information about TRI facilities on each
tribe's land. Click on a column header to change the sorting of the table.

Total Disposal or Other Releases on Tribal Lands by Tribe, 2016

Tribes in 2816, Sorted by Releases and Number of Facilities

This table is interactive-click the column headers to change the sorting of the tabi'e.









Tribe

Total Releases
(lbs)

Number of Facilities

Fact Sheet

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Totals

^,717,836

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Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona

4,247,028

1

Link



Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah

2,000,240

1

Link



Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

1,982,288

2

Link



Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation

203,240

11

Link



Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

122,808

3

Link



Coeur D'Alene Tribe

118,313

2

Link



Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

32,701

1

Link



Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

6,928

1

Link



Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

2,532

1

Link



Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. Arizona and California

843

1

Link



Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona

359

8

Link



Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

319

4

Link



Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona

202

1

Link



Tulalip Tribes of Washington

30

1

Link



Nez Perce Tribe

5

1

Link



Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation

0

1

Link



Additional resources for tribes are available on the TRI for Tribal Communities webpaae. The
webpage includes more detailed analyses of TRI data, links to other online tools, and Tribal
Program Manager contact information.

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