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Metals - Point Source Releases

Point Sources Reporting Metal Releases to Air, Water and Land

Industry	Air	Surface water	Surface impoundments	Land disposal
Metal Mining	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn
Coal Mining	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn
Food	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Pb Ni Zn	Pb Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn
Tobacco	Pb Hg	Pb Hg
Textiles and Apparel	Cr Cu Pb Hg Zn	Cr Cu Pb Zn	Cr Cu Pb Zn	Pb Zn
Lumber	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Zn	Pb	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Zn
Furniture	Cr Pb Ni Zn	Cr Pb Ni		Pb
Paper	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	Cu Pb Hg Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn
Chemicals and Chemical Wholesalers	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn
Petroleum and Petroleum Bulk Terminals	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn
Plastics	Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Zn	Pb Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Zn
Leather	Cr Pb	Cr	Cr	Cr
Stone/Clay/Glass	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Cr Pb Hg Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn
Primary and Fabricated Metals	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn
Machinery	Cr Cu Pb Ni Zn	Cr Cu Pb Ni Zn		Cr Cu Pb Ni Zn
Electrical Equipment	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	Pb	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn
Transportation Equipment	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Zn	Cu	Cr Cu Pb Ni Zn
Printing and Measure/Photography	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	Cu	Cr Cu Pb Ni Zn
Electric Utilities	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cd Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn	As Cr Cu Pb Hg Ni Se Zn

Source: 2002 data from the Toxics Release Inventory