Table 3.
Cumulative Onsite Copper, Manganese, or Lead Release Reported to the US Environmental Protection Agency, 1988–1998
| TRI NAICS Code (Industry Description) | Cumulative Reported Onsite Metal Release, Metric Tons |
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| Copper | Lead | Manganese | |
| 311 (food/beverages/tobacco) | 722.2 | 59.1 | 96.1 |
| 313 (textiles) | 7.2 | 69.4 | 0.1 |
| 315 (apparel) | 0.00 | No facilities | No facilities |
| 316 (leather) | 0.9 | No facilities | 4.5 |
| 321 (wood products) | 17.1 | 6.0 | 3.8 |
| 322 (paper) | 15.9 | 1.4 | 2,193.1 |
| 323 (printing and publishing) | 77.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 324 (petroleum) | 32.7 | 196.8 | 189.5 |
| 325 (chemicals) | 1,362.1 | 1,192.2 | 22,141.1 |
| 326 (plastics and rubber) | 108.4 | 31.6 | 3.0 |
| 327 (stone/clay/glass) | 79.4 | 284.2 | 764.2 |
| 3273 (cement) | 7.3 | 1,069.8 | 1,373.3 |
| 331 (primary metals) | 73,190.8 | 35,041.4 | 83,602.2 |
| 332 (fabricated metals) | 1,841.6 | 1,140.7 | 4,732.3 |
| 333 (machinery) | 657.3 | 111.7 | 1,493.5 |
| 334 (computers/electronic products) | 285.2 | 112.5 | 14.0 |
| 335 (electrical equipment) | 966.0 | 2,493.0 | 466.3 |
| 336 (transportation equipment) | 946.6 | 318.2 | 1,449.0 |
| 337 (furniture) | 9.0 | 2.9 | 19.3 |
| 339 (miscellaneous manufacturing) | 112.4 | 44.4 | 33.4 |
| 562 (hazardous waste) | 1,549.9 | 11,074.0 | 3,759.1 |
| 2121 (coal mining) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| 2122 (metal mining) | 250,837.2 | 399.8 | 5,364.5 |
| 2211 (electric utilities) | 354.3 | 193.2 | 975.2 |
| 4246 (chemical wholesalers) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 4247 (petroleum bulk terminals) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| No TRI NAICS code | 635.0 | 527.1 | 226.2 |
Abbreviations: NAICS, North American Industry Classification System; TRI, Toxic Release Inventory.