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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nitric Oxide. 2017 Oct 7;71:1–13. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2017.09.011

Table 2.

Yearly Industrial Releases (lbs) for Hydrogen Sulfide, U.S., 2012–14[48, 50].

2012 (% of total) 2013 (% of total) 2014 Emissions (% of total)
Total On-site Disposal or Other Releases 26,175,250 (99.96%) 26,920,643 (99.8%) 25,965,719 (99.8%)
 Fugitive Air Emissions  9,815,319 (37%)  9,958,673 (37%)  9,083,805 (35%)
 Point Source Air Emissions  10,754,996 (41%)  11,931,036 (44%)  11,486,797 (44%)
 Surface Water Discharges  497,709 (2%)  513,188 (2%)  543,028 (2%)
 Underground Injection Class I Wells  4,700,126 (18%)  4,153,417 (15%)  4,490,400 (17%)
Total Off-site Disposal or Other Releases 11,631 (0.04%) 46,021 (0.2%) 54,339 (0.2%)
 Off-site RCRA Subtitle C Landfills and Other Landfills  3,834 (0.01%)  13,136 (0.05%)  9,078 (0.03%)
Total On- and Off-site Disposal or Other Releases 26,186,881 (100%) 26,966,663 (100%) 26,020,057 (100%)