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TAKING STOCK North American Pollutant Releases and Transfers TAKINGTAKING STOCKSTOCK North American Pollutant Releases and Transfers 1994 COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION 1997 This publication was prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The views contained herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the CEC, or the governments of Canada, Mexico or the United States of America. Reproduction of this document in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes may be made without special permission from the CEC Secretariat, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. The CEC would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication or material that uses this document as a source. Published by the Communications and Public Outreach Department of the CEC Secretariat. For more information about this or other publications from the CEC, contact: COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION 393, rue St-Jacques Ouest, bureau 200 Montréal (Québec) Canada H2Y 1N9 Tel: (514) 350-4300•Fax: (514) 350-4314 http://www.cec.org ISBN 2-922305-05-8 © Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 1997 Legal Deposit-Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1997 DISCLAIMER Legal Deposit-Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997 The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) and the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data sets are con- Disponible en français – Disponible en español stantly evolving, as errors in reporting are noted and corrected. For this reason, both Canada and the United States “lock” their data sets on a specific date and use this “locked” set for annual summary reports. Both coun- tries then correct errors and issue revised data sets for all reporting years in subsequent years. Paper: Fifty percent recycled, with 20 percent post-consumer The CEC follows a similar process. For the purposes of this report, the NPRI (with one exception noted below) content / no coatings, no elemental chlorine and TRI data sets as of June 1996 were used. The CEC is aware that changes have occurred to both data sets for Ink: Vegetable ink containing no chlorine or heavy metals the reporting year 1994 since this time that are not reflected in this report. These changes will be reflected in the next report, which will summarize the 1995 data and make year-to-year comparisons with the revised 1994 data. Fountain Solution: No isopropyl alcohol / less than one percent VOCs Press Washes: Low VOC press washes used One exception in this year’s report is an error in the NPRI data that was related to CEC by Environment Canada in time for inclusion in this report, but that is not reflected in the NPRI Summary Report for the 1994 data. This Design & Layout: Desjardins Bibeau is an error in one facility’s report which caused the over-reporting of air emissions by over 10 million kilograms. Printed in Canada Other revisions will be reflected in the next CEC report. Table of contents Chapter TAKING STOCK Preface 3 List of Acronyms 5 List of Definitions 6 1 Introduction 9 2 Overview of Existing Programs in North America 11 3 Pollutant Releases and Transfers in North America 17 4 Pollutant Releases and Transfers in Canada and the United States 37 5 Comparing Matched Chemicals and Industries from 1994 Canadian and US Data 63 6 Special Analyses 101 7 Border and Transborder Analyses 119 8 Results from the Mexican Case Study 135 9 Environmental Information in Annual Corporate Reports 145 10 Conclusions 159 Appendix A: A Comparison of Chemicals listed under 1994 TRI, NPRI and RETC 163 Preface Providing the public with information on pollutant sources and risks is recognized by all three countries of North America as an important tool for protecting human health and the environment. In 1995, the CEC’s Council of Ministers decided to create a North American Pollutant Release Inventory to help the public better understand pollutant releases in North America as a whole. This report is the first in a series of annu- al reports on pollutant releases in North America based on information brought together from existing pub- licly available information in the three countries. This report analyzes 1994 data from pollutant release and transfer registers in Canada and the United States, profiles the pilot pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR) project in Mexico and presents a chapter on environmental information in annual corporate reports. It follows the publication Putting the Pieces Together: The Status of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers in North America, a background document published in 1996. The CEC Secretariat would like to thank all who worked on this initiative, especially the excellent team of consultants who prepared this report: Hampshire Research Associates, Inc. (Alexandria, Virginia), Environmental Economics International (Toronto, Ontario) and Corporación Radian, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City). An effort such as this could only happen through the combined cooperative efforts of the national PRTR programs. The CEC Secretariat would like to express appreciation for the continuing support from Environment Canada (François Lavallée and Marielle Nobert), Instituto Nacional de Ecología (Adrián Fernández B. and Luis Sánchez C.) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (Susan Hazen and John Harman). An essential part of the report’s development included the consultative review of draft documents and a public meeting. Numerous representatives from industry, academia and nongovernmental organizations generously donated time and energy to participate in the consultative process, and the CEC Secretariat gratefully thanks them all. Finally, this report would not have been possible were it not for the leadership and hard work of CEC Program Manager for Technical Cooperation Lisa Nichols and CEC Director Janine Ferretti. Victor Lichtinger Executive Director Commission for Environmental Cooperation 3 List of Acronyms Acronym ARET Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics CAS A numerical classification of chemicals listed by the computerized Chemical Registry System and assigned by the Chemical Abstracts System (CAS), a branch of the American Chemical Society CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation CEFIC European Chemical Industry Council CERES Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies CMAP Clasificación Mexicana de Actividades y Productos (Mexican Activities and Products Classification) EPA US Environmental Protection Agency GNC Grupo Nacional Coordinador (Mexican National Coordinating Group) IJC International Joint Commission INE Instituto Nacional de Ecología (Mexican National Institute of Ecology) NAAEC North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NAICS North American Industry Classification System NAPRI North American Pollutant Release Inventory (CEC Project) NGO Nongovernmental organization NPRI National Pollutant Release Inventory (PRTR for Canada) OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OSHA US Occupational Safety and Health Administration PERI Public Environmental Reporting Initiative POTWs US Publicly-owned Treatment Works PRTR Pollutant Release and Transfer Register RETC Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes (PRTR for Mexico) Semarnap Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca (Mexican Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries) SIC Standard Industrial Classification TRI Toxics Release Inventory (PRTR for US) VOC Volatile organic compound UIJ Underground Injection UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UN-ISAR United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting 5 TAKINGList of STOCK:Definitions North American Pollutant Releases and Transfers 33/50 Program Non-production-related waste A voluntary program of the US EPA that has involved pollution pre- Waste that is generated as a one-time event, including large acci- vention and other means to encourage reductions of TRI releases and dental spills, waste from a remedial action to clean up environmental transfers of 17 chemicals by 33 percent from 1988 to 1992 and by contamination resulting from past disposal practices, or other wastes 50 percent from 1988 to 1995. not occurring as a routine part of production operations. This does not include spills that occur in normal production operations that Chemical category could be reduced or eliminated by improved handling, loading or A group of closely related individual chemicals that are counted unloading procedures. together for purposes of PRTR reporting thresholds and release and transfer calculations. The chemicals are reported to the PRTRs under Off-site transfers a single name. Chemicals in waste that are moved off the grounds of the facility, including transfers of waste sent to other facilities or other locations, such as hazardous waste treatment facilities, municipal sewage treat- Destruction ment plants, or landfills. A variety of processes that change the chemical in waste into another substance. Destruction also includes physical or mechanical processes On-site that reduce the environmental impact of the waste. This is the term Within the boundaries of the facility, including areas where wastes used in the NPRI report of 1993 data to summarize chemical, phy- may be stored, treated or disposed of that are separate from the sical and biological treatment, and incineration. (See “treatment” as production processes, but still within the boundaries of the reporting the term used to cover these activities in the TRI summary reports.) facility. Energy recovery
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