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IV.A. EPA Toxics Release Inventory For the Pulp and Paper
Industry
Industry Sector
PM2
NO2 SO2
CO PM10 5 VOC
61,35 32,53
8,039 45,341 10,926 2,109
Metal Mining 8 4
Oil and Gas 151,76 366,79 94,54
4,607 4,379 226,208
Extraction 3 3 9
Non-Fuel,
Non-Metal 48,76 20,95
27,001 15,747 16,874 3,806
Mineral 0 6
Mining
18,28
Textiles 7,448 15,043 5,343 3,386 25,544
6
Lumber and
142,95 57,00 38,33 100,7
Wood 37,313 9,189
5 9 7 61
Products
Wood
62,45
Furniture 7,046 3,008 6,905 5,260 2,779
7
and Fixtures
Pulp and 567,54 318,26 85,40 63,57 488,02 144,3
Paper 2 3 3 7 9 73
1,723
604 2,466 1,723 80,982
Printing 1,915
Inorganic 176,69 19,54 12,58 43,56
94,938 201,994
Chemicals 7 9 6 3
Plastic
Resins and 83,36
28,890 56,946 5,493 4,155 71,815
Man-made 3
Fibers
Pharmaceuti 13,40
2,662 14,676 2,273 1,455 17,132
cals 7
Organic 128,45 166,39 34,63 16,90 159,3
102,461
Chemicals 4 8 7 0 19
Agricultural 10,25 12,70
18,492 65,389 7,311 65,765
Chemicals 7 0
Petroleum 438,37 298,60 33,62 26,87 161,2
478,998
Refining 5 2 0 0 07
Rubber and 87,25
2,515 9,565 5,209 3,217 20,368
Plastic 8
Stone, Clay,
161,11 372,67 127,2 78,64 32,68
Glass and 312,740
3 9 83 7 7
Concrete
Iron and 1,080,5 105,79 60,96 47,50 44,60
307,981
Steel 76 4 2 1 8
Metal 104,35 22,39 15,65 17,28
6,298 4,770
Castings 0 3 4 5
Nonferrous 418,64 30,882 24,01 17,43 244,413 8,663
Metals 7 9 3
Fabricated
90,57
Metal 6,029 11,672 4,691 3,264 18,742
5
Products
Electronics
27,45
and 22,105 6,428 3,184 2,349 6,882
3
Computers
Motor
95,86
Vehicle 13,439 15,388 4,016 2,270 24,123
1
Assembly
Aerospace 2,832 7,413 1,834 1,287 5,363 7,440
Shipbuilding
471 2,139 1,574 753 2,537 4,984
and Repair
Ground
711,15 6,681,1 285,9 165,0 12,976,2 191,0
Transportati
5 63 32 29 79 63
on
Water
Transportati 83 153 2,162 733 66 6,787
on
Air
Transportati 5,231 2,079 186 140 90 2,398
on
Fossil Fuel
436,15 5,789,0 252,5 141,0 12,667,5 54,72
Electric
1 99 39 02 67 7
Power
Dry Cleaning 217 438 190 117 220 3,163
Source: U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation, AIRS Database, 2001.
Table 3-1. GHG Emission Sources at Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Facilities
Emissions Source
Estimated
number of
sources
nationwidea
Types of pulp and
paper mills where
emissions sources
typically are
located GHG emissions
Subpart of 40 CFR
Part XX where
emissions reporting
methodologies
addressed
Fossil fuel-fired Boilers 786 All types of pulp and
paper mills
CO2, CH4, N2O Subpart B*
Thermal Oxidizers,
RTOs 48 Kraft pulp mills CO2, CH4, N2O Subpart B*
Gas Turbines 28 All types of pulp and
paper mills
CO2, CH4, N2O Subpart B*
Biomass Units
200
Chemical pulp
mills(kraft, soda,
sulfite, semichemical)
CO2, biomass-
CO2, CH4, N2O
Subpart B*
Chemical Recovery
Furnaces-Kraft & Soda 168 Kraft and soda pulp
mills
CO2, biomass-
CO2, CH4, N2O
Subpart V
Chemical Recovery
Furnaces-Sulfite 13 Sulfite pulp mills CO2, biomass-
CO2, CH4, N2O
Subpart V
Chemical Recovery
Combustion Units:
Standalone
Semichemical
12
Stand-alone
semichemical pulp
mills
CO2, biomass-
CO2, CH4, N2O
Subpart V
Kraft and Soda Lime
kilns 164 Kraft and soda pulp
mills
CO2, biomass-
CO2, CH4, N2O
Subpart V
Makeup Chemicals
(CaCO3, Na2CO3)
≤ 55 Kraft and soda pulp
mills
CO2 Subpart V
Flue gas desulfurization
systems ≤ 5
Mills that operate
coal-fired boilers
required to limit SO2
emissions
CO2 Subpart B*
Wastewater treatment:
anaerobic 18 Chemical pulp mills
(kraft, mostly)
CH4 Subpart CC*
Onsite landfills 100 All types of pulp and
paper mills
CH4 Subpart BB*