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Environmental Release Report: INTERNATIONAL PAPER
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
    Cleanest/Best Facilities in US Percentile Dirtiest/Worst Facilities in US
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    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Noncancer risk score (air and water releases):
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    Air releases of recognized developmental toxicants:
    Air releases of recognized reproductive toxicants:

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    *Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:LEAD COMPOUNDS
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:LEAD COMPOUNDS
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 33,152 5,223
    Suspected Carcinogens 49
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 2,309 26,165
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 618 122
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 238,214 12,506
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 35,631 7,117
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 239,055 14,643
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 243,436 19,733
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 272,295 57,477
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 618 122
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 34,708 42,792
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 275,452 59,207
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 272,861 20,837

    *Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below.
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  • What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm
    • Air Releases
    6 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    218 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
    Water Releases
    5 TRI chems released to water in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    172 TRI chemicals released to water in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
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  • TRI Data Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    1988 305,800 39,600 3,450 0 348,850 0 NA
    1989 152,370 10,864 25,510 0 188,744 0 NA
    1990 96,530 37,350 20,408 0 154,288 0 NA
    1991 192,122 113,290 17,724 0 323,136 0 7,594,640
    1992 178,965 142,000 14,800 0 335,765 0 17,894,900
    1993 153,950 34,804 23,008 0 211,762 0 15,553,201
    1994 160,890 1,370 57,600 0 219,860 0 16,496,320
    1995 174,170 69,400 27,700 0 271,270 0 10,850,390
    1996 197,445 79,610 18,500 0 295,555 0 6,665,010
    1997 326,670 64,137 41,000 0 431,807 0 6,070,267
    1998 341,061 66,294 30,700 0 438,055 0 6,327,974
    1999 259,615 34,414 26,454 0 320,483 0 8,877,424
    2000 225,843 79,130 38,129 0 343,102 0 5,710,744
    2001 260,592 99,077 47,854 0 407,523 0 5,556,387
    2002 276,070 83,357 46,624 0 406,052 0 4,792,361
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Dioxin Compounds Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    2000 .53 .766 .34 0 1.64 0 1.64
    2001 .7341 .5217 .0727 0 1.33 0 1.33
    2002 .7174 .457 .0712 0 1.25 0 1.25
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER
    Mailing Address: 568 SHORE AIRPORT RD., TICONDEROGA, NY 12883
    Public Contact: DONNA WADSWORTH
    Phone: (518) 585-5300
    SIC Code: 26 Paper And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: INTERNATIONAL PAPER
    Latitude: 43.91694
    Longitude: -73.41647
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  • Links

    • Scorecard's Criteria air pollutants report for this facility
    • See EPA Envirofacts report for this facility for information about regulatory compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and permitted air and water emissions.
    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

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