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Environmental Release Report: PONDERAY NEWSPRINT CO.
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
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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
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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 1 11
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 1 201,411
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1 11
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 40,727 14
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 1 11
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 1 11
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 40,728 25
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 40,728 25
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 40,728 25
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1 11
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 40,728 25
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 40,728 25

    *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
    1989 0 250 0 0 250 0 NA
    1990 5 250 0 0 255 0 NA
    1991 9 140 19 0 168 0 159
    1992 5 120 74 0 199 0 194
    1993 5 122 75 0 202 0 197
    1994 0 68 124 0 192 0 124
    1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    1996 0 74,520 0 0 74,520 0 115,203
    1997 0 130,550 0 0 130,550 0 197,700
    1998 0 281,750 0 0 281,750 0 297,500
    1999 0 334,000 0 0 334,000 0 334,000
    2000 0 226,000 0 0 226,000 0 226,000
    2001 34,606 182,020 0 0 216,626 0 222,058
    2002 40,728 201,425 0 0 242,154 50 249,091
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: PONDERAY NEWSPRINT CO.
    Mailing Address: 422767 SR20, USK, WA 99180
    Public Contact: THOMAS D. GARRETT
    Phone: (509) 445-2108
    SIC Code: 26 Paper And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: NA
    Latitude: 48.29194
    Longitude: -117.27
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  • Links

    • 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

    Information about whether this facility is in compliance with applicable environmental laws is available from EPA's Sector Facility Indexing Project:

    Scorecard's report for PEND OREILLE County on:
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