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Environmental Release Report: WAUSAU-MOSINEE PAPER CORP.
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
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    Cancer risk score (air and water releases):
    Noncancer risk score (air and water releases):
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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:MERCURY 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 10,239 623
    Suspected Carcinogens 30 6
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 169 29,689
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 49 280
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 142,300 4,540
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 42,539 623
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 142,439 6,220
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 184,609 11,089
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 72,300
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 162,589 13,623
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 39 280
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 20,160 7,406
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 234,860 13,346
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 234,770 11,149

    *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 229,650 109,072 7,200 0 345,922 0 NA
    1989 209,950 25,550 0 0 235,500 0 NA
    1990 255,500 15,550 5 0 271,055 0 NA
    1991 238,700 12,500 250 0 251,450 0 2,656,550
    1992 402,520 23,195 0 0 425,715 0 2,977,192
    1993 174,000 17,070 0 0 191,070 0 2,058,301
    1994 354,060 32,941 3,143 0 390,144 0 4,151,490
    1995 362,300 44,230 7,561 0 414,091 0 4,405,200
    1996 369,190 37,390 8,033 0 414,613 0 4,498,900
    1997 377,590 40,290 8,069 0 425,949 0 4,285,300
    1998 372,638 40,080 16,205 0 428,923 19,500 4,460,560
    1999 317,625 54,710 46,585 0 418,920 25,300 5,222,570
    2000 330,805 51,521 33,904 0 416,230 24,209 4,852,204
    2001 247,713 40,199 23,457 0 311,368 19,767 3,542,742
    2002 234,909 41,629 21,749 0 298,288 3,208 3,542,292
    "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 .3693 0 0 0 .3703 .0165 .3868
    2001 .2298 0 .0031 0 .2329 .0132 .2461
    2002 .233 0 .0029 0 .2359 .0152 .2511
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: WAUSAU-MOSINEE PAPER CORP.
    Mailing Address: 100 MAIN ST., MOSINEE, WI 54455
    Public Contact: CARA KURTENBACH
    Phone: (715) 692-2023
    SIC Code: 26 Paper And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: WAUSAU-MOSINEE PAPER CORP.
    Latitude: 44.7897
    Longitude: -89.69179
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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

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

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