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Environmental Release Report: RHINELANDER PAPER 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 42 45
    Suspected Carcinogens 12
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 165,232 45
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 142,092 45
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 23,140
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 292,401 45
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 155,677 45
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 304,543 366
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 218,500
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 167,830 366
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 42 45
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 167,776 321
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 376,732 321
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 376,732 321

    *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 17,533 10,168 0 0 27,701 0 NA
    1989 326,772 12,076 0 0 338,848 0 NA
    1990 773,290 115,752 750 0 889,792 0 NA
    1991 543,228 88,300 0 0 631,528 750 1,100,536
    1992 572,242 140 0 0 572,382 1,500 1,005,718
    1993 707,962 50 0 0 708,012 12,582 1,084,905
    1994 736,345 26 0 0 736,371 12,953 1,470,220
    1995 765,119 3,203 0 0 768,322 10,117 1,502,727
    1996 635,774 4,371 0 0 640,145 15,571 1,599,561
    1997 458,713 277 0 0 458,990 37,110 1,275,395
    1998 430,732 34 0 0 430,766 7,515 1,027,657
    1999 444,565 191,925 161 0 636,651 10,583 1,015,289
    2000 433,417 711 1 0 434,129 9,643 805,870
    2001 377,661 385 1 0 378,047 9,643 745,653
    2002 376,786 366 .590 0 377,153 14,048 703,843
    "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 .1634 0 0 0 .1634 .00736 .1708
    2001 .169 0 0 0 .169 .00736 1.17
    2002 .1539 0 0 0 .1539 0 .1556
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: RHINELANDER PAPER CO.
    Mailing Address: 515 W DAVENPORT ST., RHINELANDER, WI 54501
    Public Contact: JIM W. COMBS
    Phone: (715) 369-4160
    SIC Code: 26 Paper And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: WAUSAU-MOSINEE PAPER CORP.
    Latitude: 45.6379
    Longitude: -89.41868
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    • Scorecard's Criteria air pollutants report for this facility
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    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

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