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NPI location report - All sources: Australian Capital Territory

26 March 2009 16:43
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The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) has pollutant emissions from various industrial facility sources, and diffuse sources. Diffuse sources are from small facilities, transport and households.

This report includes data for industrial facilities and diffuse sources (if available for this region) for the 2007 - 2008 NPI reporting year for the region selected.

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Summary

Top sources by substance - Australian Capital Territory

The table shows emissions of all NPI substances in this region, and the top sources for each substance. All emission amounts have been rounded to two significant figures. Note that totals may differ from the sum of the individual amounts because of this rounding. Source names for industrial reporting facilities are shown as ANZSIC Groups; source names for diffuse data are marked with *. Click on the source name for more information about that source for this region.

Substance
(sort by total emission)		 Total Emissions
(kg/year)		 Emission Sources
Name
( Diffuse Data Source * or ANZSIC Group )		 Sub-total
(kg/year)
Acetaldehyde 210,000 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 150,000         
Barbeques * 35,000         
Motor Vehicles * 21,000         
Cigarettes * 1,100         
Hospitals [ 840 ] 0.043     
Acetone
(Table 1)		 180,000 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 110,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 28,000         
Barbeques * 26,000         
Motor Vehicles * 13,000         
Cigarettes * 610         
Acrylic acid 0.00056 Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 0.00056   
Acrylonitrile (2-propenenitrile) 48 Cigarettes * 48         
Ammonia (total) 4,700 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 4,700         
Antimony & compounds 28 Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 21         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 3.9       
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 2.1       
Barbeques * 0.45      
Fuel Combustion - sub reporting threshold facilities * 0.24      
Arsenic & compounds
(Table 1)		 7.9 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 3.7       
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 2.6       
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.52      
Barbeques * 0.30      
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 0.30      
Benzene
(Table 1)		 470,000 Motor Vehicles * 400,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 44,000         
Lawn Mowing * 13,000         
Service stations * 7,800         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 470         
Beryllium & compounds 0.095 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.048     
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.011     
Barbeques * 0.010     
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 0.010     
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 0.0090    
Biphenyl (1,1-biphenyl) 15 Cutback Bitumen * 15         
1,3-Butadiene (vinyl ethylene)
(Table 1)		 44,000 Motor Vehicles * 38,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 3,300         
Lawn Mowing * 1,700         
Barbeques * 1,400         
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 200         
Cadmium & compounds
(Table 1)		 38 Motor Vehicles * 28         
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 2.9       
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 2.3       
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 1.7       
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 1.4       
Carbon disulfide 0.024 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.020     
Barbeques * 0.0044    
Carbon monoxide
(Table 1)		 36,000,000 Motor Vehicles * 27,000,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 6,100,000         
Lawn Mowing * 810,000         
Barbeques * 510,000         
Aeroplanes * 500,000         
Chlorine 1,500 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 1,500         
Chloroform (trichloromethane) 140 Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 140         
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 0.30      
Chromium (III) compounds 650 Motor Vehicles * 650         
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 7.2       
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.23      
Tertiary Education [ 810 ] 0.10      
Hospitals [ 840 ] 0.072     
Chromium (VI) compounds
(Table 1)		 17 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 4.4       
Lawn Mowing * 3.4       
Motor Vehicles * 2.8       
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 2.1       
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 1.4       
Cobalt & compounds
(Table 1)		 13 Motor Vehicles * 4.6       
Lawn Mowing * 3.4       
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 2.3       
Barbeques * 0.96      
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.65      
Copper & compounds 54 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 29         
Motor Vehicles * 18         
Lawn Mowing * 3.4       
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 1.3       
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 1         
Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene) 3,600 Cutback Bitumen * 3,600         
Mineral, Metal and Chemical Wholesaling [ 332 ] 21         
Traffic (Road Line) Marking * 0.46      
Cyanide (inorganic) compounds
(Table 1)		 0.47 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.39      
Barbeques * 0.084     
Cyclohexane 190,000 Architectural Surface Coatings * 180,000         
Motor Vehicles * 6,600         
Service stations * 2,600         
Lawn Mowing * 400         
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 160         
Di-(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) 0.014 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.011     
Barbeques * 0.0024    
1,2-Dichloroethane 0.66 Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 0.66      
Dichloromethane
(Table 1)		 14,000 Architectural Surface Coatings * 8,700         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 5,200         
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 0.30      
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.082     
Barbeques * 0.018     
Ethanol 34,000 Bakeries * 16,000         
Bakery Product Manufacturing [ 117 ] 13,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 5,300         
Beverage Manufacturing [ 121 ] 670         
2-Ethoxyethanol acetate
(Table 1)		 11,000 Architectural Surface Coatings * 11,000         
Ethyl acetate 25 Bakeries * 25         
Ethylbenzene 71,000 Motor Vehicles * 66,000         
Lawn Mowing * 3,000         
Service stations * 870         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 290         
Cutback Bitumen * 250         
Ethylene glycol (1,2-ethanediol)
(Table 1)		 19,000 Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 13,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 6,100         
Traffic (Road Line) Marking * 28         
Ethylene oxide 2,100 Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 2,100         
Fluoride compounds
(Table 1)		 19,000 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 19,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 23         
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 15         
Barbeques * 5         
Electricity Generation [ 261 ] 2.3       
Formaldehyde (methyl aldehyde) 270,000 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 170,000         
Motor Vehicles * 62,000         
Barbeques * 38,000         
Lawn Mowing * 2,300         
Cigarettes * 220         
n-Hexane 290,000 Architectural Surface Coatings * 180,000         
Motor Vehicles * 74,000         
Service stations * 17,000         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 12,000         
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 2,700         
Hydrochloric acid 170 Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 140         
Electricity Generation [ 261 ] 33         
Barbeques * 0.30      
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 0.25      
Hydrogen sulfide 10,000 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 10,000         
Natural/Town Gas Leakage * 0.55      
Lead & compounds
(Table 1)		 13,000 Motor Vehicles * 13,000         
Lawn Mowing * 31         
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 20         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 12         
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 2.4       
Magnesium oxide fume 0.022 Barbeques * 0.022     
Manganese & compounds 190 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 160         
Motor Vehicles * 14         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 9.5       
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 5.8       
Lawn Mowing * 3.4       
Mercury & compounds
(Table 1)		 6.6 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 5.2       
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 0.60      
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 0.39      
Fuel Combustion - sub reporting threshold facilities * 0.25      
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.046     
Methanol
(Table 1)		 130,000 Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 100,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 34,000         
Methyl ethyl ketone
(Table 1)		 62,000 Architectural Surface Coatings * 50,000         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 7,200         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 5,200         
Traffic (Road Line) Marking * 330         
Cigarettes * 120         
Methyl isobutyl ketone
(Table 1)		 6,400 Architectural Surface Coatings * 5,300         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 1,100         
Motor Vehicle Refinishing * 19         
Traffic (Road Line) Marking * 0.43      
Methyl methacrylate
(Table 1)		 11 Traffic (Road Line) Marking * 11         
Nickel & compounds 86 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 35         
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 33         
Fuel Combustion - sub reporting threshold facilities * 5.8       
Motor Vehicles * 4.6       
Lawn Mowing * 3.4       
Oxides of Nitrogen
(Table 1)		 8,100,000 Motor Vehicles * 7,400,000         
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 140,000         
Aeroplanes * 120,000         
Fuel Combustion - sub reporting threshold facilities * 92,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 75,000         
Particulate Matter 10.0 um
(Table 1)		 900,000 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 640,000         
Motor Vehicles * 92,000         
Barbeques * 69,000         
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 46,000         
Lawn Mowing (public open spaces) * 12,000         
Particulate Matter 2.5 um 3,600 Electricity Generation [ 261 ] 1,700         
Tertiary Education [ 810 ] 660         
Hospitals [ 840 ] 390         
Defence [ 760 ] 260         
Other Personal Services [ 953 ] 170         
Phenol 170 Cigarettes * 170         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.0025    
Barbeques * 0.00054   
Polychlorinated dioxins and furans 0.00000071 Tertiary Education [ 810 ] 0.00000036
Hospitals [ 840 ] 0.00000025
Other Personal Services [ 953 ] 0.00000011
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(Table 1)		 24,000 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 16,000         
Motor Vehicles * 7,300         
Lawn Mowing * 690         
Cutback Bitumen * 280         
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 17         
Selenium & compounds 8.3 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 6.3       
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.85      
Barbeques * 0.36      
Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.27      
Burning(fuel red., regen., agric.)/ Wildfires * 0.23      
Styrene (ethenylbenzene) 10,000 Motor Vehicles * 7,400         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 1,600         
Barbeques * 690         
Lawn Mowing * 230         
Traffic (Road Line) Marking * 66         
Sulfur dioxide
(Table 1)		 350,000 Liquid fuel burning (domestic) * 190,000         
Motor Vehicles * 100,000         
Fuel Combustion - sub reporting threshold facilities * 22,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 13,000         
Aeroplanes * 12,000         
Tetrachloroethylene
(Table 1)		 18,000 Dry Cleaning * 14,000         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 4,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 0.0066    
Barbeques * 0.0014    
Toluene (methylbenzene)
(Table 1)		 710,000 Motor Vehicles * 540,000         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 61,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 46,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 27,000         
Lawn Mowing * 22,000         
Total Nitrogen
(Table 1)		 1,600,000 Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 740,000         
Rural-Canberra * 190,000         
Cropping-Murray-Darling Basin * 160,000         
Unimproved pasture-Murray-Darling Basin * 150,000         
Conservation-Canberra * 130,000         
Total Phosphorus
(Table 1)		 75,000 Cropping-Murray-Darling Basin * 19,000         
Conservation-Canberra * 13,000         
Rural-Canberra * 13,000         
Unimproved pasture-Murray-Darling Basin * 6,900         
Improved pasture-Murray-Darling Basin * 5,900         
Total Volatile Organic Compounds 13,000,000 Motor Vehicles * 6,000,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 2,000,000         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 1,600,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 1,200,000         
Service stations * 870,000         
Trichloroethylene
(Table 1)		 2,400 Solvent Use - Sub-threshold facilities * 2,300         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 69         
Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
(Table 1)		 530,000 Motor Vehicles * 440,000         
Domestic/Commercial solvents/ aerosols * 29,000         
Architectural Surface Coatings * 23,000         
Lawn Mowing * 16,000         
Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 11,000         
Zinc and compounds 930 Solid fuel burning (domestic) * 480         
Motor Vehicles * 270         
Barbeques * 55         
Gaseous fuel burning (domestic) * 44         
Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services [ 281 ] 32         

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