Special Report No. 97-03: A Review of 1994 SARA Section 313 Release Reports Filed by Forest Products Industry Manufacturing Facilities

The 1994 SARA Section 313 Form R submissions for pulp and paper mills, wood panel plants, and sawmills are summarized. Total reported releases to air, water, and land, and total transfers to POTWs and other off-site treatment facilities are tabulated on an individual chemical basis and compared to those for prior reporting years. Reasons for year-to-year changes in totals and releases per unit of production for chemicals of importance are identified.