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Table 1

Total reported releases (in pounds) in 1999 for 1988 core chemicals in the LMRICS area^a

Parish	Air	Water	Underground	Land	Total
Ascension	4,151,762	100,093	2,233,128	10,365	6,784,708
East Baton Rouge	4,264,741	216,655		367,518	5,804,365
Iberville	2,207,929	7,312	2	336,822	2,585,813
Jefferson	592,861	8,133	12,337,645	5	12,967,471
Orleans	183,553	2,010			207,563
Plaquemines	183,144	4,999	134,283	60,800	431,192
St. Bernard	518,135	698			539,911
St. Charles	2,667,911	39,593	7,645,753	16,499	10,824,433
St. James	328,925	3,160		45,069	382,900
St. John	618,254	373	41,217		679,518
West Baton Rouge	476,859	1,362			588,185

Parish	Air	Water	Underground	Land	Total
Ascension	4,151,762	100,093	2,233,128	10,365	6,784,708
East Baton Rouge	4,264,741	216,655		367,518	5,804,365
Iberville	2,207,929	7,312	2	336,822	2,585,813
Jefferson	592,861	8,133	12,337,645	5	12,967,471
Orleans	183,553	2,010			207,563
Plaquemines	183,144	4,999	134,283	60,800	431,192
St. Bernard	518,135	698			539,911
St. Charles	2,667,911	39,593	7,645,753	16,499	10,824,433
St. James	328,925	3,160		45,069	382,900
St. John	618,254	373	41,217		679,518
West Baton Rouge	476,859	1,362			588,185

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Summarized from the Toxics Release Inventory Explorer, data source: 1999 data update as of August 1, 2001 (http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/reports.htm).