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The transportation sector accounted for only 6% of the nation’s particulate matter (PM-2.5)
emissions in 2001. For details on the highway emissions of PM-2.5, see Table 12.11.
Table 12.10
Total National Emissions of Particulate Matter (PM-2.5), 1990–2001
(million short tons)
Source category 1990 1995 2000 2001
Highway vehicles
Off-highway
0.32
0.30
0.25
0.31
0.17
0.30
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0.16
0.29
Percent
of total,
2001
2.2%
3.9%
Transportation total 0.63 0.56 0.47 0.45 6.1%
Stationary fuel combustion total 0.91 0.90 1.34 1.32 17.9%
Industrial processes total 0.56 0.50 0.50 0.52 7.1%
Waste disposal and recycling total 0.23 0.25 0.47 0.48 6.4%
Fugitive dust
Other miscellaneous
3.17
2.06
3.04
1.69
2.57
2.82
2.63
1.98
35.6%
26.8%
Miscellaneous total 5.23 4.73 5.39 4.61 62.5%
Total of all sources 7.56 6.93 8.17 7.38 100.0%
Source:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Emission Inventory Air Pollutant Emission Trends website
www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/trends (Additional resources: www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps)
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