Table 7: Historical Trends of Sulphur Dioxide (SO 2 ) Emissions (tonnes) Province Facility 1988 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 British Columbia Teck Cominco 20,075 14,235 15,111 13,578 4,453 3,041 3,066 3,117 Alberta Sheritt Manitoba Hudson Bay 265,804 268,366 162 ,104 183,280 178,924 185,200 185,559 137,608 Inco, Thompson 283,200 253,000 196,000 195,000 210,000 217,000 139,362 214,502 Total Manitoba 549,004 521,366 358,104 378,280 388,924 402,200 324,921 352,110 Ontario Falconbridge, Kidd 5,980 5,947 6,180 6,510 5,240 4,090 5,110 3,820 Falconbridge, 59,600 57,300 45,200 53,200 53,600 57,200 35,800 27,654 Sudbury Inco, Copper Cliff 658,515 357,751 236,033 236,041 200,003 235,000 220,987 222,906 Inco, Port Colborne not significant not significant not significant not significant not significant not significant not significant not significant Total Ontario 724,095 420,998 287,413 295,751 258,843 296,290 261,897 254,380 Québec Noranda, Horne 420,000 168,000 172,000 148,000 144,000 112,556 94,000 90,000 Noranda, CEZ 5,000 3,860 3,311 3,900 4,100 3,923 5,025 6,143 Noranda, CCR 340 247 190 246 451 313 338 368 (MAC Report) Noranda, Gaspé 57,498 42,906 43,188 38,594 33,958 31,448 34,222 43,192 Total, Québec 482,838 215,013 218,689 190,740 182,509 148,240 133,585 139,703 New Brunswick Noranda, Belledune 21,204 5,694 12,056 11,467 12,010 12,770 12,220 11,938 Total Canada 1,797,216 1,177,306 891,373 889,816 846,739 862,541 735,689 761,248 98
Table 8: Historical Trends of Arsenic Emissions (tonnes) Province Facility 1988 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 British Columbia Teck Cominco 16.3 7.1 14.9 7.2 3.6 1.2 1.94 1.86 Alberta Sheritt 0.08 Manitoba Hudson Bay 40.62 27.4 4.49 11.72 24.28 13.2 18.83 21.21 Inco, Thompson 20 6.16 4.49 3.17 2 3.72 2.28 3.39 Total Manitoba 60.62 33.56 8.98 14.89 26.28 16.92 21.11 24.60 Ontario Falconbridge, Kidd 6.52 6.52 5.77 5.66 5.12 1.44 1.42 1.29 Falconbridge, 11.73 0.21 0.28 0.08 0.12 0.08 0.36 0.12 Sudbury Inco, Copper Cliff 35 10.62 9.4 40.8 55.13 52.87 67.94 58.69 Inco, Port Colborne n.m/e n.m/e n.m/e n.m/e n.m/e n.m/e Total Ontario 53.25 17.35 15.45 46.54 60.37 54.39 69.72 60.10 Québec Noranda, Horne 113 23.03 34.5 68.01 60.01 79.14 69.2 60.16 Noranda, CEZ 0.9 0.07 0.2 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 Noranda, CCR 0.29 0.34 0.09 0.15 0.70 0.7 0.65 0.2 Noranda, Gaspé 54.2 19.22 16 8.5 5.46 9.92 9.6 15.4 New Brunswick Total Canada Total, Québec 168.39 42.68 50.79 76.68 66.19 89.78 79.45 75.76 Noranda, Belledune 4.66 5.5 2 1.71 1.85 3.1 3.78 1.36 303.01 105.93 90.13 146.87 157.59 164.69 176.00 163.68 99
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