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EPA Sector Strategies Performance Report

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to learn about the environmental performance of major U.S. manufacturing and service sectors in this 2nd edition of the Sector Strategies Performance Report…The 2006 report also introduces the use of toxicity-weighted data to supplement basic information on emission trends. The toxicity-weighted data provide insights about the greatest opportunities for each sector to make progress in reducing the toxicity of its releases. Detailed information on toxicity weighting, as well as all of the other data used in the report, can be found in the Introduction to Sector Profiles chapter.”
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