Text Table 5.3

Text Table 5.1 Mean Annual Sulfate Wet Deposition in Three Sensitive Regions in the Eastern United States, 1989-1998

Mean annual Percent change in mean

sulfate wet annual sulfate wet

deposition (kg/ha) deposition

Region (1989-1991) (1995-1998) (1989-1991 to 1995-1998)

Adirondacks 25.6 18.9 -26

Mid-Appalachian 27.3 21.4 -21

Southern Blue Ridge 22.9 19.6 -15

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report, 1998, Table 7-1 (EPA, OAQPS, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2000).

Last Updated on 1/29/01

	Mean annual		Percent change in mean
	sulfate wet		annual sulfate wet
	deposition (kg/ha)		deposition
Region	(1989-1991)	(1995-1998)	(1989-1991 to 1995-1998)

Adirondacks	25.6	18.9	-26
Mid-Appalachian	27.3	21.4	-21
Southern Blue Ridge	22.9	19.6	-15