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Nebraska State Profile of Exposure to Coal-Fired Power Plants

State Profile

Total Number of
Power Plants 7

Total Reported Releases


Air 21,435,881
Land 1,889
Water 60

Total Lake Acres/River


Miles under Mercury 1,885 / 30
Fish Advisory

Total Ozone Non-


Attainment Areas 0

Exposure Within 30 Mile Radius

Total Population 1,251,616

Total Number of Children 316,623

Total Number of
Children in Poverty 40,950
Map Legend
Total Number of Children
Circles Represent a Thirty Mile Radius around Power Plants With Asthma 17,706

Major Cities are Shown


Environmental Release Profile
Air Releases are for 2000
Land and Water Releases are for 1998

Nebraska Air Releases (tons except where noted) Land Waste in Tons (on site (off site))

Total Total
Total Reported Reported
Reported Acid Mercury Land Water
Plant Name County Air Releases NOx SO2 CO2 PM2.5 PM10 VOCs Gases (lbs) releases Arsenic Chromium Nickel Releases
Gentleman Lincoln 9,203,347 16,831 22,592 9,162,405 430 704 150 665 380 1,006 0 (0) 11 (0) 8 (0) 60
Hastings Energy Adams 697,986 984 2,164 694,753 36 61 10 14 26 2 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0
Center
Lon Wright Dodge 358,039 327 841 356,578 24 60 7 227 141 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0
Nebraska City Otoe 4,659,698 9,254 15,227 4,634,286 262 480 68 383 125 439 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0
North Omaha Douglas 3,985,955 5,992 12,641 3,966,586 212 318 66 353 152 191 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0
Platte Hall 785,199 1,555 2,497 781,086 32 50 12 0 40 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0
Sheldon Lancaster 1,745,657 7,108 4,190 1,734,114 11 16 49 180 72 110 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0
Total 21,435,881 42,051 60,152 21,329,808 1,008 1,689 362 1,820 795 1,889 0 (0) 11 (0) 8 (0) 60

Notes and Sources: All releases are given in tons per year except for mercury which is given in pounds per year. Total air releases is the sum of NOx, SO2, CO2, PM10, VOCs, acid
gases, and mercury (PM2.5 is included in PM10). The specific land waste metals were chosen due to their potential to contaminate groundwater. Metals listed Include metals and
their compounds. The Total Reported Land Releases column does not reflect all solid waste generated from coal-fired power plants. Water releases include total releases from the
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). SO2, NOx, and CO2 emissions come from the EPA’s Continuous Emissions Monitoring System data for 2000. Mercury is calculated by applying the
mercury emission rates developed in “Mercury Falling” (Environmental Working Group, Clean Air Network, and NRDC, 1999) to the heat input reported in the EPA CEMS data for
2000. PM2.5, PM10, VOCs, and acid gas emission rates were calculated based on the Clean Air Network’s data for 1998 emissions. The emission rates were applied to the heat
input for 2000. All other data came from the Clean Air Network 1998 data. All calculations were done by MSB Energy Associates for the Clean Air Task Force.
Nebraska Exposure Profile for Children Within 30 Miles of a Coal-Fired Power Plant
Data Sources: U.S. Census Population Estimates for 1997; “Estimated Prevalence and Incidence of Lung Disease by
Lung Association Territory,” American Lung Association, 2001 (data is for 1998).

Exposure from Plants in State

Exposed Children Children in Pediatric


Plant State County Population Under 18 Poverty Asthma
Platte NE Hall 137,719 36,398 4,702 1,961
Hastings Energy Ctr NE Adams 127,186 33,339 4,280 1,797
Sheldon NE Lancaster 308,516 69,572 8,282 3,950
North Omaha NE Douglas 646,556 167,396 21,946 9,479
Gentleman NE Lincoln 52,032 14,645 2,139 777
Nebraska City NE Otoe 58,343 14,834 1,701 822

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