Toxic Power - What the Toxics Release Inventory Tells Us about

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MB Power Plant Pollution

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4702
ID National Environmental Trust

2000
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Executive Summary 1

Key Findings 2

Recommendations. 3

Introduction 4

National TRI Data on Electric Power Plants

How much toxic air pollution did electric utilities report for 1998?. 6

What are the top electric utilities or utility holding companies for TRI releases? 6

What chemicals did electric utilities report to TRI? 6

Why isn’t mercury on the list of chemicals released by power plant?. 7

Where do the chemicals released by power plants come from? . 9

How do power plant releases compare to other plants that generate the same chemicals?. 9

How do legal loopholes and special exemptions affect toxic emissions from power plants?.10

Ø Acid aerosol air pollution can be reduced by closing the Clean Air Act “grandfather” loophole .10

Ø Toxic metal air pollution would be reduced by closing the Clean Air Act utility air toxics special

exemption11

Ø Toxic waste contamination of land and water would be reduced by closing the RCRA combustion

waste special exemption.12

Ø What other measures would reduce toxic pollution from power plants? 13

State TRI Data on Electric Power Plants

How do electric utilities rank for emissions within the states compared to other industries? 15

How do power plant emissions compare among states?15