Zip Code 27343
📍 Semora, NC
Toxic Air Emissions Report (2024)
167,710.58 lbs
Total Air Pollution
In 2024, industrial facilities in Semora, NC released over 167,710.58 lbs of pollutants. The primary source was DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, which emitted large quantities of Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) into the local air. Residents of 27343 face significantly higher exposure risks than the national average.
Top Polluting Facilities
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPSulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air140,000.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air18,000.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPAmmonia released to air3,100.34 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPManganese compounds released to air2,050.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPHydrogen fluoride released to air1,600.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPZinc compounds released to air864.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPBarium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) released to air850.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPNickel compounds released to air396.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPCopper compounds released to air212.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPVanadium compounds released to air194.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPChromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) released to air171.00 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPArsenic compounds released to air101.80 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPLead compounds released to air78 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPMercury compounds released to air50.1 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPCobalt compounds released to air32.3 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPBeryllium compounds released to air4.8 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPPolycyclic aromatic compounds released to air4.0048 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPDioxin and dioxin-like compounds released to air1.342 lbsLBS
- CERTAINTEED GYPSUM NC INC Cancer RiskOwned by: SAINT-GOBAIN CORPLead released to air0.5 lbsLBS
- CERTAINTEED GYPSUM NC INCOwned by: SAINT-GOBAIN CORPMercury released to air0.2 lbsLBS
- DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS LLC - ROXBORO STEAM ELECTRIC PLANTOwned by: DUKE ENERGY CORPBenzo[g,h,i]perylene released to air0.190045 lbsLBS
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Because toxic gases and VOCs were detected in this area (likely from the Ammonia), standard filters are not enough. We strongly recommend an Activated Carbon purifier to adsorb these fumes.
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