Zip Code 42328
📍 Centertown, KY
Toxic Air Emissions Report (2024)
1,466,488.06 lbs
Total Air Pollution
In 2024, industrial facilities in Centertown, KY released over 1,466,488.06 lbs of pollutants. The primary source was BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATION, 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 42328 face significantly higher exposure risks than the national average.
Top Polluting Facilities
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPSulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air1,430,000.00 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air25,200.00 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPHydrogen fluoride released to air6,540.00 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPAmmonia released to air3,708.00 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPZinc compounds released to air611.00 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPNickel compounds released to air66 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPManganese compounds released to air62 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPVanadium compounds released to air61 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPChromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) released to air53 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPCopper compounds released to air46 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPLead compounds released to air40.3 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPBarium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) released to air39 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPArsenic compounds released to air34 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATIONOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPMercury compounds released to air20.2 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPNaphthalene released to air7 lbsLBS
- BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORP. WILSON STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPDioxin and dioxin-like compounds released to air0.453 lbsLBS
- MUHLENBERG COUNTY COAL RESOURCES INC. Cancer RiskOwned by: nanLead released to air0.1 lbsLBS
- MUHLENBERG COUNTY COAL RESOURCES INC.Owned by: nanMercury released to air0.003 lbsLBS
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