Zip Code 46392
📍 Wheatfield, IN
Toxic Air Emissions Report (2024)
76,570.60 lbs
Total Air Pollution
In 2024, industrial facilities in Wheatfield, IN released over 76,570.60 lbs of pollutants. The primary source was NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATION, which emitted large quantities of Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) into the local air. Residents of 46392 face significantly higher exposure risks than the national average.
Top Polluting Facilities
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air61,966.33 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCHydrogen fluoride released to air8,067.78 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCSulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air6,056.24 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCZinc compounds released to air137.00 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCBarium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) released to air70.89 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCManganese compounds released to air69.97 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCVanadium compounds released to air57.08 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCLead compounds released to air44.19 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCChromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) released to air25.78 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: NISOURCE INCNickel compounds released to air25.78 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCCopper compounds released to air16.94 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: NISOURCE INCArsenic compounds released to air13.81 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATIONOwned by: NISOURCE INCMercury compounds released to air11.05 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: NISOURCE INCCobalt compounds released to air6.44 lbsLBS
- NIPSCO R.M.SCHAHFER GENERATING STATION Cancer RiskOwned by: NISOURCE INCDioxin and dioxin-like compounds released to air0.7357 lbsLBS
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLCOwned by: KOCH INDUSTRIES INCLead compounds released to air0.5094 lbsLBS
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLCOwned by: KOCH INDUSTRIES INCMercury compounds released to air0.04394 lbsLBS
- OZINGA READY-MIX CONCRETE-WHEATFIELD Cancer RiskOwned by: OZINGA BROS INCLead released to air0.033 lbsLBS
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