Zip Code 48161
📍 Monroe, MI
Toxic Air Emissions Report (2024)
975,876.13 lbs
Total Air Pollution
In 2024, industrial facilities in Monroe, MI released over 975,876.13 lbs of pollutants. The primary source was DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER 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 48161 face significantly higher exposure risks than the national average.
Top Polluting Facilities
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYSulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air820,000.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYHydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) released to air65,000.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYAmmonia released to air35,000.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYHydrogen fluoride released to air33,000.00 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCZinc compounds released to air13,046.00 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCManganese compounds released to air4,312.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYBarium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) released to air2,000.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYZinc compounds released to air2,000.00 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCChromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) released to air359.10 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYManganese compounds released to air252.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYCopper compounds released to air190.00 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCLead compounds released to air181.00 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYVanadium compounds released to air140.00 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCCopper compounds released to air102.80 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DTE ENERGYArsenic compounds released to air100 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYLead compounds released to air88.36 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCVanadium compounds released to air43 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCBarium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) released to air21 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANTOwned by: DTE ENERGYMercury compounds released to air18.28 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROE Cancer RiskOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCNickel compounds released to air12.7 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DTE ENERGYPolycyclic aromatic compounds released to air6.8 lbsLBS
- DTE ELECTRIC CO - MONROE POWER PLANT Cancer RiskOwned by: DTE ENERGYDioxin and dioxin-like compounds released to air2.30209 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROE Cancer RiskOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCDioxin and dioxin-like compounds released to air0.33 lbsLBS
- GERDAU MACSTEEL MONROEOwned by: GERDAU MACSTEEL INCMercury compounds released to air0.256 lbsLBS
- CADILLAC ASPHALT LLC Cancer RiskOwned by: CRH AMERICAS INCPolycyclic aromatic compounds released to air0.2 lbsLBS
- CADILLAC ASPHALT LLCOwned by: CRH AMERICAS INCBenzo[g,h,i]perylene released to air0.00329 lbsLBS
- MICHIGAN PAVING & MATERIALS CO - MONROEOwned by: CRH AMERICAS INCBenzo[g,h,i]perylene released to air0.000119 lbsLBS
- MICHIGAN PAVING & MATERIALS CO - MONROE Cancer RiskOwned by: CRH AMERICAS INCPolycyclic aromatic compounds released to air0.000119 lbsLBS
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