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Nebraska State Profile of Exposure to Coal-Fired Power Plants

Map Legend

Circles Represent a Thirty Mile Radius around Power Plants

Major Cities are Shown

State Profile

Total Number ofPower Plants 7

Total Reported ReleasesAir 21,435,881Land 1,889Water 60

Total Lake Acres/RiverMiles under Mercury 1,885 / 30

Fish Advisory

Total Ozone Non-Attainment Areas 0

Exposure Within 30 Mile Radius

Total Population 1,251,616

Total Number of Children 316,623

Total Number ofChildren in Poverty 40,950

Total Number of ChildrenWith Asthma 17,706

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Environmental Release ProfileAir Releases are for 2000Land and Water Releases are for 1998

Nebraska Air Releases (tons except where noted) Land Waste in Tons (on site (off site))

Plant Name County

TotalReported

Air Releases NOx SO2 CO2 PM2.5 PM10 VOCsAcid

GasesMercury

(lbs)

TotalReported

Landreleases Arsenic Chromium Nickel

TotalReported

WaterReleases

Gentleman Lincoln 9,203,347 16,831 22,592 9,162,405 430 704 150 665 380 1,006 0 (0) 11 (0) 8 (0) 60

Hastings EnergyCenter

Adams 697,986 984 2,164 694,753 36 61 10 14 26 2 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0

Lon Wright Dodge 358,039 327 841 356,578 24 60 7 227 141 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0Nebraska City Otoe 4,659,698 9,254 15,227 4,634,286 262 480 68 383 125 439 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0

North Omaha Douglas 3,985,955 5,992 12,641 3,966,586 212 318 66 353 152 191 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0

Platte Hall 785,199 1,555 2,497 781,086 32 50 12 0 40 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0Sheldon Lancaster 1,745,657 7,108 4,190 1,734,114 11 16 49 180 72 110 0 (0) 0 (0) - (-) 0

Total 21,435,881 42,051 60,152 21,329,808 1,008 1,689 362 1,820 795 1,889 0 (0) 11 (0) 8 (0) 60

Notes and Sources: All releases are given in tons per year except for mercury which is given in pounds per year. Total air releases is the sum of NOx, SO2, CO2, PM10, VOCs, acidgases, and mercury (PM2.5 is included in PM10). The specific land waste metals were chosen due to their potential to contaminate groundwater. Metals listed Include metals andtheir compounds. The Total Reported Land Releases column does not reflect all solid waste generated from coal-fired power plants. Water releases include total releases from theToxics Release Inventory (TRI). SO2, NOx, and CO2 emissions come from the EPAs Continuous Emissions Monitoring System data for 2000. Mercury is calculated by applying themercury emission rates developed in Mercury Falling (Environmental Working Group, Clean Air Network, and NRDC, 1999) to the heat input reported in the EPA CEMS data for2000. PM2.5, PM10, VOCs, and acid gas emission rates were calculated based on the Clean Air Networks data for 1998 emissions. The emission rates were applied to the heatinput for 2000. All other data came from the Clean Air Network 1998 data. All calculations were done by MSB Energy Associates for the Clean Air Task Force.

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Nebraska Exposure Profile for Children Within 30 Miles of a Coal-Fired Power Plant

Data Sources: U.S. Census Population Estimates for 1997; Estimated Prevalence and Incidence of Lung Disease byLung Association Territory, American Lung Association, 2001 (data is for 1998).

Exposure from Plants in State

Plant State CountyExposed

PopulationChildren

Under 18Children in

PovertyPediatric

Asthma

Platte NE Hall 137,719 36,398 4,702 1,961Hastings Energy Ctr NE Adams 127,186 33,339 4,280 1,797Sheldon NE Lancaster 308,516 69,572 8,282 3,950

North Omaha NE Douglas 646,556 167,396 21,946 9,479Gentleman NE Lincoln 52,032 14,645 2,139 777

Nebraska City NE Otoe 58,343 14,834 1,701 822