Those with an interest in Lake Superior take note. Wisconsin Electric Power Company's (WEPCO) Presque Isle facility is 14th on this list with 1,340,768 pounds of toxic air emissions in 1998. [Stone Container makes the list as well - in 29th place]. As I posted previously, WEPCO's Presque Isle facility is up for a Renewable Operating permit. This is a Title V permit which governs criteria pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. Anyone interested in the air quality in the Marquette area can review a draft Title V permit. You do not need to be a lawyer or an engineer to review this permit. Mostly, you need to have a desire to protect and improve air quality in the area. A new publication designed to assist citizens in reviewing Title V permits will soon be available at www.titlev.org In the meantime, if you have an interest in reviewing the Presque Isle permit, send an e-mail to defalco@nwf.org The TRI data noted above pertains to toxic emissions, which are separate from the criteria pollutants. For criteria pollutants, here's how the Presque Isle facility stacks up according to EPA data obtained at http://www.epa.gov/airsdata/ Pollutant Tons per year Rank Among MI Power Plants Carbon Monoxide 441 7 Nitrogen Oxides 18,073 4 Sulfur Dioxide 19,003 6 Particulate Matter 629 5 Volatile Organics 62 6 As you can see, this facility has room for improvement. Today, NWF requested a public hearing on the proposed permit and submitted preliminary comments on the proposed permit. If you would like to obtain a copy of those comments, send an email to defalco@nwf.org The hearing is tentatively set to take place on June 6 at 10 am at MDEQ offices at 1990 US-41 South, Marquette, Michigan. For those working on power plant issues and air quality issues, this is an excellent opportunity to raise concerns, ask questions and demand clean air. NWF's recent report, The Toll From Coal outlines many of the harms to people and wildlife that coal-fired power plants cause. The report is available at http://nwf.org/nwf/climate/tollfromcoal/ Tony DeFalco, Lake Superior Project Organizer National Wildlife Federation 506 E. Liberty Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 769-3351 (734) 769-1449 (fax) E-mail: defalco@nwf.org
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- Subject: E-M:/ Top Michigan Toxic Air Emitters
- From: "Alex J. Sagady & Associates" <ajs@sagady.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 23:54:07 -0400
- List-Name: Enviro-Mich
- Reply-To: "Alex J. Sagady & Associates" <ajs@sagady.com>
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enviro-Mich message from "Alex J. Sagady & Associates" <ajs@sagady.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the results of today's EPA data release for 1998 on the toxic release inventory. These are Michigan top airborne toxic emitters for 1998 above 40,000 lbs per year. Unfortunately, EPA's dumbing down of their data release made it harder to publish a lot of this data well and also omitted data on toxic discharges to publicly operated sewage treatment plants. Facility name, address, city and county are followed by the number of pounds of toxics reported as an air emission in 1998 DETROIT EDISON MONROE POWER PLANT, 3500 E. FRONT ST., MONROE, MONROE 8058508 J.H. CAMPBELL GENERATING PLANT, 17000 CROSWELL ST., WEST OLIVE, OTTAWA 5912302 DE KARN - JC WEADOCK GENERATING PLT., N. WEADOCK HWY., ESSEXVILLE, BAY 3545292 GRAND HAVEN BOARD OF LIGHT & POWER, 1231 N. THIRD ST., GRAND HAVEN, OTTAWA 2774125 HOLNAM INC., DUNDEE PLANT, 15215 DAY RD., DUNDEE, MONROE 2752121 J.R. WHITING GENERATING PLANT, 4525 E. ERIE RD., LUNA PIER, MONROE 2086874 DETROIT EDISON - RIVER ROUGE POWER PLANT, 1 BELANGER PARK DR., RIVER ROUGE, WAYNE 1930681 INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP, 317 KENDALL AVE., MARYSVILLE, ST CLAIR 1752847 DETROIT EDISON ST., CLAIR POWER PLANT, 4901 POINTE DR., EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, ST CLAIR 1682933 DETROIT EDISON-TRENTON CHANNEL POWER PLANT, 4695 W. JEFFERSON AVE., TRENTON, WAYNE 1622379 LAFARGE CORP. (INCLUDING SYSTECH ENV. CORP.), 1435 FORD AVE., ALPENA, ALPENA 1545752 FIBERMARK, 340 MILL ST., ROCHESTER, OAKLAND 1535771 LANSING BOARD WATER & LIGHT ECKERT STATION, 601 ISLAND AVE., LANSING, INGHAM 1418341 PRESQUE ISLE POWER PLANT, 2701 LAKESHORE BLVD., MARQUETTE, MARQUETTE 1340768 VEMCO INC., 10230 N. HOLLY RD., GRAND BLANC, GENESEE 1239333 STEELCASE INC., 901 44TH ST. S.E., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 1124049 GM MLCG - Hamtramck Assembly, 2500 E. GENERAL MOTORS BLVD., DETROIT, WAYNE 1105809 TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE CO. - EVART PLANT, 601 W. SEVENTH ST., EVART, OSCEOLA 1058777 AFCO INDS. INC., 615 E. 40TH ST., HOLLAND, OTTAWA 905000 GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK GROUP PONTIAC E. ASSEMBLY, 2100 S. OPDYKE RD., PONTIAC, OAKLAND 902908 DOW CHEMICAL CO. - MIDLAND OPS., 1261 BUILDING, MIDLAND, MIDLAND 850971 KALSEC INC., 3713 W. MAIN ST., KALAMAZOO, KALAMAZOO 780900 FORD MOTOR CO. UTICA PLANT, 50500 MOUND RD., SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MACOMB 752009 LASCO BATHWARE INC., 15935 W. BROADWAY, THREE RIVERS, ST JOSEPH 695490 LANSING BOARD WATER & LIGHT ERICKSON STATION, 3725 S. CANAL RD., LANSING, INGHAM 653716 VENTURE GRAND RAPIDS LLC, 5050 KENDRICK S.E., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 639263 FORD MOTOR CO. DEARBORN ASSEMBLY PLANT, 3001 MILLER RD., DEARBORN, WAYNE 637640 BC COBB GENERATING PLANT, 151 N. CAUSEWAY, MUSKEGON, MUSKEGON 637309 STONE CONTAINER CORP., ONE SUPERIOR WAY, ONTONAGON, ONTONAGON 637243 AUTOALLIANCE INTL. INC., 1 INTERNATIONAL DR., FLAT ROCK, WAYNE 612584 GM LANSING PLANTS 2 3 & 6 (BODY), 401 N. VERLINDEN, LANSING, INGHAM 601436 MEAD PUBLISHING & PAPER DIV., COUNTY RD. 426, ESCANABA, DELTA 597905 FORD MOTOR CO. - WAYNE ASSEMBLY PLANT, 37625 MICHIGAN AVE., WAYNE, WAYNE 527911 HOLLAND BPW JAMES DE YOUNG GENERATION STATION, 64 PINE AVE., HOLLAND, OTTAWA 526467 MCLAREN ENGINES INC., 32233 W. EIGHT MILE RD., LIVONIA, WAYNE 518822 GM MCG - ORION ASSEMBLY, 4555 GIDDINGS RD., ORION, OAKLAND 507519 FORD MOTOR CO., MILAN PLASTICS PLANT, 800 COUNTY ST., MILAN, MONROE 495890 GM NAO FLINT OPS., 902 E. HAMILTON AVE., FLINT, GENESEE 480227 DETROIT EDISON, BELLE RIVER POWER PLANT, 4505 KING RD., CHINA TOWNSHIP, ST CLAIR 437590 CHRYSLER CORP., WARREN TRUCK ASSEMBLY PLANT 1, 21500 MOUND RD., WARREN, MACOMB 430165 FORD, ROUGE POWER & UTILITIES OPS., 3001 MILLER RD., DEARBORN, WAYNE 406348 PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA, 2246 UDELL ST., FILER CITY, MANISTEE 390050 STEELCASE WOOD FURNITURE, 4300 44TH ST., KENTWOOD, KENT 365200 GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. (GAYLORD PARTICLEBOARD), 2212 DICKERSON RD., GAYLORD, OTSEGO 362496 DETROIT EDISON CO. - MARYSVILLE POWER PLANT, 301 GRATIOT AVE., MARYSVILLE, ST CLAIR 346010 DAIMLER CHRYSLER JEFFERSON NORTH ASSEMBLY PLANT, 2101 CONNER AVE., DETROIT, WAYNE 339728 PENINSULA COPPER IND. INC., 1700 DUNCAN AVE., HUBBELL, HOUGHTON 317500 NATL. STEEL CORP., GREATLAKES DIV., 1 QUALITY DR., ECORSE, WAYNE 314891 FORD MOTOR CO., MICHIGAN TRUCK PLANT, 38303 MICHIGAN AVE., WAYNE, WAYNE 311151 GM TRUCK GROUP - FLINT ASSEMBLY PLANT, G-3100 VAN SLYKE RD., FLINT, GENESEE 306397 ITW CODING PRODS., 111 W. PARK DR., KALKASKA, KALKASKA 305070 DOW CORNING CORP., 3901 S SAGINAW RD. MAIL # 065, MIDLAND, MIDLAND 300646 DAY INTL. INC., 111 DAY DR., THREE RIVERS, ST JOSEPH 299603 DETROIT EDISON CO. - HARBOR BEACH POWER PLANT, 755 N. HURON AVE., HARBOR BEACH, HURON 298135 GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP., 2425 KING HWY., KALAMAZOO, KALAMAZOO 296000 S. D. WARREN CO., 2400 LAKESHORE DR., MUSKEGON, MUSKEGON 267132 FORD WIXOM ASSEMBLY PLANT, 28801 WIXOM RD., WIXOM, OAKLAND 260287 OMC RECREATIONAL BOAT GROUP LP-MI, SPORT DIV., 925 FRISBIE ST., CADILLAC, WEXFORD 239799 TESA TAPE INC., 324 S. UNION AVE., SPARTA, KENT 217846 STEELCASE INC., 4380 52ND ST. S.E., KENTWOOD, KENT 216420 WEYERHAEUSER CO., 4111 W. FOUR MILE RD., GRAYLING, CRAWFORD 216139 WARNER-LAMBERT CO., PARKE-DAVIS DIV., 188 HOWARD AVE., HOLLAND, OTTAWA 215206 ZEELAND CHEMICALS INC., 215 N. CENTENNIAL ST., ZEELAND, OTTAWA 208583 LOMAC INC., 5025 EVANSTON AVE., MUSKEGON, MUSKEGON 206459 CHAMPION INTL. CORP., U.S. HWY. 2, QUINNESEC, DICKINSON 201289 CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP., STERLING HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY, 38111 VAN DYKE, STERLING HEIGHTS, MACOMB 199297 KEELER BRASS CO. FKI HARDWARE GROUP, 955 GODFREY AVE. S.W., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 196502 PHARMACIA & UPJOHN, 7171 PORTAGE RD., KALAMAZOO, KALAMAZOO 191451 OMC RECREATIONAL BOAT GROUP LP-MI CRUISER DIV., 609 13TH ST., CADILLAC, WEXFORD 191144 HAWORTH INC., 1 HAWORTH CENTER, HOLLAND, ALLEGAN 190974 ACHESON COLLOIDS CO., 1600 WASHINGTON AVE., PORT HURON, ST CLAIR 173895 MENASHA CORP., 320 N. FARMER ST., OTSEGO, ALLEGAN 171102 DONNELLY CORP., 700 S. PARK DR., NEWAYGO, NEWAYGO 171099 TRIDENT AUTOMOTIVE - KENTWOOD PLANT, 2929 32ND ST., KENTWOOD, KENT 161123 HERMAN MILLER CASEGOODS INC. 171ST & HICKORY FACILITIES, 18558 171ST AVE., SPRING LAKE, OTTAWA 156500 MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM L.L.C., 1300 S. FORT ST., DETROIT, WAYNE 151228 GMPT SAGINAW METAL CASTING OPS., 1629 N. WASHINGTON, SAGINAW, SAGINAW 151074 LACKS INDS. INC. AIRLANE PLANT, 4260 AIRLANE S.E., KENTWOOD, KENT 142574 GEORGIE BOY MFG. INC., 69950 M-62, EDWARDSBURG, CASS 128995 ALLIED-SIGNAL INC., 1200 ZUG ISLAND RD., DETROIT, WAYNE 125929 GUARDIAN FIBERGLASS INC., 1000 E. NORTH ST., ALBION, CALHOUN 121650 UPPER PENINSULA POWER-ESCANABA GENERATING STATION, 2000 POWER PLANT RD., ESCANABA, DELTA 120000 BORROUGHS CORP., 3002 N. BURDICK, KALAMAZOO, KALAMAZOO 118796 ELF ATOCHEM N.A. INC., RIVERVIEW PLANT, 17168 W. JEFFERSON AVE., RIVERVIEW, WAYNE 116122 PAULSTRA CRC CADILLAC DIV., 600 7TH ST., CADILLAC, WEXFORD 113038 AMERIMARK BUILDING PRODS. INC. OWENS CORNING METAL (DBA), 1725 CICOTTE DR., LINCOLN PARK, WAYNE 110350 LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP., HWY. 95 S., SAGOLA, DICKINSON 108499 ALBAR INDS. INC., 780 WHITNEY DR., LAPEER, LAPEER 107578 KIMBERLY CLARK CORP., 501 E. MUNISING AVE., MUNISING, ALGER 103250 HOWARD MILLER CO., 860 E. MAIN, ZEELAND, OTTAWA 101020 NEW HAVEN FNDY., 58391 MAIN ST., NEW HAVEN, MACOMB 98800 HUNTSMAN CORP., 2701 S. RANGE RD., MARYSVILLE, ST CLAIR 93800 DU PONT MT CLEMENS PLANT, 400 GROESBECK HWY., MOUNT CLEMENS, MACOMB 93349 FRIGIDAIRE HOME PRODS., 635 W. CHARLES ST., GREENVILLE, MONTCALM 92710 MUELLER BRASS CO., 2199 LAPEER AVE., PORT HURON, ST CLAIR 92146 WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC. FACTORY B, 1005 BALDWIN, BIG RAPIDS, MECOSTA 90295 GREAT LAKES PLASTICS CORP., HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPARK, HANCOCK, HOUGHTON 90140 DANA CORP. PERFECT CIRCLE DIV.., 916 W. STATE ST., SAINT JOHNS, CLINTON 89748 QUANEX CORP. MACSTEEL MICHIGAN DIV., 3100 BROOKLYN RD., JACKSON, JACKSON 85039 FORD MOTOR CO. SALINE PLANT, 7700 MICHIGAN AVE., SALINE, WASHTENAW 83664 KENT FNDY., 1413 CALLAGHAN ST., GREENVILLE, MONTCALM 82345 CSM INDS. INC., 460 JAY ST., COLDWATER, BRANCH 81112 DOTT MFG. CO., 3768 N. MAIN ST., DECKERVILLE, SANILAC 79684 DELPHI SAGINAW STEERING SYS. HOLLAND RD. OPS., 3900 HOLLAND RD., SAGINAW, SAGINAW 79130 BRUNSWICK INDOOR RECREATION GROUP, 525 W. LAKETON AVE., MUSKEGON, MUSKEGON 78005 CMI-CAST PARTS INC., 1500 4TH AVE., CADILLAC, WEXFORD 75683 DONNELLY CORP., 3575 128TH AVE., HOLLAND, OTTAWA 71964 LEXAMAR CORP., 100 LEXAMAR DR., BOYNE CITY, CHARLEVOIX 71936 MICHIGAN RECOVERY SYS. INC., 36345 VAN BORN RD., ROMULUS, WAYNE 71300 ZEELAND FARM SOYA, 2468 84TH AVE., ZEELAND, OTTAWA 71297 DELPHI INTERIOR SYS. ADRIAN OPS., 1450 E. BEECHER ST., ADRIAN, LENAWEE 68340 MAYCO PLASTICS INC., 42400 MERRILL RD., STERLING HEIGHTS, MACOMB 68245 HAYES-ALBION CORP., 601 N. ALBION ST., ALBION, CALHOUN 66259 E. B. EDDY PAPER INC., 1700 WASHINGTON AVE., PORT HURON, ST CLAIR 63250 MILLER PRODS. INC., 601 1ST ST. N.W., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 63200 LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP., 461 MILLER RD., NEWBERRY, LUCE 62930 BEHR INDS. CORP., 1020 7 MILE RD. N.W., COMSTOCK PARK, KENT 62765 HART & COOLEY INC., 500 E. 8TH ST., HOLLAND, OTTAWA 61062 MEAD JOHNSON & CO., 725 E. MAIN ST., ZEELAND, OTTAWA 60700 DECO'PLATE MFG. CO., 395 DEMILLE RD., LAPEER, LAPEER 60532 ASTRO CAP MFG. INC., 2055 N. LIMA CENTER RD., DEXTER, WASHTENAW 59438 BELDING TAKN TECHS. INC, 200 N. GOODING ST., BELDING, IONIA 59400 CROWN GROUP ECORSE MI PLANT, 100 MILL ST., ECORSE, WAYNE 58524 LACKS IND. INC., W. PLANT, 4245 52ND ST. S.E., KENTWOOD, KENT 58066 TPI PETROLEUM INC., 1925 E. SUPERIOR ST., ALMA, GRATIOT 57894 EAGLE OTTAWA ROCHESTER HILLS LTD., 2930 W. AUBURN RD., ROCHESTER HILLS, OAKLAND 55910 AVERY DENNISON COATED FABRICS, 524 BUTTERWORTH S.W., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 55875 SOLUTIA INC., 5045 W. JEFFERSON, TRENTON, WAYNE 55374 TAYLOR BUILDING PRODS., 631 N. FIRST ST., WEST BRANCH, OGEMAW 54700 WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC. SOLE PLANT FACT. A & F, 465 WOLVERINE ST., ROCKFORD, KENT 54342 PRECISION COATINGS INC., 8120 GOLDIE ST., WALLED LAKE, OAKLAND 52800 ETM ENTS. INC., 920 N. CLINTON ST., GRAND LEDGE, EATON 52554 DECO TRIM INC., 30150 S. HILL RD., NEW HUDSON, OAKLAND 52051 ABTCO A LOUISIANA PACIFIC CO., 416 FORD AVE., ALPENA, ALPENA 51650 TIARA YACHTS INC. A DIV. OF S2 YACHTS INC., 725 E. 40TH ST., HOLLAND, ALLEGAN 50167 ROUGE STEEL CO., 3001 MILLER RD., DEARBORN, WAYNE 49525 REPAIR INDS. OF MICHIGAN INC., 6501 E. MCNICHOLS RD., DETROIT, WAYNE 49500 RED SPOT WESTLAND INC., 550 S. EDWIN ST., WESTLAND, WAYNE 49093 E/M CORP., 16470 E. THIRTEEN MILE RD., ROSEVILLE, MACOMB 48988 MAGIC FINISHING CO., 2947 BUCHANAN S.W., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 48632 EATON CORP., 1000 RUST AVE., SAGINAW, SAGINAW 48529 CLARK REFINING & MARKETING INC., 8000 S. BEECH DALY, TAYLOR, WAYNE 48100 MONITOR SUGAR CO., 2600 S. EUCLID AVE., BAY CITY, BAY 46600 MASCOTECH COATINGS INC., 4662 PUTTYGUT RD., CHINA TOWNSHIP, ST CLAIR 46488 GMC, PT SAGINAW MALLEABLE IRON, 77 W. CENTER, SAGINAW, SAGINAW 46254 ALLOY STEEL TREATING CO. INC., 22138 M-40 HWY., GOBLES, VAN BUREN 45753 KEEBLER CO., 310 28TH ST., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 44989 LEON PLASTICS INC., 4901 CLAY AVE. S.W., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 44989 BASF CORP., 3301 BOURKE AVE., DETROIT, WAYNE 44660 KNOLL INC., 4300 - 36TH ST. SE, GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 44285 PLASTIC PLATE INC., PLANT 1, 1648 MONROE AVE. N.W., GRAND RAPIDS, KENT 43845 DGP INC., 3260 FENNER ST., MARLETTE, SANILAC 43045 NERO PLASTICS INC., 401 S. DELANEY RD., OWOSSO, SHIAWASSEE 42826 LESCOA INC. PLANT #5, 3075 BRETON RD. S.E., KENTWOOD, KENT 42414 LLOYD FLANDERS IND. INC., 3010 TENTH ST., MENOMINEE, MENOMINEE 42080 ADVANCED FIBERMOLDING, 20000 19 MILE RD., BIG RAPIDS, MECOSTA 40911 DONNELLY CORP., 1800 HAYES ST., GRAND HAVEN, OTTAWA 40847 METALWORKS INC., 902 4TH ST., LUDINGTON, MASON 40832 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex J. 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