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Environmental Release Report: KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO. GHENT STATION
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
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    *Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 2,371 1,531
    Suspected Carcinogens 2,519 4,690
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 459,576 4,621
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1,566 520
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 457,801 4,101
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 3,999,454 2,860
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 4,370 9,619
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 4,450,048 3,610
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 5,090,500
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 459,843 3,610
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,173 520
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 458,550 1,011
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 5,099,073 3,045
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 5,096,039 9,543

    *Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below.
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  • What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm
    • Air Releases
    6 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    218 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
    Water Releases
    5 TRI chems released to water in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    172 TRI chemicals released to water in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
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  • TRI Data Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    1998 8,471,776 104,750 2,388,500 0 10,965,026 0 10,979,000
    1999 7,604,562 111,120 2,488,500 0 10,204,182 0 13,769,700
    2000 6,786,451 146,321 3,031,069 0 9,963,841 0 14,348,960
    2001 4,546,231 166,614 3,056,332 0 7,769,177 0 12,784,087
    2002 5,105,982 21,039 2,424,557 0 7,551,578 0 12,369,878
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Dioxin Compounds Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    2000 .95 0 0 0 .95 0 .95
    2001 .96 0 0 0 .96 0 .96
    2002 2.36 0 0 0 2.36 0 2.36
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO. GHENT STATION
    Mailing Address: 9485 US HWY. 42E, GHENT, KY 41045
    Public Contact: R. CHIP KEELING
    Phone: (502) 627-2502
    SIC Code: 49 Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services
    2002 Parent Company: LG&E ENERGY CORP.
    Latitude: 38.74778
    Longitude: -85.03722
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  • Links

    • See EPA Envirofacts report for this facility for information about regulatory compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and permitted air and water emissions.
    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

    Scorecard's report for CARROLL County on:

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