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Industrial Air Emissions of Criteria Pollutants, 1999 (Tons):
Criteria Emissions From Electric Utilities, 1999 (Tons):
Tons of Criteria Pollutants reported by industries and utilities to TNRCC in FY 2000. Includes
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (not including methane), lead and particulate matter less than 10 microns.
Source: TNRCC, Air Emissions Inventory, 1999
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Estimated tons Criteria Emissions From Mobile Sources, 1999 (Tons):
of criteria air pollutants
from mobile sources, 1999. Mobile sources include both onroad vehicles (such as cars, trucks and buses) and offroad equipment (such as ships, airplanes, agricultural and construction equipment).
U.S. EPA, National Emissions Trends Database, 1999.
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Estimated tons Criteria Emissions From Industrial Sources, 2000 (Tons):
Tons of criteria air pollutants reported by 1861 industrial facilities
to TNRCC in FY 2002. Includes sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (not including methane), lead and particulate matter less than 10 microns.
TNRCC, Air Emissions Inventory, 2000
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Estimated tons Criteria Emissions From Area Sources, 1999 (Tons):
Estimated tons of total air criteria pollutants from area sources, 1999. Area sources include dry cleaners, gas stations, auto body shops, buildings, boats,
railroads, landfills, wastewater treatment and even lawnmowers or barbecue grills.
U.S. EPA, National Emissions Trends Database, 1999.
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Tons of Power Plant Air Emissions of Criteria Air Pollutants, 2000:
Tons of criteria air pollutants reported by 90 electric utilities in FY 2002. Criteria pollutants include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide,
volatile organic compounds (not including methane), lead and particulate matter less than 10 microns
TNRCC, Air Emissions Inventory, 2000
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Toxics Released to Air, 2001 (Pounds):
Total pounds of toxic
chemicals and compounds released into the air in 2001 through stack or fugitive emissions from industrial facilities and power plants required to report to the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001 Toxic Release Inventory Database
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Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitors:
The number of permanent air
monitors that provide data about ambient air quality to the TNRCC. Some are state-run, while others are run by local government, private industry or the federal
government. This number links to a page that list the air quality monitors in the county. This list then links to each monitors TNRCC web page
Source: The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
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Attainment Status for National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone (1 Hour), 2002:
Nonattainment areas have not achieved compliance with 1-hour ozone standard as designated by EPA.
Near nonattainment areas are likely to be designated non-attainment for 8-hour ozone standard. Attainment counties comply with all ozone standards.
Source: TNRCC, Air Quality Nonattainment and Near Nonattainment Areas
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Number of Power Plants, 2002:
Maximum Capacity of Power Plants, 2002: (Kilowatts)
The number of power plants includes those power plants already constructed which were either operating
or partially in-service during 2000.
Maximum capacity in megawatts of all electric generating units located in a county which were either in commercial
operation or in-service for part of 2000. The capacity represents the amount of energy that could be generated, not actual sales.
Source: Department of
Energy, Electric Information Administration, EIA-860A: "Annual Electric Generator Report--Utility, 2000
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Number of Regular Producing Oil Wells, 2002:
Number of of Injection Oil Wells, 2002:
Number of regularly producing oil wells-- a well that is capable of producing oil -- reported by Railroad
Commission of Texas in 2002.
Number of injection oil wells --used to inject liquid fluids (water, air, carbon dioxide) into a productive formation -- reported
by Railroad Commission of Texas in 2002.
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, "Oil Well Counts by County," 2002.
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Number of Regular Producing Gas Wells, 2000:
Number of Temporarily Abandonded Gas Wells, 2000
Number of regularly producing gas wells-- a well that is capable of producing gas well gas -- reported by
Railroad Commission of Texas in 2002.
Number of temporarily abandoned gas wells --defined as a well that is not being produced and does not have wellhead
pressure --reported by Railroad Commission of Texas in 2002
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, "Gas Well Counts by County," 2002.
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Total Number of Cancer Incidents, 1997
Rate of Cancer per 100,000 persons, 1997
The total number of cancers of all types reported in Texas Department of Health's Texas Cancer Registry in 1997
The total rate of all cancers per 100,000 persons in a county as reported by Texas Department of Health's Texas Cancer Registry in 1997. Rates are per 100,000 and
age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. standard population.
Texas Department of Health, Texas Cancer Registry, 1997 Texas Cancer Incidence Data by County
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Additional Cancer Risk Due to Hazardous Air Pollutants (Per 1,000,000 people):
the estimated individual risk of getting cancer due to a lifetime exposure to
outdoor hazardous air pollutants. Note that cancer risk estimates are calculations based on models - they are useful for ranking purposes but are not necessarily
predictive of any actual individual's risk of getting cancer.
Because the Clean Air Act's goal is to reduce lifetime cancer risks from hazardous air pollutants
to one in one million, Scorecard expresses added cancer risk in these units: an added risk of 550 per 1,000,000, for example, is 550 times higher than the Clean
Air Act goal.
Source: Scorecard, www.scorecard.org
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Number of Deliveries with any Birth Defect, 1997
Rate of Birth Defect per 100 Live Births, 1997
The number of live births reported with any birth defect as recorded by Texas Department of Health's Texas
Birth Defects Monitoring Division by the County of Mother's Residence, 1997. Information only for selected counties available.
The rate of live births reported
with any birth defect per 100 live births as recorded by Texas Department of Health's Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division by the County of Mother's Residence,
1997. Information only for selected counties available.
Texas Department of Health, Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division, Deliveries with any birth defect
monitored by the TBDMD, by county of mother's residence at delivery, 1996 and 1997.
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