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Emission Reduction for a Better Future The Air Quality Risks Posed by ADM and Tate and Lyle and What They Are Doing About It. Sarah Case PUBH 8165-1: Environmental Health As Presented to the City Council. Learning Objectives.
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Emission Reduction for a Better FutureThe Air Quality Risks Posed by ADM and Tate and Lyleand What They Are Doing About It. Sarah Case PUBH 8165-1: Environmental Health As Presented to the City Council
Learning Objectives • Understand what Tate and Lyle and ADM do and how it effects the air quality in Decatur (ADM, 2010)(Tate and Lyle, 2010). • Learn the steps being taken by both to reduce emissions (ADM, 2009a,b). • Realize how the air quality in Decatur compares with other parts of the state. • Reconcile the positives of large factories and the negatives as they impact the environment.
What do they do? • Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM, 2010)a • Tate and Lyle (Tate and Lyle, 2010)a • Positive global impacts
Local Influence • ADM employs apx. 27,000 people locally (Manta ADM, 2010) • Tate and Lyle employs apx. 1145 people locally(Manta Tate and Lyle, 2010) • ADM Corporate Headquarters
Nitric Oxides (NO) (EPA, 2009) Sulfur Dioxides (SO2) (EPA, 2009) Particulate Matter (EPA, 2009) Criteria Pollutants • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) (EPA, 2009) • Carbon Monoxide (CO) (EPA, 2009) • Ozone (O3) (EPA, 2009) • Lead (Pb)(EPA, 2009)
County Emissions in Illinois • Volatile Organic Compounds in Macon County 22,000 tons (EPA, 2002a) • http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.emisdist.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=IL&geoname=Illinois&empol=VOC&emyear=2002&emtype=&emtier=&emval=a&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap • CO Air Contents in Macon County 40,000 tons (EPA, 2002b) • http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.emisdist.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=IL&geoname=Illinois&empol=CO&emyear=2002&emtype=&emtier=&emval=a&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap • Criteria Air Pollutants in Macon County (EPA, 2002c) • http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.emisdist.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=IL&geoname=Illinois&empol=TOTEMIS&emyear=2002&emtype=&emtier=&emval=a&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap • Air Quality on a Daily Basis in Macon County (EPA, 2008) • http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.aqiday.scl&geotype=co&geocode=17115&begyr=2008&begmo=1&nummo=12&chtype=d&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap
Decatur Air Pollution • Ozone in 2005 .093ppm (City-Data, 2010) • Particulate Matter in 2005 14.5mu/m^3 (City-Data, 2010) • Sulfur Oxides in 2005 .0039ppm (City-Data, 2010) • Comparison to prior years- overall pollution in these areas is down
Carbon capturing (ADM, 2009a) Reduction of CO2 in the air (ADM, 2009a) Does it work? ADM: Environmental Stewardship • 10 year plan to reduce emission (ADM, 2009b) • VOC reduction (ADM, 2009b) • SO2, CO, NO, particulate matter (ADM, 2009b)
Tate and Lyle: Carbon Footprint • 2006 Emissions (CO2, SO2, NO) (Source Watch, 2009) • Company Carbon Footprint Goal (Carbon Offsets, 2009) • Primary Plant Reduction (Carbon Offsets, 2009) • Decatur Plant (Source Watch, 2009)
Brief Re-Cap of Objectives • Understand what criteria pollutants are • Realize what air pollution is like in Decatur as compared to the rest of the state • Compartmentalize how ADM and Tate and Lyle contribute to Decatur, good and bad • Learn what they are doing to affect change • Hopefully, spark ideas to support continued emission reduction
Other Information Resources • ADM’s website(ADM, 2010)b: www.admworld.com • Tate and Lyle’s website(Tate and Lyle, 2010)b: www.tateandlyle.com • Resource to find local air quality, just enter your zip code(AIRNow, 2010): http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_state • Carbon Trust Website(Carbon Trust, 2010): http://www.carbontrust.com/EN/Home.aspx • Discover your own carbon footprint with this website(Global Footprint Network, 2009): http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.pho/GFN/page/calculators • Find out what other emission reduction technology is being worked on through this website(Clean Air Power, 2007): www.cleanairpower.com/emission_reduction_technology.php • Educate yourself on the Clean Air Act and its amendments through the EPA website (EPA, 2010): www.epa.gov/air/caa
Resource List ADM (2010)a. Partnering with Farmers for Over 100 Years. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.adm.com/en-US/company/farmers/Pages/default.aspx ADM (2010)b. ADM World. Retrieved Jan.18, 2010 from www.admworld.com ADM (2009)a. Carbon-sequestration projects put innovative emissions-reduction technology to the test. Retrieved Jan 18, 2010 from http://www.adm.com/en-US/responsibility/enviro_stewardship/Pages/Carbon.aspx ADM (2009)b. Curbing emissions from U.S. processing facilities. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.adm.com/en-US/responsibility/enviro_stewardship/Pages/Curbing_emissions.aspx AIRNow (2010). Today’s AQI Forecast. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.airnow.gov/ Carbon Offsets (2009). Tate and Lyle Reduces Its Footprint With The Carbon Trust. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.carbonoffsetsdaily.com/press-release/tate-lyle-reduces-its-footprint-with-the-carbon-trust-9156.htm Carbon Trust (2010). Carbon Trust Home. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.carbontrust.com/EN/Home.aspx?gclid=CMGc2sWV2Z8CFQjyDAodDVAuGQ City-Data (2010). Decatur, Illinois. Retrieved Jan 18, 2010 from www.city-data.com/city/Decatur-Illinois.html Clean Air Power (2007). Clean Air Power Home. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 http://www.cleanairpower.com/ EPA (2010). Clean Air Act. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/ EPA (2002a). County Emissions Map-Criteria Air Pollutants VOC. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.emisdist.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=IL&geoname=Illinois&empol=VOC&emyear=2002&emtype=&emtier=&emval=a&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap EPA (2002b). County Emissions Map- Criteria Air Pollutants CO. retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.emisdist.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=IL&geoname=Illinois&empol=CO&emyear=2002&emtype=&emtier=&emval=a&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap
Resource List EPA (2002c). County Emissions Map-Criteria Air Pollutants- Total Criteria Pollutant. Retrieved Jan.18, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.emisdist.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=IL&geoname=Illinois&empol=TOTEMIS&emyear=2002&emtype=&emtier=&emval=a&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap EPA (2008). Air Quality Index Chart-Macon County. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.aqiday.scl&geotype=co&geocode=17115&begyr=2008&begmo=1&nummo=12&chtype=d&mapsize=zsc&reqtype=viewmap EPA (2009). What Are the Six Common Air Pollutants?. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/ Global Footprint Network (2009). Global Footprint Network HOME. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/ Manta ADM (2010). Archer Daniels Midland Company. Retrieved Jan 18, 2010 from http://www.manta.com/company/mmb5w37 Manta Tate and Lyle (2010). Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_glr8zt Source Watch (2009). A.E Staley Decatur Power Plant. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=A.E._Staley_Decatur_Power_Plant Tate and Lyle (2010)a. Business Overview. Retrieved Jan 18, 2010 from http://www.tateandlyle.com/TateAndLyle/our_business/vision_and_corp_message/default.htm Tate and Lyle (2010)b. Tate and Lyle Home. Retrieved Jan. 18, 2010 from www.tateandlyle.com