M3.4 Air Pollution

Zip Code: 95618

• Who and what are the top polluters in your zip code?
• The top polluters in my zip code (95618) include:

• Rank	Facility	City	Pounds
  1	TRUCK ACCESSORIES GROUP (DBA LEER WEST)	WOODLAND	112,864
  2	FARMERS' RICE CO-OP.	WEST SACRAMENTO	13,909
  3	EQUILON WEST SACRAMENTO TERMINAL	WEST SACRAMENTO	10,000
  4	BP WEST SACRAMENTO TERMINAL	WEST SACRAMENTO	7,485
  5	AGRIUM U.S. INC.	WEST SACRAMENTO	2,490
  6	FORSYTH MARBLE	WEST SACRAMENTO	1,960
  7	AFFYMETRIX	WEST SACRAMENTO	1,690
  8	LAMSON & SESSIONS	WOODLAND	0

• What percent of the homes in your zip code have lead-based paint?
• 2% of houses in my zip code (95618) have a high risk of lead hazards.
• Are there Superfund sites in your zip?  
• A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and/or the environment. These sites are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
• There are two Superfund Sites in my zip code (95618). They are as follows:
• Frontier Fertilizer
• LEHR/Old Campus Landfill (USDOE)
• What can you tell us about the Superfund sites that are near where you live?
• Below is information pertaining to the contaminants detected at each of the Superfund Sites located in my zip code (95618).
• Frontier Fertilizer

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE (DBCP)	X
1,2-DIBROMOETHANE	X
1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE	X
2,4-D					X
CARBARYL					X
DISULFOTON	X
ENDOSULFAN					X
METHOMYL					X
PARATHION					X
PESTICIDES					X
TRIFLURALIN					X

• LEHR/Old Campus Landfill (USDOE)

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
AMERICIUM					X
CESIUM					X
CHLORINE					X
CHLOROFORM	X
COBALT					X
COBALT COMPOUNDS					X
PLUTONIUM	X
RADIUM					X
SODIUM					X
STRONTIUM					X
TRITIUM	X
URANIUM					X

• What did you learn about the air quality in your zip code?
• I learned that overall the air quality in my zip code (95618) falls between "Good" and "Moderate" based on the Pollutant Standards Index (see information regarding zip code 95618 below).

• How Clean is Your Air?

  Pollutant Standards Index: Percentage of days with good air quality: 83 Percentage of days with moderate air quality: 17 Percentage of days with unhealthful air quality: 0 Maximum PSI level in 2003 103 Median PSI level in 2003 36 90th Percentile PSI level in 2003 62 Pollutant Standards Index 0 - 50 Good 50 - 100 Moderate 100 - 200 Unhealthful 200 - 300 Very Unhealthful 300 - 500 Hazardous

• How about the water quality?
• The leading sources of water quality problems in my zip code (95618) include the following:

Rivers, Streams, and Creeks
Number of impaired waterbodies: 9
Percent of Rivers, Streams and Creeks in CALIFORNIA assessed by agencies for 1997-98 reporting period: 8%

	Percent Waterbodies Affected
Agriculture	78%
Unknown Sources	44%
Urban Runoff/Storm Sewers	44%
Resource Extraction	33%

• How did your zip code fair on a social justice/environmental justice basis?
• Based on the information I gathered regarding my zip code (95618) I found that over all my zip code (95618) faired well from a social justice/environmental justice standpoint. However, the largest social justice/environmental justice issue surrounded the location of Superfund Sites. The Superfund Sites were predominantly located in areas that contained people of color and low income families.

References:

• United States Environmental Protection Agency's EnviroFACTS. Retrieved from: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

• Scorecard.org. Retrieved from: scorecard.org

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. TOXMAP FAQs. Retrieved from: https://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/faq/2009/08/what-are-the-superfund-site-npl-statuses.html