Existing Stressors |
• Ambient air toxics measurements |
• Similar to other urban areas in St. Paul/Minneapolis |
• Ambient PM2.5 measurements |
• Lower than National Standard, similar to other urban areas in St. Paul/Minneapolis |
• Traffic densities |
• Similar to 10× statewide averages |
• Exposure to tobacco smoke |
• Tied for highest smoking rates in metropolitan area |
• Potential exposures from nearby facilities (point sources) |
• ~8 nearby facilities with potential exposures |
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Descriptions of Vulnerabilities |
• Asthma hospitalizations and emergency room visits |
• ~1.5–2 times higher than Minneapolis city-wide average |
• Cardiovascular hospitalizations |
• High variability, uncertain |
• Socioeconomic status and minority populations |
• Potential environmental equity area |
• Percent of Population without health insurance |
• One of the higher in Hennepin County |
• Ranking in AAFA 100 Cities Asthma ranking |
• Ranked best place in nation to live with asthma |
• Comparisons with Healthy People 2020 Objectives |
• Asthma hospitalizations and ED visits in Study Area do not meet 2020 Healthy People objectives |
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Pathways/media |
• Outdoor air, indoor air (ETS surrogate), ingestion of homegrown produce, incidental ingestion of soil |
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Routes |
• Inhalation, ingestion |
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Subpopulations |
• General population in the Study Area |
• Consideration for children included (early lifestage exposure) |
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Endpoints |
• Short-term respiratory and cardiovascular effects |
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Proposer Risk Reduction Activities |
• Geothermal heating |
• Reduced NO2 emissions |
• Permit limits on daily and annual paint use |
• Reduced particulate and VOC emissions |
• Permit limits on annual natural gas use |
• Reduced NO2 emissions |
• Biofiltration gardens |
• Reduced run-off from the site |
• Double panel filters on paint spray booth exhaust |
• Reduced particulate emissions |
• Permit limits on specific metals in paints |
• Reduced metallic emissions: chromium, lead, manganese, nickel or cadmium |
• Public transit is a lower impact activity than individual vehicles |
• Reduced vehicle emissions (NO2, particulate) |