Wisconsin Reactive Organic Gas (ROG) Emissions

Health Effects

Volatile Organic Compounds (a.k.a. Reactive Organic Gases (ROG)) are precursors to the formation of ozone (O3) near ground level. A wide array of health effects has been attributed to short-term (1 to 3 hrs), prolonged (6 to 8 hrs), and long-term (months to years) exposures to O3. For more information go to the EPA web site (exit DNR).

Data

This section contains the following information. You may download a Excel Spreadsheet (XLS, 136KB) of 2008 ROG emissions by facility. Click on the graph thumbnails below to see a larger picture of the graphs in a new window:

Number of facilities reporting reactive organic gas emissions from 1985 - 2008. 2008's new database allowed facility to not report ROG if ROG was under ch. NR 438 reporting level.   Graph of the number of companies reporting ROG   emissions from 1985-2008. For 2008 reporting, a new   database allowed a facility to not report ROG emissions if   the ROG emission total was less than 6,000 pounds (3   tons). (Click on graph in order to see the entire graph in a   new window.)
   
ROG emissions by Wisconsin County.   Click on that graph to make it larger in a new window.    Graph of the statewide ROG emissions from 1985-2008.   (Click on graph in order to see the entire graph in a new   window.)
   
ROG emissions by Wisconsin County.   Click on that graph to make it larger in a new window.    GIS representation of 2008 ROG emissions by county and    Excel spreadsheet (XLS, 25KB) of county ROG   emissions from 1998-2008. This information does not   include emissions from portable sources (i.e. rock   crushers, hot mix asphalt plants).(Click on graph in order   to see the entire graph in a new window.)
   
ROG emissions by Wisconsin city.    Click on that graph to make it larger in a new window.   GIS representation of 2008 ROG emissions by city and an   Excel Spreadsheet (XLS, 114KB) of city ROG emissions   from 1998- 2008. This information does not include   emissions from portable sources (i.e. rock crushers, hot   mix asphalt plants. (Click on graph in order to see the   entire graph in a new window.)
   

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Last Revised: Thursday October 29 2009