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{{Show badges| CoalSwarm| Climate change}}'''John B. Rich Memorial Power Station''' is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by [[Gilberton Power Company]] (which is owned by coal magnate [[John W. Rich]]) near Frackville, Pennsylvania. {{#display_map:40.7905, -76.198 |width=600|height=400|type=satellite|zoom=14}} ==Plant Data==*'''Owner''': [[Gilberton Power Company]]*'''Parent Entity''': [[John W. Rich]]*'''Plant Nameplate Capacity''': 88.4 MW (Megawatts)*'''Units and In-Service Dates''': 88.4 MW (1988)*'''Location''': 50 Eleanor Dr., Frackville, PA 17931*'''GPS Coordinates''': 40.7905 -76.198*'''Electricity Production''': 672,773 MWh (2005)*'''Coal Consumption''':*'''Coal Source''':*'''Number of Employees''': ==Emissions Data==*'''CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions''': 934,303 tons (2006)*'''SO<sub>2</sub> Emissions''': 1,525 tons (2002)*'''SO<sub>2</sub> Emissions per MWh''': 4.53 lb/MWh*'''NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions''': 230 tons (2002)*'''Mercury Emissions''': ==Death and disease attributable Moved to fine particle pollution from John B. Rich Station==In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to [[Particulates and coal|fine particle pollution]] from coal-fired power plants.<ref>[http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/The_Toll_from_Coal.pdf "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source,"] Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.</ref> Fine particle pollution consists of a complex mixture of [[soot]], [[Heavy metals and coal|heavy metals]], [[Sulfur dioxide and coal|sulfur dioxide]], and [[Nitrogen oxide|nitrogen oxides]]. Among these particles, the most dangerous are those less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and pneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal plant emissions. These deaths and illnesses are major examples of coal's [[External costs of coal|external costs]], i.e. uncompensated harms inflicted upon the public at large. [[Coal plants near residential areas|Low-income and minority populations]] are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities. To monetize the health impact of fine particle pollution from each coal plant, Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.<ref>[http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/Abt-Technical_Support_Document_for_the_Powerplant_Impact_Estimator_Software_Tool.pdf "Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool,"] Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010</ref> ====Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from John B. Rich Memorial Power Station===={| class="wikitable"!width="120"| Type of Impact!! width="120" | Annual Incidence !! width = "120" | Valuation|-| Deaths||align="right" |10||align="right" |$73,000,000 |-| Heart attacks||align="right" |17||align="right" |$1,900,000|-| Asthma attacks||align="right" |160||align="right" |$8,000 |-| Hospital admissions||align="right" |8||align="right" |$180,000 |-| Chronic bronchitis||align="right" |6||align="right" |$2,600,000 |-| Asthma ER visits||align="right" |7||align="right" |$2,000 |} Source: [http://www.catf.us/coal/problems/power_plants/existing/ "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution,"] Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed March 2011 ==Articles and Resources=====Sources===<references/>*[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat2p2.html Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005], Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.*Environmental Integrity Project, [http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants"], July 2007.*[http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/fii_query_java.html Facility Registry System], U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.*[http://carma.org/dig Carbon Monitoring for Action database], accessed Feb. 2009.*[http://www.netl.doe.gov/energy-analyses/pubs/database/XLS%20CPPDB%202007%20PvT%20-%20Public.zip NETL Coal Power Plant Database], National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.*[http://www.epa.gov/air/data/geosel.html AirData Query Database], U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed April 2009. ===Related SourceWatch Articles===*[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]*[[Pennsylvania and coal]]*[[United States and coal]]*[[Global warming]] ===External Articles=== {{stubGEM}} [[Category:United States]][[Category:Corporations]][[Category:Environment]][[Category:Energy]][[Category:Climate change]][[Category:Existing coal plants in the United States]][[Category:Existing coal plants in Pennsylvania]][[Category:Pennsylvania]]
