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The Trona CloudFeaturing
OCI, FMC, General Chemical, and Solvay Minerals
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The Trona CloudFeaturing
OCI, FMC, General Chemical, and Solvay Minerals
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The Trona Cloud Stretches for Hundreds of Miles in Southwest Wyoming as well as into the High Uinta’s
Wilderness Area in Northern Utah
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The Trona Cloud(Looking East, 15 Miles West of the Nearest Soda Ash Facility)W
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The Trona Cloud(Looking North-East, 40 Miles West of the Nearest Soda Ash Facility)W
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The Trona Cloud(Looking North, 40 Miles West of the Nearest Soda Ash Facility)W
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The Trona Cloud(Looking North-West, 40 Miles West of the Nearest Soda Ash Facility)W
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What is the Trona Cloud?
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• Sweetwater County Soda Ash Plants Process Wyoming Trona Into Soda Ash.
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• Sweetwater County Soda Ash Plants Process Wyoming Trona Into Soda Ash.
• Approximately 13 Million tons of Soda Ash are Produced Each Year by 4 Producers.
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• Soda Ash Producers burn Thousands of Tons of Coal Each Day to Convert Trona into Soda Ash.
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• The Soda Ash Producers also Calcine, or Heat, Thousands of Tons of Oil Shale Each Year Releasing Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS).
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Soda ash production facilities heat Trona-oil shale to several hundred degrees. At these temperatures, water boils and is released as a vapor.
Soda Ash
PlantsTrona-Oil Shale
25 million tons / year
Hot Gases at 350 - 400F
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As the hot vapors contact colder air, the vapors condense…like a car's exhaust on a cold day…
Soda Ash
PlantsTrona-Oil Shale
25 million tons / year
Colder Air
Trona Cloud of Condensing Vapors
Hot Gases at 350 - 400F
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Many hazardous chemicals like benzene (boiling point 176F), a known carcinogen, are also boiled and condensed within the trona cloud…
Soda Ash
PlantsTrona-Oil Shale
25 million tons / year
Colder Air
2 Million Lbs/Yr Hazardous Air
Pollutants
Hot Gases at 350 - 400F
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…this results in Trona Cloud fog (i.e. benzene fog).
Soda Ash
PlantsTrona-Oil Shale
25 million tons / year
Colder Air
2 Million Lbs/Yr Hazardous Air
Pollutants
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This also results in Trona Cloud rain (i.e. benzene rain).
Soda Ash
PlantsTrona-Oil Shale
25 million tons / year
Colder Air
2 Million Lbs/Yr Hazardous Air
Pollutants
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FMCGeneral
OCI
Chemical
Solvay
The soda ash plants are located along the Green River Valley, a natural bowl…
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FMCGeneral
OCI
Chemical
Solvay
Experts believe that air quality is deteriorating at an alarming rate due to the processing of more oil shale, as the mines are depleting their underground trona resources….
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FMCGeneral
OCI
Chemical
Solvay
The Green River Valley…is described by some experts as a “natural bowl of toxic chemical soup”….
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• According to EPA Data, Approximately 2 Million Lbs. of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) are Released by the Soda Ash Producers Each Year.
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1,3-ButadieneAcetaldehydeAcetophenone
AcroleinAcrylonitrile
Antimony CompoundsArsenic Compounds
AsbestosBenzene
Beryllium CompoundsBiphenyl
Bis(2-Ethylhexyl)PhthalateCadmium Compounds
Carbon DisulfideChlorobenzene
Chromium CompoundsCobalt Compounds
CumeneDibenzofuranEthylbenzene
Ethylene DichlorideFormaldehyde
HexaneHydrochloric AcidHydrogen Fluoride
IsophoroneLead Compounds
Manganese CompoundsMercury Compounds
Methyl ChlorideMethyl Chloroform
Methyl Ethyl KetoneMethylene ChlorideNickel CompoundsPerchloroethylene
PhenolPolycyclic Organic Matter
Polycyclic Organic Matter as 16-PAHPropionaldehyde
Selenium CompoundsStyreneToluene
TrichloroethyleneXylenes (Mixed Isomers)
Trona Cloud HAPS(2 Million Lbs Per Year)
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