2024-29454. Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Oklahoma; Control of Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills  

  • Table 1—EJSCREEN Analysis Summary for Existing Oklahoma MSW Landfills With EJ Indices Above 80%tile

    Variables Values for buffer areas (radius) for each MSW landfill and the U.S. (percentile within U.S. where indicated)
    Enid City Landfill (Garfield, 3 miles) Great Plains (Pocasset) Landfill (Grady, 3 miles) Ponca City Landfill (Kay, 3 miles) Newcastle Landfill (McClain, 3 miles) Muskogee Community Landfill (Muskogee, 3 miles) Osage Landfill (Osage, 3 miles) Quarry Landfill (Waste Management of OK) (Tulsa, 3 miles) U.S.
    Pollution Burden Indicators
    Particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), annual average 8.97 µg/m3 (74th %ile) 9.01 µg/m3 (75th %ile) 9.19 µg/m3 (78th %ile) 9.81 µg/m3 (86th %ile) 8.88 µg/m3 (71st %ile) 8.69 µg/m3 (66th %ile) 9.38 µg/m3 (81st %ile) 8.45 µg/m3 (—)
    Ozone, summer seasonal average of daily 8-hour max 58.9 ppb (42nd %ile) 59.2 ppb (46th %ile) 57.2 ppb (33rd %ile) 60.8 ppb (52nd %ile) 53.7 ppb (15th %ile) 59.1 ppb (43rd %ile) 59.4 ppb (44th %ile) 61.8 ppb (—)
    Traffic proximity (daily traffic count/distance to road) 180,000 (23rd %ile) 57,000 (13th %ile) 45,000 (11th %ile) 250,000 (28th %ile) 200,000 (24th %ile) 180,000 (24th %ile) 680,000 (46th %ile) 1,700,000 (—)
    Lead paint (percentage pre-1960 housing) 0.52% (75th %ile) 0.14% (41st %ile) 0.43% (69th %ile) 0.045% (25th %ile) 0.30% (58th %ile) 0.66% (84th %ile) 0.074% (31st %ile) 0.30% (—)
    Superfund proximity score* 0.00 (0%ile) 0.00 (0%ile) 0.00 (0%ile) 0.00 (0%ile) 0.099 (59th %ile) 0.99 (91st %ile) 0.00 (0%ile) 0.39 (—)
    RMP proximity score * 1.20 (85th %ile) 0.22 (46th %ile) 1.30 (86th %ile) 0.28 (50th %ile) 0.16 (40th %ile) 0.95 (79th %ile) 1.60 (90th %ile) 0.57 (—)
    Hazardous waste proximity score * 0.00 (0%ile) 0.13 (20th %ile) 0.36 (29th %ile) 0.27 (26th %ile) 0.15 (21st %ile) 1.00 (45th %ile) 4.60 (77th %ile) 3.5 (—)
    Demographic Indicators
    People of color population 39% (57th %ile) 15% (29th %ile) 35% (53rd %ile) 23% (40th %ile) 53% (68th %ile) 30% (48th %ile) 24% (42nd %ile) 40% (—)
    Low-income population 49% (80th %ile) 23% (43rd %ile) 47% (78th %ile) 20% (37th %ile) 55% (85th %ile) 46% (77th %ile) 32% (58th %ile) 30% (—)
    Linguistically isolated population 2% (65th %ile) 1% (57th %ile) 1% (58th %ile) 0% (0%ile) 2% (64th %ile) 1% (58th %ile) 2% (62nd %ile) 5% (—)
    Population with less than high school education 18% (79th %ile) 7% (48th %ile) 13% (69th %ile) 9% (55th %ile) 15% (72nd %ile) 11% (63rd %ile) 9% (53rd %ile) 11% (—)
    Population under 5 years of age 7% (73rd %ile) 4% (38th %ile) 4% (46th %ile) 7% (69th %ile) 8% (75th %ile) 8% (78th %ile) 5% (50th %ile) 5% (—)
    Population over 64 years of age 10% (25th %ile) 31% (89th %ile) 15% (46th %ile) 12% (32nd %ile) 17% (53rd %ile) 15% (45th %ile) 29% (86th %ile) 18% (—)
    * The traffic proximity and volume indicator is a score calculated by daily traffic count divided by distance in meters to the road. The Superfund proximity, RMP proximity, and hazardous waste proximity indicators are all scores calculated by site or facility counts divided by distance in kilometers.

Document Information

Published:
12/18/2024
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Proposed rule.
Document Number:
2024-29454
Dates:
Written comments must be received on or before February 18, 2025.
Pages:
102847-102851 (5 pages)
Docket Numbers:
EPA-R06-OAR-2024-0232, FRL-12425-01-R6
Topics:
Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, Environmental protection, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Waste treatment and disposal
PDF File:
2024-29454.pdf
Supporting Documents:
» OK045.04 OK MSW Landfill Environmental Justice Screen Reports
» OK045.03 Oklahoma Revision to 40 CFR Part 62 Section 111(d) State Plan for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills, submitted to EPA April 29, 2024, EPA received April 30, 2024 (OK-23),171 pages 4.0 MB e5l
» OK045.02 EPA OK MSW Landfill Technical Support Document
CFR: (1)
40 CFR 62