Calvert City, Kentucky Air Monitoring

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection’s Division for Air Quality (KDAQ) are working together to protect public health in Calvert City, Kentucky. The EPA and KDAQ completed a monitoring study for toxic air pollution near the Calvert City Industrial Complex and found elevated levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including ethylene dichloride, also known as “EDC” or 1,2-dichloroethane.

Exposure to EDC in the air over long periods of time can pose an increased risk of cancer and other negative health effects to the liver and kidneys. The EPA and KDAQ are taking steps locally and nationally to limit EDC emissions, reduce exposure and protect people’s health.

A public meeting was held on February 13, 2024 to update the public on the monitoring study for toxic air pollution near the Calvert City Industrial Complex. View the recording of the EPA Public Meeting on The Air Monitoring Study in Calvert City, KY.  The PowerPoint presentation shown at the public meeting can be viewed here. Calvert City Public Meeting Presentation (pdf) (2.49 MB, 02-13-2024)

Documents

• Calvert City Air Monitoring Study Fact Sheet (pdf) (398.2 KB, January 2024)
• Calvert City, KY VOC Air Quality Risk Assessment Report (pdf) (2.68 MB, January 2024)
• Risk Assessment Report Appendix B: Air Monitoring Data (xlsx) (1.68 MB, January 2024)
• Risk Assessment Report Appendix E: Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) (pdf) (5.1 MB)
• Risk Assessment Report Appendix F: KDAQ Calvert City Special Study Final Report (pdf) (770.08 KB)
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ToxFAQs for EDC (also known as 1,2-Dichloroethane) 
• Frequently Asked Questions – Calvert City, KY Air Quality Monitoring and Risk Assessment (pdf) (May 2024) (pdf) (318 KB, May 2024)
• United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Westlake Vinyls, Inc. and Westlake PVC Corporation, No. 5:10–CV–00168–TBR (Lodged Consent Decree) (pdf) (September 17, 2010) (pdf) (5.15 MB)
• Order Granting the Consent Decree in United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Westlake Vinyls, Inc. and Westlake PVC Corporation, No. 5:10–CV–00168–TBR (pdf) (February 24, 2011) (pdf) (179.86 KB)
• Order Granting the Consent Decree in United States of America, et al. v. Westlake Chemical OpCo LP, et al. No. 2:22-cv-01577-JDC-KK (pdf) (October 26, 2022) (pdf) (6.17 MB)