The Inola Smelter · Three Pollution Tiers · Live Map

The Facts

Air Pollution

Estimated air emissions: 150,000,000 ft³/month
Proposed: ~425 tons/year fluoride (HF) — classified as an Extremely Hazardous Substance by EPA
Nitrogen oxides (NOx): ~316.2 tons/year, plus SO₂ and other HAPs
Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) containing heavy metals
Requires a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit from ODEQ and EPA Region 6 — contact them today

Water & River Impact

Facility located directly on the Verdigris River
Primary supply: over 1,500,000 tons of alumina powder annually via barge
Adds 1,000+ barges/year to Verdigris River traffic and wear
Alumina powder is metallic dust — respiratory irritant; accumulates on fish gills
Fluoride bioaccumulates in aquatic ecosystems
Harm to mussels, fish, and other aquatic life

Agriculture & Cattle

Fluoride bioaccumulates irreversibly in cattle bones (~425 t/yr emitted)
90%+ of fluoride exposure is dietary; cattle consume 50+ lbs forage daily
Dental fluorosis: mottled enamel, rapid wear, reduced feed intake
Skeletal fluorosis: lameness, bone deformities, stunted growth, reproductive failure
1979 Cornwall Island study: ~300 t/yr fluoride caused complete herd collapse within 5 miles — Inola projects 425 t/yr

Ranchers and farmers: your livelihoods are at stake — speak up now.

Traffic, Noise & Disruption

24/7 continuous industrial operation
1,000+ additional barges per year on the Verdigris River
Heavy truck traffic + industrial noise from 17+ continuous exhaust stacks
Sets precedent for further heavy industrialization in rural Inola
Would transform the area into an industrial park

Is this the Inola you want for your children?

Energy Grid Impact

Facility would consume 1,000+ megawatts of continuous power
Massive draw on Oklahoma's utility grid — reliability and cost impacts
PSO (Public Service Company of Oklahoma) is the primary regional provider
Grid stress concentrated on a single facility

Regional Crisis — Beyond Inola

Inola: from "hay capital of the world" to "pollution capital of Oklahoma"
Prevailing winds carry pollution to Claremore, Pryor, Broken Arrow, Tulsa, and Coweta
Regional air quality degradation across Green Country
This is a crisis for all of northeast Oklahoma — not just Inola

We fight for all of Green Country, not just Inola.

Contact ODEQ → Contact EPA Region 6 →

Check Your Property

e.g., 123 Main St, Inola, OK

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⚠ Illustrative model · synthetic annual climatology · why?

About this visualization ×

What is real: the smelter location, all receptor coordinates and distances (Haversine-verified), the published emission factors (EPA, IPCC AR6), the cited science distances (2 / 10 / 30 km from Vike 1999, Brougham 2013, Al-Saadi 2019), SO₂ / PFC mass figures, and the Annual Wind Rose showing 25 years of actual wind data from Claremore Regional Airport (9.9 mi from Inola).

What is modeled: the annual hourly wind in the animation is a deterministic seeded climatology matched to Tulsa prevailing-wind statistics — not a real NOAA record. The animated smoke particles, deposition build-up, and "hours over schools" counter are driven by that synthetic wind. The lobed zones use the cited science distances as their downwind extent, deformed by the synthetic transport rose.

What this is not: a regulatory dispersion model. AERMOD or CALPUFF runs for the Inola site specifically would produce the binding numbers — this map shows the publicly defensible envelope.

Day 1 · Jan 01 · 00:00