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Progress
Energy (CP&L) - Cape Fear
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Progress Energy - Cape Fear
500
CP&L Rd.
Moncure,
NC 27559
Chatham
County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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Progress
Energy will install flue gas
desulfurization devices
(scrubbers) for controlling SO2
& NOx
reduction devices for controlling
NOx by 2013.
(status as of
June 2004, updated August 2007)
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| NOx: |
Selective non-catalytic reduction on Units 5 & 6 began on April 28, 2006. |
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| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
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Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 5 - 1956 (143-148 Mw)
Unit 6 - 1958 (173-175 Mw)
- source: DOE
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Dangerous
source of Dioxin:
The Cape Fear permit allows CP&L to burn used
oil in its coal-fired boilers. This oil may have
up to 1000 parts per million of total halogens
which includes chlorinated organic compounds. In
addition, the Cape Fear boilers may burn 10,000
gallons of insulating fluids per year containing
up to 49 ppm PCBs. The Cape Fear coal-fired
boilers may also burn PCB (polychlorinated
biphenyl) -contaminated mineral oil dielectric
fluid of up to 500 ppm at 600 gallons per hour.
April 11, 2000 - BREDL's comments on CP
& L's H.F. Lee and Cape Fear Title V power
plant permits.
| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
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Unit 5
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Unit 6
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| 2006 |
0.24 |
0.27 |
| 2005 |
0.26 |
0.39 |
| 2004 |
0.26 |
0.32 |
| 2003 |
0.28 |
0.31 |
| 2002 |
0.24 |
0.40 |
| 2001 |
0.34 |
0.48 |
| 2000 |
0.46 |
0.59 |
| 1999 |
0.65 |
0.66 |
| 1998 |
0.65 |
0.64 |
| 1997 |
0.68 |
0.67 |
| 1996 |
0.69 |
0.69 |
| 1995 |
0.63 |
0.70 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
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Year
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NOx
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SO2
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CO2
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| 2006 |
2,540 |
13,307 |
1,967,132 |
| 2005 |
3,270 |
13,629 |
1,963,735 |
| 2004 |
2,682 |
13,070 |
1,836,715 |
| 2003 |
2,481 |
11,622 |
1,699,169 |
| 2002 |
2,645 |
11,755 |
1,715,339 |
| 2001 |
3,065 |
10,892 |
1,535,760 |
| 2000 |
4,283 |
12,651 |
1,664,803 |
| 1999 |
5,365 |
13,267 |
1,681,385 |
| 1998 |
5,643 |
13,422 |
1,813,330 |
| 1997 |
5,510 |
12,731 |
1,681,188 |
| 1996 |
6,236 |
14,570 |
1,873,205 |
| 1995 |
5,171 |
12,304 |
1,599,350 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes
facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
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| Dioxin Releases (in grams)
- source: EPA TRI |
For
information, including health impacts, on
chemicals listed, please check out these
resources:
U.S. Library of
Medicine: TOXNET - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Agency For Toxic
Substances And Disease Registry: Toxicological
Profiles - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
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