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Progress
Energy (CP&L) - H.F. Lee
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Progress
Energy - H.F. Lee
1677 Old Smithfield Rd.
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Wayne County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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Progress
Energy will install NOx reduction
devices for controlling NOx by
2013.
(status as of
June 2004, updated August 2007)
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| NOx: |
low-NOx
burner on Units 2 & 3. (Unit 2 began on April 8, 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 1 - 1952 (79 - 84 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1951 (76 - 80 Mw)
Unit 3 - 1962 (252 - 257 Mw)- source:
DOE
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Dangerous
source of Dioxin:
The H.F. Lee 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, H.F. Lee boiler #3 may burn 10,000
gallons of insulating fluids per year containing
up to 49 ppm polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
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 1
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Unit 2
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Unit 3
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| 2006 |
0.52 |
0.43 |
0.36 |
| 2005 |
0.50 |
0.60 |
0.37 |
| 2004 |
0.53 |
0.54 |
0.38 |
| 2003 |
0.55 |
0.63 |
0.38 |
| 2002 |
0.53 |
0.66 |
0.37 |
| 2001 |
0.52 |
0.71 |
0.37 |
| 2000 |
0.60 |
0.70 |
0.36 |
| 1999 |
0.84 |
0.83 |
0.37 |
| 1998 |
0.81 |
0.84 |
0.90 |
| 1997 |
0.79 |
0.84 |
0.88 |
| 1996 |
0.80 |
0.81 |
0.93 |
| 1995 |
0.82 |
0.71 |
0.90 |
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 |
4,666 |
13,761 |
2,245,910 |
| 2005 |
5,313 |
15,003 |
2,366,265 |
| 2004 |
4,588 |
12,845 |
2,066,898 |
| 2003 |
4,941 |
13,748 |
2,097,885 |
| 2002 |
5,408 |
15,514 |
2,346,162 |
| 2001 |
5,262 |
15,721 |
2,271,245 |
| 2000 |
5,639 |
16,838 |
2,316,923 |
| 1999 |
5,460 |
15,444 |
2,034,902 |
| 1998 |
8,891 |
14,342 |
1,991,169 |
| 1997 |
7,552 |
12,477 |
1,701,086 |
| 1996 |
6,824 |
11,088 |
1,489,375 |
| 1995 |
4,435 |
6,654 |
994,751 |
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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