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Progress
Energy (CP&L) - L.V. Sutton
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Progress
Energy - L.V. Sutton
801 Sutton Steam Plant
Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28401
New Hanover 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: |
low-NOx
burner on Units 2 & 3. Selective Non-catalytic Reduction on Unit 3. |
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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 - 1954 (97 - 105 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1955 (106
- 108 Mw)
Unit 3 - 1972 (410 - 416 Mw)- source:
DOE
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| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
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Unit 1
|
Unit 2
|
Unit 3
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| 2006 |
0.46 |
0.46 |
0.38 |
| 2005 |
0.58 |
0.58 |
0.42 |
| 2004 |
0.62 |
0.62 |
0.51 |
| 2003 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
0.57 |
| 2002 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
0.61 |
| 2001 |
0.59 |
0.59 |
0.52 |
| 2000 |
0.58 |
0.58 |
0.37 |
| 1999 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
0.40 |
| 1998 |
0.65 |
0.65 |
0.41 |
| 1997 |
0.64 |
0.64 |
1.13 |
| 1996 |
0.63 |
0.63 |
1.19 |
| 1995 |
0.58 |
0.58 |
1.13 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
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Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
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| 2006 |
6,323 |
19,159 |
3,159,267 |
| 2005 |
8,268 |
21,146 |
3,522,599 |
| 2004 |
8,906 |
18,951 |
3,153,410 |
| 2003 |
9,808 |
20,281 |
3,314,398 |
| 2002 |
9,007 |
20,865 |
2,963,327 |
| 2001 |
7,431 |
20,220 |
2,678,861 |
| 2000 |
6,358 |
22,548 |
2,911,009 |
| 1999 |
6,782 |
20,251 |
2,937,714 |
| 1998 |
7,443 |
23,210 |
3,090,303 |
| 1997 |
11,684 |
19,399 |
2,416,051 |
| 1996 |
14,485 |
20,180 |
2,731,810 |
| 1995 |
10,234 |
14,201 |
1,971,796 |
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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