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Progress
Energy (CP&L) - Roxboro
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Progress
Energy - Roxboro
1700 Dunnaway Rd.
Semora, NC 27343
Person County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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Progress
Energy will install flue gas
desulfurization devices
(scrubbers) for controlling SO2
by
2013.
(status as of
June 2004, updated August 2007)
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| NOx: |
Selective
Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
on all 4 units. low-NOx
burners for all 4 units.
Overfire Air on all 4
units. |
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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 - 1966 (385 - 390 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1968 (670
- 675 Mw)
Unit 3 - 1973 (707
- 715 Mw)
Unit 4 - 1980 (700 - 710 Mw)- source:
DOE
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Nov. 4, 2002: BREDL Comments on
Title V permit for CP & L Roxboro Steam
Electric Plant in Person Co., NC (in .pdf)
| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
|
Unit 2
|
Unit 3
|
Unit 4
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| 2006 |
0.28 |
0.29 |
0.31 |
0.26 |
| 2005 |
0.29 |
0.23 |
0.31 |
0.24 |
| 2004 |
0.30 |
0.28 |
0.32 |
0.26 |
| 2003 |
0.31 |
0.31 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
| 2002 |
0.34 |
0.28 |
0.42 |
0.26 |
| 2001 |
0.41 |
0.30 |
0.40 |
0.30 |
| 2000 |
0.46 |
0.29 |
0.38 |
0.39 |
| 1999 |
0.52 |
0.31 |
0.39 |
0.58 |
| 1998 |
0.49 |
0.34 |
1.25 |
0.59 |
| 1997 |
0.51 |
0.39 |
1.36 |
0.59 |
| 1996 |
0.55 |
0.66 |
1.32 |
0.60 |
| 1995 |
0.74 |
0.62 |
1.32 |
0.57 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2006 |
20,941 |
94,627 |
15,201,899 |
| 2005 |
19,549 |
101,444 |
14,907,671 |
| 2004 |
21,863 |
103,262 |
15,440,704 |
| 2003 |
22,586 |
103,937 |
15,785,336 |
| 2002 |
23,656 |
95,610 |
14,935,712 |
| 2001 |
25,448 |
94,206 |
14,983,859 |
| 2000 |
28,514 |
96,913 |
15,575,045 |
| 1999 |
34,724 |
108,672 |
16,092,702 |
| 1998 |
51,808 |
106,999 |
15,425,770 |
| 1997 |
58,472 |
97,215 |
14,775,907 |
| 1996 |
61,632 |
92,259 |
14,554,168 |
| 1995 |
59,233 |
82,454 |
14,220,431 |
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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