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Progress
Energy (CP&L) - Weatherspoon
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Progress
Energy - W.H. Weatherspoon
491 Power Plant Rd.
Lumberton, NC 28358
Robeson 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)
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| NOx: |
low-NOx
burners on Units 1 &
2. |
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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 - 1949 (49 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1950 (49
Mw)
Unit 3 - 1952 (78 - 79 Mw)- source:
DOE
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| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
|
Unit 2
|
Unit 3
|
| 2006 |
0.84 |
0.84 |
0.45 |
| 2005 |
0.86 |
0.87 |
0.48 |
| 2004 |
0.86 |
0.86 |
0.46 |
| 2003 |
0.89 |
0.89 |
0.47 |
| 2002 |
0.84 |
0.84 |
0.48 |
| 2001 |
0.70 |
0.70 |
0.45 |
| 2000 |
0.70 |
0.70 |
0.42 |
| 1999 |
0.88 |
0.88 |
0.50 |
| 1998 |
0.89 |
0.89 |
0.66 |
| 1997 |
0.92 |
0.92 |
0.66 |
| 1996 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
0.69 |
| 1995 |
0.91 |
0.91 |
0.77 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2006 |
2,895 |
7,385 |
901,349 |
| 2005 |
3,393 |
8,204 |
1,009,843 |
| 2004 |
2,394 |
5,679 |
696,082 |
| 2003 |
2,898 |
6,567 |
825,478 |
| 2002 |
3,259 |
7,878 |
958,382 |
| 2001 |
2,569 |
6,801 |
845,393 |
| 2000 |
2,889 |
6,626 |
939,474 |
| 1999 |
3,097 |
6,355 |
859,787 |
| 1998 |
3,277 |
5,826 |
854,583 |
| 1997 |
3,096 |
6,056 |
777,718 |
| 1996 |
2,637 |
4,693 |
663,004 |
| 1995 |
1,218 |
2,252 |
313,653 |
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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