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Dominion
Resources - Chesapeake
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Dominion Resources - Chesapeake
Power Station
2701 Vepco
St.
Chesapeake,
VA 23323
Chesapeake
City
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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U.S.
EPA, U.S. Justice Dept. &
Dominion Resources Nov. 2000
settlement requires that Dominion
install NOx reduction devices and
make selective improvements on
other units by 2013.
(status as of
June 2004)
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| NOx: |
Selective
non-catalytic reduction
(SNCR) on ST 1 and
Selective Catalytic
Rreduction (SCR) on Unit
3 and ST 4. low-NOx
burners on Unit 3.
Overfire Air control - ST
1 (1/1/88) & ST 2
(1/1/88). |
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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)
| ST 1 |
- 1953 (111
Mw) |
| ST 2 |
- 1954 (113 Mw) |
| Unit
3 |
- 1959 (156 Mw
- 162 Mw) |
| St 4 |
- 1962 (217 Mw
-221 Mw) |
- source:
DOE
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| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
STA 1
|
STA 2
|
Unit 3
|
STA 4
|
| 2005 |
0.39 |
0.44 |
0.27 |
0.31 |
| 2004 |
0.43 |
0.38 |
0.30 |
0.35 |
| 2003 |
0.37 |
0.40 |
0.28 |
0.34 |
| 2002 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
0.41 |
0.43 |
| 2001 |
0.41 |
0.43 |
0.42 |
0.44 |
| 2000 |
0.41 |
0.41 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
| 1999 |
0.43 |
0.42 |
0.54 |
0.44 |
| 1998 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
0.91 |
0.45 |
| 1997 |
0.45 |
0.44 |
0.89 |
0.43 |
| 1996 |
0.56 |
0.55 |
0.83 |
0.45 |
| 1995 |
0.56 |
0.57 |
0.82 |
0.44 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
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|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2005 |
7,008 |
30,168 |
4,213,781 |
| 2004 |
7,585 |
31,643 |
4,399,180 |
| 2003 |
6,646 |
27,201 |
3,916,606 |
| 2002 |
9,584 |
32,344 |
4,538,996 |
| 2001 |
9,594 |
30,145 |
4,594,131 |
| 2000 |
10,106 |
29,310 |
4,898,185 |
| 1999 |
10,732 |
35,334 |
4,767,869 |
| 1998 |
12,386 |
35,812 |
4,541,980 |
| 1997 |
12,910 |
38,430 |
4,744,051 |
| 1996 |
11,451 |
30,889 |
3,939,565 |
| 1995 |
10,280 |
28,692 |
3,749,448 |
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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