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Georgia
Power Co. - Wansley
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Georgia
Power - Wansley
Hwy 5
Roopville, GA
Heard County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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| NOx: |
Selective
Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
systems online for both
Units 1 & 2 - 2003.
low-NOx burners on both
units. |
|
| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
|
Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1976 (877 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1978
(864 Mw)
-
source: DOE
|
| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
|
Unit 2
|
| 2005 |
0.23 |
0.25 |
| 2004 |
0.24 |
0.23 |
| 2003 |
0.20 |
0.21 |
| 2002 |
0.40 |
0.38 |
| 2001 |
0.39 |
0.40 |
| 2000 |
0.39 |
0.40 |
| 1999 |
0.41 |
0.41 |
| 1998 |
0.39 |
0.40 |
| 1997 |
0.41 |
0.41 |
| 1996 |
0.39 |
0.41 |
| 1995 |
0.42 |
0.40 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2005 |
14,504 |
101,542 |
12,779,890 |
| 2004 |
13,207 |
98,974 |
12,051,912 |
| 2003 |
11,347 |
93,978 |
11,612,768 |
| 2002 |
20,217 |
73,593 |
10,810,702 |
| 2001 |
20,973 |
75,650 |
10,891,061 |
| 2000 |
19,079 |
69,218 |
9,883,876 |
| 1999 |
19,639 |
80,707 |
9,958,403 |
| 1998 |
19,189 |
87,249 |
10,036,136 |
| 1997 |
18,614 |
66,363 |
9,354,044 |
| 1996 |
17,374 |
70,671 |
8,784,650 |
| 1995 |
16,534 |
53,801 |
8,173,760 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes
facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
|
| 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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