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SC Electric & Gas Co. - Cope


SC Electric & Gas Co. - Cope Station
405 Teamwork Rd.
Cope, SC 29038
Orangeburg County


Air Pollution Control Devices

SO2: Dry Lime scrubber
NOx: low-NOx burner
Sources: Title V air permit, govt. agencies, industry, and/or media reports
Units -Year of operation (power)
ST 1 - 1996 (410 Mw - 415Mw)

- source: DOE


Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu)

- source: EPA data

Year

Unit 1

2005 0.27
2004 0.26
2003 0.25
2002 0.24
2001 0.25
2000 0.26
1999 0.27
1998 0.28
1997 0.28
1996 0.37



Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions

tons per year - source: EPA data

Year

NOx

SO2

CO2

2005 4,215 2,293 3,207,575
2004 4,662 2,689 3,617,316
2003 3,865 2,215 3,159,707
2002 4,161 1,879 3,516,202
2001 3,288 1,464 2,684,020
2000 3,887 2,012 3,043,113
1999 3,924 2,347 2,979,298
1998 4,452 2,496 3,269,087
1997 3,634 2,275 2,599,369
1996 3,418 9,887 1,697,012



Toxic Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI


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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updated August 2006