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SC Electric & Gas Co. - Urquhart


SC Electric & Gas Co. - Urquhart Station
1100 Urquhart Dr.
Beech Island, SC 29841
Aiken County


Air Pollution Control Devices

** SCE&GC switched Units 1 and 2 from coal-fired to natural gas-fired power in 2002.

SO2:  
NOx: low-NOx burner and overfire air (added 2005) on Unit 3.
Sources: Title V air permit, govt. agencies, industry, and/or media reports
Units -Year of operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1953 (75 Mw- 76 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1954 (75 Mw- 76 Mw)
Unit 3 - 1955 (100 Mw- 102 Mw)

- source: DOE


Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu)

- source: EPA data

Year

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

2008 - - 0.26
2007 - - 0.26
2006 - - 0.29
2005 - - 0.29
2004 - - 0.33
2003 - - 0.35
2002 - - 0.34
2001 0.46 0.50 0.34
2000 0.47 0.51 0.35
1999 0.71 0.65 0.33
1998 0.72 0.69 0.43
1997 0.73 0.67 0.61
1996 0.65 0.64 0.69
1995 0.63 0.57 0.64



Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions

tons per year - source: EPA data

Year

NOx

SO2

CO2

2008 817 5,873 649,191
2007 952 7,168 769,567
2006 990 6,736 726,198
2005 890 5,953 641,841
2004 1,079 5,764 652,590
2003 1,212 6,304 705,955
2002 1,052 5,448 638,553
2001 2,794 12,869 1,351,120
2000 3,187 13,987 1,503,490
1999 4,128 13,251 1,522,473
1998 4,006 11,961 1,331,088
1997 3,782 11,519 1,158,204
1996 4,372 10,743 1,161,216
1995 4,680 12,875 1,557,709



Toxic Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
2005-2007 | 2000-2004

Dioxin Releases (in grams) - source: EPA TRI
2005-2007 | 2000-2004



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 2009