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SC
Public Service Authority
(Santee
Cooper) - Jefferies
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SC Public Service Authority -
Jefferies Generating Station
Powerhouse
Rd.
Moncks
Corner, SC 29461
Berkeley
County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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U.S.
EPA, U.S. Justice Dept. &
SCPSA March 16, 2004 settlement
requires that SCPSA install flue
gas desulfurization devices for
controlling SO2
& selective
catalytic reduction devices for
controlling NOx on Units 3 &
4. These controls need to be
online by 2012.
(status as of
June 2004)
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|
| NOx: |
low-NOx
burners on both units. |
|
| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
|
Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 3 - 1970 (153 Mw)
Unit 4 - 1970 (153
Mw)
-
source: DOE
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| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 3
|
Unit 4
|
| 2005 |
0.50 |
0.44 |
| 2004 |
0.43 |
0.45 |
| 2003 |
0.46 |
0.47 |
| 2002 |
0.46 |
0.43 |
| 2001 |
0.44 |
0.41 |
| 2000 |
0.41 |
0.44 |
| 1999 |
0.56 |
0.47 |
| 1998 |
0.99 |
0.93 |
| 1997 |
0.99 |
0.99 |
| 1996 |
1.05 |
1.04 |
| 1995 |
0.95 |
1.00 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2005 |
5,196 |
25,017 |
2,304,293 |
| 2004 |
4,804 |
22,696 |
2,215,664 |
| 2003 |
5,643 |
25,281 |
2,467,134 |
| 2002 |
4,827 |
23,563 |
2,196,087 |
| 2001 |
3,590 |
17,308 |
1,712,816 |
| 2000 |
4,556 |
18,653 |
2,174,184 |
| 1999 |
5,179 |
22,811 |
2,065,790 |
| 1998 |
9,360 |
22,898 |
1,978,991 |
| 1997 |
7,868 |
18,264 |
1,609,512 |
| 1996 |
7,336 |
15,657 |
1,420,767 |
| 1995 |
7,802 |
18,103 |
1,691,216 |
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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