BREDL Clean Air

BLUE RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE LEAGUE

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In a Dec. 17, 1999 action, the EPA found that power plants and industrial boilers and turbines in Virginia, along with eleven other states, significantly contribute to ozone nonattainment in the petitioning states of Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania. In Virginia, 27 power plants and
9 industrial facilities, including paper and oil companies, will need to reduce NOx emissions.

Virginia Emissions

NOx emissions	NOx emissions remaining after EPA action	NOx emissions reduced
47,727 tons	21,272 tons	26,454 (55%)

Virginia Utilities Affected

Establishment Name	Firm Name	County
Bellmeade	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Richmond
Bremo Bluff	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Fluvanna
Chesapeake	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Chesapeake
Chesapeake Corp	Chesapeake Corp	King William
Chesterfield	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Chesterfield
Clinch River	Appalachian Power Co.	Russell
Clover	Virginia Electric & Power Co/ Old Dominion Electric Cooperative	Halifax
Cogentrix-Hopewell	Cogentrix	Prince George
Cogentrix-Portsmouth	Cogentrix	Isle of Wight
Cogentrix-Richmond 1&2	Cogentrix	Richmond
Commonwealth Atlantic LP	Commonwealth Atlantic LP	King William
Darbytown	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Henrico
Doswell #1&2	Doswell LP	Hanover
Glen Lyn	Appalachian Power Co.	Giles
Gordonsville 1&2	Gordonsville Energy LP	Orange
Gravel Neck	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Surry
Hopewell Cogen, Inc.	Hopewell Cogeneration Inc.	Prince George
LG&E-Westmoreland Altavista	LG&E-Westmoreland	Campbell
LG&E-Westmoreland Hopewell	LG&E-Westmoreland	Prince George
LG&E-Westmoreland Southampton	LG&E-Westmoreland	Southampton
Mecklenburg	Mecklenburg Cogeneration LP	Mecklenburg
Possum Point	Virginia Electric & Power Co	Prince William
Potomac River	Potomac Electric Power Co	Alexandria
SEI Birchwood	SEI Birchwood	King George
Stone Container	Stone Container Corp	Prince George
Tasley	Delmarva Power & Light Company	Accomack
Yorktown	Virginia Electric & Power Co	York

Virginia Non-Utilities Affected

Establishment Name	Firm name	County
James River Cogeneration	James River Cogeneration	Hopewell
International Paper Corp (formerly Union Camp Corp/ Fine paper div)	International Paper Corporation	Isle of Wight
Dan River Inc. (Schoolfield Div)	Dan River Inc	Pittsylvania
St. Laurent Paper Products Corp.	Chesapeake Corporation	King William
Allied-Signal Inc	General Chemical Group Inc	Hopewell
Westvaco Corp	Westvaco Corporation	Alleghany
Georgia-Pacific Big Island	Georgia-Pacific Corporation	Bedford
Celanese Acetate LLC (formerly Hoechst Corp)	Celanese Acetate LLC	Giles
Amoco Oil Co	BP Amoco Corporation	York

source: EPA website

for more info:
Summary of Dec. 17, 1999 action
North Carolina facilities affected
Virginia facilities affected
EPA fact sheet
EPA Press Release
Ground-level ozone