Biogreen Sustainable Energy, La Pine, ORWhat: 353 MMBtu stoker boiler, 24.9 MW (net)Estimated CO 2 emissions (tons per year): 303,135Permitted emissions (tons per year): NOx: 232 CO:247 PM 10 fil : 46 SO 2 : 39Status for NOx, PM, and CO: Synthetic minor source (avoided PSD)Status for HAPs: Synthetic minor sourceFuel: “Wood in the form of hog fuel, bark, and chips, forest management residue (slash), woodfrom yard debris , and construction and demolition wood materials will be used as fuel forthe boiler. The facility will not bum wood by-products that contain plywood or resinmaterials. Less than 20% of the heat input to the boiler on an annual basis will come fromyard debris and construction and demolition materials”Construction and demolition wood or other waste allowed as fuel? YesUse of NCASI or other non-EPA factors to estimate HAPs? YesNotes: The facility’s website 154 states, “Creating clean energy from local forests,” but a significantportion of the plant’s fuel will come from construction and demolition waste. This permitcontains a requirement to test HCl emissions to ensure its emission factor is valid, but doesnot contain any requirement to test for other HAPs, suggesting it is unenforceable.Evergreen Community Power/United Corrstack, Reading, PAWhat: 482 MMBtu/hr stoker boiler; 33 MW (gross)Estimated CO 2 emissions (tons per year): 414,000Permitted emissions (tons per year): NOx: 96 CO: 99 PM 10 fil : 96 SO 2 : 92Status for NOx, PM, and CO: Synthetic minor source (avoided PSD)Status for HAPs: Synthetic minor sourceFuel: Wood, construction waste, municipal wasteConstruction and demolition wood or other waste allowed as fuel? YesUse of NCASI or other non-EPA factors to estimate HAPs? YesNotes: See section above for details on this plant.Nacogdoches Power, Sacul, TXWhat: 1,374 MMBtu bubbling fluidized bed boiler, 116 MW (gross).Estimated CO 2 emissions (tons per year): 1,179,908Permitted emissions 155 (tons per year): NOx: 602 CO: 903 PM 10 total : 192.6 SO 2 : 274Status for NOx, PM, and CO: Major source (PSD)Status for HAPs: Major sourceFuel: 1.4 million tons a year of “biomass materials in the form of forest residue (primarily residualtops and limbs of trees, unutilized cull trees, and slash), and mill residue (includingsawdust). Whole tree wood chips may also be used as fuel.”154http://biogreenenergyco.com/155Calculated from permitted rates, as no limits for total tons are specified in permit.78
Construction and demolition wood or other waste allowed as fuel? Yes – “clean municipal wood waste”Use of NCASI or other non-EPA factors to estimate HAPs? UnknownNotes: This is the sister plant to the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center in Florida, which claimsto be a minor source for HAPs although it was permitted as a major source. TheNacogdoches plant was permitted as a major source, with permitted emissions of 126 tonsof HCl per year.EDF Allendale, Allendale, SCWhat: New facility; 275 MMBtu/hr stoker; 21 MW gross, 17.5 MW netEstimated CO 2 emissions (tons per year): 236,153Permitted emissions (tons per year): NOx: 241 CO: 250 PM 10 fil : 36 SO 2 : 30.1Status for NOx, PM, and CO: Synthetic minor source (avoided PSD)Status for HAPs: Synthetic minor sourceFuel: The boiler is permitted to burn only clean, untreated wood waste as fuel. Clean wood isdefined in SC Regulation 61-62.1 as untreated wood or untreated wood products includingclean untreated lumber, tree stumps (whole or chipped), and tree limbs (whole orchipped). Clean wood does not include yard waste, or construction, renovation, anddemolition waste (including but not limited to railroad ties and telephone poles). The useof any other substances, including yard waste and construction, renovation and demolitionwaste, as fuel is prohibited without prior issuance of a construction permit revision fromthe Bureau of Air Quality.Construction and demolition wood or other waste allowed as fuel? NoUse of NCASI or other non-EPA factors to estimate HAPs? YesNotes: This permit would be a major source for HAPs if AP-42 emission factors had been used tocalculate emissions instead of a combination of NCASI and other factors. This facility has atwin which has also recently come online, the EDF Dorchester plant in Harleyville, SC.Dominion Energy, Southampton, Altavista, and Hopewell, VAWhat: Three 63-MW coal plants being converted to 51 MW biomass plants: Altavista (Altavista,VA), Hopewell (Hopewell, VA) and Southampton (Franklin, VA)Estimated CO 2 emissions (tons per year): 2,030,060 (three facilities)Permitted emissions (tons per year): NOx: 412 (x 3) = 1,236 CO: 916 (x 3) = 2,748PM 10 fil : 59.6( x 3) = 178.7 SO 2 : 38.2 (x 3) = 114.6Status for NOx, PM, and CO: Major sources (PSD)Status for HAPs: Unknown.Fuel: Three permits; two specify use of 785,480 tons of wood a year and no contaminated wood;one permit (Southampton) allows use of 5,879,518 gal/yr distillate fuel oil. “Biomassmeans those residuals that are akin to traditional cellulosic biomass including forest-derivedbiomass (e.g., green wood, forest thinnings, clean and unadulterated bark, sawdust, trim,and tree harvesting residuals from logging and sawmill materials) wood collected fromforest fire clearance activities, trees and clean wood found in disaster debris, and clean79
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