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North Carolina Facilities affected by December 17,. 1999 EPA Action
In a Dec. 17, 1999 action, the EPA found
that power plants and industrial boilers and
turbines in North Carolina, along with eleven
other states, significantly contribute to ozone
nonattainment in the petitioning states of
Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania. In North
Carolina, 27 power plants
and 8 industrial
facilities, including paper companies, will
need to reduce NOx emissions.
North Carolina
Emissions
| NOx emissions |
NOx emissions remaining
after EPA action |
NOx emissions reduced |
| 90,615 tons |
34,128 tons |
56,487 (62%) |
North
Carolina Utilities Affected
Establishment
Name
|
Firm Name
|
County
|
Asheville
|
Carolina Power & Light Co.
|
Buncombe
|
Belews Creek
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Stokes |
Buck
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Rowan
|
Butler Warner Gen Pl
|
Butler Warner Generating
|
Cumberland
|
Cape Fear
|
Carolina Power & Light Co.
|
Chatham
|
Cliffside
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Cleveland
|
Cogentrix-Rocky Mount
|
Cogentrix
|
Edgecombe
|
Cogentrix-Elizabethtown
|
Cogentrix
|
Bladen
|
Cogentrix-Kenansville
|
Cogentrix
|
Duplin
|
Cogentrix-Lumberton
|
Cogentrix
|
Robeson
|
Cogentrix-Roxboro
|
Cogentrix
|
Person
|
Cogentrix-Southport
|
Cogentrix
|
Brunswick
|
Craven County Wood Energy
|
Craven County Wood Enegy LP
|
Craven
|
Dan River
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Rockingham
|
G G Allen
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Gaston
|
L V Sutton
|
Carolina Power & Light Co.
|
New Hanover
|
Lee
|
Carolina Power & Light Co.
|
Wayne
|
Lincoln
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Lincoln
|
Marshall
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Catawba
|
Mayo
|
Carolina Power & Light Co/North
Carolina Eastern Mun. Power A
|
Person
|
Panda-Rosemary
|
Panda-Rosemary LP
|
Halifax
|
Riverbend
|
Duke Energy Corporation
|
Gaston
|
Roanoke Valley
|
LG&E-Westmoreland
|
Halifax
|
Roxboro
|
Carolina Power & Light Co
|
Person
|
Tobaccoville
|
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
|
Forsyth
|
UNC - Chapel Hill
|
UNC - Chapel Hill
|
Orange
|
W H Weatherspoon
|
Carolina Power & Light Co
|
Robeson |
North
Carolina Non-Utilities Affected
Establishment
Name
|
Firm name
|
County
|
Fieldcrest-Cannon
Plt 1 Kannapolis
|
Pillowtex Corporation
|
Cabarrus
|
Champion International Corp.
Roanoke Rap
|
Champion International Corp
|
Halifax
|
Weyerhaeuser Paper Co.
Plymouth
|
Weyerhaeuser Company
|
Craven
|
Champion Int Corp
|
Champion International Corp
|
Haywood
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International Paper
Riegelwood
|
International Paper Company
|
Columbus
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FMC Corp - Lithium
Div. Hwy 161
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FMC Corporation
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Gaston
|
Weyerhaeuser Company
New Bern Mill
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Weyerhaeuser Company
|
Martin
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Cone Mills Corp
White Oak Plant
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Cone Mills Corporation
|
Guilford
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source: EPA
website
For more info:
Summary
of Dec. 17, 1999 action
North
Carolina facilities affected
Virginia
facilities affected
EPA fact sheet
Ground-level ozone
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