Virginia 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 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
Ground-level ozone
|