Clean Air  

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