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US/Canada Air Quality Agreement - Permitting Information


  1. Facility Information :
      Detroit Edison Company - River Rouge Plant

  2. Location:
      River Rouge, Wayne County
      Michigan, USA

  3. Distance from U.S./Canada border:
      Within 42 Kilometers

  4. Type and size of Facility:
      Power Plant. One boiler being modified.

  5. Source of Emissions:
      Converting one fuel oil fired boiler, heat input of 2400 mmBTU/hr, to burn natural gas

  6. Type of fuel:
      Natural Gas

  7. Type and quantity of emissions:
      NOx - 0.13 lb/mmBTU, 312.0 lbs/hr, 335.4 tpy
      PM/PM-10 -0.03 lb/mmBTU, 72 lb/hr, 77.4 tpy
      CO - 0.11 lb/mmBTU, 264 lb/hr, 283.8 tpy

  8. Emission control technology:
      Low NOx burners, flue gas recirculation

  9. Date permit application received: Have not received yet.

  10. Stack height and diameter: ?

  11. Permitting Authority:
      Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
      http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aqd/permits/cwerp.html
      Contact: Goutama Pinnamaneni
      Wayne County Air Quality Management Division
      313-833-3515

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