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US/Canada Air Quality Agreement - Permitting Information
- Name of the facility:
El Paso Merchant Energy Company
- Location:
Arkona Road, East 2/3 of South 1/2, Section 30, T4S, R7E, Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan
- Distance from the US/Canada border:
approximative 60 kilometers
- Type/size of the facility:
new electric power generation facility
- Source of emissions:
three combustion turbines (170 MW each)
- Type of fuel:
- Type/quantity of emissions:
- NOx: 773.2 tons per year (tpy)
- CO: 388.6 tpy
- VOC: 37.9 tpy
- PM 10: 240.9 tpy
- SO2: 97.4 tpy
- formaldehyde: 3 tpy
- total HAPs: 9.7 tpy
- Emission control technology:
- for NOx control: dry low-NOx burners, and an emission limit of 9 parts per million by volume at 15% oxygen and on a dry gas basis (ppmvd)
- for CO control: proper and efficient combustion practices (good mixing of fuel and combustion air), and a limit of 7.9 ppmvd
- for PM10 control: efficient combustion practices along with the use of natural gas, and a limit of 18.4 pounds per hour for each turbine
- for SO2 and sulfuric acid mist: use of natural gas (low sulfur fuel), with a limit of sulfur not higher than 0.015 grains sulfur per standard cubic foot of natural gas
- for VOC control: a limit of 37.9 tons per 12-month rolling time period
- Date permit application received:
- Stack height and diameter:
each turbine has a maximum diameter of 240 in, and a minimum height of 75 in.
- Permit agency's contact name, address, telephone number:
Lori L. Peacock
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality,
Air Quality Division,
Hollister Building,
106 West Allegan Street
Lansing, MI, 48909
Tel. 517 373- 7082
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