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Puget Sound Energy Fredonia Generating Station


  1. Name of the facility:
      Puget Sound Energy Fredonia Generating Station

  2. Location:
      Skagit County, Washington near town of Mt. Vernon. 48ø27'17" N latitude, 122ø26'14"W longitude.

  3. Distance from the US/Canada border:
      30 miles

  4. Type/size of the facility:
      Puget Sound Energy proposes to install two 54 MW simple cycle natural gas-fired Pratt & Whitney FT-8 twin pac turbines at its existing 228 MW power generation peaking facility near Mt. Vernon. No. 2 fuel oil is available as a backup fuel.

  5. Source of emissions:
      Combustion turbines.

  6. Type of fuel:
      Primary - natural gas, Backup - No. 2 fuel oil.

  7. Type/quantity of emissions:
    &
  8. Emission control technology:

    For two new gas fired combustion turbines (108 MW combined), maximum permitted potential to emit (8760 hours / yr) considering controls:

    Pollutant Quantity
    of
    Emissions
    Firing Gas
    (tons / yr)
    Quantity
    of
    Emissions
    Firing Oil
    (tons / yr)
    Emission Control Technology
    PM10 30 53 Good combustion practices
    SO2 15 224 Good combustion practices
    NOx 102 102 Good combustion practices, water injection, & SCR
    VOC 42 35 Good combustion practices, oxidation catalyst
    CO 124 124 Good combustion practices, oxidation catalyst
    H2 SO4 69 69 Good combustion practices
    HAP 9 9 Good combustion practices, oxidation catalyst

  9. Date permit application received:
      May 4, 2001, October 5, 2001.

  10. Stack height and diameter:
      Stack 1:
      Height: 50 feet
      Diameter: 11 feet

      Stack 2:
      Height: 50 feet
      Diameter: 11 feet

  11. Permit agency's contact name, address, telephone number:
      State of Washington Department of Ecology
      Air Quality Program
      Attn: Tapas Das
      P.O. Box 47600
      Olympia, WA 98504-7600

      Phone: 360.407.6803

      Northwest Air Pollution Authority
      Attn: Lester Keel
      1600 South 2nd Street
      Mount Vernon, WA 98273-5202

      Phone: 360.428.1617, ext 209

 

 

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