Environmental Review of the Air Pollution Control Project at Morgantown Generating Station

摘要

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC to modify the Morgantown Generating Station in Charles County, Maryland. The modifications include the installation of flue gas desulfurization systems on the coal-fired Units 1 and 2 at Morgantown, new pulverizers, a steam turbine upgrade for Unit 2, Sulfuric acid mist controls, and associated enhancements. The project was proposed in response to Maryland's Healthy Air Act legislation and will help the Morgantown facility achieve required reductions in sulfur dioxide and mercury. The Department of Natural Resources Power Plant Research Program (PPRP) performed this environmental review of the Morgantown Air Pollution Control (APC) project as part of the PSC Licensing process. PPRP used the analysis of potential impacts to establish recommended licensing conditions for constructing and operating the proposed APC systems. PPRP's recommendations were made in concert with six additional State agencies. This report describes PPRP's evaluation of the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the APC project, summarizes the results of this evaluation, and presents licensing conditions, which have been incorporated into the CPCN for the facility.