Environmental Review of the Proposed Wet Flu Gas Desulfurization (FGD) System Project at the Chalk Point Generating Station

摘要

The Department of Natural Resources Power Plant Research Program (PPRP), coordinating with other State agencies, performed this environmental review of the Chalk Point FGD project as part of The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) licensing process under PSC Case Number 9086. DNR used the analysis of potential impacts as the basis for establishing licensing conditions for operating the proposed project. DNR's recommendations were made in concert with the Departments of Environment, Agriculture, Transportation, and Business and Employment Development, the Maryland Energy Administration, and Maryland Office of Planning. This report describes PPRP's evaluation of the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the project, summarizes the results of the evaluation, and presents the licensing conditions, which have been incorporated into the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the facility. The document includes the following: description of the proposed project; discussion of existing environmental and socioeconomic conditions at the site and in the vicinity; and analysis of the potential air quality, surface water, biological ground water, socioeconomic, cultural, and noise impacts from the proposed project.