Dow Syngas Project Environmental Monitoring Review Committee Meeting Report. Heldin Plaquemine, Louisiana on September 21, 1994

摘要

The ninth meeting of the Environmental Monitoring Review Committee (MRC) for theDow Syngas Project was held in Plaquemine, Louisiana, on September 21, 1994. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Louisiana Gasification Technology, Inc. (LGTI), and Destec were present. The discussion of plant configuration and equipment included changes to coal-slurry pumps, design of longer-lived burners, and an improved mode of reactor control to better match oxygen to coal feed. The final portion of this presentation included a schedule for plant maintenance and modification shutdowns over the next year will until termination of operation. The next agenda item dealt with Phase II environmental monitoring activities. The presentation reviewed, in order, monitoring results in the areas of water, air, and solid waste effluents. All measurements were well within permitted limits. In addition, improved plant control has sharply reduced the number of Reportables to LDEQ.