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Puget Sound Energy Fredonia Generating Station - Permitting Information

1. Facility Information

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 US/Canada Border

30 miles

4. Facility Type and Size

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. Sources of Emissions

Combustion turbines.

6. Type of Fuel

Primary - natural gas, Backup - No. 2 fuel oil.

7. Type and Quantity of Emissions

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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 Contact

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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Last updated on November 5, 2024
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