In fact, just the other day I was thinking, “I wish there were more hazardous pollutants in the air.”
N.C. regulators have determined that the new coal-fired burner that Duke Energy Corp. is building at its Cliffside plant is a “minor” source of hazardous air pollutants.
Duke Energy Carolinas had asked the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Division of Air Quality to determine whether the new 800-megawatt boiler is a “major” or “minor” source of pollution.
The division says Duke will be limited to no more than 25 tons a year of hazardous air pollutants.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Business Journal here.
This article appears in Mar 10-17, 2009.
