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Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results:
FY2007 Important Environmental Problems/National Priorities
Priority: New Source Review Prevention of Significant Deterioration
FY2007 Annual Results Topics
Annual Results for
National Enforcement Priorities
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Problem:
Modifying a facility to increase production capacity has the potential to considerably increase the amount of pollution. These projects release nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and other harmful air pollutants. These pollutants contribute to respiratory illness and heart disease, contribute to formation of acid rain, reduce visibility, and can be transported over long distances before falling on land or water. These projects release nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and other harmful air pollutants. These pollutants contribute to respiratory illness and heart disease, contribute to the formation of acid rain, reduce visibility, and carry over long distances before deposition on land or water. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires installation of state-of-the-art pollution controls when facilities construct or modify new sources of emissions in a manner that increases air pollution. These requirements are called as New Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration (NSR/PSD). Noncompliance with the NSR/PSD provisions of the CAA results in inadequate control of emissions and the release of thousands of tons of illegal pollution into the atmosphere each year. In FY 2005 - FY 2007, EPA focused its NSR/PSD Priority by addressing several sources of air pollution reduction commitments through consent decrees with coal-fired electric utility sources and sulfuric and nitric acid industries.
Key Results:
| Fiscal Year | Pollutants Reduced (lbs) |
Investments in Pollution Control ($) |
Civil Penalties ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2006 | 135 Million | $310 Million | $0.5 Million |
| FY 2007 | 426 Million | $2,443 Million | $8 Millio |
| FY 2006-2007 | 561 Million | $2,753 Million | $8.5 Million |
*FY 2005 Annual Results Data Not Available
Highlights:
- In FY 2005 to 2007, EPA settled a total of 14 cases against coal-fired electric utilities that will result in pollutant reductions of 1,864,061 tons per year. EPA estimates that 441,177 tons of NOX and 1,422,884 tons of SO2 will be reduced per year. As a result, the public will save approximately $71,210,200,200 per year in avoided health-related costs.
- In FY 2005 to 2007 EPA settled cases with the sulfuric and nitric acid industry that reduce emissions by approximately 32,200 tons per year or 200 tons of nitrogen oxides and 32,000 tons of sulfur dioxide reduced per year. Approximately $1,537,320,000 will be saved per year by the public and our health care system in avoided health-related costs.
- In FY 2005, EPA and the State of Illinois settled a case with Illinois Power Company and Dynegy Midwest Generation that reduced emissions of SO2 and NOX by approximately 54,000 tons annually. The settlement requires a $500 million investment in pollution control equipment, $15 million on environmental projects, and a $9 million civil penalty.
- In FY 2006, EPA entered a partial settlement agreement with the Alabama Power Company, James H. Miller, Jr. Plant that reduced NOX and SO2 emissions by 34,305 tons annually.
- In 2007, Wisconsin Electric Power Company agreed to install pollution controls estimated to cost $620 million, which will result in pollutant reductions of 144 million pounds of sulphur dioxide and 66 million pounds of nitrogen oxides.
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