June
2,
2004
MEMORANDUM
From:
William
H.
Maxwell
CG/
ESD
(
C439­
01)

To:
Utility
MACT
Project
Files
Subject:
Meeting
with
EPRI
and
Charles
River
Associates
(
CRA),
June
2,
2004
Attendees
EPRI/
CRA:
John
Novak,
EPRI
Leonard
Levin,
EPRI
Anne
Smith,
CRA
EPA:
Jeff
Holmstead,
OAR/
OD
Don
Zinger,
OAR/
OD
Chitra
Kumar,
OAR/
OD
Ellen
Brown,
OAR/
OPAR
Stephanie
Daigle,
OPEI
Jessica
Furey,
OPEI
Meghan
McGuinness,
OAR
Ann
Johnson,
OPEI
Alex
Cristofaro,
OPEI
Robert
J.
Wayland,
OAR/
OAQPS/
ESD/
CG
(
by
telephone)
Bill
Maxwell,
OAR/
OAQPS/
ESD/
CG
(
by
telephone)

Discussion
The
attached
materials
were
discussed.

Attachments
KeySpan
Northport
Unit
3
B
385MW
Combustion
Engineering
Oil/
Gas
Fired
Unit
Background
_
In
Service
date
1977
­
Tangentially
fired
originally
100%
oil
fired
(
never
coal)
B
gas
capability
added
in
2002
_
Built
with
an
ESP
designed
for
3%
sulfur
oil
firing
_
Cycling
operation
_
Dual
exhaust
ducts
Electrostatic
Precipitator
(
ESP)

_
Standard
plate
and
wire
full
exhaust
flow
design
_
Dual
ducted
(
North/
South)
design
exiting
into
single
stack
_
16
modules
B
8
per
half
2002­
3
Maintenance
Project
­
$
4
million
_
Replaced
emitter
wires
with
rigid
electrode
design
_
Improved
vibrators
_
Upgraded
voltage
control
system
_
New
Collector
plates
_
Other
maintenance
Nickel
testing
Feb.
10­
11,
2004
North
Half
ESP
l
Concentration
rth
ESP
inlet
rth
ESP
Outlet
ESP
Removal
Nickel
(
lbs/
TBTU)
1423
605.8
389.5
36%

South
Half
ESP
l
Concentration
uth
ESP
Inlet
uth
ESP
Outlet
ESP
Removal
Nickel
(
lbs/
TBTU)
1423
561
864.3
Anomalous
(
1)

(
6)
4
ESP
south
side
modules
O/
S
on
test
day
!
Significant
retention
of
Nickel
in
bottom
ash
B
60%
reduction
prior
to
ESP
inlet
!
Ni
concentration
in
oil
=
26ppm
!
Average
outlet
PM
=
0.028
B
0.034
lbs/
mmBTU
­
(
limit
is
0.1
lbs/
mmbtu)

!
North
side
PM
removal
efficiency
approx.
50%

Conclusion
Disregarding
South
side
equipment
problems,
North
side
removal
of
Nickel
significantly
above
proposed
210
lb/
TBTU
standard.
Proposed
limit
not
achievable.
