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elchrist
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 Posted: 30 Dec 2003 11:34 AM Post subject: Border Power Plant Pollution Control |
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Since July 2003 the two new power plants, one owned and operated by InterGen and the other by Sempra Energy, have been running without very much local attention. It turns out that InterGen was required to install "scrubbers" on the two turbines in order to reduce the amount of pollutants emitted. Nitrogen oxide, the primary pollutant which both smog and ozone consist of.
I last recall reading that the power plants would give out approximately 4,000 tons of pollutants a day, something I find unacceptable with the amount of pollution that already exists in the Mexicali and Imperial valleys.
The Imperial County Air Pollution Control District and Border Power Plant Working Group are two agencies that appear to be working to get these power companies in check. They have requested investigations into this matter, but InterGen is attempting to hold them off.
Read more about it on the Imperial Valley Press' Web site:
Power plant operator criticized for improper installation
By MARC SCHANZ, Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 24, 2003 3:54 PM PST |
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elchrist
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Turbine shut at border power plant until controls are installed
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040109/APN/401091069
A U.S. energy company said Friday it has turned off a turbine at a power plant along the border in Mexico that was generating power for California until pollution controls can be installed.
The move follows complaints by two members of California's congressional delegation who complained to U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that InterGen failed to deliver on its commitment to install pollution scrubbers on one of the four turbines at its plant in Mexicali, Mexico.
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revramrod
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| elchrist wrote: | Turbine shut at border power plant until controls are installed
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040109/APN/401091069
A U.S. energy company said Friday it has turned off a turbine at a power plant along the border in Mexico that was generating power for California until pollution controls can be installed.
The move follows complaints by two members of California's congressional delegation who complained to U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that InterGen failed to deliver on its commitment to install pollution scrubbers on one of the four turbines at its plant in Mexicali, Mexico.
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Absolutely. That power plant is within eyesight of the Imperial Valley, there is no way they could have left it unchecked.
Though, overall, it's quite futile. I remember reading an air pollution report some years back that stated that schools in Calexico, and thus, all of Calexico, had the an air pollution level dangerously surpassing the maximum level allowed -- all due to the air pollution from Mexicali.
Here are a few items for the Calexico City Council to ponder:
CITIES AND COUNTIES WITH HIGHEST RECENT AIR POLLUTION LEVELS
Particulate: Calexico, Imperial Co, CA -- Carbon Monoxide: Calexico, Imperial Co, CA
http://psr.igc.org/breathe.htm
Measured by exposure level, students in Calexico, Imperial County, are most at risk. Both Jefferson Elementary School and Calexico High School are within one-half mile of a monitor that recorded particulate levels of 36.6 micrograms - well over twice the EPA's proposed standard.
http://www.ewg.org/reports/caschoolair/cakids.html
Particulate matter in Calexico has been measured at ten times above the federal standard and more than double the level at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says significant harm to health occurs.
http://www.lungsandiego.org/environment/article_imperial_issues.asp |
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elchrist
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| revramrod wrote: | | I remember reading an air pollution report some years back that stated that schools in Calexico, and thus, all of Calexico, had the an air pollution level dangerously surpassing the maximum level allowed -- all due to the air pollution from Mexicali. |
Is anyone aware of a daily air pollution alert for the Imperial Valley, most importantly Calexico? Wouldn't this be something the news agencies should report on or is a taxi dispute more important? |
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bemisnorris
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| elchrist wrote: | | revramrod wrote: | | I remember reading an air pollution report some years back that stated that schools in Calexico, and thus, all of Calexico, had the an air pollution level dangerously surpassing the maximum level allowed -- all due to the air pollution from Mexicali. |
Is anyone aware of a daily air pollution alert for the Imperial Valley, most importantly Calexico? Wouldn't this be something the news agencies should report on or is a taxi dispute more important? |
In metropolitan areas the morning news always has a pollution and/or allergy report; the Valley should consider doing this. Then again, I'm not even sure the Valley has any morning news shows. |
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elchrist
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| bemisnorris wrote: | | elchrist wrote: | | revramrod wrote: | | I remember reading an air pollution report some years back that stated that schools in Calexico, and thus, all of Calexico, had the an air pollution level dangerously surpassing the maximum level allowed -- all due to the air pollution from Mexicali. |
Is anyone aware of a daily air pollution alert for the Imperial Valley, most importantly Calexico? Wouldn't this be something the news agencies should report on or is a taxi dispute more important? |
In metropolitan areas the morning news always has a pollution and/or allergy report; the Valley should consider doing this. Then again, I'm not even sure the Valley has any morning news shows. |
This information should be provided by the government. If it is, then Calecia.com will find a way to provide you all with the data.
In the meantime, I've found this very helpful utility on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Web site named EnviroMapper. Note all the hazardous waste sites near Calexico schools. |
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