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M191 <br />Table B -3. U.S. WTE Plants by Technology <br />Technology <br />Operating <br />Plants <br />Daily Design <br />Capacity (TPD) <br />Annual Capacity 1 <br />(Million Tons) <br />Mass Burn <br />65 <br />71,354 <br />22.1 <br />Modular <br />9 <br />1,342 <br />0.4 <br />RDF- Processing & <br />Combustion <br />10 <br />15,428 <br />4.8 <br />RDF- Processing Only <br />5 <br />6,075 <br />1.9 <br />RDF- Combustion Only <br />5 <br />4,592 <br />1.4 <br />Total U.S. Plants z <br />94 <br />98,791 <br />30.6 <br />WTE Facilities <br />89 <br />92,716 <br />28.7 <br />' Annual Capacity equals daily tons per day (TPD) of design capacity multiplied by 365 (days /year) <br />multiplied by 85 percent. Eighty -five percent of the design capacity is a typical system guarantee of <br />annual facility throughput. <br />Z Total Plants includes RDF Processing facilities that do not generate power on site. <br />Source: J.V.L. Kiser and M. Zannes, Integrated Waste Management Services Association, April 2004. <br />In the region, 10 WTE facilities currently operate, processing almost 12,000 TPD of <br />MSW. Table B -4 describes those plants. <br />Table B -4. WTE Plants in Region <br />Location <br />Size <br />TPD <br />Start <br />Date <br />Energy Product <br />Owner /Operator <br />North Carolina <br />New Hanover County <br />500 <br />1984 <br />electricity' <br />New Hanover County <br />South Carolina <br />Charleston <br />600 <br />1989 <br />steam & electricity <br />AT &T /Montenay Charleston RRI <br />Virginia <br />Alexandria <br />975 <br />1988 <br />electricity <br />Covanta Arlington - Alexandria, Inc. <br />Fairfax County <br />3000 <br />1990 <br />electricity <br />Covanta Fairfax, Inc. <br />Hampton <br />240 <br />1980 <br />steam <br />NASA and City of Hampton /City of Hampton <br />Harrisonburg <br />200 <br />1982 <br />steam & electricity <br />City of Harrisonburg <br />Portsmouth <br />2000 <br />1988 <br />RDF & electricity <br />Southeastern Public Service Authority <br />(SPSA) <br />Maryland <br />Baltimore <br />2250 <br />1985 <br />electricity <br />John Hancock Life Insurance Company/ <br />Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. <br />Harford County <br />360 <br />1988 <br />steam & electricity <br />Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal <br />Authority /Energy Recovery Operations, Inc. <br />Montgomery County <br />1800 <br />1995 <br />electricity <br />Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal <br />Authorit / Covanta Montgomery, Inc. <br />Originally built as a "steam" plant, the tacility now generates and sells electricity.` <br />Source: Integrated Waste Management Services Association <br />The following sections describe the basic types of MSW combustion technologies, all <br />of which have been in use for decades in the U.S. <br />Z New Hanover County Government, Department of Environmental Management website. <br />GBB/C08027 -01 B -3 August 15, 2008 <br />