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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 />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 2 <br />94 <br />98,791 <br />30.6 <br />Alexandria <br />975 <br />` Annual Capacity equals daily ypu/ or oesen covuuw mumv.=" "' O", p=,W,=". <br />multiplied by 85 percent of the design capacity is a typical system guarantee of <br />annual facility throughput. <br />^Tota|P|an\sinc|udesRDFPnocessingfaci|0eothatdonoLganeraUepowernnsKe. <br />Source: J.V.L. Kiser and M. Zannas, Integrated VVasUo Management Services Association, April 2004. <br />In the region, 10 VVTE facilities currently operate, processing almost 12,000 TPD of <br />MSVV. 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 />Southeastern Public Service Authority <br />Portsmouth <br />2000 <br />1988 <br />RDF & electricity <br />Maryland <br />John Hancock Life Insurance Company/ <br />Baltimore <br />2250 <br />1985 <br />electricity <br />Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. <br />Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal <br />Harford County <br />360 <br />1988 <br />steam &electricity <br />Authority/Energy Recovery Operations, Inc. <br />Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal <br />Montgomery County <br />1800 <br />1995 <br />electricity <br />LAuthority/ Covanta Montgomery, Inc. <br />I Originally built asa^steam^plant, the facility 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 />zNmwHannverCountyGovernmunt,DepartmantofEmvironmenta|Managamentwebsito. <br />GBB/C08027-01 B-3 August 15i2OOB <br />