NC0003425_CP & L Intends to Burn Coal Product name SynFuel_20000526

C P&L
Carolina Power & Light Company
Roxboro Electric Generating Plant
1700 Dunnaway Rd
Semora, NC 27343
File. 12520A
Mr Dai id Goodrich
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1617
Re- Carolina Power & Light Company
NPDES Permit No. NC0003425
Roxboro Steam Electric Plant
Person County, NC
Dear Mr Goodrich:
Carolyn M. Jungclas
Plant Manager
May 26, 2000
This letter is to inform you that Carolina Power & Light Company's Roxboro Steam Electric Plant
(Plant) intends to burn a coal product named SynFuel. SynFuel is a product that consists of coal with small
amounts of a petroleum-based emulsified binder. Initially, this product will be blended with regular coal in
various proportions and test burned for approximately 6 months Should this product be determined to be an
acceptable fuel, the plant may utilize this product on a more permanent basis
Any impacts to the ash sluice water should be negligible due to the absence of toxic materials in the
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product plus the fact that any organic substances in the binder should be incinerated during combustion in the
boiler Any unpacts to the runoff from the coal pile should be negligible due to the absence of toxic materials in
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the product and the small stockpiles of the product in relation to the overall drainage area of the coal pile
Extracts of the binder have been analyzed for Volatile, and Semi -Volatile compounds, Polynuclear
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals These test results indicate that none of the target compounds were
detected. Test results are attached Additionally, a 48 hour acute toxicity test using Fathead Minnows
(Pimephales promelas) was performed on leachate from the SynFuel A 50% dilution of the leachate was not
considered toxic.
CP&L believes that use of this product will not change the nature of the discharges from this Plant.
Consequently, CP&L believes that no NPDES permit modifications are needed at this time. We do request that
this information be added to the current NPDES permit application on file at your office.
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This letter is to inform you that Carolina Power & Light Company's Roxboro Steam Electric Plant
(Plant) intends to burn a coal product named SynFuel. SynFuel is a product that consists of coal with small
amounts of a petroleum-based emulsified binder. Initially, this product will be blended with regular coal in
various proportions and test burned for approximately 6 months Should this product be determined to be an
acceptable fuel, the plant may utilize this product on a more permanent basis
Any impacts to the ash sluice water should be negligible due to the absence of toxic materials in the
1
product plus the fact that any organic substances in the binder should be incinerated during combustion in the
boiler Any unpacts to the runoff from the coal pile should be negligible due to the absence of toxic materials in
0
the product and the small stockpiles of the product in relation to the overall drainage area of the coal pile
Extracts of the binder have been analyzed for Volatile, and Semi -Volatile compounds, Polynuclear
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals These test results indicate that none of the target compounds were
detected. Test results are attached Additionally, a 48 hour acute toxicity test using Fathead Minnows
(Pimephales promelas) was performed on leachate from the SynFuel A 50% dilution of the leachate was not
considered toxic.
CP&L believes that use of this product will not change the nature of the discharges from this Plant.
Consequently, CP&L believes that no NPDES permit modifications are needed at this time. We do request that
this information be added to the current NPDES permit application on file at your office.
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Thank you for your attention If you have any questions please contact Fred Holt at [phone] or
Joame Cooke at [phone]
I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel
properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true,
accurate, and complete I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false
information, including the possibility of fines and unprisonment for knowing violations
Sincerely,
CarolyntJuggcW1as
Plant Manager
c: Tom Belnick - NCDENR DWQ
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