Jeffrey C Quick, Utah Geological Survey

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Technology-Specific Mercury Emissions from Coal
Combustion by U.S. County of Origin
Jeffrey C Quick, Utah Geological Survey
http//geology.utah.gov/emp/mercury/index.htm S
ara Pletcher, Project Manager National Energy
Technology Laboratory Geological Society of
America, Annual Meeting Salt Lake City,
Utah 16-19 October 2005 This report was prepared
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Coal Data
25,825 records ICR 2 data (1999)
ltepa.gov/ttn/atw/combust/utiltox/utoxpg.htmlgt 19,
507 records FERC 423 data (1999)
lteia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/ferc423.htmlgt
5,823 records FERC 580 data (1992 to 1999)
lteia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/ctrdb/database.htmlgt
5,059 records COALQUAL data (1973 to 1989)
Bragg, L.J., and others 1997, U.S. Geological
Survey Open File Report 97-134. 1,342 records
MSHA data (1999) lthttp//www.msha.gov/STATS/P
ART50/P50Y2K/AI/1999/caim1999.exegt 73
records DOE-PSU data (1985 to 1995) Davis,
A., and Glick, D.C., 1993, U.S. DOE contract
DE-RP22-87PC79997 Scaroni, A.W., and others,
1999, U.S. DOE contract DE-AC22-93PC93051
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Utility Data
240 records ICR 3 data (1999)
ltepa.gov/ttn/atw/combust/utiltox/utoxpg.htmlgt SA
IC 2003, Calculation of possible mercury MACT
floor values for coal- fired utilities -
influence of variability and approach.
ltnetl.doe.gov/coal/EWR/mercury/pubs/DOE_Report_v1
20803.pdfgt ENSR 2003, Multivariable method to
estimate the mercury emissions of the
best-performing coal-fired utility units.
ltepa.gov/ttn/atw/combust/utiltox/final_ensr_multiv
ar.pdfgt Roberson 2002, UARG variability
analysis. ltepa.gov/ttn/atw/combust/uti
ltox/epavarifnl.docgt 561 records CEA data

Canadian Electricity Association,
ltceamercuryprogram.ca/EN/sampling_data.htmlgt
preliminary Oct. 2004 data
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Mercury Out Stack (lbs Hg per 1012 Btu)
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Mercury Capture
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n
Mercury Capture
1,500
2,000
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Chlorine in U.S. Coal 1999 ICR data
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Sulfur in U.S. Coal 1999 FERC 423 data
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Estimated Hg capture, by coal origin
for units with cold ESP/FGD emission controls
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Mercury in U.S. Coal 1999 ICR data
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Estimated Hg emissions, by coal origin
for units with cold ESP/FGD emission controls
19 of power plants in 1999
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The New Cap-and-Trade Clean Air Mercury Rule
(CAMR)
2010 38 ton cap 2018 15 ton cap States
given tradable, mercury emission allowances in
proportion to the amount of coal they burn,
adjusted for coal rank x 1 Bituminous,
x 1.25 Subbituminous x 3 Lignite
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Mercury capture varies with Geologic Age - Not
Coal Rank
Cenozoic-Mesozoic Coal
All U.S. Coal
Mercury Capture
Mercury Capture
Modified from State of Utah comment to EPA
Docket OAR-2002-0056-5411
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Result of the CAMR Rank Adjustment (1) target
Hg emission rates depend on where the coal is
burned
Assumes no trading, no banking, and no change to
the amount of coal burned
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Result of the CAMR Rank Adjustment (2) target
Hg capture further depends on how much mercury
is in the coal
Assumes no trading, no banking, and no change to
the amount or quality of coal burned