Air Resources Group, LLC Air Quality and Environmental Services

Electric Generating/Power Facilities

Examples include:

• Environmental due diligence review for the acquisition of six (6) coal and oil fired plants by a major international energy firm. This effort included historical review of potential environmental liabilities and review of Title V permit applications for each facility.
• Due diligence review of five (5) major coal, oil, and gas fired power plants for a different international energy company. This effort included detailed evaluations of past practices for each facility and an assessment of regulatory status for each facility.
• ARG permitted the installation of a selective catalytic reduction unit (SCR) for NOx control on a major coal-fired power plant. The unit was permitted successfully in record time.
• ARG has negotiated opacity compliance plans and consent orders for several generating stations.
• Development of systemwide NOX RACT plans for a major electric utility system, including unbundling an existing plan and replacing it with a new plan using a radically different compliance strategy.
• ARG recetnly permitted a new power efficiency 1040MW modification to a large cogeneration facility, involving a sophisticated new burner design that will be the first on this type of turbine frame.
• Preparation of comments for a major energy generating company on a proposed state NOx Budget regulatory package.
• For a major power generating company ARG prepared expert testimony on repowering issues in a significant breach of contract suit.
• Local and regional air quality impacts evaluation for a proposed major facility expansion project.
• Permitted a 54MW power station in three months.
• Developed a nationwide database of technical literature, permit conditions, and BACT/LAER analysis for startup shutdown conditions for power plants.
• Developed a nationwide database and statistical analysis for PM2.5 permit limitations for turbines.
• Assisted in the cost and model plant anaylsis of wind power, coal fired and alternative energy facilities for PJM’s Cost of New Entry Studies.