CAIR Reduces West Virginia’s Emissions
- By 2015, CAIR will help West Virginia sources reduce emissions
of sulfur dioxide (SO2) by 422,000 tons or 78 percent.
SO2 Emissions (thousand tons) |
2003 |
2010 |
2015 |
West Virginia SO2 emissions without CAIR |
540 |
582 |
495 |
West Virginia SO2 emissions with CAIR |
N/A |
250 |
118 |
- By 2015, CAIR will help West Virginia sources reduce emissions
of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 159,000 tons or 78 percent.
NOx Emissions (thousand tons) |
2003 |
2009 |
2015 |
West Virginia NOx emissions without CAIR |
203 |
179 |
176 |
West Virginia NOx emissions with CAIR |
N/A |
63 |
44 |
CAIR Helps West Virginia and its Neighbors
- Because air emissions travel across state boundaries,
reducing the emissions from sources in West Virginia also will
reduce fine particle pollution and ground-level ozone pollution
in other areas of the country.
- Currently, West Virginia sources significantly contribute
to fine particle pollution in the District of Columbia and in the
following 10 states:
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, New York, New Jersey,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee & Delaware
- Currently, West Virginia sources significantly contribute
to ground-level ozone pollution in the District of Columbia and
in the following 8 states:
Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Delaware & Connecticut
- West Virginia’s fine particle air quality will improve
because of reductions of SO2 and NOx in:
Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, & Virginia
CAIR Makes West Virginia’s Air Cleaner
- CAIR helps West Virginia meet and maintain the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and
fine particle pollution.
- SO2 and NOx contribute to the formation of fine particles (PM),
and NOx contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone.
- Areas meeting the NAAQS are in attainment. Those areas not meeting
the standards are known as “nonattainment areas.”
Fine Particle Pollution
- 14 West Virginia counties were designated nonattainment
for EPA’s health-based standards for fine particle pollution
(PM).
- CAIR will help bring 7 of these counties into attainment by 2010:
1. Harrison County (P) Marion County, WV Area
2. Monongalia County (P) Marion County, WV Area
3. Berkeley County Martinsburg-Hagerstown, MD-WV Area
4. Pleasants County (P) Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH Area
5. Wood County Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH Area
6. Marshall County Wheeling, WV-OH Area
7. Ohio County Wheeling, WV-OH Area
- CAIR will help bring 2 more of those counties into attainment
by 2015:
1. Kanawha County Charleston, WV Area
2. Putnam County Charleston, WV Area
- CAIR will help reduce particle pollution in all of the
remaining counties:
1. Cabell County Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Area
2. Mason County (P) Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Area
3. Wayne County Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Area
4. Brooke County Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Area
5. Hancock County Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Area
Ground-level Ozone
- At the end of 2004, 11 West Virginia counties were designated nonattainment
for EPA’s health-based standards for 8-hour ozone pollution.
- Existing Clean Air Act Programs will bring all of these counties
into attainment by 2010.
1. Berkeley County Berkeley & Jefferson, WV Area
2. Jefferson County Berkeley & Jefferson, WV Area
3. Kanawha County Charleston, WV Area
4. Putnam County Charleston, WV Area
5. Cabell County Huntington-Ashland-KY-WV Area
6. Wayne County Huntington-Ashland-KY-WV Area
7. Wood County Parkersburg, Marietta, OH-WV Area
8. Brooke County Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Area
9. Hancock County Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Area
10. Marshall County Wheeling, OH-WV Area
11. Ohio County Wheeling, OH-WV Area
CAIR is Smart for West Virginia Economy
- CAIR helps maintain coal as a viable fuel/energy source,
keeping jobs in West Virginia.
- Regional electricity prices are not significantly impacted by CAIR.
Average Retail Electricity
Prices (AREP) in 1999 dollars |
2000 |
2010 |
2015 |
West Virginia’s AREP without CAIR (mills/kWh*) |
57.4 |
51.7 |
55.2 |
West Virginia’s AREP with CAIR (mills/kWh*) |
N/A |
53.7 |
58.6 |
*mill = 1/10 of a cent |
Notes:
1) Partial counties are identified by (P) following the county
name.
2) Projections concerning future levels of air pollution in specific
geographic locations were estimated using the best scientific models
available. They are estimations, however, and should be characterized
as such in any description. Actual results may vary significantly
if any of the factors that influence air quality differ from the
assumed values used in the projections shown here.
3) Small emission increases can occur in a state under CAIR where
shifts in power generation occur, but overall improvements occur
throughout the CAIR region. The Final CAIR includes a compliance
supplement pool of NOx allowances (roughly 200,000 allowances)
for the annual program, which could lead to slightly higher annual
NOx emissions than are stated here.
4) The data presented here is based on recently completed, revised
Integrated Planning Modeling (IPM), reflecting CAIR as finalized. This recent data may
differ slightly from modeling results in the Final CAIR Federal
Register Notice and Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) which were based on modeling that was completed
before EPA had determined the final scope of CAIR. The primary
difference in the earlier modeling included AR, DE, and NJ in the
annual SO2/NOx requirements, and did not include an ozone season
cap on any states.
5) Emissions reductions take into account state and federal pollution
control programs in place when EPA last updated its models in mid-2004.
Reductions from more recent state programs or settlement actions
are not reflected in these tables.
6) Retail electricity prices are by North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) region.
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