|
Address |
General
James M. Gavin Power Plant
7397 North State Route 7
Cheshire, Ohio 45620
PO
Box 271
Cheshire, Ohio 45620 |
|
Owner |
American
Electric Power
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215 |
| |
Type |
Coal-fired
power plant consists of two identical units.
Each unit has a smokestack and cooling tower. |
| |
Generating
Capacity |
2600
megawatts, enough for 2 million customers.
The largest facility in Ohio.
One of the largest in the world. |
| |
Stack
Height |
830
feet each |
| |
Cooling
Tower Height |
492
feet each |
| |
Date
Built |
1975,
completed |
| |
Coal
burned/day |
25,000
tons at full capacity |
|
Coal
burned/year |
15
billion pounds (or 7.5 million tons) at full capacity |
| |
Pollution
Control Devices |
Selective
Catalytic Reduction Units (SCRs)
Flue Gas Desulfurization units (scrubbers)
Low NOx burners. |
| |
#
of Employees |
380 |
| |
Annual
Payroll |
$20
million |
|
Coal
Source & Storage |
A
mine in the neighboring Meigs county partially supplied Gavin
with coal. This mine shut down in 1999/2000.
Today,
barges on the Ohio River deliver the necessary coal. Up to 2.7
million tons of coal are stored in Gavin's facilities. |
|
|
TRIs
(Toxic Release Inventory) |
Government
Reports that detail toxic releases to the environment.
Sulfur
Dioxide
Sulfuric
Acid
Sulfur
Trioxide
For
more information on chemical/toxic releases, please visit the
Environmental
Protection Agency website.
|
|
Environmental
Release Report,
”Scorecard” |
The
Environmental
Scorecard for the Zip Code 45620, Gavin's location |
|
US
EPA
Air Releases |
For
the region
surrounding the Gavin plant |
| |
EPA
Region 5 |
For
purposes of evaluating and measuring air releases, the Gavin power
plant falls into this region as designated by the EPA. |
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