Air and Water Equipment Purchases for Moxie Patriot and Liberty Energy Plant

Moxie Patriot intends to use a cooling system that does not depend on drawing large amounts of water from the Susquehanna River or groundwater resources.  In fact, no river water will be used at all.  Instead, the project will use air-cooled condensers.  These devices function much like a car radiator where cooling is done by fans moving air over finned tubes.  Use of air-cooled condensers eliminates any river impacts, including potential impacts to species of special concern.  It also eliminates any potential for vapor plumes that can be visible under certain atmospheric conditions.

Selective catalytic reduction systems will be used to reduce NOx. All materials used at the Moxie Liberty Generation Plant will be stored and handled in accordance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Transportation, and Pennsylvania regulations.  Aqueous ammonia (a mixture of 81% water and 19% ammonia) used in the SCR air emssion control system will be stored at atmospheric pressure in a tank that uses special systems designed to eliminate the chance of accidental spills or releases, including a concrete berm able to contain 110% of the volume of the tank.  All wastes will be managed on-site in accordance with state and federal regulations and will be shipped off-site for recycling or disposal