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2 power plants to cut pollution : Upgrades will comply with Healthy Air ActPublished 12/02/06
To comply with new clean-air laws, Constellation Energy is planning major pollution-control upgrades at the company's two Pasadena power plants. Photo no longer available
Courtesy of Constellation Energy
The orange-highlighted part of this artist's rendering shows the proposed scrubber system and new 400-foot smokestack for the Brandon Shores power plant in Pasadena. Steam will be produced from the new pollution controls. The H.A. Wagner plant and Cox Creek are pictured in the background.The Brandon Shores plant and the H.A. Wagner plant - which sit side-by-side on Fort Smallwood Road - will undergo multimillion-dollar construction projects in the next few years if regulators approve the plans. "The whole purpose is to meet the Healthy Air Act," said Bonnie Johansen, a government and public affairs specialist for Constellation. The Healthy Air Act was passed by Maryland lawmakers this past spring, giving the state some of the strictest pollution-control laws for...
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