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*[http://carma.org/dig Carbon Monitoring for Action database], accessed Feb. 2009.]
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==Emissions Data==
*'''2006 CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions''': 3,720,279 tons .<ref>[http://carma.org/plant/detail/11773"Eddystone"], Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.</ref>*'''2006 SO<sub>2</sub> Emissions''': 6,720 tons .<ref name="EPA">[http://www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/broker?reqtype=viewmap&pid=42045-420450014&pyear=2002&dbtype=TSV&_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.pltsrch.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=PA&geoname=Pennsylvania&pname=eddystone&pcity=&psic=&rpp=25&mapsize=zsc&pg=1"Facility Search Report - Criteria Air Pollutants - Facility Detail: Eddystone"], U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.</ref>*'''2006 NO<sub>x</sub> Emissions''': 5,409 tons [http://www.epa.gov<ref name="EPA"/cgi-bin/broker?reqtype=viewmap&pid=42045-420450014&pyear=2002&dbtype=TSV&_service=airdata&_program=progs.webprogs.pltsrch.scl&_debug=2&geotype=st&geocode=PA&geoname=Pennsylvania&pname=eddystone&pcity=&psic=&rpp=25&mapsize=zsc&pg=1]>*'''2005 Mercury Emissions''': 107 pounds .<ref name="RTK2006">[http://data.rtknet.org/tri/tri.php?dbtype=C&sortp=D&facility_id=19022DDYSTNO1IN&detail=-1&datype=T&reptype=f&reporting_year=2006&submit=GO"Eddystone Generating Station (2006)"], RTK Net, OMB Watch, accessed February 2009.</ref>
==Toxic Waste Data [http://data.rtknet.org/tri<ref name="RTK2006"/tri.php?dbtype=C&sortp=D&facility_id=19022DDYSTNO1IN&detail=-1&datype=T&reptype=f&reporting_year=2006&submit=GO]>==
*'''Arsenic Waste''': 4,619.2 pounds
**''Air Release'': 1,262.2 pounds
==Accidents and Negligence==
*'''February 19, 1983''' :Two workers were severely burned when the circuit breaker on a disabled generating unit blew during repairs.<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB295090DF30C33&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM"Circuit Blows PE Plant"]**Two workers were severely burned when the circuit breaker on a disabled generating unit blew during repairs, ''Philadelphia Daily News'', February 19, 1983, page 3. </ref>*'''October 5, 1983''' : A pill-sized radioactive pellet was dropped on the boiler room floor. According to Philadelphia Electric and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission overseeing the recovery, no one was exposed or in danger at the time of the incident.<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2964B8CD47D6D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM"Radioactive Mishap Ends at Plant"]**A pill-sized radioactive pellet was dropped on the boiler room floor. According to , ''Philadelphia Electric and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission overseeing the recoveryInquirer'', October 5, 1983, no one was exposed or in danger at the time of the incidentpage B06.</ref>*'''September 10, 1987''' :<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=YK&p_theme=yk&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2946800845F44&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM"Power Washer Accident Kills Felton Man at Work: A High Pressure Jet of Water Fatally Injured Charles Egger at Work in Delaware Counrty Saturday"],York Daily Record (PA), September 10, 1997.</ref>
**A worker cleaning a sulfur dioxide scrubber bled to death when a power washer spontaneously turned on, shooting a 6,000 pounds-per-square-inch spray of water through his leg.
**Responding to the call for help without a stretcher or medical supplies, workers determined it would be more beneficial to attempt to remove the man from the scrubber before attempting first aid.
==Litigation and Controversy==
*'''March 17, 2002'''<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8659523_ITM "Utility Giant Exelon Stiffs Delaware County, Pa., School, Town on Taxes"], ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', March 17, 2002.</ref>
**Eddystone power plant begins discussion over $5.7 million in delinquent state taxes that had nearly bankrupted the local school district.
**Arguments over the plant’s value assessment kept the company from paying $3.6 million to the school district, $1 million to the town of Eddystone, and $1.1 million to Delaware County.
**While the company files appeals, the county, town, and school board authorities acknowledge they have almost no power to force payment, unlike with private property where tax-liens can be placed on the property.
**A week later, half the payment was received while negotiations continued on the unpaid portion.{{fact}}
==Articles and Resources==
*Environmental Integrity Project, [http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants"], July 2007.
*[http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/fii_query_java.html Facility Registry System], U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
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