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Central Wayne Air Quality
Address
4901 S. Inkster Rd.
Dearborn Heights, MI 48125
United States
Latitude:
42.27422
Longitude:
-83.30708
Year Opened:
1964
Water Source:
Municipality
Notes
built in the 1960s, was upgraded to meet then-extant air pollution standards with the help of a local millage enacted in the mid-1980s
Closed for 18 months in 1999-2000 and WTE added, and capacity expanded from 500 to 800 tons/day
"The incinerator built on the land eventually closed after financial difficulties and environmentalist protests" (
8/14/2010 article
)
"financial problems shuttered the plant for good" (
8/21/2010 article
)
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Data Sources
EIA 2008
Global Anti-Incineration Alliance - Incinerators
EIA 2012 Form 860
Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)
0
2.5
5
10
25
American Indian
0.472193%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.4%
Asian
1.9937%
0.9%
1.5%
2.5%
4.9%
Black
25.7608%
44.6%
25.0%
22.5%
32.7%
Hispanic
6.08604%
5.7%
5.7%
7.3%
6.2%
White
57.765%
42.6%
61.9%
62.4%
51.5%
Population
1,906
33k
150k
553k
2,169k
Income
$53k
$49k
$49k
$49k
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CORPORATIONS
Name
Relation
Ownership
Central Wayne Energy Rcvry LP
Owner
100%
Central Wayne County Sanitation Authority
Owner
Waste Management
Owner
GROUPS
Group
St.
Interest
Clean Water Action - Detroit
Interested
Ecology Center (Ann Arbor)
Interested
Sierra Club
Interested
LINKS
Link
Central Wayne County Incinerator Pollution
Dearborn Heights sells incinerator land for $1.2 M
8/14/2010 Press & Guide article
Incinerator Property Sale Aproved
TIFA map
Incinerator site sale in final stages
Times-Herald 8/21/2010
Incinerator site sale in final stages
8/21/2010 article
Incinerator to Turn Waste Into Energy
7/6/1998 Crain's Detroit Business journal
Stop the Burn Coalition Helps Extinguish Trash Burner
6/2004 "The incinerator, built in the 1960s and upgraded in the mid-�80s, was retrofitted in 1998 to a �waste-to-energy� facility."
The Quest for Incinerator Air Pollution Control
history prior to 1980
THE QUEST FOR INCINERATOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
1980 "The plant went into operation in October, 1964 with two 250 tons (227 t)/day nominal capacity refractory-lined continuous feed furnaces "
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Unit #1
Unit Type: Burner: Refractory Wall Furnace
Power 25 MW
Status History
Closed
9-1-2003
Operating
10-1964
Fuels and Products
Municipal Solid Waste
250 Tons Per Day
1#
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Unit #2
Unit Type: Burner: Refractory Wall Furnace
Power 25 MW
Status History
Closed
9-1-2003
Operating
10-1964
Fuels and Products
Municipal Solid Waste
300 Tons Per Day
1#
Input
Fewer Details
Generator #1
Unit Type: Burner: Refractory Wall Furnace
Power 25 MW
Status History
Closed
9-1-2003
Operating
10-1964
Fuels and Products
Municipal Solid Waste
250 Tons Per Day
1#
Input
Fewer Details
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