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Mid-Connecticut Resource Recovery Facility
Address
1 Reserve Road Gate 20-40
Hartford, CT 06114
United States
Latitude:
41.74923
Longitude:
-72.65279
http://www.crra.org/pages/proj_midconn_facilities.htm#rdf
Year Opened:
1988
Water Source:
Connecticut River
Notes
Former CL&P South Meadows coal facility, repurposed in late 1980's for trash burning. Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) delivered by conveyor from processing facility directly to the south.
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Data Sources
Energy Recovery Council Incinerators - 2000
Global Anti-Incineration Alliance - Incinerators
EIA 2008
2012 U.S. Biomass Power Map
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860
Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)
0
2.5
5
10
25
American Indian
0.4%
0.9%
0.8%
0.5%
0.3%
Asian
3.7%
5.4%
4.4%
6.9%
5.6%
Black
18.9%
25.0%
30.0%
21.9%
12.7%
Hispanic
56.2%
51.2%
39.9%
23.7%
17.8%
White
20.1%
17.5%
23.8%
44.6%
60.6%
Population
1,768
44k
181k
425k
1,131k
Income
$34k
$76k
$77k
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CORPORATIONS
Name
Relation
Ownership
Covanta Mid-Connecticut Inc
Former Operator
100%
Materials Innovation & Recycling Authority (MIRA) -- formerly Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA)
Owner
100%
NAES Corporation
Operator
GROUPS
Group
St.
Interest
Community Action Works (formerly Toxics Action Center)
Interested
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Interested
LINKS
Link
Advocates rally for shutdown of Hartford trash incinerator
The CT Mirror, August 2011
For better air, we need efficient air conditioners
9/13/2010 "�the two abandoned coal-fueled steam generators� were reactivated... as a trash-to-energy facility�"
Groups Vow To Fight Incinerator Expansion
June 2007
New Technology Renews Push For Trash-to-Energy Plants
November 2010
Protesters Want Trash Plant Out of Hartford [VIDEO]
VIDEO, August 2011
Protesters Want Trash Plant Out of Hartford [VIDEO]
August 2011
Startup and Operations of the Mid-Connecticut Resource Recovery Project
1990
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Unit #1
Unit Type: Burner: Spread Stoker, Water Wall Furnace
Power 45 MW
Status History
Closed
7-19-2022
Operating
7-1988
Fuels and Products
Resource Derived Fuel
950 Tons Per Day
1#
Input
Fewer Details
Unit #2
Unit Type: Burner: Spread Stoker, Water Wall Furnace
Power 45 MW
Status History
Closed
7-19-2022
Operating
7-1988
Fuels and Products
Resource Derived Fuel
950 Tons Per Day
1#
Input
Fewer Details
Unit #3
Unit Type: Burner: Spread Stoker, Water Wall Furnace
Power 45 MW
Status History
Closed
7-19-2022
Operating
7-1988
Fuels and Products
Resource Derived Fuel
950 Tons Per Day
1#
Input
Fewer Details
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