Covanta Stanislaus Energy

Address

4040 Fink Rd
Crows Landing, CA
95313
United States of America

Latitude: 37.385384

Longitude: -121.140869

https://www.covanta.com/Our-Facilities/covanta-stanislaus

Notes

Due to close in 12/2024 This facility serves the City of Modesto and the County of Stanislaus in North Central California. The facility is located in the southwest corner of the county in the community of Crows Landing, about 25 miles from Modesto in the farmlands of California's central valley. Site: 16.5 acres Energy-from-Waste System: Two 400 ton-per-day waterwall furnaces with Martin® reverse-reciprocating grates and ash handling system Boiler Design: 865 psig/830°F superheater outlet conditions Air Pollution Control Equipment: Semi-dry flue gas scrubbers injecting lime, fabric filter baghouses, nitrogen oxide control system, mercury control system, and continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) system Rated Refuse Capacity: 800 tons per day Energy Generation at Rated Capacity: Up to 22.5 megawatts from one condensing steam turbine generator

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Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	10	25
American Indian	1.2%	2.2%	2.2%
Asian	0.7%	5.6%	5.5%
Black	2.5%	5.9%	2.5%
Hispanic	65.4%	62.8%	58.4%
White	27.1%	21.3%	29.7%
	29.7%
Population	956	29k	283k
Income	$41k		$62k

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GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice		Interested
Valley Improvement Projects		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
County of Stanislaus	Owner	0%
Covanta Stanislaus Inc	Operator	100%

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California county agrees to give Covanta rights to waste-to-energy facility 6/27/2012 "new operating agreement [] will transfer sole ownership of the plant to Covanta by 2027. [] Covanta will assume 75% of all liability and risk associated with potential fees tied to emissions."
Closure of garbage-burning plant in Stanislaus County raises questions about waste disposal Read more at: https://www.modbee.com/news/politics-government/article293723769.html#storylink=cpy "County and Modesto officials are in negotiations with Covanta (now Reworld) to cease operations in December"
Covanta Pollutes Our Air & Then Sponsors Earth Day 2009
Covanta Pollutes the Central Valley's Air, Then Sponsors Modesto's Earth Day 3/13/2013 "In 2001 the incinerator tried to import medical waste from across the state to be burned here, but concerned residents stopped that toxic threat"
from Waste Nots 01-94 OCR
Stop the Covanta Waste-to-Energy Garbage Incinerator Green Action
VIP at Modesto Earth Day 5/16/2017 "As advocated by VIP, local trash incinerator Covanta and petroleum company Boyett were not sponsors"
VIP Seeks to Improve Modesto's Earth Day Festival 4/4/2015 "Out of the three trash incinerators in California only the one in Stanislaus County is considered renewable energy, which was almost undeniably do to political favors exchanged at the state capitol."
Waste Diversion & Developing Sustainable Communities in Stanislaus County 10/22/2015 "Generates up to 22.5 megawatts of energy -> Sold to Anaheim, not used locally"

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Power	Type	Status	Fuel
11 MW	Burner: Water Wall Furnace	Closed	Municipal Solid Waste 400 Tons Per Day
11 MW	Burner: Water Wall Furnace	Closed	Municipal Solid Waste 400 Tons Per Day

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