Central Wayne Air Quality

Address

4901 S. Inkster Rd.
Dearborn Heights, MI
48125
United States of America

Latitude: 42.274221

Longitude: -83.307075

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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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	2.0%	0.9%	1.5%	2.5%	4.9%
Black	25.8%	44.6%	25.0%	22.5%	32.7%
Hispanic	6.1%	5.7%	5.7%	7.3%	6.2%
White	57.8%	42.6%	61.9%	62.4%	51.5%
	51.5%
Population	1,906	33k	150k	553k	2,169k
Income	$53k		$49k	$49k	$49k

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GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Clean Water Action - Detroit		Interested
Sierra Club		Interested
Ecology Center (Ann Arbor)		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Central Wayne Energy Rcvry LP	Owner	100%
Central Wayne County Sanitation Authority	Owner	0%
Waste Management	Owner	0%

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Incinerator Property Sale Aproved TIFA map
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
Incinerator site sale in final stages Times-Herald 8/21/2010
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 "
Incinerator to Turn Waste Into Energy 7/6/1998 Crain's Detroit Business journal
Dearborn Heights sells incinerator land for $1.2 M 8/14/2010 Press & Guide article
Central Wayne County Incinerator Pollution
Incinerator site sale in final stages 8/21/2010 article

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Unit #1
Unit Type: Burner: Refractory Wall Furnace
Power 25 MW

Status History

Closed	9-1-2003
Operating	10-1964

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Municipal Solid Waste

250 Tons Per Day

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Unit #2
Unit Type: Burner: Refractory Wall Furnace
Power 25 MW

Status History

Closed	9-1-2003
Operating	10-1964

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Municipal Solid Waste

300 Tons Per Day

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Generator #1
Unit Type: Burner: Refractory Wall Furnace
Power 25 MW

Status History

Closed	9-1-2003
Operating	10-1964

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Municipal Solid Waste

250 Tons Per Day

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