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• Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA)

World’s largest Energ from Waste (EfW) operator• World’s largest Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator• Global presence; local relationships• North America, Asia & Europe• 4,000+ employees

• 44 EfW and 8 biomass to electric facilities• 20,000,000 Tons of MSW processed in 2010• Produced ~8% of U.S. non-hydro renewable electricity

Lee County EfW, Florida

• Handled over 6% of U.S. post recycled waste disposal• 400,000+ tons of metal recycled each year

• Strong balance sheet & stable business

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g• 2010 revenues: $1.6 billion 2010 free cash flow: $392 million• 2011 in line with targets and investor expectations• Highly contracted revenue base

Durham York Energy CentreDurham -York Energy Centre

• 41 EfW facilities: 240 to 3,000 Tons per day (TPD)• 24 Martin Mass Burn

3 R f D i d F l (RDF)• 3 Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)

• 4 O’Connor Rotary Mass Burn

• 4 Fisia DBA Mass Burn

• 3 Enercon Mass Burn

• 1 Steinmuller Mass Burn

• 1 Aireal Mass Burn

• 13 Transfer Stations

• 3 Ashfills and one landfill

• 8 Biomass to electricity facilities

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Hawaii

• 5 Landfill gas to energy facilities

• 2 Hydro electric facilities3

North America• 600 TPD, $115M Lee County, FL EfW Facility Expansion –

Construction Complete October 2007p

• 600 TPD, $125M Hillsborough, FL EfW Facility Expansion – NTP in December 2006; Completed in 2009

• 900 TPD, $300M Honolulu, HI EfW Facility Expansion –Started in 2009

• 436 Tonnes per day, $256M Clarington, ONT greenfieldEfW, expected completion end of 2014

Europe• 1,700 TPD, $350M ($EU) Dublin, Ireland – Started in Dec

2009

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HPOWER Expansion Project

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Asia• 1800 TPD and 350 TPD, $100+M, Chengdu, China and

Taixing, China – Construction completed in 2011, Currently in Start-up 4

• Technology, operating protocols, employee incentives and skilled operators result in superior environmental performanceperformance

• Typical operation 60-80% below EPA limits• Leadership in developing/applying technologies

LN™(L NO ) d VLN™(V L NO ) T h l• LN™(Low NOx)and VLN™(Very Low NOx) Technology• Carbon injection for mercury control• Tulsa – Unit #3 (two stage combustion & gasification)

• Numerous awardsNumerous awards• Alexandria Facility of the Year Award, ASME - 2011 • New York Environmental Leaders - 2009• Sustainable Florida Leadership -2009

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• Michigan Clean Corporate Citizen -2007• Kapolei Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award -2003

• Culture of sustainability driven by Clean World Initiative

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• Technology, operating protocols, employee incentives

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and skilled operators result in superior environmental performance

• Typical facility operates 60-80% below EPA limits

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• Leadership in developing/applying new technologies (LN & VLN, Mercury Control)

• Roughly 6,000 stack tests over past 10 years lt d i 20 d ( l i ZERO)

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resulted in 20 exceedances (our goal is ZERO)2010

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10-Year Average 780,112 99.87%

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(a) Operating hours are for EfW combustion units

• Safety is a core value and protects the firm’s most valuable t e s ost a uab eresource—our employees

• STEP-UP Program “Safety Today and Everyday is Paramount -Unleash the Po er”

8.00 BLS TCIR

COV 2011 (Oct) TCIR is 73% better than industry average.

COV 2011 (Oct) DART is 79% better than industry average.

Covanta Americas Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) and

Days Away/Restricted/Transfer Rates (DART) (2006-2011) vs.Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Rate (2005 - 20101)

Unleash the Power”

• 41 Covanta facilities have earned the STAR Award, the highest

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the STAR Award, the highest national recognition given as part of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program

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• Covanta among Top 7 U.S. Companies in the prestigious VPP Star Program

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (Oct)1

1. Uses MSW as a fuel to generate electricity

2. Looks and operates like a conventional power plant with a boiler and turbine

3. Incorporates pstate-of-the-art emission controls –CEMs, dioxin sampling, etc.

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http://www.youtube.com/covantaenergy#p/f/3/D3WWjmDICn8

“Modern incineration technology is remarkably clean and each plant can be put to use generating electricity for thousands of homes.”

“D rham Leads on Trash Incineration ”

“Modern incineration technology is remarkably clean and each plant can be put to use generating electricity for thousands of homes.”

“D rham Leads on Trash Incineration ”“Durham Leads on Trash Incineration,” The Toronto Star, August 2007

“Durham Leads on Trash Incineration,” The Toronto Star, August 2007

• DBO: state-of-the-art Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility in Clarington, ONT

Preliminary Architectural Rendering of EfW Facility

• Using proven Martin GmbH® combustion technology to process 140,000 tonnes/year

• Creating hundreds of direct/indirect jobs during g j gconstruction and >40 operation/plant/ administrative positions when operational

• Generating 17.5 megawatts of renewable energy, g g gyenough to power 11,000 to 15,000 homes

• Recovering several thousands of tonnes of metals that supplement current recycling programs

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• Districting heating / Low pressure steam / Hot water applications for Energy Park

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Facility Size: 436 tonnes/day @ 13MJ/kg(Provisions for 1230 tonnes/day) 

Number of Trains:  2 (218 tonnes/day @ 13MJ/kg)

Boiler Outlet Steam Conditions: 90.6 bar, 500ºC

T bi R d C i 20MWTurbine Rated Capacity:  approx. 20MW

Condensing Mechanism:  Air Cooled Condenser

Number of Tipping Positions:  4pp g

Number of Refuse Cranes:  2 (each sized for 761 tonnes/day)

Number of Stacks:  1 (GEP Height – 87.6 m)

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Metals Recovery:  Ferrous and Nonferrous 

• MSW Delivery• MSW delivered 6 days a week – 7:00am to 7:00pm

• All deliveries go through scale house• All deliveries go through scale house

• Only firms with contracts with Durham/York Region can deliver MSW

• Nominal 1 of every 10 trucks are inspected on tipping floor

• MSW Storage• Pit capacity is 7 days at 436 Tonnes/day

• Nominal Pit size: 33.2m by 11.6m by 7.6m (L, W, D)

A 7 350 3 MSW• Approx. 7,350 m3 MSW

• Pit fabricated of high-strength reinforced concrete with water stop

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• A portable sump pump will be available to provide removal of water from the pit, if ever necessary

• Truck Deliveries• Service contracts will define minimum

standards and include penalties for failure tostandards and include penalties for failure to perform

• All trucks will have closed containers

• Tipping Hall• Tipping hall maintained under negative

pressure

C b ti i d f th ti i fl• Combustion air drawn from the tipping floor

• Intakes located above pit area

• All MSW held in the refuse pit

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Trucks will unload in the tipping hall.Tipping hall maintained under negative pressure.

• Proven pit management procedures ensure waste turnoverwaste turnover

• Manage delivery flows – ensure trench for deliveries

f• Regular mixing of waste

• Mix & feed from specific areas of the pit

• Manage accumulated water by routineManage accumulated water by routine digging down pit & mixing

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A portable sump pump will be available to provide removal of water from the pit, if ever necessary.

• Normal operating conditions: 1 or 2 units on-line• Negative pressure in tipping haul is used to prevent air and

odors from leaving building. Air is used in combustionodors from leaving building. Air is used in combustion process.

• Louvers in outside wall are in open position during truck deliveries

T k t d it i t i d i l d iti• Truck entrance and exit are maintained in closed position when trucks are not delivering MSW

• Louvers are manually operated

• Outage Condition: both units off-line• Never a planned event

• All doors and louvers would be closed

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Odour complaints from mass burn facilities using the above procedures are not common.

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Feed hopper is cooled with water jacket.

Durham‐YorkEA/CofA/Project Agreement

Averaging Period

Filterable  Particulate Matter  9 mg/Rm3 Average of three tests

Cadmium 7 ug/Rm3 Average of three tests

Lead 50 ug/Rm3 Average of three tests

Mercury 15 ug/Rm3 Average of three tests

Dioxins and Furans 60 pg/Rm3 as ITEQ Average of three tests

Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) 0.9 mg/Rm3 Average of three tests

Organic Matter 33 mg/Rm3 Average of three tests

Combined Trace Metals 460 mg/Rm3 Average of three tests

Cadmium and Thalium 46 mg/Rm3 Average of three tests

Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) 9 mg/Rm3 24‐hr  CEM

Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) 35 mg/Rm3 24‐hr CEM

Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 121 mg/Rm3 24‐hr  CEM

Carbon Monoxide (CO) 40 mg/Rm3  4‐hr CEM

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Opacity 10% 6‐minute COM

Opacity 5% 2 hour COM

• Recirculating Dry Scrubber

• Carbon Injection• Carbon Injection

• Pulse Jet Baghouse

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Each combustion train has dedicated air pollution control equipment.

• Stack Emissions• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

• CO, O2, NOx, SO2, HCl, HF, NH3, Moisture

• Opacity

E i• Economizer• O2, SO2, CO, CO2, VOC, Flue Gas Flow Rate,

Temperature

• Dioxin Sampler• Dioxin sampling over a period of up to one month

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Electronic display board on facility exterior with real time emissions and most recent stack test results.

• Bottom Ash discharger to wet ash for control of fugitive dust

• Grizzly scalper to remove oversize materials

• Magnetic separation for ferrous materials

• Eddy current separation for non-ferrous materials

• Stored in concrete bunkers in dedicated ash building

• Bottom ash will be landfilled as a nonhazardous residue

• Long term goal is to find beneficial re-use applications

• Fly ash collected separatelyFly ash collected separately

• Fly ash mixed in ash conditioner with Portland cement, Pozzolan and water for micro-encapsulation (chelating)

• Storage capacity of 21 days in seven discrete bunkers in dedicated ash building

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• Front end loaders move conditioned fly ash from bunker to bunker

• Residue building has filtered ventilation system

• Air Cooled Condenser Design: Approximately 10X Lower Water Consumption

• Zero discharge facilityg y

• Potable water for fire protection, boiler feedwater, minimal wash-down water, feed hopper cooling, and irrigation

Floor trenches drain to the settling basin• Floor trenches drain to the settling basin

• Waste water used in ash discharger

• Boiler blowdown and RO reject water used for flue gas attemperation, fly ash j g p , yconditioning and water supply to the settling basin

• Sanitary water discharged to the sewer

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Facility design maximizes re‐use of waste water with internal operations. Therefore no process water discharge will occur.

C bi ti f d l d d i t• Combination of open and closed drainage system

• Storm water to the on-site retention ponds

• Pond discharge to the adjacent CN Rail Swale and finally to Tooley CreekPond discharge to the adjacent CN Rail Swale and finally to Tooley Creek

Sediment and Erosion Control Plan during construction will be developed for the site.

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• Facility design includes noise mitigationac y des g c udes o se ga o• Boiler and APC system located inside enclosure

• Noise controls applied to auxiliary equipment (i.e. fire pump, standby generator)

• Noise predictions will be verified using:• Noise predictions will be verified using:• Equipment specific manufacturer’s data and/or

• Noise data from similar equipment

M it i t t l t d ithi 1 k ( th t d t)• Monitoring at receptors located within 1 km (north, east and west)

• Confirm compliance with established limits during specific time periods

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• ISO 14001• Facility specific program implemented within 2 years

of startupof startup

• Modeled after Vancouver program

• Environmental Management System• Software based system to facilitate all testing and

reporting requirements

• Provides nationwide information sharing amongst all EfW facilities

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Will create a facility specific system that is integrated into a Corporate‐wide program.

MERCURY BOUNTY PROGRAMS STUDENT POSTER CONTESTS PUBLIC EFW TOURS

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LOCAL GREEN FAIRS FISHING FOR ENERGY ARBOR DAY / EARTH DAY EVENTS

“The proposed thermal treatment facility will benefit the communities in the Regional Municipalities of Durham and York.”Ontario Ministr of the En ironment (MOE) Re ie of

“The proposed thermal treatment facility will benefit the communities in the Regional Municipalities of Durham and York.”Ontario Ministr of the En ironment (MOE) Re ie ofOntario Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Review of Environmental Assessment (EA)Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Review of Environmental Assessment (EA)

• Notice to Proceed Effective August 17, 2011

Constr ction D ration per Project AgreementPreliminary Architectural Rendering of EfW Facility• Construction Duration per Project Agreement:

1215 days (Dec.13, 2014)

• Mobilization on Site: January 2012

Rendering of EfW Facility

• Engineering started

• Major equipment ordered

G l C t t l ti i• General Contractor selection in process

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Thank you.Thank you.

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