[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24912]
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[Federal Register: October 6, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5088-1]
Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modification
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of draft permits and permit modification.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for
comment one draft substitution plan and five draft nitrogen oxides
(NOx) compliance plans for two utility plants in accordance with the
Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and 76).
DATES: Comments on the draft permits and modification must be received
on or before November 7, 1994 or the date of publication of a similar
notice in a local newspaper, whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the
draft compliance plans, except information protected as confidential,
may be viewed during normal operating hours at EPA Region 5, Ralph H.
Metcalfe Federal Bldg., 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604.
Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests
to receive notice of future actions to EPA Region 5 (A-18J), Air and
Radiation Division, Attn: David Kee, Director (address above).
Submit all comments in duplicate and identify the compliance plan
to which the comments apply, the commenter's name, address, and
telephone number, and the commenter's interest in the matter and
affiliation, if any, to the owners and operators of all units covered
by the plan. All timely comments will be considered, except comments on
aspects of the permit other than the compliance plan and comments not
relevant to the compliance plan.
Hearings. To request a public hearing, state the issues proposed to
be raised in the hearing. EPA may schedule a hearing if EPA finds that
it will contribute to the decision-making process by clarifying
significant issues affecting a compliance plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Genevieve Nearmyer, (312) 353-4761.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IV of the Clean Air Act directs EPA to
establish a program to reduce the adverse effects of acidic deposition
by promulgating rules and issuing permits to emission sources subject
to the program. On January 11, 1993, EPA promulgated final rules
implementing the SO2 portion of the program. Subsequently, several
parties filed petitions for review of the rules with the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On May 4, 1994, EPA and
other parties signed a settlement agreement addressing the substitution
and reduced utilization issues. In today's action, EPA proposes to
approve substitution and NOx compliance plans and include them in final
permits for the following utility plants consistent with the May 4,
1994 settlement and 40 CFR part 76:
Petersburg in Indiana: one substitution plan for 1995, in which
units 1 and 2 designate H T Pritchard units 3 and 4 as substitution
units; five NOx averaging plans, one for each calendar year 1995-1996
in which the actual annual average emission rates for NOx shall not
exceed the alternative contemporaneous annual emission limitations of
0.60 lbs/MMBtu for unit 1, 0.44 lbs/MMBtu for unit 2, 0.41 lbs/MMBtu
for unit 3, and 0.41 lbs/MMBtu for unit 4, and the actual annual heat
input shall not be greater than the annual heat input limit of
10,635,000 MMBtu for unit 1, and shall not be less than the annual heat
input limits of 23,670,000 MMBtu for unit 2, 36,935,000 MMBtu for unit
3, and 36,118,000 MMBtu for unit 4. The other units designated in the
plans are H T Pritchard units 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Elmer W Stout units
50, 60, and 70. The designated representative is Robert A. McKnight.
H T Pritchard in Indiana: 586 substitution allowances for 1995 to
unit 3; 1,305 substitution allowances for 1995 to unit 4; one
substitution plan for 1995 in which Petersburg units 1 and 2 designate
units 3 and 4 as substitution units; five averaging plans, one for each
calendar year 1995-1996 for units 3, 4, 5, and 6 in which the actual
annual average emission rates for NOx shall not exceed the alternative
contemporaneous annual emission limitations of 0.80 lbs/MMBtu for units
3 and 4 and 0.54 lb/MMBtu for units 5 and 6, and the actual annual heat
input shall not be greater than the annual heat input limits of
1,312,000 MMBtu for unit 3, 1,883,000 MMBtu for unit 4, 2,044,000 MMBtu
for unit 5, and 4,766,000 for unit 6. The other units designated in the
plans are Petersburg units 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Elmer W Stout units 50,
60, and 70. The designated representative is Robert A. McKnight.
Dated: October 4, 1994.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-24912 Filed 10-5-94; 8:45 am]
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