[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66633-66634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30779]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6480-9]
Acid Rain Program: Acid Rain Compliance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final nitrogen oxides compliance plans.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing, as a direct
final action, nitrogen oxides (NOX) compliance plans in
accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and
76). Because the Agency does not anticipate receiving adverse comments,
the compliance plans are being issued as a direct final action.
DATES: The NOX compliance plans issued in this direct final
action will be final on January 10, 2000 unless significant, adverse
comments are received by December 29, 1999. If significant, adverse
comments are timely received on a NOX compliance plan in
this direct final action, the relevant NOX compliance plan
will be withdrawn through a notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the
NOX compliance plans, except information protected as
confidential, may be viewed during normal operating hours at U.S. EPA
Region 4, 100 Alabama Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
Comments. Send comments to Winston A. Smith, Director, Air,
Pesticides, and Toxic Management Division at the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Jachim, U.S. EPA Region 4, (404)
562-9126.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Significant, adverse public comments
received on a NOX compliance plan in this direct final
action that are timely received will be addressed in a subsequent
approval or denial of a NOX compliance plan. Such approval
or denial will be based on the draft NOX compliance plan in
the notice of draft NOX compliance plan that is published
elsewhere in today's Federal Register and that is identical to this
direct final action.
U.S. EPA is issuing, under 40 CFR 76.11, a NOX averaging
plan with which the following units shall comply for compliance year
1999: units 1-4 at Arkwright in Georgia, in which the actual annual
average rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the
alternative contemporaneous annual emission limitation (ACEL) of 1.00
lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1-4 shall not be greater
than 652,199 mmBtu each; units 1-4 at Bowen in Georgia, in which the
actual annual average rate for NOX for each unit shall not
exceed the ACEL of 0.44 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units
1-4 shall not be less than 42,974,115, mmBtu, 39,890,926 mmBtu,
59,808,558 mmBtu, and 56,547,329 mmBtu respectively; unit 2 at Branch
in Georgia, in which the actual annual average rate for NOX
shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.80 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input
shall not be greater than 13,635,168 mmBtu; units 4-7 at Crist in
Florida, in which the actual annual average rate for NOX for
each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.59 lb/mmBtu, and the actual
heat input for units 4-7 shall not be greater than 4,330,920 mmBtu,
3,518,988 mmBtu, 13,451,097 mmBtu, and 20,422,854 mmBtu respectively;
units 1 and 2 at Daniel in Mississippi, in which the actual annual
average rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL
of 0.30 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 shall not
be less than 21,244,417 mmBtu and 29,987,051 mmBtu respectively; units
1 and 2 at Gadsden in Alabama, in which the actual annual average rate
for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.67 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 shall not be greater
than 3,412,000 mmBtu and 2,160,000 mmBtu respectively; units 1-5 at
Gaston in Alabama, in which the actual annual average rate for
NOX for units 1-4 shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.45 lb/
mmBtu, and for unit 5, 0.48 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for
units 1-4 shall not be less than 13,871,000 mmBtu, 15,349,000 mmBtu,
13,799,000 mmBtu, 13,796,000 mmBtu respectively, and for unit 5, not
greater than 46,496,000 mmBtu; units 1-4 at Hammond in Georgia, in
which the actual annual average rate for NOX for units 1-3
shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.80 lb/mmBtu, and for unit 4, 0.50 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1-3 shall not be greater
than 3,252,464 mmBtu each; units 1-3 at Kraft in Georgia, in which the
actual annual average rate for NOX for each unit shall not
exceed the ACEL of 0.60 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units
1-3 shall not be greater than 1,434,816 mmBtu each; units 1 and 2 at
McDonough in Georgia, in which the actual annual average rate for
NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.45 lb/
mmBtu; unit 1 at McIntosh in Georgia, in which the actual annual
average rate for NOX shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.84 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input shall not be greater than 5,272,714
mmBtu; unit 3 at Mitchell in Georgia, in which the actual annual
average rate for NOX shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.65 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input shall not be greater than 3,087,400
mmBtu; unit 3 at Scherer in Georgia, in which the actual annual average
rate for NOX shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.32 lb/mmBtu, and
the actual heat input shall not be less than 51,627,214 mmBtu; units 1
and 2 at Scholz in Florida, in which the actual
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annual average rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed
the ACEL of 0.70 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2
shall not be greater than 723,608 mmBtu and 731,528 mmBtu respectively;
units 1 and 2 at Wansley in Georgia, in which the actual annual average
rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.43
lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 shall not be less
than 43,995,205 mmBtu and 46,349,195 mmBtu respectively; units 4 and 5
at Watson in Mississippi, in which the actual annual average rate for
NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.60 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 4 and 5 shall not be greater
than 12,086,872 mmBtu and 20,127,887 mmBtu respectively; and units 1-7
at Yates in Georgia, in which the actual annual average rate for
NOX for units 1-7 shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.59 lb/mmBtu
for units 1-3, 0.44 lb/mmBtu for units 4 and 5, and 0.36 lb/mmBtu for
units 6 and 7, and the actual heat input for units 1-3 shall not be
greater than 2,185,838 mmBtu for unit 1, and 2,694,591 mmBtu each for
units 2 and 3, and not less than 4,188,728 mmBtu each for units 4 and
5, and 10,404,101 mmBtu and 11,655,498 mmBtu each for units 6 and 7,
respectively. The Designated Representative is Charles D. McCrary.
U.S. EPA is also issuing, under 40 CFR 76.11, an additional
NOX averaging plan with which the following units shall
comply for compliance year 1999: units 1-4 at Gallatin in Tennessee, in
which the actual annual average rate for NOX for each unit
shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.42 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input
for units 1-4 shall not be less than 12,874,000 mmBtu, 14,938,000
mmBtu, 18,188,000 mmBtu, and 18,527,000 mmBtu respectively; units 1-5
at Colbert in Alabama, in which the actual annual average rate for
NOX for each unit 1-4 shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.47 lb/
mmBtu, and for unit 5, 0.49 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for
units 1-5 shall not be less than 12,412,000 mmBtu, 12,410,000 mmBtu,
12,189,000 mmBtu, 10,372,000 mmBtu, and 26,441,000 mmBtu respectively;
and units 1-10 at Johnsonville in Tennessee, in which the actual annual
average rate for NOX for each unit 1-10 shall not exceed the
ACEL of 0.51 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1-10 shall
not be greater than 7,469,000 mmBtu, 7,440,000 mmBtu, 7,390,000 mmBtu,
6,348,000 mmBtu, 5,590,000 mmBtu, 6,205,000 mmBtu, 8,880,000 mmBtu,
8,805,000 mmBtu, 8,534,000 mmBtu, and 8,451,000 mmBtu respectively. The
Designated Representative is Joseph R. Bynum.
Under each plan, the actual Btu-weighted annual average
NOX emission rate for the units in the plans shall be less
than or equal to the Btu-weighted annual average NOX
emission rate for the units had they each been operated, during the
same period of time, in compliance with the applicable emission
limitations under 40 CFR 76.5, 76.6, or 76.7.
Dated: November 18, 1999.
Larry F. Kertcher,
Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 99-30779 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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