[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62430-62432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29738]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5340-2]
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD)
Final Determinations
AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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ACTION: Notice of final actions.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that between May 1,
1994 and September 30, 1995, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region II Office, issued 5 final determinations, the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued 3 final
determinations and the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 10 final determinations pursuant to the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD)
regulations codified at 40 CFR Sec. 52.21.
DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated
in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Jon of the Permitting and Toxics
Support Section, Air Compliance Branch, Division of Air and Waste
Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Office, 290
Broadway, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866, (212) 637-4085.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the EPA
Region II and the NYSDEC have made final PSD determinations relative to
the sources listed below:
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Name Location Project Agency Final action Date
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Eli Lilly Industries, Inc...... Mayaguez, Puerto Proposed replacement of a steam EPA.............. PSD Non- May 4, 1994.
Rico. boiler at the Mayaguez facility Applicability.
with a new 350 horsepower
Cleaver Brooks boiler.
Mercer and Atlantic County RRF. Duck Island, New Two--833.8 tons per day MSW NJDEP............ Final PSD Permit. June 22, 1994.
Jersey. combustors each. Each combustor
will be equipped with scrubber,
baghouse, and carbon injection.
Sithe Independence............. Oswego, New York.. 1012 MW combined-cycle gas NYSDEC........... PSD Permit June 29, 1994.
turbine (4 GE Frame 7001FA) Modification.
cogeneration project firing
natural gas.
Selkirk Cogeneration Partners, Selkirk, New York. 80 MW GE Frame 7 QC cogeneration NYSDEC........... PSD Permit July 15, 1994.
L.P. (Phase I). project firing natural gas with Modification.
No. 2 distillate oil and propane
as a backup fuel.
Virgin Islands Water and Power St. Thomas, Virgin Relaxation of certain ``low- EPA.............. PSD Permit August 24, 1994.
Authority (VIWAPA) (Units 15 & Islands. load'' restrictions for two Modification.
18). existing oil-fired gas turbines
(Units 15 and 18); deleting
conditions prohibiting facility
to operate only one of these
units in combined-cycle mode at
any given time; and allowing
facility to burn up to 200,000
gallons per year of ``off-spec''
oil in two existing steam
boilers (Units 11 and 13).
New Jersey Steel Corporation... Sayreville, New Facility modernized its batch NJDEP............ PSD Permit September 7, 1994.
Jersey. operation to a continuous feed Modification.
Consteel process including a new
larger baghouse, new canopy
hood, new higher stack, and
higher production rate.
LaFarge Corp................... Syracuse, New York Proposed modifications to an NYSDEC........... PSD Non- September 21, 1994.
existing pneumatic vessel unload Applicability.
system and an internal transfer/
silo distribution system.
Virgin Islands Water and Power St. Croix, Virgin Revision to allow Unit 20 to EPA.............. PSD Permit November 16, 1994.
Authority (VIWAPA) (Unit 20). Islands. begin operating for a period of Modification.
up to 180 days prior to date of
installation of PSD-required
CEMS.
Saranac Power Partners......... Plattsburgh, New 240 MW combined-cycle gas turbine NYSDEC........... PSD Permit November 23, 1994.
York. cogeneration project firing Modification.
natural gas.
Kamine Syracuse Cogeneration Syracuse, New York 80 MW Siemens V64 firing natural NYSDEC........... PSD Permit December 20, 1994.
Project. gas with No. 2 distillate oil as Modification.
a backup fuel.
Kenetech Energy Systems........ Chateaugay, New 20 MW Riley Stoker Boiler firing NYSDEC........... PSD Permit December 30, 1994.
York. wood. Modification.
Hollingsworth and Vose Company. Easton, New York.. Addition of a new paper machine NYSDEC........... PSD Non- March 29, 1995.
and the increased use of the Applicability.
boilers at an existing facility.
Newark Bay Cogeneration........ Newark, New Jersey Authorized an increase in the NJDEP............ PSD Permit April 11, 1995.
duration of the exemption for Modification.
fuel transfer periods.
LifeSavers Manufacturing, Inc.. Las Piedras, Removal of a GMT generator and a EPA.............. PSD Non- May 8, 1995.
Puerto Rico. Clayton boiler with the addition Applicability.
of two new Cleaver Brooks
boilers.
Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogen Brooklyn, New York Change in offset host from Domino NYSDEC........... PSD Permit June 6, 1995.
Partners. Sugar to LILCO. Modification.
Auburn Steel Company........... Auburn, New York.. Increase in hourly charging rate NYSDEC........... PSD Non- July 3, 1995.
of the electric arc furnace from Applicability.
55 to 85 tons of scrap metal/
hour. Applicant has proposed to
install a new larger baghouse
and an annual production cap to
ensure that increases at the
proposed project are below the
PSD de minimis levels.
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Virgin Islands Water and Power St. Thomas, Virgin New Unit # 21 at the Krum Bay EPA.............. Final PSD Permit. August 15, 1995.
Authority (VIWAPA) Unit #21. Islands. Generating Station in St.
Thomas. It is a 36 MW, simple
cycle, oil-fired, GE Frame 6,
gas turbine. It will burn No. 2
fuel oil with a maximum sulfur
content of 0.2 percent by weight.
Brystol-Myers Squibb Co........ Syracuse, New York Construction of three air NYSDEC........... PSD Non- September 29, 1995.
pollution sources (bio-gas Applicability.
boiler, ground flare, and an
odor scrubber). All criteria
pollutants capped below the PSD
de minimis levels.
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This notice lists only the sources that have received final PSD
determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and
related materials should contact the following offices:
EPA Actions
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Office, Air
Compliance Branch--21 Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-
1866
NJDEP Actions
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, Division
of Environmental Quality, Bureau of Engineering and Technology, 401
East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
NYSDEC Actions
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of
Air Resources, Source Review and Regional Support Section, 50 Wolf
Road, Albany, New York 12233-0001
If available pursuant to the Consolidated Permit Regulations (40
CFR Sec. 124), judicial review of these determinations under Section
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) may be sought only by the
filing of a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals
for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date on which these
determinations are published in the Federal Register. Under Section
307(b)(2) of the Act, these determinations shall not be subject to
later judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement.
Dated: October 30, 1995.
William Muszynski,
Deputy Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-29738 Filed 12-05-95; 8:45 am]
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