[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8239-8240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4497]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5693-1]
Acid Rain Program: Permit and Permit Modifications
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of permits and permit modifications.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as
a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit
modifications including 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 exemptions are being issued as a direct final action.
DATES: The permits and permit modifications issued in this direct final
action will be final on April 7, 1997 or 40 days after publication of a
similar notice in a local publication, whichever is later, unless
significant, adverse comments are received by March 26, 1997 or 30 days
after publication of a similar notice in a local publication, whichever
is later. If significant, adverse comments are timely received on any
permit or permit modification in this direct final action, that permit
or permit modification will be withdrawn through a notice in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the
permits, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed
during normal operating hours at the following locations: for plants in
Connecticut, EPA Region 1, JFK Building, One Congress Street, Boston,
MA, 02203; for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, EPA
Region 7, 726 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS, 66101; and for plants in
Oregon, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue (AT-082), Seattle, Washington,
98101.
Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests
to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in Connecticut, EPA
Region 1, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Attn: Ian
Cohen (address above); for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and
Nebraska, EPA Region 7, Air, RCRA, and Toxics Division, Attn: Jon
Knodel (address above); and for plants in Oregon, EPA Region 10, Air
and Toxics Division, Attn: Joan Cabreza (address above). Submit
comments in duplicate and identify the permit 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 in the plan. All timely comments will
be considered, except those pertaining to standard provisions under 40
CFR 72.9 or issues not relevant to the permit or the permit
modification.
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 NOX compliance plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For plants in Connecticut, call Ian
Cohen, (617) 565-3568; for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and
Nebraska, call Jon Knodel, (913) 551-7622; and for plants in Oregon,
call Joan Cabreza (206) 553-8505.
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. In today's action, EPA is issuing permits and permit
modifications that include approval of early election plans for
NOX. The units that are included in the early election plans will
be required to meet an actual annual average emissions rate for
NOX of either 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers or
0.50 lbs/mmBtu for dry bottom wall-fired boilers
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beginning on January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which
they will be required to meet any applicable Phase II emissions
limitation for NOX. The following is a list of units included in
the permits or permit modifications and the limits that they are
required to meet:
Bridgeport Harbor unit BHB3 in Connecticut: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The
designated representative is John A. Buffa.
Ames units 7 and 8 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit 7, 0.50 lbs/
mmBtu for unit 8. The designated representative is Merlin C. Hove.
Council Bluffs units 1 and 3 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The
designated representative is William Leech.
George Neal North units 2 and 3 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The
designated representative is William Leech.
George Neal South unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is William Leech.
Lansing unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is Dale R. Sharp.
Louisa unit 101 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is William Leech.
Ottumwa unit 1 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is William W. Douglass.
Nearman Creek unit 1 in Kansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is Larry Adair.
Riverton units 39 and 40 in Kansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for unit 39,
0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit 40. The designated representative is Bruce
Baker.
Sikeston unit 1 in Missouri: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is Randall Pick.
Gerald Gentleman units 1 and 2 in Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The
designated representative is W. J. Fehrman.
Gerald Whelan Energy Center unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The
designated representative is Marvin Schultes.
Nebraska City unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is William C. Jones.
North Omaha unit 4 in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is William C. Jones.
Boardman unit 1SG in Oregon: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated
representative is Richard J. Hess.
Dated: February 14, 1997
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 97-4497 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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