[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7051-7052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2831]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5150-2]
Acid Rain Program: NOX Compliance Plans
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Status of NOX Compliance Plans in Final Acid
Rain Permits.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing
notice of the status of NOX compliance plans in final Acid Rain
permits that were issued prior to November 29, 1994, the date on which
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a
decision vacating the Acid Rain NOX regulations contained in part
76. Prior to November 29, 1994, EPA had issued draft NOX
compliance plans for public comment and, after the close of the public
comment periods, issued final permits or permit revisions that included
approved NOX compliance plans. Under the plans, units were
required to meet the standard NOX emission limitations or the
requirements of NOX averaging plans, and some units were granted
15-month NOX compliance extensions. The [[Page 7052]] emission
limitations and compliance plan requirements were set forth in part 76.
On November 29, 1994, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit determined that, in promulgating part 76, the Agency
had exceeded its statutory authority. The Court vacated part 76.
Consequently, those NOX compliance plans that the Agency had
approved prior to November 29, 1994 are no longer in effect. The Court
decision has no effect on any other provisions of the permits,
including the SO2 compliance plans. The permits containing the
NOX compliance plans are listed below. Upon reissuance of NOX
regulations, EPA will again address the status of these NOX
compliance plans.
EPA notes that there are some NOX compliance plans that were
submitted, but not acted on before November 29, 1994 or were submitted
after November 29, 1994. In light of the Court's decision, the Agency
has deferred action on any NOX compliance plans that had not
already been acted on by that date.
Permits for the following sources contain previously approved
NOX compliance plans for all Phase I units with Group 1 boilers
located at the sources. These plans are not in effect at this time:
Dunkirk, Greenidge, and Milliken in New York.
Chalk Point and Morgantown in Maryland.
Armstrong, Bruce Mansfield, Brunner Island, Cheswick, Conemaugh,
Martins Creek, New Castle, Portland, Shawville, and Sunbury in
Pennsylvania.
Albright, Fort Martin, Harrison, Mitchell, and Mt Storm in West
Virginia.
Colbert and E C Gaston in Alabama.
Crist in Florida.
Bowen, Hammond, Jack McDonough, Wansley, and Yates in Georgia.
Coleman, Cooper, East Bend, E W Brown, Elmer Smith, Ghent, Green
River, H L Spurlock, HMP&L Station 2, and R D Green in Kentucky.
Jack Watson in Mississippi.
Gallatin and Johnsonville in Tennessee.
Baldwin, Grand Tower, Hennepin, Hutsonville, Joppa Steam,
Meredosia, Newton, and Vermilion in Illinois.
Cayuga, Elmer W Stout, F B Culley, Frank E Ratts, Gibson, H T
Pritchard, Petersburg, R Gallagher, and Wabash River in Indiana.
J H Campbell in Michigan.
High Bridge and Sherburne County in Minnesota
Ashtabula, Conesville, East Lake, Edgewater, Gorge, Miami Fort,
Picway, R E Burger, Toronto, W H Sammis, and Walter C. Beckjord in
Ohio.
Genoa, South Oak Creek, and Pulliam in Wisconsin.
Burlington, Milton L Kapp, Prairie Creek, and Riverside in Iowa.
Quindaro in Kansas.
Hawthorn, James River, Labadie, Montrose, Southwest, and Thomas
Hill in Missouri.
Gadsby in Utah.
Jim Bridger (units BW71, BW72, and BW73 only) and Wyodak in
Wyoming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Dwight C. Alpern, (202) 233-
9151.
Dated: January 31, 1995.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 95-2831 Filed 2-3-95; 8:45 am]
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