05-3907. Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) Final Determinations

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION:

Notice of final actions.

SUMMARY:

The purpose of this notice is to announce that between March 1, 1999, and November 30, 2004, the Region 2 Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issued 9 final determinations, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued 12 final determinations and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 13 final determinations pursuant to the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) regulations codified at 40 CFR 52.21.

DATES:

The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated in the chart at the end of this notice (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Frank Jon, Environmental Engineer of the Permitting Section, Air Programs Branch, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York, 10007-1866, at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the Region 2 Office of the USEPA, the NJDEP, and the NYSDEC have made final PSD determinations relative to the facilities listed below:

Name	Location	Project	Agency	Final action	Date
Athens Generating Plant	Athens, NY	3 Westinghouse 501G turbines, 3 heat recovery steam generators, 3 steam turbines, and associated facilities. The facility is rated at 1080 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	June 12, 2000.
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority—Units 16, 17, 19 and 20	St. Croix, VI	Consolidation of permits for Units 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20. Various permit revisions for PSD-affected units 16, 17, 19, and 20	EPA	PSD Permit Modification	November 27, 2000.
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority—Unit 22 at the Krum Bay Facility	St. Thomas, VI	A new 24 MW simple cycle oil-fired gas turbine. This United Technologies FT8-1 Power PAC gas turbine will burn No. 2 fuel oil with a maximum sulfur content of 0.2% sulfur by weight	EPA	New PSD Permit	January 3, 2001.
Cogen Technologies—Linden Generating Plant	Linden, NJ	Allow VOC emission increases and add power augmentation mode	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	May 6, 2001.
East River Repowering Project	New York, NY	Two combustion turbine GE 7FA generators, two heat recovery steam generators. The facility is rated at 360 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	July 18, 2001.
Ravenswood Cogeneration Project	Long Island City, NY	A 250 MW cogeneration facility	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	August 31, 2001.
Consolidated Edison Development—Ocean Peaking Power	Lakewood, NJ	Addition of three new simple-cycle turbines. Each GE 7FA turbine has a 174.2 MW capacity	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	September 10, 2001.
NYC Department of Sanitation—Fresh Kills Landfill Flares	Staten Island, NY	Installation of flares at the Fresh Kills Landfill	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	September 17, 2001.
AES Red Oak LLC	Sayreville, NJ	Addition of one 120 MMBTU/hr boiler, one 16 MMBTU/hr fuel gas heater, and one 49 MMBTU/hr emergency generator	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	October 24, 2001.
AES Puerto Rico, L.P.	Guayama, PR	The existing PSD permit was modified to correct the ppm values in the permit. The worst case ppm values did not occur simultaneously with the worst-case lb/hour values, as previously thought. There would be no increases in the lb/hr, lb/MMBTU, permitted values	EPA	PSD Permit Administrative Change	October 29, 2001.
Astoria Energy, LLC	Astoria, NY	Two GE Frame 7F series combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine. The facility is rated at 1000 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	October 31, 2001.
NYC Department of Sanitation—Fresh Kills Landfill Flares	Staten Island, NY	Six landfill gas flares with a design capacity of 5,000 standard cubic feet/min per flare	NYSDEC	PSD Permit Modification	November 2, 2001.
Mantua Creek Generating Project	West Dept Ford Township, NJ	Permit was modified to include three GE 7FB turbines instead of ABB. This facility can produce a maximum power of 911 MW with the duct burners on	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	November 15, 2001.
Bethlehem Energy Center	Glenmont, NY	Three combined-cycle units with a nominal rating of 750 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	February 13, 2002.
Poletti Station	Astoria, NY	Two GE Frame 7FA combustion turbines, two unfired heat recovery steam generators, and one steam turbine. The facility is rated at 500 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	April 29, 2002.
Liberty Generating Project	Union County, NJ	Three Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MHI501G combustion turbines, three duct-fired heat recovery steam generators. Total power output is 1100 MW	NJDEP	New PSD Permit	June 5, 2002.
Wawayanda Energy Center	Wawayanda, NY	Two GE 7251-FB combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, and one steam turbine generator. The facility is rated at 540 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	July 31, 2002.
PSEG Fossil LLC, Linden	Linden, NJ	Three GE 7FA combustion turbines, three duct-fired heat recovery steam generators. Total power output is 1186 MW	NJDEP	New PSD Permit	August 24, 2002.
Brookhaven Energy Project	Brookhaven, NY	Two Alstom Power GT-24 combustion turbine generators, a heat recovery steam generator and one steam electric generator. The facility is rated at 580 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	August 26, 2002.
Consolidated Edison Development	Ocean County, NJ	Original PSD permit issued on April 1, 1991 for three simple-cycle turbines each rated at 174.2 MW capacity. This modification entailed the addition of three new natural gas-fired fuel heaters each with a maximum heat input rating of 4.62 MMBTU/hr	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	September 4, 2002.
Astoria (Reliant) Generating Station (formerly Orion L.P.)	Astoria, NY	The applicant will repower the existing Astoria Generating Station (AGS). The repowering will include the installation of six combustion turbines, retirement of four existing boilers and reuse of existing equipment and infrastructure including two steam turbine generators. The repowering will increase AGS's electric generating capacity from 1,254 MW to 1,816 MW	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	May 7, 2003.
Wheelabrator Gloucester Company RRF	Westville, NJ	To remove the carbon monoxide (CO) emission limits of 400 ppmdv @ 7% O2 and 45.5 lb/hr from the current PSD permit and add a CO limit of 11.3 lb/hr	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	June 26, 2003.
Merck & Co., Inc	Rahway, NJ	Boiler and Industrial Furnace modification project. Boilers No. 3, 5 and 9 each has a maximum rated gross heat input capacity of 99.5 MMBTU/hr. Existing boilers 3 and 9 will now be allowed to burn natural gas, fuel oil or waste solvent. These two boilers will be equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR). Boiler No. 5 will have low NOX burners to control NOX. Boilers No. 7 and 8 will be retired	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	September 19, 2003.
Valero Refining Company	Paulsboro, NJ	Modification of an existing major stationary source that triggered PSD for CO, PM and PM10. Petroleum refining facility with 75,000 barrels/day capacity	NJDEP	New PSD Permit	September 24, 2002.
Coastal Eagle Point Oil Co.	Westville, NJ	The facility increased the maximum oil feed rate to the fluid catalytic cracking unit from 55,000 barrels per day to 67,650 barrels per day. The facility also upgraded its existing Belco scrubber from EDV-5000 to EDV-6000 to improve control efficiency of PM10 and SO3/H2 SO4	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	October 11, 2003.
Cogen Technologies	Linden, NJ	Modification to allow for an increase in sulfuric acid mist emission rate from 9.0 lb/hr to 24.89 lb/hr during distillate oil combustion on the No. 6 turbine (181 MW). Annual sulfuric acid mist emission rates will increase from 3.53 tons/year to 6.44 tons/year	NJDEP	PSD Permit Modification	December 30, 2003.
HOVENSA	Saint Croix, VI	The existing PSD permit for GT No. 10 was modified to allow for an increase in utilization of the combustion turbine during natural gas firing while decreasing the quantity of oil combusted in the unit. HOVENSA is also reducing the amount of oil fired in the Vacuum Unit heaters. This project does not result in a significant net emission increase for any pollutant	EPA	PSD Permit Modification	January 22, 2004.
Corning Glass	Canton, NY	New and modified glass furnaces. The facility is subject to PSD for SO2 and NOX	NYSDEC	PSD Permit Modification	February 23, 2004.
Puerto Rico Electric and Power Authority—San Juan Combined Cycle Project	San Juan, PR	Two new Westinghouse 501 combustion turbines with a combined output of 476 MW combined cycle	EPA	New PSD Permit	April 1, 2004.
Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc	Auburn, NY	The existing PSD permit was modified to allow the melt shop production limit to increase from 600,000 tons/year to 665,000 tons/year of steel. In addition, a new 179 MMBTU/hour heat input reheat furnace will replace the existing one which is used with the rolling mill. This facility is subject to PSD for CO, NOX and SO2	EPA	PSD Permit Modification	June 22, 2004.
AES Puerto Rico, L.P	Guayama, PR	The existing PSD permit was modified to update the PM10 condensible emissions based on stack test results; to increase the size of the emergency boiler feedwater pump diesel engine from 400 hp to 430 hp; to increase AES's annual usage limit of lime from 6,736 tons/year to 8,950 tons/year; to add the option of using trucks to haul ash offsite for on-island beneficial uses; to add a new category of startup that applies to startup following outages; to increase the number of turnovers in the startup fuel tank from 4 to 7 per year; and to change the cover of the inactive coal yard from grass to manufactured aggregate. As a result of these changes, there is only a trivial increase of 42 lb/year of PM10 emissions	EPA	PSD Administrative Permit Modification	August 10, 2004.
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority—Unit 23	St. Thomas, VI	A new 39 MW simple-cycle GE Frame 6 combustion turbine	EPA	New PSD Permit	September 8, 2004.
Bessicorp—Empire Development Co., LLC	Rensselaer, NY	A recycled newsprint manufacturing plant and a nominal 505 MW combined-cycle cogeneration plant. Two GE Frame 7FA combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, a steam turbine, and an auxiliary boiler. 55 MW will be offered to the manufacturing plant, the remainder electricity will be offered on the merchant market	NYSDEC	New PSD Permit	September 23, 2004.
American Re-Fuel Company of Hempstead	Westbury, NY	PSD permit modification to increase the annual throughput of municipal waste at the facility from 914,325 tons/year to 975,000 tons/12-month rolling average	EPA	Revised PSD Permit	November 15, 2004.

This notice lists only the facilities that have received final PSD determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and related materials should contact the following offices:

EPA Actions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, Air Programs Branch—25th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.

NJDEP Actions: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 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, Bureau of Stationary Sources, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-3251.

If available pursuant to the Consolidated Permit Regulations (40 CFR part 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: February 11, 2005.

George Pavlou,

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 2.