94-11693. Acid Rain Provisions

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Acid Rain Division
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Acid Rain Provisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has prepared guidance to help determine if the Acid Rain 
Program SO2 requirements apply to specific steam and electric 
generating units. This guidance is of particular use to owners and 
operators of electric generating units who are unsure as to whether 
their units are affected by the Acid Rain Program SO2 
requirements.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the guidance, entitled ``Do the Acid Rain SO2 
Regulations Apply to You?,'' are available upon request by calling the 
Acid Rain Hotline at [phone] or by writing to:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Acid Rain Division 6204J, Attn: 
Applicability Guidance, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

    The following groups have copies available to their members: 
American Public Power Association, contact Larry Mansueti; American 
Forest Products, contact Rob Kaufmann; Council of Industrial Boiler 
Owners, contact Bill Marx; Chemical Manufacturers Association, contact 
Nancy Cookson; Edison Electric Institute, contact John Kinsman; 
Electric Consumers Resource Council, contact John Hughes; Electric 
Generation Association, contact Julie Blankenship; Large Public Power 
Council, contact Stephen Fotis; National Coal Association, contact 
Jerry Karaganis; National Independent Energy Producers, contact Janet 
Besser; National Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc., contact Ray 
Cronmiller.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Barylski, Acid Rain Division, at 
the above address; telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's Acid Rain Program was established by 
Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA) to reduce acid 
rain in the continental United States. The Acid Rain Program will 
achieve a 50 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions 
from utility units. The SO2 reduction program is a flexible 
market-based approach to environmental management. As part of this 
approach, EPA allocates ``allowances'' to affected utility units. Each 
allowance is a limited authorization to emit up to one ton of SO2. 
At the end of each calendar year, each unit must hold allowances in an 
amount equal to or greater than its SO2 emissions for the year. 
Allowances may be bought, sold, or transferred between utilities and 
other interested parties. Those utility units whose annual emissions 
are likely to exceed their allocation of allowances may either install 
pollution control technologies or switch to cleaner fuels to reduce 
SO2 emissions, or buy additional allowances.
    The Acid Rain Program SO2 requirements potentially affect any 
device that combusts fossil fuel and supplies electricity for sale or 
serves an electrical generating device that supplies electricity for 
sale. Thus, units owned or operated by industrial or commercial 
entities may be affected. To ensure adequate notice to all potentially 
affected units, EPA has chosen to provide this notice of availability 
of the Acid Rain applicability guidance.
    The guidance, ``Do the Acid Rain SO2 Regulations Apply to 
You?'', provides information regarding what makes a unit potentially 
affected, what types of units may be exempted from Acid Rain Program 
requirements, and what types of units are not affected by the Acid Rain 
Program requirements. The document also outlines how the owner or 
operator of a unit may request a determination of applicability from 
EPA. If a unit is affected by the Acid Rain Program SO2 
requirements, the document outlines the requirements and compliance 
dates. The document does not address the Acid Rain Program (Title IV) 
NOx requirements or NOx or SO2 control requirements 
under other State or Federal programs.

    Dated: May 6, 1994.
Brian J. McLean, Director,
Acid Rain Division.
[FR Doc. 94-11693 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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