97-16515. Acid Rain Program: Permits and Permit Modifications  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 34061-34062]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-16515]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [FRL-5846-2]
    
    
    Acid Rain Program: Permits 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 August 4, 1997 or 40 days after publication of 
    a similar document in a local publication, whichever is later, unless 
    significant, adverse comments are received by July 24, 1997 or 30 days 
    after publication of a similar document 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    action, that permit or permit modification will be withdrawn through a 
    document 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 
    Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut 
    Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107; for plants in Indiana and Ohio, EPA 
    Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL, 60604; for plants in 
    Oklahoma and Texas, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas TX, 75202; for 
    plants in Arizona and Nevada, EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne St. (A-3-1), 
    San Francisco, CA, 94105.
        Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests 
    to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in Pennsylvania, 
    Virginia and West Virginia, EPA Region 3, Air, Radiation, and Toxics 
    Division, Attn: Linda Miller (address above); for plants in Indiana and 
    Ohio, EPA Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, Attn: Cecilia Mijares 
    (address above); for plants in Oklahoma and Texas, EPA Region 6, 
    Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division, Attn: Joseph Winkler 
    (address above); for plants in Arizona and Nevada, Air and Toxics 
    Division, Attn: Roger Kohn, (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 Pennsylvania, Virginia, 
    and
    
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    West Virginia, call Linda Miller (215) 566-2068; for plants in Indiana 
    and Ohio, call Cecilia Mijares (312) 886-0968; for plants in Oklahoma 
    and Texas, call Joseph Winkler, (214) 665-7243; for plants in Arizona 
    and Nevada, call Roger Kohn, (415) 744-1238.
    
    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 beginning on 
    January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which they will be 
    required to meet the applicable emissions limitation under 40 CFR 
    76.7(a) of 0.40 lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers or 0.46 lbs/
    MMBtu for dry bottom wall-fired boilers. The following is a list of 
    units included in the permits or permit modifications and the limits 
    that they are required to meet:
        Titus units 1, 2, and 3 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Ronald Lantzy.
        Bruce Mansfield unit 3 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Howard Couch, Jr.
        New Castle units 3, 4, and 5 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Howard Couch, Jr.
        Cromby unit 1 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Thomas Chaykun.
        Eddystone units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Lloyd Yates.
        Homer City units 1, 2, and 3 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Ronald Lantzy.
        Keystone units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Ronald Lantzy.
        Montour units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Robert Shovlin.
        Glen Lyn units 51 and 52 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is John McManus.
        Potomac River units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. 
    The designated representative is James Potts.
        Bremo Bluff unit 3 in Virgina: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is W. Robert Cartwright.
        Chesapeake units 1, 2, and 4 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is W. Robert Cartwright.
        Chesterfield units 3, 4, and 5 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is W. Robert Cartwright.
        Possum Point unit 3 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is W. Robert Cartwright.
        Yorktown units 1 and 2 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is W. Robert Cartwright.
        Mountaineer unit 1 in West Virginia: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is John McManus.
        Rockport units MB1 and MB2 in Indiana: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is John McManus.
        Dean H Mitchell units U4, U5, U6, and U11 in Indiana: 0.45 lbs/
    mmBtu for units U6 and U11 and 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for units U4 and U5. The 
    designated representative is Patrick Mulchay.
        Whitewater Valley units 1 and 2 in Indiana: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Irving Huffman.
        Conesville units 5 and 6 in Ohio: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is John McManus.
        Northeastern units 3313 and 3314 in Oklahoma: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is E. Michael Williams.
        J T Deely units 1 and 2 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Cynthia Levesque.
        Apache units 2 and 3 in Arizona: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Charles Davis, Jr.
        Cholla units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Arizona: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is John Denman.
        Coronado units 1 and 2 in Arizona: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Nils Larson.
        Navajo units 1, 2, and 3 in Arizona: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Nils Larson.
        Springerville units 1 and 2 in Arizona: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
    designated representative is Cosimo DeMasi.
        Reid Gardner unit 4 in Nevada: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Dennis Schwehr.
        North Valmy units 1 and 2 in Nevada: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is Gerald Canning.
        Mohave units 1 and 2 in Nevada: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
    representative is John Fielder.
    
        Dated: June 17, 1997.
    Brian J. McLean,
    Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
    Air and Radiation.
    [FR Doc. 97-16515 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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