94-16214. Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) Final Determinations  

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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [FRL-5006-5]
    
     
    
    Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
    Final Determinations
    
    AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    
    ACTION: Notice of final actions.
    
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    SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that between 
    February 1, 1994 and April 30, 1994, the United States Environmental 
    Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office, issued 3 final determinations 
    and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy 
    issued 1 final determination pursuant to the Prevention of Significant 
    Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) regulations codified at 40 CFR 
    52.21. In addition, EPA Region II and the New York State Department of 
    Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 2 final determinations 
    between October 1, 1993 and January 31, 1994. These 2 determinations 
    were inadvertently omitted from the last publication.
    
    DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated 
    in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Jon of the Permitting and Toxics 
    Support Section, Air Compliance Branch, Division of Air and Waste 
    Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region II Office, 26 
    Federal Plaza, Room 505, New York, New York 10278, (212) 264-6672.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the EPA 
    Region II and the NYSDEC have made final PSD determinations relative to 
    the sources listed below:
    
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              Name                  Location                      Project                       Agency              Final Action                Date        
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    Virgin Islands Water and  St. Croix, Virgin     Permit modification to allow Unit 19  EPA                 PSD Permit Modification.  Apr. 23, 1994.      
     Power Authority--Unit     Islands.              to begin operating for a period of                                                                     
     19.                                             up to 180 days prior to the date of                                                                    
                                                     installation of the continuous                                                                         
                                                     emission monitors. This                                                                                
                                                     modification had no effect on any                                                                      
                                                     control or emission requirement                                                                        
                                                     contained in the PSD permit..                                                                          
    American Ref-Fuel         Newark, New Jersey..  PSD permit modification to install    NJDEPE              PSD Permit Modification.  July 7, 1993.       
     Company of Essex County                         selective non-catalytic reduction                                                                      
     (Resource Recovery                              and require yard waste separation                                                                      
     Facility).                                      to meet permitted levels of NOx..                                                                      
                                                                                          ..................  Environmental Appeals     Apr. 18, 1994.      
                                                                                                               Board's Order Denying                        
                                                                                                               Review.                                      
    Halfmoon Cogeneration     Halfmoon, New York..  New 210 MW cogeneration project       EPA                 PSD Permit..............  Oct. 26, 1992.      
     Project (Inter-Power).                          consisting of 3 coal-fired                                                                             
                                                     fluidized bed combustors.                                                                              
                                                                                          ..................  Environmental Appeals     Apr. 7, 1993.       
                                                                                                               Board's Order Granting                       
                                                                                                               Review.                                      
                                                                                          ..................  Environmental Appeals     Mar. 16, 1994.      
                                                                                                               Board's Final Order                          
                                                                                                               Affirming PSD Permit                         
                                                                                                               and Denying                                  
                                                                                                               Administrative Review.                       
    Virgin Islands Water and  St. Croix, Virgin     New 24.5 MW oil-fired gas turbine     EPA                 PSD Permit..............  Mar. 1, 1994.       
     Power Authority--Unit     Islands.              (Unit 20) and the retirement of an                                                                     
     20.                                             existing 4.5 MW diesel engine (Unit                                                                    
                                                     12)..                                                                                                  
    Caribbean Petroleum       Bayamon, Puerto Rico  Permit modification to increase the   EPA                 PSD Permit Modification.  Jan. 14, 1994.      
     Corporation.                                    utilization of the crude heater, CH-                                                                   
                                                     6, and increase the utilization of                                                                     
                                                     the CO boiler during startups of                                                                       
                                                     the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit                                                                      
                                                     while maintaining annual emissions                                                                     
                                                     for the CO boiler to previously                                                                        
                                                     permitted levels. In addition, EPA                                                                     
                                                     allowed the use of 12-month rolling                                                                    
                                                     averages instead of the 365-day                                                                        
                                                     rolling averages..                                                                                     
    Indeck Silver Springs     Silver Springs, New   Modification at a 55 MW combined      NYSDEC              PSD Permit Modification.  Oct. 1, 1993.       
     Cogeneration.             York.                 cycle gas turbine project firing                                                                       
                                                     natural gas with No. 2 fuel oil as                                                                     
                                                     backup..                                                                                               
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        This notice lists only the sources that have received final PSD 
    determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and 
    related materials should contact the following offices:
    
    EPA Actions
    
    United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Office, Air 
    Compliance Branch - Room 505, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 
    10278.
    
    NJDEPE Actions
    
    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, 
    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, Source Review and Regional Support Section, 50 Wolf 
    Road, Albany, New York 12233-0001.
    
        If available pursuant to the Consolidated Permit Regulations (40 
    CFR 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: June 2, 1994.
    Jeanne M. Fox,
    Regional Administrator.
    [FR Doc. 94-16214 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
07/05/1994
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice of final actions.
Document Number:
94-16214
Dates:
The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: July 5, 1994, FRL-5006-5