[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49486-49491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23585]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6436-1]
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD)
Final Determinations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final actions.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to announce that between April
9, 1997, and February 28, 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 2 Office, issued 2 final determinations, the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued 4 final
determinations and the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 2 final determinations pursuant to the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD)
regulations codified at 40 CFR 52.21. In addition, this notice
announces a third EPA Region 2 final determination that occurred after
February 28, 1999 on the AES Puerto Rico, L.P. PSD permit issued by
EPA.
DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated
in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank Jon 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 (212) 637-4085.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the EPA
Region 2 Office, the NJDEP, 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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American Ref-Fuel Company of Newark, New Jersey Municipal waste NJDEP........... PSD Permit Revision.......... June 29, 1997.
Essex County. incinerator with
a NOX limit of
164 ppm (3-hour
average) revised
to 155 ppm (24-
hour average)..
Hoffman La Roche--Roche Vitamins Belvidere, New New combustion NJDEP........... PSD Permit Revision.......... October 8, 1997.
Jersey. turbine (GE Frame
6, MS6001B) rated
at 40 MW and heat
recovery steam
generator with
duct burner for
supplemental
firing of 167
MMBTU/hr. This
new cogeneration
will replace
existing
cogeneration
(reciprocating
engines) and will
result in net
reduction of 2023
per year (tpy) of
NOX and 701 tpy
of SO2.
Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals.... Town of Modification to an NYSDEC.......... PSD Permit Modification...... December 12, 1997.
Orangetown, New existing PSD
York. facility to allow
the firing of
natural gas (as
the primary fuel)
and number 2
distillate oil
(as the backup
fuel) in their
existing two duct
burners in the
cogen.
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Hess Oil Virgin Islands St. Croix, Virgin HOVIC owns and EPA............. PSD Permit Revision.......... December 12, 1997
Corporation (HOVIC). Islands. operates a
petroleum
refinery and
requested the
following
facility changes
to its PSD
permit:
1. Increasing the
maximum
throughput limit
of the fluid
catalytic
cracking unit
(FCCU) complex to
150,000 barrels
per day of low
sulfur fuel-oil
(from 125,000
barrels per day),
and increasing
the VOC mass
emission limits
to 12.1 pounds
per hour (from
9.6 pounds per
hour) and 52.7
tons per year
(from 40 tons per
year);
2. Increasing the
production limit
of the sulfuric
acid plant to 320
tons per day
(from 275 tons
per day), and
increasing the
sulfuric acid
mist mass
emission limits
to 2 pounds per
hour (from 1.7
pounds per hour)
and 8.8 tons per
year (from 7.5
tons per year);
3. Incorporating
start-up
exemptions from
the PSD emission
limits, for the
FCCU complex, the
sulfuric acid
plant, and the
sulfuric acid
plant process
heaters; and
4. Providing
increased
flexibility in
the types and
amounts of fuel-
oil allowed to be
burned in
existing fuel-
consuming units.
This flexibility
includes use of
an intermittent
control strategy
(i.e., switch-
over to a lower
sulfur fuel-oil)
based on
atmospheric
conditions
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Abbott Laboratories............. Barceloneta, EPA revised the EPA............. PSD Permit Administrative April 3, 1998.
Puerto Rico. permit conditions Amendment.
with respect to 3
oil-fired boilers
(two existing
units and one
``new,''
replacement
unit), which are
not PSD-affected
emission units
(that is, these
existing units
did not require a
BACT review or
air quality
impact analyses).
The conditions
for these boilers
were originally
incorporated into
the Abbott PSD
permit to provide
contemporaneous
decreases for PM
emission
exceedances from
Abbott's PSD-
affected
cogeneration
facility and, in
the subject case,
to provide
contemporaneous
decreases for a
PSD non-
applicability
determination.
Specifically, the
changes from the
currently-
effective PSD
permit with
respect to the 3
oil-fired boilers
will not cause a
significant
increase in
emissions of any
PSD-affected
pollutant.
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Union County Resource Recovery Rahway, New Jersey Permit amendment NJDEP........... PSD Permit Administrative April 29, 1998.
Facility. to clarify an Amendment.
increased waste
throughput and
the acceptance of
ID type 27 waste.
The facility was
designed and
permitted at a
``nominal
capacity'' of
1440 tons per day
(tpd) of solid
waste for three
units (i.e., 480
tpd per unit)
having a higher
heating value
(HHV) of 5400 BTU
per pound of
waste. This
corresponds to
the design input
of 216 MMBTU per
hour per unit.
Based on
operational data,
HHV of the waste
processed has
averaged 5050 BTU
per pound of
waste. In order
to maintain the
design heat input
of 216 MMBTU per
hour per unit,
the facility must
process a refuse
throughput of
513.33 tpd of
waste having an
average of HHV of
5050 BTU per
pound of waste.
Based on the
facility's
original stoker
diagram, it
operating envelop
allows an actual
waste throughput
for each unit to
vary between 432
tpd and 528 tpd
(i.e., HHV
ranging from
3,800 to 6,000
BTU per pound of
waste), for
maintaining the
design heat input
of 216 MMBTU per
hour per unit.
Therefore, NJDEP
is not
authorizing a
change in the
operation of the
facility, but
rather is
clarifying the
intent of the
original approval.
New York City Department of Staten Island, New Project consists NYSDEC.......... New PSD Permit............... July 6, 1998.
Sanitation--Fresh Kills Gas York. of landfill gas
Flaring Project. collection and
flaring systems.
It includes ten
enclosed flares
(9 active and one
standby). The
maximum flaring
capacity will be
32,728 cubic feet
per minute of
landfill gas.
This project is
subject to PSD
for NOX, SO2, and
PM/PM10. In
addition, the
project is
subject to
nonattainment
review for CO and
NOX.
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AES Puerto Rico, L.P............ Guayama, Puerto A new coal-fired EPA............. New PSD Permit............... Permit Issuance: September
Rico. 454 MW steam 18, 1998
electric PSD Permit Effective Date:
cogeneration May 27, 1999.
facility. The PSD
permit was
appealed in
November 1998. On
May 27,1999,
EPA's
Environmental
Appeals Board
(EAB) denied the
petitions for
review.
Roche Vitamins--Hoffman La-Roche Belvidere, New Project consists NJDEP........... PSD Permit Revision.......... February 5, 1999.
Jersey. of four boilers.
Boilers No. 1, 2,
3, and 4 having
fuel firing
capacity of 84.4,
13.4, 15.2 and
11.8 MMBTU/hr,
respectively. The
PSD permit was
revised to change
the backup fuel
from No. 6 fuel
oil to No. 2 fuel
oil with 0.05%
sulfur in all
boilers.
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This document 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
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 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 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: August 26, 1999.
William J. Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 99-23585 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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