[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26455-26460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12716]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[NH31-1-7160a; FRL-6010-7]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Reasonably Available Control Technology for Nitrogen Oxides for the
State of New Hampshire
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of New Hampshire. This revision establishes and
requires Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) at three
stationary sources of nitrogen oxides (NOX). The intended
effect of this action is to approve source specific orders which
require major stationary sources of NOX to reduce their
emissions in accordance with requirements of the Clean Air Act.
DATES: This rule is effective on July 13, 1998 without further notice
unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comments by June 12, 1998.
Should the
[[Page 26456]]
Agency receive such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of
this direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public
that the rule did not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Susan Studlien, Deputy Director,
Office of Ecosystem Protection (mail code CAA), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region I, JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203-
2211. Copies of the documents relevant to this action are available for
public inspection during normal business hours, by appointment, at the
Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region I, One Congress Street, 11th floor, Boston, MA; as well as the
Air Resources Division, New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services, 64 North Main Street, Caller Box 2033, Concord, NH 03302-
2033.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven A. Rapp, Environmental
Engineer, Air Quality Planning Unit (CAQ), U.S. EPA, Region I, JFK
Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203-2211; (617) 565-2773;
[email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires that States develop RACT
regulations for all major stationary sources of NOX in areas
which have been classified as ``moderate,'' ``serious,'' ``severe,''
and ``extreme'' ozone nonattainment areas, and in all areas of the
Ozone Transport Region (OTR). EPA has defined RACT as the lowest
emission limitation that a particular source is capable of meeting by
the application of control technology that is reasonably available
considering technological and economic feasibility (44 FR 53762;
September 17, 1979). This requirement is established by sections
182(b)(2), 182(f), and 184(b) of the CAA.
These CAA NOX requirements are further described by EPA
in a notice entitled, ``State Implementation Plans; Nitrogen Oxides
Supplement to the General Preamble; Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Implementation of Title I; Proposed Rule,'' published November 25, 1992
(57 FR 55620). The November 25, 1992 notice, also known as the
NOX Supplement, should be referred to for more detailed
information on NOX requirements. Additional EPA guidance
memoranda, such as those included in the ``NOX Policy
Document for the Clean Air Act of 1990,'' also known as the
NOX Policy Document, (EPA-452/R-96-005, March 1996), should
also be referred to for more information on NOX
requirements. Similarly, the ``Economic Incentive Program Rules,'' or
EIP (67 FR 16690, April 7, 1997), and the Emissions Trading Policy
Statement, or ETPS (51 FR 43814, December 4, 1986), should be referred
to for information on EPA's policy concerning emissions averaging and/
or trading by sources subject to NOX RACT.
New Hampshire has three designated ozone nonattainment areas.
First, the area which includes all of Merrimack County, part of
Hillsborough County, and part of Rockingham County is classified as a
marginal nonattainment area (see 40 CFR Part 81 for the list of
affected towns). Second, all of Strafford County and part of Rockingham
County is classified as a serious non-attainment area (see 40 CFR Part
81, Sec. 81.330 for the list of affected towns). Third, the part of
southern New Hampshire that is located within the Boston-Lawrence-Salem
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) is also classified as
a serious nonattainment area (see 40 CFR Part 81, Sec. 81.330 for the
list of affected towns). Additionally, section 184(a) of the CAA also
establishes the northeastern United States, which includes all of the
State of New Hampshire, as part of the OTR.
Section 182(b)(2) of the CAA requires States to require
implementation of RACT with respect to all major sources of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs). This RACT requirement also applies to all
major sources in ozone nonattainment areas with higher than moderate
nonattainment classifications. Section 182(f) states that, ``the plan
provisions required under this subpart for major stationary sources of
volatile organic compounds shall also apply to major stationary sources
(as defined in section 302 and subsections (c), (d), and (e) of the
section) of oxides of nitrogen.'' Additionally, section 184(b)(2)
requires major stationary sources in the OTR to meet the requirements
applicable to major sources if the area were classified as a moderate
nonattainment area, unless already classified at a higher nonattainment
level. These sections of the CAA, taken together, establish the
requirements for New Hampshire to submit a NOX RACT
regulation which covers major sources.
Section 302 of the CAA generally defines ``major stationary
source'' as a facility or source of air pollution which has the
potential to emit 100 tons per year or more of air pollution. This
definition applies unless another provision of the CAA explicitly
defines major source differently. Therefore, for NOX, a
major source is one with the potential to emit 100 tons per year or
more in marginal and moderate areas, as well as in attainment areas in
the OTR. However, for serious nonattainment areas, a major source is
defined by section 182(c) as a source that has the potential to emit 50
tons per year or more.
In New Hampshire's Strafford County, in the part of Rockingham
County that is a classified as serious nonattainment, and in the
Boston-Lawrence-Salem CMSA, a major stationary source of NOX
is a facility which has a potential to emit of 50 tons per year or more
of NOX. Throughout the rest of the State, a major stationary
source of NOx is a facility with the potential to emit 100 tons or more
per year of NOx. Such facilities are subject to NOX RACT
requirements.
II. State Submittal
On April 14, 1997, May 6, 1997, and September 24, 1997, the New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) submitted
revisions to its SIP concerning Public Service Company of New Hampshire
(PSNH), Hampshire Chemical Corporation (HCC), and Crown Vantage
(Crown), respectively. The Crown and HCC SIP submittals define RACT for
various pieces of equipment at their facilities which are subject to
the miscellaneous RACT provisions of New Hampshire's NOX
RACT regulation ``Env-A 1211 Nitrogen Oxides'' (Env-A 1211). The
submittal for Crown also defines alternative emission limits for two
industrial boilers at the Berlin facility. The PSNH SIP submittal
establishes an emissions averaging plan for the two utility boilers at
PSNH's Merrimack Station (Merrimack). Additionally, the submittal for
Merrimack involves an emission quantification protocol for the creation
and/or use of discrete emission reductions.
Previously, DES submitted regulation Part Env-A 1211 and a source-
specific NOX RACT determination as a SIP revision in
response to the CAA requirements that RACT be required for all major
sources of NOX. On April 9, 1997, EPA published a Federal
Register notice approving those NOX RACT submittals. See 62
FR 17137. That notice, however, stated that RACT determinations were
still outstanding for Crown and HCC. Subsequently, DES submitted
NOX RACT determinations to EPA for Crown and HCC on
September 24, 1997 and May 6, 1997, respectively. Additionally, on
April 14, 1997 DES submitted an emissions averaging plan and emission
credit quantification protocol for PSNH as an alternative RACT
determination and economic incentive program revision to the SIP.
[[Page 26457]]
III. Description of Submittal
The following is a description of the three SIP actions. For a more
detailed description of these RACT related actions, the reader should
refer to the technical support document and attachment and/or to the
RACT orders themselves, located at the addresses listed above. The
orders have been evaluated against the relevant EPA guidance documents,
including the NOX Supplement, the NOX Policy
Document, the EIP, and the ETPS.
A. Crown Vantage
There are a number of devices at Crown's Berlin facility which fall
under the miscellaneous NOX RACT requirements of Env-A
1211.02(l), i.e., the Chemical Recovery Unit #11, the #2 lime kiln, and
four space heaters. The space heaters each have heat input capacities
of less than 2 million Btu per hour (mmBtu/hr). Because these units
operate only during the heating season and have relatively small
NOX emissions, it has been determined that emission controls
for this unit size would not be cost effective. Therefore, RACT for
these units has been defined as no additional controls. For the
Chemical Recovery Unit #11, RACT has been defined as a NOX
limitation of 120 parts per million on a wet volume basis (ppmv),
corrected to 8% oxygen, on a 24 hour calendar day basis. For the #2
lime kiln, RACT has been defined as an emission limitation of 120 ppmv,
corrected to 10% oxygen, on a 24 hour calendar day basis. These limits
are comparable to RACT limits established for similar types of
equipment in other States in the northeastern United States.
Additionally, there are a number of devices at the Crown facility
for which it has been demonstrated that meeting the emission limits of
Env-A 1211 is not economically or technically feasible. Subsequently,
alternative emission limitations have been determined pursuant to Env-A
1211.17 for these units, i.e., Boiler #3 and Boiler #12. Crown has
demonstrated that for Boiler #3, low NOX burners (LNB) would
reduce NOX at a cost-effectiveness of almost $4700 per ton
of NOX reduced. Similarly, they have shown that for Boiler
#12, the cost-effectiveness would be approximately $8800 per ton of
NOX reduced. The costs required to achieve these reductions
are considerably higher than the high end of the cost-effectiveness
range recommended by EPA (see ``NOX Policy Document for the
Clean Air Act of 1990,'' (EPA-452/R-96-005, March 1996)). Therefore,
for Boiler #3, Final RACT Order ARD-97-003 sets a NOX
emission limit of 0.45 pounds/million Btu (lb/mmBtu) on an annual basis
and 0.60 lb/mmBtu on a 24 hour basis. For Boiler #12, Final RACT Order
ARD-97-0903 sets a NOX emission limitation of 0.45 lb/mmBtu.
These limits are acceptable as alternative RACT emission limits. In
addition, the facility must meet the record keeping and reporting
requirements of Env-A 901.06 and Env-A 901.07.
On June 10, 1997, DES proposed RACT Order ARD-97-003. On July 23,
1997, DES held a public hearing. On June 26, 1997, EPA submitted
written comments to the public record. On September 24, 1997, DES
submitted Final RACT Order ARD-97-003, including the miscellaneous and
alternative RACT determinations, to EPA as a revision to the New
Hampshire SIP. On October 16, 1997, EPA deemed the package
administratively and technically complete.
B. Hampshire Chemical Corporation
There are a number of devices at HCC's Nashua facility which fall
under the miscellaneous NOX RACT requirements of Env-A
1211.02(l), i.e., a hot oil heater and six kilns. All of the kilns are
small units, having heat input capacities of less than 5 mmBtu/hr.
Therefore, RACT for these units has been defined as no additional
NOX controls. The hot oil heater has a heat input capacity
of 13.3 mmBtu/hr. Although technically the unit is not a boiler, it has
similar mechanical and thermal characteristics. Therefore, RACT for the
oil heater has been defined as an annual tune-up, which is also
required of industrial boilers of the same size under Env-A 1211.05. In
addition, the facility must meet the record keeping and reporting
requirements of Env-A 901.06 and Env-A 901.07.
New Hampshire formally proposed RACT Order ARD-95-011 on December
4, 1995 and held a public hearing on January 9, 1996. EPA submitted
written comments on that proposal on January 16, 1996. New Hampshire
submitted Final RACT Order ARD-95-011 on May 6, 1997. EPA deemed the
submittal administratively and technically complete on May 28, 1997.
C. Public Service of New Hampshire's Merrimack Station
During 1995 and 1996, EPA received and commented on several draft
RACT orders concerning PSNH's Merrimack facility. These draft orders
proposed to allow PSNH to meet the NOX emission limitations
of Env-A 1211.03(c)(1)(b) at units 1 (MK1) and 2 (MK2) through the use
of emissions averaging, or bubbling, as provided for in Env-A 1211.13.
In an effort to comply with the emission limitations of Env-A
1211.03(c)(1)(b), PSNH had installed NOX control systems on
both units in 1995. The selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR)
controls on MK1, however, did not reduce emissions as well as expected
and the unit was unable to meet the emission rate limitation set by
Env-A 1211. Fortunately, the selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
NOX control system on MK2 performed better than expected.
This reduction allowed MK2 to run at emission rates lower than its
limits in Env-A 1211. The enhanced performance of MK2 makes emissions
averaging or trading a viable means of achieving the NOX
reductions anticipated by RACT regulations.
Basically, the bubble for Merrimack requires MK1 and MK2 to meet
daily emissions caps as well as emission rate limitations. The first
cap applies to the emissions of the two units combined. The second cap
applies only to the emissions of MK1 when MK2 is not at full capacity.
The order also adds a weekly emission rate limitation on MK1. MK2
remains subject to a daily emission cap and emission rate limitation
under Env-A 1211.
More specifically, MK1 and MK2 are required to meet a combined
daily emission cap which achieves an equivalent level of NOX
reduction that would be achieved if both units met the applicable
emission limitations in Env-A 1211.03(c)(1)(b), (d), and (f). This
combined emissions cap is in addition to the emissions cap on MK2
imposed by Env-A 1211.03 (d) and (f). The order also imposes a separate
emissions cap on MK1 when MK2 is not operating during all 24 hours of a
day. This second cap is equal to a historical actual emission rate
(i.e., the sixth highest average weekly value from January to October
1996) of MK1 multiplied by its throughput capacity. As described in the
ETPS, because the use of emissions averaging should not result in an
increase in total emissions, the second cap is needed to ensure that
MK1 will not exceed its historical level of emissions during days when
MK2 is not at full capacity. Similarly, the order adds a weekly
emission rate limitation (i.e., the sixth highest value from January to
October 1996) to ensure that the emission rate from MK1 does not exceed
historical rates of emissions experienced during the operation of the
NOX control system on MK1.
Additionally, the PSNH SIP submittal includes an emission
quantification protocol for the creation or use of discrete emission
reductions (DERs) of NOX at Merrimack. Basically, the
[[Page 26458]]
protocol describes a method for quantifying the difference between the
daily unit-specific RACT emission limitations (baseline), as
established in Env-A 1211.03, and the actual daily average emission
rate that each unit achieves for the hours that the unit operated. The
protocol requires that actual emissions be measured by a continuous
emission monitoring systems (CEMS). For MK1, the more stringent
emission rate limitation of Env-A 1211.03(c)(1)(b) is used as the
baseline to yield the fewest number of credits and the greatest number
of debits. For MK2, which is subject to both an emission rate
limitation under Env-A 1211.03(c)(1)(b) and an emissions cap under Env-
A 1211.03(d), the protocol requires that the calculation be done using
each of the two RACT limits and that the lesser quantity of DERs
calculated be considered creditable.
The SIP submittal also includes data documenting that the protocol
was used to quantify the creation of 142.5 DERs at Merrimack from June
1, 1995 to September 30, 1995. The documentation shows that the
quantity is above and beyond any DERs that were used for RACT
compliance at either MK1 or MK2 during that time period. The protocol
is intended as a methodology to calculate the generation or use of DERs
for RACT compliance, either by PSNH or by others who would purchase the
DERs from PSNH. The order requires that prior to the use of the PSNH
DERs by others, however, a DER use protocol (if different from the
method described in the attachment to the order) be approved by DES and
EPA, either on a case-by-case basis or by approval of New Hampshire's
emissions trading regulations Env-A 3000 and 3100. EPA has not yet
acted on those regulations and will do so in a future notice.
The order also discusses the use of the DERs as early reduction
allowances as part of the Ozone Transport Commission's NOX
budget and allowance trading program. New Hampshire has not yet adopted
this regulation. Therefore, EPA cannot judge the compatibility of these
provisions with the allowance trading program at this time. The order
does, however, discuss the potential for double-counting the emission
reductions under both programs. The order commits DES to taking steps
in the future to avoid such double-counting.
New Hampshire proposed RACT Order ARD-97-001 for Merrimack on
January 28, 1997. EPA provided written comments to DES concerning that
proposal on March 11, 1997. On April 14, 1997, DES submitted Final RACT
Order ARD-97-001 as a revision to the SIP. On May 28, 1997, EPA sent a
letter to DES deeming the submittal administratively and technically
complete.
IV. Issues
The final RACT order for PSNH includes a protocol for the creation
and/or use of credits for compliance at Merrimack. This protocol would
allow the use of one-time or carry over credits during time periods
other than when they were generated (i.e., the intertemporal use of
credits). The credits produced at Merrimack, however, are the result of
the operation of extra control capacity on MK2. This means that at any
given time, extra reductions are balancing the use of earlier credits.
In this way, the generation or use of credits from Merrimack should
produce no increase in NOX emissions, or ``spiking,'' due to
the use of credits for compliance with RACT limits. Therefore, the use
of these credits is consistent with the requirements of the New
Hampshire SIP, RFP and ROP plans, and area-wide RACT requirements.
V. Final Action
EPA review of the NOX RACT SIP submittals, including the
miscellaneous NOX RACT submittals for HCC and Crown,
indicates that New Hampshire has sufficiently defined the
NOX RACT requirements for these sources. Additionally, EPA
review of the emissions averaging plan and emissions quantification
protocol for PSNH's Merrimack facility indicates that these economic
incentive programs meet applicable EPA guidance. Therefore, EPA is
approving these submittals into the New Hampshire SIP as meeting the
requirements of the CAA.
EPA is publishing this action without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no
adverse comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this
Federal Register publication, EPA is publishing a separate document
that will serve as the proposal should relevant adverse comments be
filed. This rule will become effective on July 13, 1998 without further
notice unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comment by June 12,
1998.
Should the Agency receive such comments, it will publish a timely
document in the Federal Register withdrawing the final rule and
informing the public that this rule did not take effect. All public
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this action serving as a proposed rule. EPA will not institute
a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in
commenting on this action should do so at this time. If no such
comments are received, the public is advised that this rule will be
effective on July 13, 1998 and no further action will be taken on the
proposed rule.
Nothing in this action should be construed as permitting or
allowing or establishing a precedent for any future request for
revision to any State Implementation Plan. Each request for revision to
the State Implementation Plan shall be considered separately in light
of specific technical, economic, and environmental factors and in
relation to relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
VI. Administrative Requirements
A. Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted this
regulatory action from E.O. 12866 review.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 600 et. seq., EPA
must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis assessing the impact of
any proposed or final rule on small entities. 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604.
Alternatively, EPA may certify that the rule will not have a
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Small
entities include small businesses, small not-for-profit enterprises,
and government entities with jurisdiction over populations of less than
50,000.
SIP approvals under section 110 and subchapter I, part D of the
Clean Air Act do not create any new requirements but simply approve
requirements that the State is already imposing. Therefore, because the
Federal SIP approval does not impose any new requirements, the
Administrator certifies that it does not have a significant impact on
any small entities affected. Moreover, due to the nature of the
Federal-State relationship under the CAA, preparation of a flexibility
analysis would constitute Federal inquiry into the economic
reasonableness of state action. The Clean Air Act forbids EPA to base
its actions concerning SIPs on such grounds. Union Electric Co. v. U.S.
EPA, 427 U.S. 246, 255-66 (1976); 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(2).
C. Unfunded Mandates
To reduce the burden of Federal regulations on States and small
governments, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12875 on October
26, 1993, entitled ``Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership.''
Under
[[Page 26459]]
Executive Order 12875, EPA may not issue a regulation which is not
required by statute unless the Federal Government provides the
necessary funds to pay the direct costs incurred by the State and small
governments or EPA provides OMB with a description of the prior
consultation and communications the Agency has had with representatives
of State and small governments and a statement supporting the need to
issue the regulation. In addition, Executive Order 12875 requires EPA
to develop an effective process permitting elected and other
representatives of State and small governments ``to provide meaningful
and timely input in the development of regulatory proposals containing
significant unfunded mandates.''
The present action satisfies the requirements of Executive Order
12875 because it is required by statute and because it does not contain
a significant unfunded mandate. Section 110(k) of the Clean Air Act
requires that EPA act on implementation plans submitted by States. This
rulemaking implements that statutory command. In addition, this rule
approves preexisting state requirements and does not impose new Federal
mandates that bind State or small governments.
Under Sections 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(``Unfunded Mandates Act''), signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA
must prepare a budgetary impact statement to accompany any proposed or
final rule that includes a Federal mandate which may result in
estimated costs to State, local, or tribal governments in the
aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more. Under
Section 205, EPA must select the most cost-effective and least
burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule and is
consistent with statutory requirements. Section 203 requires EPA to
establish a plan for informing and advising any small governments that
may be significantly or uniquely impacted by the rule.
EPA has determined that the approval action promulgated does not
include a Federal mandate that may result in estimated costs of $100
million or more to either State, local, or tribal governments in the
aggregate, or to the private sector. This Federal action approves pre-
existing requirements under State or local law and imposes no new
Federal requirements. Accordingly, no additional costs to State, local,
or tribal governments, or to the private sector, result from this
action.
D. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. Section 804, however, exempts from section 801 the
following types of rules: rules of particular applicability; rules
relating to agency management or personnel; and rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect
the rights or obligations of non-agency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3).
EPA is not required to submit a rule report regarding today's
action under section 801 because this is a rule of particular
applicability. This rule only affects three specifically-named
entities, PSNH's Merrimack facility in Bow, New Hampshire, HCC in
Nashua, New Hampshire, and Crown in Berlin, New Hampshire.
E. Petitions for Judicial Review
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by July 13, 1998. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).) EPA encourages
interested parties to comment in response to the proposed rule rather
than petition for judicial review, unless the objection arises after
the comment period allowed for in the proposal.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Note: Incorporation by reference of the State Implementation
Plan for the State of New Hampshire was approved by the Director of
the Federal Register on July 1, 1982.
Dated: April 21, 1998.
John P. DeVillars,
Regional Administrator, Region I.
Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
is amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart EE--New Hampshire
2. Section 52.1520 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(54) to read
as follows:
Sec. 52.1520 Identification of plan.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(54) Revisions to the State Implementation Plan submitted by the
New Hampshire Air Resources Division on April 14, 1997, May 6, 1997,
and September 24, 1997.
(i) Incorporation by reference.
(A) Letters from the New Hampshire Air Resources Division dated
April 14, 1997, May 6, 1997, and September 24, 1997 submitting
revisions to the New Hampshire State Implementation Plan.
(B) New Hampshire NOX RACT Order ARD-97-001, concerning
Public Service Company of New Hampshire in Bow, effective on April 14,
1997.
(C) New Hampshire NOX RACT Order ARD-95-011, concerning
Hampshire Chemical Corporation, effective on May 6, 1997.
(D) New Hampshire NOX RACT Order ARD-97-003, concerning
Crown Vantage, effective September 24, 1997.
3. In Sec. 52.1525 Table 52.1525 is amended by adding new state
citations for ``Final RACT Order ARD-97-001,'' ``Final RACT Order ARD-
95-011,'' and ``Final RACT Order ARD-97-003,'' to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1525 EPA--approved New Hampshire state regulations
* * * * *
[[Page 26460]]
Table 52.1525.--EPA--Approved Rules and Regulations--New Hampshire
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State citation Date adopted Date approved Federal Register
Title/subject chapter by State by EPA citation 52.1520 Comments
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *
Source specific order............ Order ARD-97-001.... 04/14/97 5/13/98 [Insert FR citation (c)(54)........ Source specific NOX RACT
from published order for Public
date]. Service of New
Hampshire in Bow, NH.
Source specific order............ Order ARD-95-011.... 05/06/97 5/13/98 [Insert FR citation (c)(54)........ Source specific NOX RACT
from published order for Hampshire
date]. Chemical Corporation in
Nashua, NH.
Source specific order............ Order ARD-97-003.... 9/24/97 5/13/98 [Insert FR citation (c)(54)........ Source specific NOX RACT
from published order for Crown Vantage
date]. in Berlin, NH.
* * * * * * *
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[FR Doc. 98-12716 Filed 5-12-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
