Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) Final Determinations

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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