Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modification

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modification

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permits and permit modification.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for

comment two draft, 5-year Phase I Acid Rain Permits including sulfur

dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) compliance plans and

one draft modification to the SO2 compliance plan of a previously

issued final Phase I Acid Rain Permit in accordance with the Acid Rain

Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and 76).

DATES: Comments on the draft permits and modification must be received

no later than October 17, 1994 or the date of publication of a similar

notice in a local newspaper.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the

permits, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed

during normal operating hours at EPA Region 7, 726 Minnesota Ave.,

Kansas City, KS 66101.

Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests

to receive notice of future actions to EPA Region 7, Air and Toxics

Division, Attn: Jon Knodel (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 an SO2 or NOX compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call Jon Knodel, (913) 551-7622.

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. On January 11, 1993, EPA promulgated final rules

implementing the SO2 portion of the program. Subsequently, several

parties filed petitions for review of the rules with the U.S. Court of

Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On May 4, 1994, EPA and

other parties signed a settlement agreement addressing the substitution

and reduced utilization issues. In today's action, EPA is issuing to

the following utility plants draft permits and a draft permit

modification that propose to allocate SO2 emission allowances and

approve SO2 compliance plans, consistent with the May 4, 1994

settlement and that propose to approve NOX compliance plans under

40 CFR part 76:

La Cygne in Kansas: 23,489 substitution allowances for each year

1995-1999 to unit 1; 12,682 substitution allowances for each year 1995-

1999 to unit 2; two substitution plans, each for 1995-1999, in which

Montrose units 1, 2, and 3 designate either unit 1 or unit 2 as a

substitution unit; one NOX compliance plan for 1995-1999 in which

unit 2 will comply with the standard emission limitation of 0.50 lb/

MMBtu.

Iatan in Missouri: 14,479 substitution allowances for each year

1995-1999 to unit 1; one substitution plan for 1995-1999 in which

Montrose units 1, 2, and 3 designate unit 1 as a substitution unit; one

NOX compliance plan for 1995-1999 in which unit 1 will comply with

the standard emission limitation of 0.50 lbs/MMBtu.

Montrose in Missouri: three substitution plans, each for 1995-1999,

in which units 1, 2, and 3 designate either La Cygne unit 1, La Cygne

unit 2, or Iatan unit 1 as a substitution unit.

Dated: September 12, 1994.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of

Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 94-22977 Filed 9-15-94; 8:45 am]

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