Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modifications

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permits and permit modifications.

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

comment 5-year sulfur dioxide (SO2) compliance plans which either

amend previously issued Phase I Acid Rain Permits, or will, if

approved, result in the issuance of a Phase I Acid Rain Permit to

sources not previously required to have one. These actions are taken in

accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR part 72).

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

no later than 30 days after the date of this notice (December 5, 1994)

or the date of publication of a similar notice in a local newspaper,

whichever is later.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the

permits, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed

during normal operating hours at EPA Region 4, 345 Courtland St., NE,

Atlanta, GA, 30365.

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

to receive notice of future actions to EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides,

and Toxics Management Division, Attn: Brian Beals (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 compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call Scott Davis, (404) 347-5014.

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 SO2 compliance plans that

allocate SO2 emission allowances and approve SO2 compliance

plans, consistent with the May 4, 1994 settlement:

Phase I Units Designating Substitution Units

E C Gaston in Alabama: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-

1999, in which unit 5 designates Gadsden units 1 and 2, Gorgas units 6,

7, 8, and 9, and James H. Miller, Jr. unit 4 as substitution units.

Crist in Florida: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-1999,

in which unit 7 designates Crist units 4 and 5, Scholz units 1 and 2,

and Lansing Smith units 1 and 2 as substitution units.

Bowen in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-1999,

in which the following units at Bowen designate the following units at

Harllee Branch as substitution units: unit 1BLR designates Harllee

Branch unit 1, unit 2BLR designates Harllee Branch unit 2, unit 3BLR

designates Harllee Branch unit 3, and unit 4BLR designates Harllee

Branch unit 4.

Hammond in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-

1999, in which the following units at Hammond designate the following

units at Arkwright as substitution units: unit 1 designates Arkwright

unit 1, unit 2 designates Arkwright unit 2, unit 3 designates Arkwright

unit 3, and unit 4 designates Arkwright unit 4.

Jack McDonough in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for

1995-1999, in which unit MB2 designates Mitchell unit 3 as a

substitution unit.

Wansley in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995, in

which unit 1 designates Scherer units 1 and 2 as substitution units,

and unit 2 designates Scherer units 3 and 4 as substitution units.

Yates in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-1999,

in which the following units at Yates designate the following units as

substitution units: Y2BR designates Port Wentworth unit 1, Y3BR

designates Port Wentworth unit 2, Y4BR designates Port Wentworth unit

3, and Y5BR designates McIntosh unit 1.

Jack Watson in Mississippi: one conditional substitution plan for

1995-1999, in which unit 5 designates Victor J Daniel units 1 and 2 as

substitution units.

Phase II Substitution Units

Gadsden in Alabama: 5,158 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 5,374 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See E C Gaston

description above).

Gorgas in Alabama: 4,752 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 6; 5,323 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 7; 9,620 conditional

substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 8; 9,501

conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 9

(See E C Gaston description above).

James H Miller, Jr. in Alabama: 0 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 4 (See E C Gaston

description above).

Crist in Florida: 9,953 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 4; 9,374 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 5 (See Crist description

above).

Lansing Smith in Florida: 6,079 conditional substitution allowances

for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 7,239 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See Crist description

above).

Scholz in Florida: 8,282 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 8,572 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See Crist description

above).

Arkwright in Georgia: 2,437 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 2,240 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2; 3,944 conditional

substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 3; 3,159

conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 4

(See Hammond description above).

Harllee Branch in Georgia: 19,221 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 22,735 conditional

substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2; 31,280

conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 3;

31,042 conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to

unit 4 (See Bowen description above).

McIntosh in Georgia: 7,146 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 1 (See Yates description above).

Mitchell in Georgia: 10,792 conditional substitution allowances for

each year 1995-1999 to unit 3 (See Jack McDonough description above).

Scherer in Georgia: 11,234 conditional substitution allowances for

1995 to unit 1; 14,106 conditional substitution allowances for 1995 to

unit 2; 0 conditional substitution allowances for 1995 to unit 3; 0

conditional substitution allowances for 1995 to unit 4 (See Wansley

description above).

Port Wentworth in Georgia: 2,265 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 2,137 conditional

substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2; 4,121

conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 3

(See Yates description above).

Victor J Daniel in Mississippi: 9,427 conditional substitution

allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 9,851 conditional

substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See Watson

description above).

Dated: November 1, 1994.

Brian J. McLean,

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

Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 94-27400 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]

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