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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-4851-2]

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, 1993 and January 31, 1994, the United States Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office, issued 2 final

determinations, the New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 5 final determinations, and the New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (NJDEPE) issued 2

final determinations pursuant to the Prevention of Significant

Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) regulations codified at 40 CFR

52.21.

DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated

in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria N. Stanco 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)

264-4726.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the EPA

Region II, the NYSDEC, and the NJDEPE 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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Mayflower Energy Partners, Islip, New York..... 340 MW combined cycle gas turbine NYSDEC....... PSD Permit................ Feb. 17, 1993.

L.P. cogeneration project firing

natural gas with # 2 oil as

backup fuel.

Abbott Puerto Rico Operations Barceloneta, Puerto Addition of two oil-fired boilers, EPA.......... Nonapplicability.......... Apr. 1, 1993.

Rico. increased utilization at three

existing boilers and other

process/manufacturing changes.

Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York.. 286 MW combined cycle gas turbine NYSDEC....... Nonapplicability.......... Apr. 21, 1993.

Cogeneration. cogeneration project firing

natural gas with #1 oil as backup

fuel.

Wallkill Generating.......... Wallkill, New York.. 150 MW combined cycle gas turbine NYSDEC....... Nonapplicability.......... May 12, 1993.

cogeneration project firing

natural gas with #2 oil as backup

fuel.

Newark Bay Cogeneration, L.P. Newark, New Jersey.. Increased annual fuel use limit, NJDEPE....... PSD Permit Modification... June 9, 1993.

and hourly kerosene use limit,

eliminate duct burners and vent

auxiliary fuel gases to turbine

stack.

Saranac Power Partners....... Plattsburgh, New 240 MW combined cycle gas turbine NYSDEC....... PSD Permit Modification... June 16, 1993.

York. cogeneration project firing

natural gas.

Virgin Islands Water and St. Croix, Virgin 20 W oil-fired gas turbine........ EPA.......... PSD Permit................ Sept. 3, 1993.

Power Authority Unit 19. Islands.

Fulton Cogeneration.......... Fulton, New York.... 79 MW combined cycle gas turbine NYSDEC....... PSD Permit Modification... Oct. 13, 1993.

cogeneration project firing

natural gas with #2 oil as backup

fuel.

Crown Vista Energy Project... West Deptford, New Two 1789 MMBTU/HR pulverized coal NJDEPE....... PSD Permit................ Jan. 5, 1994.

Jersey. boilers and 25 additional minor

sources consisting of auxiliary

boiler, material handling

equipment, silos, cooling

equipment and other equipment.

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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.

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.

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.

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: March 3, 1994.

William J. Muszynski, P.E.,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-6154 Filed 3-16-94; 8:45 am]

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