Acid Rain Program: Draft Permit Modifications

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Draft Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permit modifications.

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

comment draft modifications to the sulfur dioxide (SO2) compliance

plans of two previously issued final Phase I Acid Rain Permits in

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

DATES: Comments on the draft modifications must be received no later

than 30 days after the date of this notice 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 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd,

Chicago, IL, 60604.

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

to receive notice of future actions to David Kee, Division Director,

Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region 5, (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.

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: Call Genevieve Nearmyer, (312) 353-4761.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IV of the Clean Air Act directs EPA to

establish the Acid Rain Program to reduce the adverse environmental and

public health effects of acidic deposition. Under the program, each

affected unit at an electric utility generating plant must hold one

allowance for each ton of SO2 that is emitted during the year, and

each plant must have a permit with a plan for complying. In today's

action, EPA is issuing, for public comment, draft modifications to

existing permits, allocating SO2 emission allowances and approving

SO2 compliance plans, to the following utility plants:

Baldwin in Illinois: one substitution plan for 1995-1999, in which

unit 3 designates Havana units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as

substitution units.

Havana in Illinois: one substitution plan for 1995-1999, in which

Baldwin unit 3 designates units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as

substitution units; 34 substitution allowances are allocated for each

year 1995-1999 to units 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; 43 substitution

allowances are allocated for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2.

The Designated Representative for Baldwin and Havana is Jene L.

Robinson.

Dated: March 27, 1995.

Brian J. McLean,

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

Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 95-8881 Filed 4-10-95; 8:45 am]

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