Acid Rain Program: Draft Permit Modification

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Draft Permit Modification

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permit modification.

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

comment a draft modification to the sulfur dioxide (SO2)

compliance plan of a previously issued final Phase I Acid Rain Permit

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

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

than January 21, 1997 or the date of publication of a similar notice in

a local newspaper, whichever is later.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the

permit, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed

during normal operating hours at EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, PA, 19107.

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

to receive notice of future actions to Thomas Maslany, Division

Director, Air, Radiation and Toxics Division, EPA Region 3, (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 CONTACT: Call Linda Miller, (215) 566-2068.

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, a draft modification to an

existing permit, allocating SO2 emission allowances and approving

an SO2 compliance plan, to the following utility plant:

Martins Creek in Pennsylvania: one substitution plan for 1996-1999,

in which units 1 and 2 designate units 3 and 4 as substitution units;

12,553 substitution allowances are allocated unit 3 for each year 1996-

1999, and 11,548 substitution allowances are allocated to unit 4 for

each year 1996-1999. The designated representative for Martins Creek is

Robert J. Shovlin.

Dated: December 12, 1996.

Brian J. McLean,

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

Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 96-32239 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]

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