Acid Rain Program: Permits and Permit Modifications

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Permits and Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of permits and permit modifications.

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

a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit

modifications including nitrogen oxides (NOx) compliance

plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR

parts 72 and 76). Because the Agency does not anticipate receiving

adverse comments, the exemptions are being issued as a direct final

action.

DATES: The permits and permit modifications issued in this direct final

action will be final on July 2, 1997 or 40 days after publication of a

similar notice in a local publication, whichever is later, unless

significant, adverse comments are received by June 23, 1997 or 30 days

after publication of a similar notice in a local publication, whichever

is later. If significant, adverse comments are timely received on any

permit or permit modification in this direct final

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action, that permit or permit modification will be withdrawn through a

notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the

permits, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed

during normal operating hours at the following locations: for plants in

New York, EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY, 10007-1866; for

plants in Florida and South Carolina, EPA Region 4, 100 Alabama St.,

NW, Atlanta, GA, 30303; for plants Michigan, EPA Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL, 60604; for plants in Arkansas, Louisiana,

New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas

TX, 75202; for plants in Washington, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue

(AT-082), Seattle, Washington, 98101.

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

to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in New York, EPA

Region 2, Division of Environmental Planning & Protection, Attn: Gerry

DeGaetano (address above); for plants in Florida and South Carolina,

EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Attn:

Scott Davis (address above); for plants in Michigan, EPA Region 5, Air

and Radiation Division, Attn: Beth Valenziano (address above); for

plants in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, EPA

Region 6, Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division, Attn: Joseph

Winkler (address above); for plants in Washington, EPA Region 10, Air

and Toxics Division, Attn: Joan Cabreza (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 a NOx compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For plants in New York, call Gerry DeGaetano,

212-637-4020; for plants in Florida and South Carolina, call Scott

Davis, 404-562-9127; for plants in Michigan, call Beth Valenziano, 312-

886-2703; for plants in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and

Texas, call Joseph Winkler, 214-665-7243; for plants in Washington,

call Joan Cabreza (206) 553-8505.

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. In today's action, EPA is issuing permits and permit

modifications that include approval of early election plans for

NOX. The units that are included in the early election plans

will be required to meet an actual annual average emissions rate for

NOX of either 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers

or 0.50 lbs/MMBtu for dry bottom wall-fired boilers beginning on

January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which they will be

required to meet the applicable emissions limitation under 40 CFR

76.7(a) of 0.40 lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers or 0.46 lbs/

MMBtu for dry bottom wall-fired boilers. The following is a list of

units included in the permits or permit modifications and the limits

that they are required to meet:

CR Huntley units 67 and 68 in New York: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Thomas H. Baron.

Dunkirk units 1 and 2 in New York: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Thomas H. Baron.

Seminole units 1 and 2 in Florida: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Michael P. Opalinski.

WS Lee units 1, 2, and 3 in South Carolina: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit

1, 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for units 2 and 3. The designated representative is

T.C. McMeekin. (These units were incorrectly identified as Lee units 1,

2, and 3 in North Carolina in the Notice of Permits and Permit

Modifications published in the Federal Register on April 16, 1997.)

JC Weadock units 7 and 8 in Michigan: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Robert A. Fenech.

Flint Creek unit 1 in Arkansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is E. Michael Williams.

Independence units 1 and 2 in Arkansas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Frank F. Gallaher.

White Bluff units 1 and 2 in Arkansas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Frank F. Gallaher.

Big Cajun 2 units 2B1, 2B2, and 2B3 in Louisiana: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu.

The designated representative is Gary C. Ellender.

Dolet Hills unit 1 in Louisiana: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Paul Turregano.

Rodemacher unit 2 in Louisiana: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Paul Turregano.

RS Nelson unit 6 in Louisiana: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Frank F. Gallaher.

Escalante unit 1 in New Mexico: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Micheal S. McInnes.

Muskogee units 4, 5, and 6 in Oklahoma: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is David A. Branecky.

Sooner units 1 and 2 in Oklahoma: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is David A. Branecky.

Coleto Creek unit 1 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is E. Michael Williams.

Oklaunion unit 1 in Texas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is E. Michael Williams.

Pirkey unit 1 in Texas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is E. Michael Williams.

Welsh units 1, 2, and 3 in Texas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is E. Michael Williams.

JK Spruce unit BLR1 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Cynthia A.S. Levesque.

Limestone units LIM1 and LIM2 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is David G. Tees.

WA Parish units WAP5, WAP6, WAP7, and WAP8: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for

units WAP5 and WAP6, 0.45 lbs/mmBtu for units WAP7 and WAP8. The

designated representative is David G. Tees.

Sam Seymour units 1, 2, and 3 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Dudley Piland.

San Miguel unit SM-1 in Texas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Ronald L. Magel.

Harrington units 061B, 062B, and 063B in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Olon Plunk.

Tolk units 171B and 172B in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Olon Plunk.

Gibbons Creek unit 1 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William R. Fox.

Big Brown units 1 and 2 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is W.M. Taylor.

Martin Lake units 1, 2, and 3 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is W.M. Taylor.

Monticello units 1, 2, and 3 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu for units 1

and 2, 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for unit 3. The designated representative is W.M.

Taylor.

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Sandow unit 4 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is W.M. Taylor.

Centralia units BW21 and BW22 in Washington: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is William C. Brauer.

Dated: May 16, 1997.

Janice Wagner,

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

Office of Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97-13647 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]

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