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 August 4, 1997 or 40 days after publication of

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

significant, adverse comments are received by July 24, 1997 or 30 days

after publication of a similar document in a local publication,

whichever is later. If significant, adverse comments are timely

received on any permit or permit modification in this direct final

action, that permit or permit modification will be withdrawn through a

document 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

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut

Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107; for plants in Indiana and Ohio, EPA

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL, 60604; for plants in

Oklahoma and Texas, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas TX, 75202; for

plants in Arizona and Nevada, EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne St. (A-3-1),

San Francisco, CA, 94105.

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

to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in Pennsylvania,

Virginia and West Virginia, EPA Region 3, Air, Radiation, and Toxics

Division, Attn: Linda Miller (address above); for plants in Indiana and

Ohio, EPA Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, Attn: Cecilia Mijares

(address above); for plants in Oklahoma and Texas, EPA Region 6,

Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division, Attn: Joseph Winkler

(address above); for plants in Arizona and Nevada, Air and Toxics

Division, Attn: Roger Kohn, (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 CONTACT: For plants in Pennsylvania, Virginia,

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West Virginia, call Linda Miller (215) 566-2068; for plants in Indiana

and Ohio, call Cecilia Mijares (312) 886-0968; for plants in Oklahoma

and Texas, call Joseph Winkler, (214) 665-7243; for plants in Arizona

and Nevada, call Roger Kohn, (415) 744-1238.

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:

Titus units 1, 2, and 3 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Ronald Lantzy.

Bruce Mansfield unit 3 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Howard Couch, Jr.

New Castle units 3, 4, and 5 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Howard Couch, Jr.

Cromby unit 1 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Thomas Chaykun.

Eddystone units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Lloyd Yates.

Homer City units 1, 2, and 3 in Pennsylvania: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Ronald Lantzy.

Keystone units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Ronald Lantzy.

Montour units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Robert Shovlin.

Glen Lyn units 51 and 52 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is John McManus.

Potomac River units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu.

The designated representative is James Potts.

Bremo Bluff unit 3 in Virgina: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is W. Robert Cartwright.

Chesapeake units 1, 2, and 4 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is W. Robert Cartwright.

Chesterfield units 3, 4, and 5 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is W. Robert Cartwright.

Possum Point unit 3 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is W. Robert Cartwright.

Yorktown units 1 and 2 in Virginia: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is W. Robert Cartwright.

Mountaineer unit 1 in West Virginia: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is John McManus.

Rockport units MB1 and MB2 in Indiana: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is John McManus.

Dean H Mitchell units U4, U5, U6, and U11 in Indiana: 0.45 lbs/

mmBtu for units U6 and U11 and 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for units U4 and U5. The

designated representative is Patrick Mulchay.

Whitewater Valley units 1 and 2 in Indiana: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Irving Huffman.

Conesville units 5 and 6 in Ohio: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is John McManus.

Northeastern units 3313 and 3314 in Oklahoma: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is E. Michael Williams.

J T Deely units 1 and 2 in Texas: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Cynthia Levesque.

Apache units 2 and 3 in Arizona: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Charles Davis, Jr.

Cholla units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Arizona: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is John Denman.

Coronado units 1 and 2 in Arizona: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Nils Larson.

Navajo units 1, 2, and 3 in Arizona: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Nils Larson.

Springerville units 1 and 2 in Arizona: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Cosimo DeMasi.

Reid Gardner unit 4 in Nevada: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Dennis Schwehr.

North Valmy units 1 and 2 in Nevada: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Gerald Canning.

Mohave units 1 and 2 in Nevada: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is John Fielder.

Dated: June 17, 1997.

Brian J. McLean,

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

Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97-16515 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]

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