Acid Rain Program: Permit and Permit Modifications

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Permit 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 April 7, 1997 or 40 days after publication of a

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

significant, adverse comments are received by March 26, 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 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or permit modification will be withdrawn through a notice in the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

Connecticut, EPA Region 1, JFK Building, One Congress Street, Boston,

MA, 02203; for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, EPA

Region 7, 726 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS, 66101; and for plants in

Oregon, 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 Connecticut, EPA

Region 1, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Attn: Ian

Cohen (address above); for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and

Nebraska, EPA Region 7, Air, RCRA, and Toxics Division, Attn: Jon

Knodel (address above); and for plants in Oregon, 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 CONTACT: For plants in Connecticut, call Ian

Cohen, (617) 565-3568; for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and

Nebraska, call Jon Knodel, (913) 551-7622; and for plants in Oregon,

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

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beginning on January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which

they will be required to meet any applicable Phase II emissions

limitation for NOX. The following is a list of units included in

the permits or permit modifications and the limits that they are

required to meet:

Bridgeport Harbor unit BHB3 in Connecticut: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is John A. Buffa.

Ames units 7 and 8 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit 7, 0.50 lbs/

mmBtu for unit 8. The designated representative is Merlin C. Hove.

Council Bluffs units 1 and 3 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is William Leech.

George Neal North units 2 and 3 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is William Leech.

George Neal South unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William Leech.

Lansing unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Dale R. Sharp.

Louisa unit 101 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William Leech.

Ottumwa unit 1 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William W. Douglass.

Nearman Creek unit 1 in Kansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Larry Adair.

Riverton units 39 and 40 in Kansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for unit 39,

0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit 40. The designated representative is Bruce

Baker.

Sikeston unit 1 in Missouri: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Randall Pick.

Gerald Gentleman units 1 and 2 in Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is W. J. Fehrman.

Gerald Whelan Energy Center unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The

designated representative is Marvin Schultes.

Nebraska City unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William C. Jones.

North Omaha unit 4 in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is William C. Jones.

Boardman unit 1SG in Oregon: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated

representative is Richard J. Hess.

Dated: February 14, 1997

Brian J. McLean,

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

Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97-4497 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]

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