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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5006-5]

 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
Final Determinations

AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that between 
February 1, 1994 and April 30, 1994, the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office, issued 3 final determinations 
and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy 
issued 1 final determination pursuant to the Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) regulations codified at 40 CFR 
52.21. In addition, EPA Region II and the New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 2 final determinations 
between October 1, 1993 and January 31, 1994. These 2 determinations 
were inadvertently omitted from the last publication.

DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated 
in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Jon of the Permitting and Toxics 
Support Section, Air Compliance Branch, Division of Air and Waste 
Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region II Office, 26 
Federal Plaza, Room 505, New York, New York 10278, (212) 264-6672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the EPA 
Region II and the NYSDEC have made final PSD determinations relative to 
the sources listed below:

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          Name                  Location                      Project                       Agency              Final Action                Date        
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Virgin Islands Water and  St. Croix, Virgin     Permit modification to allow Unit 19  EPA                 PSD Permit Modification.  Apr. 23, 1994.      
 Power Authority--Unit     Islands.              to begin operating for a period of                                                                     
 19.                                             up to 180 days prior to the date of                                                                    
                                                 installation of the continuous                                                                         
                                                 emission monitors. This                                                                                
                                                 modification had no effect on any                                                                      
                                                 control or emission requirement                                                                        
                                                 contained in the PSD permit..                                                                          
American Ref-Fuel         Newark, New Jersey..  PSD permit modification to install    NJDEPE              PSD Permit Modification.  July 7, 1993.       
 Company of Essex County                         selective non-catalytic reduction                                                                      
 (Resource Recovery                              and require yard waste separation                                                                      
 Facility).                                      to meet permitted levels of NOx..                                                                      
                                                                                      ..................  Environmental Appeals     Apr. 18, 1994.      
                                                                                                           Board's Order Denying                        
                                                                                                           Review.                                      
Halfmoon Cogeneration     Halfmoon, New York..  New 210 MW cogeneration project       EPA                 PSD Permit..............  Oct. 26, 1992.      
 Project (Inter-Power).                          consisting of 3 coal-fired                                                                             
                                                 fluidized bed combustors.                                                                              
                                                                                      ..................  Environmental Appeals     Apr. 7, 1993.       
                                                                                                           Board's Order Granting                       
                                                                                                           Review.                                      
                                                                                      ..................  Environmental Appeals     Mar. 16, 1994.      
                                                                                                           Board's Final Order                          
                                                                                                           Affirming PSD Permit                         
                                                                                                           and Denying                                  
                                                                                                           Administrative Review.                       
Virgin Islands Water and  St. Croix, Virgin     New 24.5 MW oil-fired gas turbine     EPA                 PSD Permit..............  Mar. 1, 1994.       
 Power Authority--Unit     Islands.              (Unit 20) and the retirement of an                                                                     
 20.                                             existing 4.5 MW diesel engine (Unit                                                                    
                                                 12)..                                                                                                  
Caribbean Petroleum       Bayamon, Puerto Rico  Permit modification to increase the   EPA                 PSD Permit Modification.  Jan. 14, 1994.      
 Corporation.                                    utilization of the crude heater, CH-                                                                   
                                                 6, and increase the utilization of                                                                     
                                                 the CO boiler during startups of                                                                       
                                                 the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit                                                                      
                                                 while maintaining annual emissions                                                                     
                                                 for the CO boiler to previously                                                                        
                                                 permitted levels. In addition, EPA                                                                     
                                                 allowed the use of 12-month rolling                                                                    
                                                 averages instead of the 365-day                                                                        
                                                 rolling averages..                                                                                     
Indeck Silver Springs     Silver Springs, New   Modification at a 55 MW combined      NYSDEC              PSD Permit Modification.  Oct. 1, 1993.       
 Cogeneration.             York.                 cycle gas turbine project firing                                                                       
                                                 natural gas with No. 2 fuel oil as                                                                     
                                                 backup..                                                                                               
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    This notice lists only the sources that have received final PSD 
determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and 
related materials should contact the following offices:

EPA Actions

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Office, Air 
Compliance Branch - Room 505, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 
10278.

NJDEPE Actions

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, 
Division of Environmental Quality, Bureau of Engineering and 
Technology, 401 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625.

NYSDEC ACTIONS

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of 
Air Resources, Source Review and Regional Support Section, 50 Wolf 
Road, Albany, New York 12233-0001.

    If available pursuant to the Consolidated Permit Regulations (40 
CFR 124), judicial review of these determinations under Section 
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) may be sought only by the 
filing of a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals 
for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date on which these 
determinations are published in the Federal Register. Under Section 
307(b) (2) of the Act, these determinations shall not be subject to 
later judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement.

    Dated: June 2, 1994.
Jeanne M. Fox,
Regional Administrator.
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