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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modification

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permits and permit modification.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for 
comment one draft substitution plan and five draft nitrogen oxides 
(NOx) compliance plans for two utility plants in accordance with the 
Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and 76).

DATES: Comments on the draft permits and modification must be received 
on or before November 7, 1994 or the date of publication of a similar 
notice in a local newspaper, whichever is later.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the 
draft compliance plans, except information protected as confidential, 
may be viewed during normal operating hours at EPA Region 5, Ralph H. 
Metcalfe Federal Bldg., 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604.
    Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests 
to receive notice of future actions to EPA Region 5 (A-18J), Air and 
Radiation Division, Attn: David Kee, Director (address above).
    Submit all comments in duplicate and identify the compliance plan 
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 covered 
by the plan. All timely comments will be considered, except comments on 
aspects of the permit other than the compliance plan and comments not 
relevant to the compliance plan.
    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 compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Genevieve Nearmyer, (312) 353-4761.

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. On January 11, 1993, EPA promulgated final rules 
implementing the SO2 portion of the program. Subsequently, several 
parties filed petitions for review of the rules with the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On May 4, 1994, EPA and 
other parties signed a settlement agreement addressing the substitution 
and reduced utilization issues. In today's action, EPA proposes to 
approve substitution and NOx compliance plans and include them in final 
permits for the following utility plants consistent with the May 4, 
1994 settlement and 40 CFR part 76:
    Petersburg in Indiana: one substitution plan for 1995, in which 
units 1 and 2 designate H T Pritchard units 3 and 4 as substitution 
units; five NOx averaging plans, one for each calendar year 1995-1996 
in which the actual annual average emission rates for NOx shall not 
exceed the alternative contemporaneous annual emission limitations of 
0.60 lbs/MMBtu for unit 1, 0.44 lbs/MMBtu for unit 2, 0.41 lbs/MMBtu 
for unit 3, and 0.41 lbs/MMBtu for unit 4, and the actual annual heat 
input shall not be greater than the annual heat input limit of 
10,635,000 MMBtu for unit 1, and shall not be less than the annual heat 
input limits of 23,670,000 MMBtu for unit 2, 36,935,000 MMBtu for unit 
3, and 36,118,000 MMBtu for unit 4. The other units designated in the 
plans are H T Pritchard units 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Elmer W Stout units 
50, 60, and 70. The designated representative is Robert A. McKnight.
    H T Pritchard in Indiana: 586 substitution allowances for 1995 to 
unit 3; 1,305 substitution allowances for 1995 to unit 4; one 
substitution plan for 1995 in which Petersburg units 1 and 2 designate 
units 3 and 4 as substitution units; five averaging plans, one for each 
calendar year 1995-1996 for units 3, 4, 5, and 6 in which the actual 
annual average emission rates for NOx shall not exceed the alternative 
contemporaneous annual emission limitations of 0.80 lbs/MMBtu for units 
3 and 4 and 0.54 lb/MMBtu for units 5 and 6, and the actual annual heat 
input shall not be greater than the annual heat input limits of 
1,312,000 MMBtu for unit 3, 1,883,000 MMBtu for unit 4, 2,044,000 MMBtu 
for unit 5, and 4,766,000 for unit 6. The other units designated in the 
plans are Petersburg units 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Elmer W Stout units 50, 
60, and 70. The designated representative is Robert A. McKnight.

    Dated: October 4, 1994.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-24912 Filed 10-5-94; 8:45 am]
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