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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Notice of Written Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of written exemptions.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing, as a 
direct final action, written exemptions from the Acid Rain Program 
permitting and monitoring requirements to 55 utility units at 32 plants 
in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR part 72). 
Because the Agency does not anticipate receiving adverse comments, the 
exemptions are being issued as a direct final action.

DATES: Each of the exemptions issued in this direct final action will 
be final on December 13, 1994 unless significant, adverse comments are 
received by December 5, 1994. If significant, adverse comments are 
timely received on any exemption in this direct final action, that 
exemption will be withdrawn through a notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the 
exemptions, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed 
during normal operating hours at the following locations:
    For plants in Iowa: EPA Region 7, 726 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, 
KS 66101; and at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (attn: Wayne 
Wicksell) Henry A. Wallace Building, 900 E. Grand, Des Moines, IA 
50319, (515) 281-9012.
    For plants in Kansas: EPA Region 7 (address above) and at the 
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (attn: Harish Agarwal) 
Forbes Field Building 283, Topeka, KS 66620, (913) 296-1572.
    For plants in Missouri: EPA Region 7 (address above) and at the 
Missouri Department of Natural Resources (attn: Paul Brooks), Jefferson 
State Office Building, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102, (314) 
751-4817.
    For plants in Nebraska: EPA Region 7 (address above) and at the 
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (attn: Todd Ellis) State 
House Station, P.O. Box 94877, Lincoln, NE 68509-4877, (402) 471-4561.
    For plants in Michigan and Wisconsin: EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604.
    Comments. Send comments to the following addresses:
    For plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, William A. 
Spratlin, Director, Air and Toxics Division, EPA Region 7, (address 
above).
    For plants in Michigan and Wisconsin: David Kee, Director, Air and 
Radiation Division, EPA Region 5, (address above).
    Submit comments in duplicate and identify the exemption 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 the unit covered by the exemption.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, 
and Nebraska, Jon Knodel, (913) 551-7599, EPA Region 7; for plants in 
Michigan and Wisconsin, Beth Valenziano, (312) 886-2703, EPA Region 5.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All public comment received on any exemption 
in this direct final action on which significant, adverse comments are 
timely received will be addressed in a subsequent issuance or denial of 
exemption based on the relevant draft exemption in the notice of draft 
written exemptions that is published elsewhere in today's Federal 
Register and that is identical to this direct final action.
    Under the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR 72.7), utilities 
may petition EPA for an exemption from permitting and monitoring 
requirements for any new utility unit that serves one or more 
generators with total nameplate capacity of 25 MW or less and burns 
only fuels with a sulfur content of 0.05 percent or less by weight. On 
the earlier of the date a unit exempted under 40 CFR 72.7 burns any 
fuel with a sulfur content in excess of 0.05 percent by weight or 24 
months prior to the date the exempted unit first serves one or more 
generators with total nameplate capacity in excess of 25 MW, the unit 
shall no longer be exempted under 40 CFR 72.7 and shall be subject to 
all permitting and monitoring requirements of the Acid Rain Program.
    EPA is issuing written exemptions effective from January 1, 1995 
through December 31, 1999, to the following new units:
    Algona Municipal Utilities units 1 and 2 in Iowa, owned and 
operated by the Algona Municipal Utilities. The Designated 
Representative for Algona is Nick R. Scholer.
    Bellevue Municipal Utilities unit 2 in Iowa, owned and operated by 
the City of Bellevue. The Designated Representative for Bellevue 
Municipal Utilities is Gary A. Swanson.
    Hopkinton Municipal Utilities unit 2 in Iowa, owned and operated by 
the City of Hopkinton. The Designated Representative for Hopkinton is 
Norman W. Parsons.
    Graettinger Municipal Light Plant unit 2 in Iowa, owned and 
operated by the City of Graettinger. The Designated Representative for 
Graettinger Municipal Light Plant is Gary A. Swanson.
    Grand Junction Municipal Light & Power unit 2 in Iowa, owned and 
operated by the City of Grand Junction. The Designated Representative 
for Grand Junction Municipal Light & Power is Gary A. Swanson.
    Lamoni Municipal Utilities unit 6 in Iowa, owned and operated by 
Lamoni Municipal Utilities. The Designated Representative for Lamoni 
Municipal Utilities is Robert A. Moore.
    Primghar Municipal Light Plant unit 5 in Iowa, owned and operated 
by the City of Primghar. The Designated Representative for Primghar is 
Robert L. Mulder.
    Story City Municipal Electric Utility unit 5 in Iowa, owned and 
operated by the City of Story City. The Designated Representative for 
Story City is Bruce Twedt.
    Vinton Municipal Power Plant unit 1 in Iowa, owned and operated by 
the City of Vinton. The Designated Representative for Vinton Municipal 
is Maynard P. Stief.
    Waverly Light & Power North Plant unit 10 in Iowa, owned and 
operated by Waverly Light & Power. The Designated Representative for 
the North Plant is Glenn S. Cannon.
    Wilton Municipal Light & Power System, units 2, 3, and 4 in Iowa, 
owned and operated by Wilton Municipal Light & Power System. The 
Designated Representative for Wilton Municipal Light & Power System is 
Collin K. Proctor.
    Chanute 3 units 12 and 13 in Kansas, owned and operated by the City 
of Chanute. The Designated Representative for Chanute 3 is Robert 
Walker.
    The City of Girard Power Station units 2101-1119, 2012-1147, 
VO3572, and VO3393 in Kansas, owned and operated by the City of Girard. 
The Designated Representative for Girard is William W. Crawford.
    Holton Municipal Power Plant unit 11 in Kansas, owned and operated 
by the City of Holton. The Designated Representative for Holton is 
Bradley J. Mears.
    Horton Power Plant units 1 and 2 in Kansas, owned and operated by 
the City of Horton. The Designated Representative for Horton is 
Theodore M. Hauser.
    Kingman Power Station unit 9 in Kansas, owned and operated by the 
City of Kingman. The Designated Representative for Kingman is Ira M. 
Hart, III.
    The City of Mulvane units 7 and 8 in Kansas, owned and operated by 
the City of Mulvane. The Designated Representative for Mulvane is Gary 
Rambo.
    Osborne Municipal Light Plant units 4-CAT and 5-CAT in Kansas, 
owned and operated by the city of Osborne. The Designated 
Representative for Osborne is Norman B. Christie.
    Russell Municipal Power and Light units 11 and 12 in Kansas, owned 
and operated by the City of Russell. The Designated Representative for 
Russell is Earl Homewood.
    Sabetha Municipal Power Plant unit 11 in Kansas, owned and operated 
by the City of Sabetha. The Designated Representative for Sabetha is 
Ted L. Hayden.
    Campbell Municipal Utilities unit 7 in Missouri, owned and operated 
by the City of Campbell. The Designated Representative for Campbell is 
Wendell Thompson.
    Marshall Municipal Utilities unit 11 in Missouri, owned and 
operated by the Marshall Municipal Utilities. The Designated 
Representative for Marshall is Kyle Gibbs.
    Palmyra Municipal 2 units 9 and 10 in Missouri, owned and operated 
by the Palmyra Board of Public Works. The Designated Representative for 
Palmyra Municipal 2 is James Church.
    The City of Shelbina units G3, G4, and G5 in Missouri, owned and 
operated by the City of Shelbina. The Designated Representative for 
Shelbina is Dennie Fowler.
    The Unionville Power & Light unit 9 in Missouri, owned and operated 
by the City of Unionville. The Designated Representative for Unionville 
Power & Light is Dennie Sheehan.
    Vandalia Power Plant units 2 and 3 in Missouri, owned and operated 
by the City of Vandalia. The Alternate Designated Representative for 
Vandalia is Aaron Rentfro.
    Auburn Municipal Power Plant unit 4 in Nebraska, owned and operated 
by the Auburn Board of Public Works. The Designated Representative for 
Auburn is James P. Dietz.
    Laurel Power Plant unit 7 in Nebraska, owned and operated by the 
City of Laurel. The Designated Representative for the Laurel Power 
Plant is Jim Recob.
    Additionally under the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR 72.8), 
utilities may petition EPA for an exemption from permitting 
requirements for units that are retired prior to the issuance of a 
Phase II Acid Rain permit. Units that are retired prior to the deadline 
for continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) certification may 
also petition for an exemption from monitoring requirements.
    While the exempt retired units have been allocated allowances under 
40 CFR part 73, units exempted under 40 CFR 72.8 must not emit any 
sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides on or after the date the units are 
exempted, and the units must not resume operation unless the designated 
representative submits an application for an Acid Rain permit and 
installs and certifies its monitors by the applicable deadlines.
    EPA proposes to issue written exemptions, effective from January 1, 
1995 through December 31, 1999, unless otherwise noted below, to the 
following retired units:
    B C Cobb units 1, 2, and 3 in Michigan, owned and operated by 
Consumers Power Company. The Designated Representative for B C Cobb is 
Robert J. Nicholson.
    Bluffs unit 4 in Nebraska at the Scottsbluff Generating Station 
owned and operated by the Nebraska Public Power District. The 
Designated Representative for Bluffs is Clinton Johannes.
    Kramer units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Nebraska at the Harold Kramer 
Generating Station, owned and operated by the Nebraska Public Power 
District. The Designated Representative for Kramer is Clinton Johannes.
    North Oak Creek units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Wisconsin, owned and 
operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Company. The exemption from Phase 
I permitting requirements is effective from January 1, 1995 through 
December 31, 1999. The exemption from monitoring requirements is 
effective from November 15, 1993 through December 31, 1999. The 
Designated Representative for North Oak Creek is Paul D. Schumacher.

    Dated: October 31, 1994.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-27297 Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]
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