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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5102-5]

 

Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft permits and permit modifications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for 
comment 5-year sulfur dioxide (SO2) compliance plans which either 
amend previously issued Phase I Acid Rain Permits, or will, if 
approved, result in the issuance of a Phase I Acid Rain Permit to 
sources not previously required to have one. These actions are taken in 
accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR part 72).

DATES: Comments on the draft permits and modifications must be received 
no later than 30 days after the date of this notice (December 5, 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 
permits, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed 
during normal operating hours at EPA Region 4, 345 Courtland St., NE, 
Atlanta, GA, 30365.
    Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests 
to receive notice of future actions to EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides, 
and Toxics Management Division, Attn: Brian Beals (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 an SO2 compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call Scott Davis, (404) 347-5014.

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 is issuing to 
the following utility plants draft SO2 compliance plans that 
allocate SO2 emission allowances and approve SO2 compliance 
plans, consistent with the May 4, 1994 settlement:

Phase I Units Designating Substitution Units

    E C Gaston in Alabama: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-
1999, in which unit 5 designates Gadsden units 1 and 2, Gorgas units 6, 
7, 8, and 9, and James H. Miller, Jr. unit 4 as substitution units.
    Crist in Florida: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-1999, 
in which unit 7 designates Crist units 4 and 5, Scholz units 1 and 2, 
and Lansing Smith units 1 and 2 as substitution units.
    Bowen in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-1999, 
in which the following units at Bowen designate the following units at 
Harllee Branch as substitution units: unit 1BLR designates Harllee 
Branch unit 1, unit 2BLR designates Harllee Branch unit 2, unit 3BLR 
designates Harllee Branch unit 3, and unit 4BLR designates Harllee 
Branch unit 4.
    Hammond in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-
1999, in which the following units at Hammond designate the following 
units at Arkwright as substitution units: unit 1 designates Arkwright 
unit 1, unit 2 designates Arkwright unit 2, unit 3 designates Arkwright 
unit 3, and unit 4 designates Arkwright unit 4.
    Jack McDonough in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 
1995-1999, in which unit MB2 designates Mitchell unit 3 as a 
substitution unit.
    Wansley in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995, in 
which unit 1 designates Scherer units 1 and 2 as substitution units, 
and unit 2 designates Scherer units 3 and 4 as substitution units.
    Yates in Georgia: one conditional substitution plan for 1995-1999, 
in which the following units at Yates designate the following units as 
substitution units: Y2BR designates Port Wentworth unit 1, Y3BR 
designates Port Wentworth unit 2, Y4BR designates Port Wentworth unit 
3, and Y5BR designates McIntosh unit 1.
    Jack Watson in Mississippi: one conditional substitution plan for 
1995-1999, in which unit 5 designates Victor J Daniel units 1 and 2 as 
substitution units.

Phase II Substitution Units

    Gadsden in Alabama: 5,158 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 5,374 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See E C Gaston 
description above).
    Gorgas in Alabama: 4,752 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 6; 5,323 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 7; 9,620 conditional 
substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 8; 9,501 
conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 9 
(See E C Gaston description above).
    James H Miller, Jr. in Alabama: 0 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 4 (See E C Gaston 
description above).
    Crist in Florida: 9,953 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 4; 9,374 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 5 (See Crist description 
above).
    Lansing Smith in Florida: 6,079 conditional substitution allowances 
for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 7,239 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See Crist description 
above).
    Scholz in Florida: 8,282 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 8,572 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See Crist description 
above).
    Arkwright in Georgia: 2,437 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 2,240 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2; 3,944 conditional 
substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 3; 3,159 
conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 4 
(See Hammond description above).
    Harllee Branch in Georgia: 19,221 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 22,735 conditional 
substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2; 31,280 
conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 3; 
31,042 conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to 
unit 4 (See Bowen description above).
    McIntosh in Georgia: 7,146 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 1 (See Yates description above).
    Mitchell in Georgia: 10,792 conditional substitution allowances for 
each year 1995-1999 to unit 3 (See Jack McDonough description above).
    Scherer in Georgia: 11,234 conditional substitution allowances for 
1995 to unit 1; 14,106 conditional substitution allowances for 1995 to 
unit 2; 0 conditional substitution allowances for 1995 to unit 3; 0 
conditional substitution allowances for 1995 to unit 4 (See Wansley 
description above).
    Port Wentworth in Georgia: 2,265 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 2,137 conditional 
substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2; 4,121 
conditional substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 3 
(See Yates description above).
    Victor J Daniel in Mississippi: 9,427 conditional substitution 
allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 1; 9,851 conditional 
substitution allowances for each year 1995-1999 to unit 2 (See Watson 
description above).

    Dated: November 1, 1994.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-27400 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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