[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 188 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50483-50484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24483]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5614-8]


Acid Rain Program: Permit and Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of permit and permit modifications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as 
a direct final action, a Phase I Acid Rain permit 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 permit and permit modifications issued in this direct final 
action will be final on November 5, 1996 or 40 days after publication 
of a similar notice in a local publication, whichever is later, unless 
significant, adverse comments are received by October 28, 1996 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

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be withdrawn through a notice in the Federal Register.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 
Maryland, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia, EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107; for plants in Kentucky, EPA Region 
4, 100 Alabama Street, SW, Atlanta, GA, 30303; for plants in Indiana or 
Ohio, EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 18th floor, Chicago, IL, 
60604; and for plants in Missouri and Nebraska, EPA Region 7, 726 
Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS, 66101.
    Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests 
to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in Maryland, 
Pennsylvania, or West Viriginia, EPA Region 3, Air, Radiation, and 
Toxics Division, Attn: Linda Miller (address above); for plants in 
Kentucky, EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
Attn: Scott Davis (address above); for plants in Indiana and Ohio, EPA 
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, Attn: Cecilia Mijares (address 
above); and for plants in Missouri and Nebraska, EPA Region 7, Air, 
RCRA, and Toxics Division, Attn: Jon Knodel (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: For plants in Maryland, Pennsylvania, or West 
Viriginia, call Linda Miller, (215) 566-2068; for plants in Kentucky, 
call Scott Davis, (404) 562-9127; for plants in Indiana or Ohio, call 
Cecilia Mijares, (312) 886-0968; and for plants in Missouri and 
Nebraska, call Jon Knodel, (913) 551-7622.

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 a permit that 
includes approval of an early election plan for NOX for the Platte 
plant in Nebraska. Platte unit 1 will be required to meet an actual 
annual average emissions rate for NOX of 0.45 lbs/MMBtu beginning 
on January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which it will be 
required to meet any applicable Phase II emissions limitation for 
NOX. The designated representative for Platte is Gary Mader.
    Additionally, EPA is approving permit modifications that include 
approval of emissions averaging plans for NOX. Under each year in 
each plan, the actual Btu-weighted annual average emission rate for the 
units in the plan shall be less than or equal to the Btu-weighted 
annual average rate for the same units had they each been operated, 
during the same period of time, in compliance with the applicable 
emission limitation in 40 CFR 76.5. For each unit in the plan, each 
plan also includes emission limits and/or annual heat input limits, 
with which the units must comply if the requirement concerning the Btu-
weighted average emission rate for the units as a group is not met. The 
following plans are being approved:
    R P Smith units 9 and 11 in Maryland, Armstrong unit 2 and Mitchell 
unit 33 in Pennslvania, and Albright units 1, 2, and 3 and Pleasants 
units 1 and 2 in West Virginia will each comply with four identical 
NOX averaging plans, one for each year, 1996-1999. The designated 
representative is David C. Benson.
    Portland units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania will each comply with a 
NOX averaging plan for 1996-1998. The designated representative is 
Ronald P. Lantzy.
    Frank E. Ratts units 1SG1 and 2SG1 in Indiana will each comply with 
a NOX averaging plan for 1996-1999. The designated representative 
is J. Steven Smith.
    Cayuga units 1 and 2, R Gallagher units 1, 2, 3, and 4, Gibson 
units 1, 2, and 3, and Wabash River units 2, 3, 5, and 6 in Indiana, 
Miami Fort unit 6 and Walter C Beckjord units 5 and 6 in Ohio, and East 
Bend unit 2 in Kentucky will each comply with a NOX averaging plan 
for 1996. The same group of units, with the addition of Gibson unit 4, 
will each comply with a NOX averaging plan for 1997-1999. The 
designated representative is David W. Hoffman.
    James River units 3, 4, and 5 and Southwest unit 1 in Missouri will 
each comply with a NOX averaging plan for 1996-1999. The 
designated representative is G. Duane Galloway.

    Dated: September 17, 1996.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 96-24483 Filed 9-25-96; 8:45 am]
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