[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18603-18604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9866]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5812-5]


Acid Rain Program: Permit and Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of permits and permit modifications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as 
a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits 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 permits and permit modifications issued in this direct final 
action will be final on May 26, 1997 or 40 days after publication of a 
similar notice in a local publication, whichever is later, unless 
significant, adverse comments are received by May 16, 1997 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or permit modification will be withdrawn through a notice in the 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 
New York, EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY, 10007-1866; for 
plants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South 
Carolina and Tennessee, EPA Region 4, 100 Alabama St., NW, Atlanta, GA, 
30303; for plants in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and 
Wisconsin, EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL, 60604; for 
plants in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, EPA Region 
8, 999 18th St., Denver, CO, 80202.
    Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests 
to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in New York, EPA 
Region 2, Division of Environmental Planning & Protection, Attn: Gerry 
DeGaetano (address above); for plants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, EPA Region 4, 
Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Attn: Scott Davis 
(address above); for plants in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, EPA Region 
5, Air and Radiation Division, Attn: Cecilia Mijares (address above); 
for plants in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, EPA Region 5, Air and 
Radiation Division, Attn: Beth Valenziano (address above); for plants 
in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, EPA Region 8, Air 
and Toxics Division, Attn: Mike Owens (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 CONTACT: For plants in New York, call Gerry 
DeGaetano, 212-637-4020; for plants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, call Scott 
Davis, 404-562-9127; for plants in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, call 
Cecilia Mijares, 312-886-0968; for plants in Michigan, Minnesota, and 
Wisconsin, call Beth Valenziano, 312-886-2703; for plants in Colorado, 
Montana, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, call Mike Owens, 303-312-6440.

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 permits and permit 
modifications that include approval of early election plans for 
NOX. The units that are included in the early election plans will 
be required to meet an actual annual average emissions rate for 
NOX of either 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers or 
0.50 lbs/MMBtu for dry bottom wall-fired boilers beginning on January 
1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which they will be required to 
meet the applicable emissions limitation under 40 CFR 76.7(a) of 0.40 
lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers or 0.46 lbs/MMBtu for dry 
bottom wall-fired boilers. The following is a list of units included in 
the permits or permit modifications and the limits that they are 
required to meet:

S A Carlson units 9, 10, 11, and 12 in New York: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is R. James Gronquist.
Kintigh unit 1 in New York: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is James Rettberg.
Charles R Lowman units 2 and 3 in Alabama: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is John Howard.
C D McIntosh unit 3 in Florida: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Ronald Tomlin.
Crystal River units 2, 4, and 5 in Florida: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for unit 2; 
0.50 lbs/MMBtu for units 4 and 5. The designated representative is W. 
Jeffrey Pardue.
Deerhaven unit B2 in Florida: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is John Hancock, Jr.
St. Johns River Power Park units 1 and 2 in Florida: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. 
The designated representative is Brian Wirz.
Scherer unit 4 in Georgia: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is R. Haubein, Jr.
D B Wilson unit W1 in Kentucky: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Gregory Black.
Cane Run units 4, 5, and 6 in Kentucky: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu for units 4 and 
5; 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for unit 6. The designated representative is Chris 
Herman.
Mill Creek units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Kentucky: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for units 1 
and 2; 0.50 lbs/MMBtu for units 3 and 4. The designated representative 
is Chris Herman.
Trimble County unit 1 in Kentucky: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Chris Herman.
Buck units 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is T. McMeekin.
Cliffside units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. 
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designated representative is T. McMeekin.
Dan River units 1, 2, and 3 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is T. McMeekin.
G G Allen units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. 
The designated representative is T. McMeekin.
Lee units 1, 2, and 3 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for unit 1; 
0.50 lbs/MMBtu for units 2 and 3. The designated representative is 
Ronnie Coats.
Marshall units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is T. McMeekin.
Riverbend units 7, 8, 9, and 10 in North Carolina: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is T. McMeekin.
Cross units 1 and 2 in South Carolina: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu for unit 1; 0.45 
lbs/MMBtu for unit 2. The designated representative is Maxie Chaplin.
Winyah units 2, 3, and 4 in South Carolina: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Maxie Chaplin.
John Sevier units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Tennessee: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Joseph Dickey.
Dallman unit 33 in Illinois: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is William Murray.
Crawford units 7 and 8 in Illinois: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Emerson Lacey.
Fisk unit 19 in Illinois: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated representative 
is Emerson Lacey.
Waukegan units 7 & 8 in Illinois: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Emerson Lacey.
Will County units 3 and 4 in Illinois: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Emerson Lacey.
State Line unit 3 in Indiana: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Emerson Lacey.
Merom units 1SG1 and 2SG1 in Indiana: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is J. Steven Smith.
R M Schahfer units U15, U17, and U18 in Indiana: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu for 
unit U15; 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for units U17 and U18. The designated 
representative is Patrick Mulchay.
A B Brown units 1 and 2 in Indiana: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is J. Gordon Hurst.
J B Sims unit 3 in Michigan: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Phil Trumpfheller.
B C Cobb units 4 and 5 in Michigan: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Robert Nicholson.
J R Whiting units 1 and 3 in Michigan: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Robert Nicholson.
Presque Isle units 7, 8, and 9 in Michigan: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Terry Coughlin.
Clay Boswell unit 3 in Minnesota: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Warren Candy.
Hoot Lake unit 2 in Minnesota: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Ward Uggerud.
W H Zimmer unit 1 in Ohio: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is David Hoffman.
Blount Street units 8 and 9 in Wisconsin: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Steven Schultz.
Columbia units 1 and 2 in Wisconsin: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Daniel Doyle.
Edgewater unit 5 in Wisconsin: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Daniel Doyle.
Ray D Nixon unit 1 in Colorado: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is James Zalmanek.
Rawhide unit 101 in Colorado: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Lloyd Greiner.
Cherokee units 3 and 4 in Colorado: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu for unit 3; 0.45 
lbs/MMBtu for unit 4. The designated representative is Ralph Sargent.
Comanche units 1 and 2 in Colorado: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for unit 1; 0.50 
lbs/MMBtu for unit 2. The designated representative is Ralph Sargent.
Pawnee unit 1 in Colorado: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Ralph Sargent.
Valmont unit 5 in Colorado: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Ralph Sargent.
Craig units C1, C2, and C3 in Colorado: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Jerry Walker.
Colstrip units 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Montana: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Carlton Grimm.
Lewis & Clark unit B1 in Montana: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Bruce Imsdahl.
Antelope Valley units B1 and B2 in North Dakota: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Richard Fockler.
Leland Olds unit 1 North Dakota: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Richard Fockler.
Stanton unit 10 in North Dakota: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is Gordon Westerlind.
Bonanza unit 1-1 in Utah: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The designated representative 
is F. Ward Elgin.
Intermountain units 1SGA and 2SGA in Utah: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Dennis Whitney.
Carbon units 1 and 2 in Utah: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is William Brauer.
Hunter units 1 and 2 in Utah: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is William Brauer.
Huntington unit 1 in Utah: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is William Brauer.
Laramie River units 1, 2, and 3 in Wyoming: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is Richard Fockler.
Dave Johnston units BW41 and BW42 in Wyoming: 0.50 lbs/MMBtu. The 
designated representative is William Brauer.
Jim Bridger unit BW74 in Wyoming: 0.45 lbs/MMBtu. The designated 
representative is William Brauer.

    Dated: April 10, 1997.
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 97-9866 Filed 4-12-97; 8:45 am]
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