[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38198-38199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18045]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6378-1]


Notice of Approval of Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
(PSD) Permits to Kawaihae Cogeneration Partnership (Hawaii CSP No. 
0001-01-C), Maui Electric Company, Limited for the Maalaea Generating 
Station Units M17 & M19 (Hawaii CSP No. 0067-01-C), and Encogen 
Cogeneration Facility (Hawaii CSP No. 0243-01-C)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Hawaii Department of Health, 
acting under authority of a PSD delegation agreement, issued PSD 
permits to the following applicants:
    Kawaihae Cogeneration Partnership granting approval to construct 
two 21 megawatt combustion turbine generators with waste heat recovery 
steam generators and one 16 megawatt steam turbine generator to be 
located at Kawaihae on the island of Hawaii. The permit became 
effective on April 28, 1997 and includes the following emission limits: 
NOX at 15 ppm (maximum 13.8 lbs/hr), SO2 at 78.8 
ppm (maximum 97.2 lbs/hr), PM10 at 0.042 gr/dscf (maximum 10.0 lbs/hr), 
CO at 302.5 ppm (maximum 144.8 lbs/hr), and VOC at 18.6 ppm (maximum 
6.1 lbs/hr).
    The Maui Electric Company granting approval to construct two 20 
megawatt simple cycle combustion turbine generators, M17 and M19, at 
the Maalaea Generating Station located on the island of Maui. The 
permit became effective on September 10, 1998 and includes the 
following emission limits: NOX at 42 ppm (maximum 42.3 lbs/
hr), SO2 at 79 ppm (maximum 110 lbs/hr), PM10 at 0.045 gr/
dscf (maximum 19.7 lbs/hr), CO at 44 ppm (maximum 26.8 lbs/hr), and VOC 
at 10 ppm (maximum 3.8 lbs/hr).
    Encogen Hawaii, L.P. granting approval to construct two 23 megawatt 
combustion turbine generators with heat recovery steam generators and 
one 19 megawatt steam turbine generator to be located at Hiana, on the 
island of Hawaii. The permit became effective on March 26, 1999 and 
includes the following emission limits: NOX at 15 ppm 
(maximum 11.7 lbs/hr), SO2 at 11.5 ppm (maximum 15 lbs/hr), 
PM10 at 0.02 gr/dscf (maximum 4.7 lbs/hr), CO at 57.5 ppm (maximum 28 
lbs/hr), and VOC at 6.5 ppm (maximum 2 lbs/hr).

DATES: The PSD permits are reviewable under section 307(b)(1) of the 
Clean Air Act only in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A petition 
for review must be filed by September 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the permit are available for 
public inspection upon request; address request to: Robert Baker (AIR-
3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744-1258.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Best Available Control Technology (BACT) 
requirements include water/steam injection for all three facilities and 
SCR on the Kawaihae and Encogen facilities for the control of 
NOX emissions, low sulfur fuels for the control of 
SO2 and PM10 emissions, and good combustion design and 
operation for the control of PM10, CO, and VOC emissions. Air quality 
impact modelling was required for NOX, SO2, CO 
and PM10. Continuous emission monitoring is required for 
NOX, CO and opacity and all three sources are subject to New 
Source Performance Standards, subparts A and GG.

    Dated: June 27, 1999.
Kenneth Bigos,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 99-18045 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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