[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49486-49491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23585]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6436-1]


Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
Final Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to announce that between April 
9, 1997, and February 28, 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) Region 2 Office, issued 2 final determinations, the New 
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued 4 final 
determinations and the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 2 final determinations pursuant to the 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
regulations codified at 40 CFR 52.21. In addition, this notice 
announces a third EPA Region 2 final determination that occurred after 
February 28, 1999 on the AES Puerto Rico, L.P. PSD permit issued by 
EPA.

DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated 
in the following chart (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank Jon of the Permitting 
Section, Air Programs Branch, Division of Environmental Planning and 
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 
Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10007-1866, at (212) 637-4085.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the EPA 
Region 2 Office, the NJDEP, and the NYSDEC have made final PSD 
determinations relative to the sources listed below:

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              Name                     Location             Project            Agency                Final action                       Date
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American Ref-Fuel Company of      Newark, New Jersey  Municipal waste     NJDEP...........  PSD Permit Revision..........  June 29, 1997.
 Essex County.                                         incinerator with
                                                       a NOX limit of
                                                       164 ppm (3-hour
                                                       average) revised
                                                       to 155 ppm (24-
                                                       hour average)..
Hoffman La Roche--Roche Vitamins  Belvidere, New      New combustion      NJDEP...........  PSD Permit Revision..........  October 8, 1997.
                                   Jersey.             turbine (GE Frame
                                                       6, MS6001B) rated
                                                       at 40 MW and heat
                                                       recovery steam
                                                       generator with
                                                       duct burner for
                                                       supplemental
                                                       firing of 167
                                                       MMBTU/hr. This
                                                       new cogeneration
                                                       will replace
                                                       existing
                                                       cogeneration
                                                       (reciprocating
                                                       engines) and will
                                                       result in net
                                                       reduction of 2023
                                                       per year (tpy) of
                                                       NOX and 701 tpy
                                                       of SO2.
Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals....  Town of             Modification to an  NYSDEC..........  PSD Permit Modification......  December 12, 1997.
                                   Orangetown, New     existing PSD
                                   York.               facility to allow
                                                       the firing of
                                                       natural gas (as
                                                       the primary fuel)
                                                       and number 2
                                                       distillate oil
                                                       (as the backup
                                                       fuel) in their
                                                       existing two duct
                                                       burners in the
                                                       cogen.

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Hess Oil Virgin Islands           St. Croix, Virgin   HOVIC owns and      EPA.............  PSD Permit Revision..........  December 12, 1997
 Corporation (HOVIC).              Islands.            operates a
                                                       petroleum
                                                       refinery and
                                                       requested the
                                                       following
                                                       facility changes
                                                       to its PSD
                                                       permit:
                                                      1. Increasing the
                                                       maximum
                                                       throughput limit
                                                       of the fluid
                                                       catalytic
                                                       cracking unit
                                                       (FCCU) complex to
                                                       150,000 barrels
                                                       per day of low
                                                       sulfur fuel-oil
                                                       (from 125,000
                                                       barrels per day),
                                                       and increasing
                                                       the VOC mass
                                                       emission limits
                                                       to 12.1 pounds
                                                       per hour (from
                                                       9.6 pounds per
                                                       hour) and 52.7
                                                       tons per year
                                                       (from 40 tons per
                                                       year);
                                                      2. Increasing the
                                                       production limit
                                                       of the sulfuric
                                                       acid plant to 320
                                                       tons per day
                                                       (from 275 tons
                                                       per day), and
                                                       increasing the
                                                       sulfuric acid
                                                       mist mass
                                                       emission limits
                                                       to 2 pounds per
                                                       hour (from 1.7
                                                       pounds per hour)
                                                       and 8.8 tons per
                                                       year (from 7.5
                                                       tons per year);
                                                      3. Incorporating
                                                       start-up
                                                       exemptions from
                                                       the PSD emission
                                                       limits, for the
                                                       FCCU complex, the
                                                       sulfuric acid
                                                       plant, and the
                                                       sulfuric acid
                                                       plant process
                                                       heaters; and
                                                      4. Providing
                                                       increased
                                                       flexibility in
                                                       the types and
                                                       amounts of fuel-
                                                       oil allowed to be
                                                       burned in
                                                       existing fuel-
                                                       consuming units.
                                                       This flexibility
                                                       includes use of
                                                       an intermittent
                                                       control strategy
                                                       (i.e., switch-
                                                       over to a lower
                                                       sulfur fuel-oil)
                                                       based on
                                                       atmospheric
                                                       conditions

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Abbott Laboratories.............  Barceloneta,        EPA revised the     EPA.............  PSD Permit Administrative      April 3, 1998.
                                   Puerto Rico.        permit conditions                     Amendment.
                                                       with respect to 3
                                                       oil-fired boilers
                                                       (two existing
                                                       units and one
                                                       ``new,''
                                                       replacement
                                                       unit), which are
                                                       not PSD-affected
                                                       emission units
                                                       (that is, these
                                                       existing units
                                                       did not require a
                                                       BACT review or
                                                       air quality
                                                       impact analyses).
                                                       The conditions
                                                       for these boilers
                                                       were originally
                                                       incorporated into
                                                       the Abbott PSD
                                                       permit to provide
                                                       contemporaneous
                                                       decreases for PM
                                                       emission
                                                       exceedances from
                                                       Abbott's PSD-
                                                       affected
                                                       cogeneration
                                                       facility and, in
                                                       the subject case,
                                                       to provide
                                                       contemporaneous
                                                       decreases for a
                                                       PSD non-
                                                       applicability
                                                       determination.
                                                       Specifically, the
                                                       changes from the
                                                       currently-
                                                       effective PSD
                                                       permit with
                                                       respect to the 3
                                                       oil-fired boilers
                                                       will not cause a
                                                       significant
                                                       increase in
                                                       emissions of any
                                                       PSD-affected
                                                       pollutant.

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Union County Resource Recovery    Rahway, New Jersey  Permit amendment    NJDEP...........  PSD Permit Administrative      April 29, 1998.
 Facility.                                             to clarify an                         Amendment.
                                                       increased waste
                                                       throughput and
                                                       the acceptance of
                                                       ID type 27 waste.
                                                       The facility was
                                                       designed and
                                                       permitted at a
                                                       ``nominal
                                                       capacity'' of
                                                       1440 tons per day
                                                       (tpd) of solid
                                                       waste for three
                                                       units (i.e., 480
                                                       tpd per unit)
                                                       having a higher
                                                       heating value
                                                       (HHV) of 5400 BTU
                                                       per pound of
                                                       waste. This
                                                       corresponds to
                                                       the design input
                                                       of 216 MMBTU per
                                                       hour per unit.
                                                       Based on
                                                       operational data,
                                                       HHV of the waste
                                                       processed has
                                                       averaged 5050 BTU
                                                       per pound of
                                                       waste. In order
                                                       to maintain the
                                                       design heat input
                                                       of 216 MMBTU per
                                                       hour per unit,
                                                       the facility must
                                                       process a refuse
                                                       throughput of
                                                       513.33 tpd of
                                                       waste having an
                                                       average of HHV of
                                                       5050 BTU per
                                                       pound of waste.
                                                       Based on the
                                                       facility's
                                                       original stoker
                                                       diagram, it
                                                       operating envelop
                                                       allows an actual
                                                       waste throughput
                                                       for each unit to
                                                       vary between 432
                                                       tpd and 528 tpd
                                                       (i.e., HHV
                                                       ranging from
                                                       3,800 to 6,000
                                                       BTU per pound of
                                                       waste), for
                                                       maintaining the
                                                       design heat input
                                                       of 216 MMBTU per
                                                       hour per unit.
                                                       Therefore, NJDEP
                                                       is not
                                                       authorizing a
                                                       change in the
                                                       operation of the
                                                       facility, but
                                                       rather is
                                                       clarifying the
                                                       intent of the
                                                       original approval.
New York City Department of       Staten Island, New  Project consists    NYSDEC..........  New PSD Permit...............  July 6, 1998.
 Sanitation--Fresh Kills Gas       York.               of landfill gas
 Flaring Project.                                      collection and
                                                       flaring systems.
                                                       It includes ten
                                                       enclosed flares
                                                       (9 active and one
                                                       standby). The
                                                       maximum flaring
                                                       capacity will be
                                                       32,728 cubic feet
                                                       per minute of
                                                       landfill gas.
                                                       This project is
                                                       subject to PSD
                                                       for NOX, SO2, and
                                                       PM/PM10. In
                                                       addition, the
                                                       project is
                                                       subject to
                                                       nonattainment
                                                       review for CO and
                                                       NOX.

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AES Puerto Rico, L.P............  Guayama, Puerto     A new coal-fired    EPA.............  New PSD Permit...............  Permit Issuance: September
                                   Rico.               454 MW steam                                                         18, 1998
                                                       electric                                                            PSD Permit Effective Date:
                                                       cogeneration                                                         May 27, 1999.
                                                       facility. The PSD
                                                       permit was
                                                       appealed in
                                                       November 1998. On
                                                       May 27,1999,
                                                       EPA's
                                                       Environmental
                                                       Appeals Board
                                                       (EAB) denied the
                                                       petitions for
                                                       review.
Roche Vitamins--Hoffman La-Roche  Belvidere, New      Project consists    NJDEP...........  PSD Permit Revision..........  February 5, 1999.
                                   Jersey.             of four boilers.
                                                       Boilers No. 1, 2,
                                                       3, and 4 having
                                                       fuel firing
                                                       capacity of 84.4,
                                                       13.4, 15.2 and
                                                       11.8 MMBTU/hr,
                                                       respectively. The
                                                       PSD permit was
                                                       revised to change
                                                       the backup fuel
                                                       from No. 6 fuel
                                                       oil to No. 2 fuel
                                                       oil with 0.05%
                                                       sulfur in all
                                                       boilers.
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    This document lists only the sources that have received final PSD 
determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and 
related materials should contact the following offices:

EPA Actions
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, Air Programs 
Branch--25th Floor 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.
NJDEP Actions
    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, 
Division of Environmental Quality, Bureau of Engineering and Technology 
401 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625.
NYSDEC Actions
    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division 
of Air Resources, Source Review and Regional Support Section 50 Wolf 
Road, Albany, New York 12233-0001
    If available pursuant to the Consolidated Permit Regulations (40 
CFR part 124), judicial review of these determinations under section 
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) may be sought only by the 
filing of a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals 
for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date on which these 
determinations are published in the Federal Register. Under section 
307(b)(2) of the Act, these determinations shall not be subject to 
later judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement.

    Dated: August 26, 1999.
William J. Muszynski,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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