[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66633-66634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30779]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6480-9]


Acid Rain Program: Acid Rain Compliance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final nitrogen oxides compliance plans.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing, as a direct 
final action, 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 compliance plans are being issued as a direct final action.

DATES: The NOX compliance plans issued in this direct final 
action will be final on January 10, 2000 unless significant, adverse 
comments are received by December 29, 1999. If significant, adverse 
comments are timely received on a NOX compliance plan in 
this direct final action, the relevant NOX compliance plan 
will be withdrawn through a notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the 
NOX compliance plans, except information protected as 
confidential, may be viewed during normal operating hours at U.S. EPA 
Region 4, 100 Alabama Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
    Comments. Send comments to Winston A. Smith, Director, Air, 
Pesticides, and Toxic Management Division at the address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Jachim, U.S. EPA Region 4, (404) 
562-9126.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Significant, adverse public comments 
received on a NOX compliance plan in this direct final 
action that are timely received will be addressed in a subsequent 
approval or denial of a NOX compliance plan. Such approval 
or denial will be based on the draft NOX compliance plan in 
the notice of draft NOX compliance plan that is published 
elsewhere in today's Federal Register and that is identical to this 
direct final action.
    U.S. EPA is issuing, under 40 CFR 76.11, a NOX averaging 
plan with which the following units shall comply for compliance year 
1999: units 1-4 at Arkwright in Georgia, in which the actual annual 
average rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the 
alternative contemporaneous annual emission limitation (ACEL) of 1.00 
lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1-4 shall not be greater 
than 652,199 mmBtu each; units 1-4 at Bowen in Georgia, in which the 
actual annual average rate for NOX for each unit shall not 
exceed the ACEL of 0.44 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 
1-4 shall not be less than 42,974,115, mmBtu, 39,890,926 mmBtu, 
59,808,558 mmBtu, and 56,547,329 mmBtu respectively; unit 2 at Branch 
in Georgia, in which the actual annual average rate for NOX 
shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.80 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input 
shall not be greater than 13,635,168 mmBtu; units 4-7 at Crist in 
Florida, in which the actual annual average rate for NOX for 
each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.59 lb/mmBtu, and the actual 
heat input for units 4-7 shall not be greater than 4,330,920 mmBtu, 
3,518,988 mmBtu, 13,451,097 mmBtu, and 20,422,854 mmBtu respectively; 
units 1 and 2 at Daniel in Mississippi, in which the actual annual 
average rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL 
of 0.30 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 shall not 
be less than 21,244,417 mmBtu and 29,987,051 mmBtu respectively; units 
1 and 2 at Gadsden in Alabama, in which the actual annual average rate 
for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.67 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 shall not be greater 
than 3,412,000 mmBtu and 2,160,000 mmBtu respectively; units 1-5 at 
Gaston in Alabama, in which the actual annual average rate for 
NOX for units 1-4 shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.45 lb/
mmBtu, and for unit 5, 0.48 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for 
units 1-4 shall not be less than 13,871,000 mmBtu, 15,349,000 mmBtu, 
13,799,000 mmBtu, 13,796,000 mmBtu respectively, and for unit 5, not 
greater than 46,496,000 mmBtu; units 1-4 at Hammond in Georgia, in 
which the actual annual average rate for NOX for units 1-3 
shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.80 lb/mmBtu, and for unit 4, 0.50 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1-3 shall not be greater 
than 3,252,464 mmBtu each; units 1-3 at Kraft in Georgia, in which the 
actual annual average rate for NOX for each unit shall not 
exceed the ACEL of 0.60 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 
1-3 shall not be greater than 1,434,816 mmBtu each; units 1 and 2 at 
McDonough in Georgia, in which the actual annual average rate for 
NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.45 lb/
mmBtu; unit 1 at McIntosh in Georgia, in which the actual annual 
average rate for NOX shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.84 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input shall not be greater than 5,272,714 
mmBtu; unit 3 at Mitchell in Georgia, in which the actual annual 
average rate for NOX shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.65 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input shall not be greater than 3,087,400 
mmBtu; unit 3 at Scherer in Georgia, in which the actual annual average 
rate for NOX shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.32 lb/mmBtu, and 
the actual heat input shall not be less than 51,627,214 mmBtu; units 1 
and 2 at Scholz in Florida, in which the actual

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annual average rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed 
the ACEL of 0.70 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 
shall not be greater than 723,608 mmBtu and 731,528 mmBtu respectively; 
units 1 and 2 at Wansley in Georgia, in which the actual annual average 
rate for NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.43 
lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1 and 2 shall not be less 
than 43,995,205 mmBtu and 46,349,195 mmBtu respectively; units 4 and 5 
at Watson in Mississippi, in which the actual annual average rate for 
NOX for each unit shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.60 lb/
mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 4 and 5 shall not be greater 
than 12,086,872 mmBtu and 20,127,887 mmBtu respectively; and units 1-7 
at Yates in Georgia, in which the actual annual average rate for 
NOX for units 1-7 shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.59 lb/mmBtu 
for units 1-3, 0.44 lb/mmBtu for units 4 and 5, and 0.36 lb/mmBtu for 
units 6 and 7, and the actual heat input for units 1-3 shall not be 
greater than 2,185,838 mmBtu for unit 1, and 2,694,591 mmBtu each for 
units 2 and 3, and not less than 4,188,728 mmBtu each for units 4 and 
5, and 10,404,101 mmBtu and 11,655,498 mmBtu each for units 6 and 7, 
respectively. The Designated Representative is Charles D. McCrary.
    U.S. EPA is also issuing, under 40 CFR 76.11, an additional 
NOX averaging plan with which the following units shall 
comply for compliance year 1999: units 1-4 at Gallatin in Tennessee, in 
which the actual annual average rate for NOX for each unit 
shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.42 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input 
for units 1-4 shall not be less than 12,874,000 mmBtu, 14,938,000 
mmBtu, 18,188,000 mmBtu, and 18,527,000 mmBtu respectively; units 1-5 
at Colbert in Alabama, in which the actual annual average rate for 
NOX for each unit 1-4 shall not exceed the ACEL of 0.47 lb/
mmBtu, and for unit 5, 0.49 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for 
units 1-5 shall not be less than 12,412,000 mmBtu, 12,410,000 mmBtu, 
12,189,000 mmBtu, 10,372,000 mmBtu, and 26,441,000 mmBtu respectively; 
and units 1-10 at Johnsonville in Tennessee, in which the actual annual 
average rate for NOX for each unit 1-10 shall not exceed the 
ACEL of 0.51 lb/mmBtu, and the actual heat input for units 1-10 shall 
not be greater than 7,469,000 mmBtu, 7,440,000 mmBtu, 7,390,000 mmBtu, 
6,348,000 mmBtu, 5,590,000 mmBtu, 6,205,000 mmBtu, 8,880,000 mmBtu, 
8,805,000 mmBtu, 8,534,000 mmBtu, and 8,451,000 mmBtu respectively. The 
Designated Representative is Joseph R. Bynum.
    Under each plan, the actual Btu-weighted annual average 
NOX emission rate for the units in the plans shall be less 
than or equal to the Btu-weighted annual average NOX 
emission rate for the units had they each been operated, during the 
same period of time, in compliance with the applicable emission 
limitations under 40 CFR 76.5, 76.6, or 76.7.

    Dated: November 18, 1999.
Larry F. Kertcher,
Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric 
Programs, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 99-30779 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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