[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16161-16162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6567]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CT064-7222B; A-1-FRL-6942-5]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Connecticut--Approval of Several NOX Emission Trading Orders 
as Single Source SIP Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan 
(SIP) revision submitted by the State of Connecticut. This revision 
establishes a mechanism to create and use emission trading credits for 
nitrogen oxides (NOX) at electric generating stations 
currently owned by Wisvest in Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. 
This revision also approves retrospectively credits created at these 
facilities between April 16, 2000 and April 30, 2000. The revision also 
approves annual emission credits at Wisvest's power plant Bridgeport 
Harbor Station (unit no. 2). These permanent credits can be used by 
facilities to offset any NOX emission increases due to new 
construction or plant modifications subject to EPA's nonattainment 
major new source review program. Finally, this revision changes the 
expiration date from December 1999 to December 2000 of previously 
issued Orders to four municipal waste incinerators. In the Final Rules 
Section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP 
submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no 
adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in 
the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response 
to this action rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA 
receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and 
all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final 
rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second 
comment period. Any parties

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interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. 
Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, 
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed 
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions 
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Donald Dahl, Air Permits Program, 
Office of Ecosystem Protection (mail code CAP), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, EPA-New England, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, 
Boston, MA 02114-2023. Copies of the State submittal and EPA's 
technical support document are available for public inspection during 
normal business hours, by appointment at the Office of Ecosystem 
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-New England, One 
Congress Street, 11th floor, Boston, MA and the Bureau of Air 
Management, Department of Environmental Protection, State Office 
Building, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-1630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Dahl, (617) 918-1657.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the direct 
final rule which is located in the Rules Section of this Federal 
Register.

    Dated: January 8, 2001.
Mindy S. Lubber,
Regional Administrator, EPA-New England.
[FR Doc. 01-6567 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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