[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12358]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6981-2]


Notice of Approval of Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
(PSD) Permit to Midway Sunset Cogeneration Company (Permit No. SJ-00-
01)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA Region 9 is hereby providing notice that it issued PSD 
permit to Midway Sunset Cogeneration Company.
    The permit (Authority to Construct) was issued on April 20, 2001. 
Since no comments were received during the public comment period and 
the proposed permit conditions were not changed in the final permit, 
the final permit became effective immediately. The proposed Western 
Midway Sunset Cogeneration Project (WMSCP) will be located adjacent to 
an existing 225 MW Midway Sunset Cogeneration Plant (MSCP) in western 
Kern County near the communities of Fellows and McKittrick in 
California. The proposed WMSCP is a natural gas-fired combined cycle 
power plant, with a nominal electrical output of 500 MW. The proposed 
facility is subject to PSD for Carbon Monoxide (CO). The permit 
includes the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) emission limit of 
4 ppmvd (three-hour averaging at 15% O2). Continuous 
emission monitoring is required for NOX, CO and 
O2. To limit SOX emissions, the fuel type is 
limited to the use of pipeline-quality natural gas. The proposed plant 
is also subject to New Source Performance Standards, Subparts A and GG, 
and the Acid Rain program under title IV of the Clean Air Act.
    Concurrently, on April 20, 2001, we issued a revised PSD permit for 
the existing power plant (Permit No. SJ-87-01) to allow it to retrofit 
its three existing turbines with low NOX burners.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have any questions or would 
like a copy of the permits, please contact Nahid Zoueshtiagh at (415) 
744-1261. You may also contact us by mail at: Permits Office (Air-3), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105.
    Judicial Review: No comments were received on the proposed permits 
and no appeals were filed concerning these permits before the 
Environmental Appeals Board pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19.
    40 CFR 124.19(f)(2) requires notice of any final agency action 
regarding a PSD permit to be published in the Federal Register. Section 
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act provides for review of final agency 
action that is locally or regionally applicable in the United States 
Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit. Such a petition for 
review of final agency action must be filed within 60 days from the 
date of notice of such action in the Federal Register. (However, 40 CFR 
124.19(f)(1) provides that, for purposes of judicial review under the 
Clean Air Act, final agency action occurs when a final PSD permit is 
issued or denied by EPA and agency review procedures are exhausted.)

    Dated: May 8, 2001.
Jack P. Broadbent,
Director, Air Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 01-12358 Filed 5-15-01; 8:45 am]
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