[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42418-42425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20378]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA4127a; FRL-7030-9]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX RACT Determinations for Eight 
Individual Sources in the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The 
revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require reasonably 
available control technology (RACT) for eight major sources of volatile 
organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides ( NOX). These 
sources are located in the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley ozone nonattainment 
area (the Pittsburgh area). EPA is approving these revisions to 
establish RACT requirements in the SIP in accordance with the Clean Air 
Act (CAA).

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DATES: This rule is effective on September 27, 2001 without further 
notice, unless EPA receives adverse written comment by September 12, 
2001. If EPA receives such comments, it will publish a timely 
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform 
the public that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to David L. Arnold, Chief, 
Air Quality Planning & Information Services Branch, Air Protection 
Division, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the 
documents relevant to this action are available for public inspection 
during normal business hours at the Air Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; the Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460; and the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control, P.O. Box 8468, 
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105; and the Allegheny 
County Health Department, Bureau of Environmental Quality, Division of 
Air Quality, 301 39th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Magliocchetti (215) 814-
2174, or Ellen Wentworth (215) 814-2034 at the EPA Region III address 
above or by e-mail at [email protected]. or 
[email protected]. Please note that while questions may be posed 
via telephone and e-mail, formal comments must be submitted, in 
writing, as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Pursuant to sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f) of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth or 
Pennsylvania) is required to establish and implement RACT for all major 
VOC and NOX sources. The major source size is determined by 
its location, the classification of that area and whether it is located 
in the ozone transport region (OTR). Under section 184 of the CAA, RACT 
as specified in sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f)) applies throughout the 
OTR. The entire Commonwealth is located within the OTR. Therefore, RACT 
is applicable statewide in Pennsylvania.
    State implementation plan revisions imposing reasonably available 
control technology (RACT) for three classes of VOC sources are required 
under section 182(b)(2). The categories are:
    (1) All sources covered by a Control Technique Guideline (CTG) 
document issued between November 15, 1990 and the date of attainment;
    (2) All sources covered by a CTG issued prior to November 15, 1990; 
and
    (3) All major non-CTG sources. The regulations imposing RACT for 
these non-CTG major sources were to be submitted to EPA as SIP 
revisions by November 15, 1992 and compliance required by May of 1995.
    The Pennsylvania SIP already includes approved RACT regulations for 
all sources and source categories covered by the CTGs. On February 4, 
1994, PADEP submitted a revision to its SIP to require major sources of 
NOX and additional major sources of VOC emissions (not 
covered by a CTG) to implement RACT. The February 4, 1994 submittal was 
amended on May 3, 1994 to correct and clarify certain presumptive 
NOX RACT requirements. In the Pittsburgh area, a major 
source of VOC is defined as one having the potential to emit 50 tons 
per year (tpy) or more, and a major source of NOX is defined 
as one having the potential to emit 100 tpy or more. Pennsylvania's 
RACT regulations require sources, in the Pittsburgh area, that have the 
potential to emit 50 tpy or more of VOC and sources which have the 
potential to emit 100 tpy or more of NOX comply with RACT by 
May 31, 1995. The regulations contain technology-based or operational 
``presumptive RACT emission limitations'' for certain major 
NOX sources. For other major NOX sources, and all 
major non-CTG VOC sources (not otherwise already subject to RACT under 
the Pennsylvania SIP), the regulations contain a ``generic'' RACT 
provision. A generic RACT regulation is one that does not, itself, 
specifically define RACT for a source or source categories but instead 
allows for case-by-case RACT determinations. The generic provisions of 
Pennsylvania's regulations allow for PADEP to make case-by-case RACT 
determinations that are then to be submitted to EPA as revisions to the 
Pennsylvania SIP.
    On March 23, 1998 EPA granted conditional limited approval to the 
Commonwealth's generic VOC and NOX RACT regulations (63 FR 
13789). In that action, EPA stated that the conditions of its approval 
would be satisfied once the Commonwealth either (1) certifies that it 
has submitted case-by-case RACT proposals for all sources subject to 
the RACT requirements currently known to PADEP; or (2) demonstrate that 
the emissions from any remaining subject sources represent a de minimis 
level of emissions as defined in the March 23, 1998 rulemaking. On 
April 22, 1999, PADEP made the required submittal to EPA certifying 
that it had met the terms and conditions imposed by EPA in its March 
23, 1998 conditional limited approval of its VOC and NOX 
RACT regulations by submitting 485 case-by-case VOC/NOX RACT 
determinations as SIP revisions and making the demonstration described 
as condition 2, above. EPA determined that Pennsylvania's April 22, 
1999 submittal satisfied the conditions imposed in its conditional 
limited approval published on March 23, 1998. On May 3, 2001 (66 FR 
22123), EPA published a rulemaking action removing the conditional 
status of its approval of the Commonwealth's generic VOC and 
NOX RACT regulations on a statewide basis. The regulation 
currently retains its limited approval status. Once EPA has approved 
the case-by-case RACT determinations submitted by PADEP to satisfy the 
conditional approval for subject sources located in Allegheny, 
Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland 
Counties; the limited approval of Pennsylvania's generic VOC and 
NOX RACT regulations shall convert to a full approval for 
the Pittsburgh area.
    It must be noted that the Commonwealth has adopted and is 
implementing additional ``post RACT requirements'' to reduce seasonal 
NOX emissions in the form of a NOX cap and trade 
regulation, 25 Pa Code Chapters 121 and 123, based upon a model rule 
developed by the States in the OTR. That rule's compliance date is May 
1999. That regulation was approved as SIP revision on June 6, 2000 (65 
FR 35842). Pennsylvania has also adopted regulations to satisfy Phase I 
of the NOX SIP call and submitted those regulations to EPA 
for SIP approval. Pennsylvania's SIP revision to address the 
requirements of the NOX SIP Call Phase I consists of the 
adoption of Chapter 145--Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction and 
amendments to Chapter 123--Standards for Contaminants. On May 29, 2001 
(66 FR 29064), EPA proposed approval of the Commonwealth's 
NOX SIP call rule SIP submittal. EPA expects to publish the 
final rulemaking in the Federal Register in the near future. Federal 
approval of a case-by-case RACT determination for a major source of 
NOX in no way relieves that source from any applicable 
requirements found in 25 PA Code Chapters 121, 123 and 145.
    On August 1, 1995, December 8, 1995, April 16, 1996, July 1, 1997, 
July 2, 1997, January 21, 1997, and February 2,

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1999, PADEP submitted revisions to the Pennsylvania SIP which establish 
and impose RACT for several major sources of VOC and/or NOX. 
This rulemaking pertains to eight of those sources. The RACT 
determinations for the other sources are, or have been, the subject of 
separate rulemakings. The Commonwealth's submittals consist of 
Operating Permits (OP) issued by PADEP, and an Enforcement Order (EO) 
issued by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). These OPs, and 
EOs impose VOC and/or NOX RACT requirements for each source. 
These sources are all located in the Pittsburgh area.

II. Summary of the SIP Revisions

    The table below identifies the sources and their respective OPs, 
and EOs which are the subject of this rulemaking. A summary of the VOC 
and NOX RACT determinations for each source follows the 
table.

                      Pennsylvania--VOC and NOX RACT Determinations for Individual Sources
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            Source                        County                OP # or EO #        Source type      Pollutant
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Consolidated Natural Gas       Westmoreland...............  OP 65-000-840        Internal          NOX/VOC
 Transmission Corporation--                                                       Combustion
 South Oakford Station.                                                           Engine.
Consolidated Natural Gas       Westmoreland...............  OP 65-000-634        Natural Gas       NOX/VOC
 Transmission Corporation--                                                       Fired Engines.
 Tonkin Station.
Carnegie Natural Gas Company-- Allegheny..................  EO 213               Combustion Units  NOX/VOC
 Creighton Station.
Consolidated Natural Gas       Beaver.....................  OP 04-000-490        Generator,        NOX/VOC
 Transmission Corporation--                                                       Boiler and 4
 Beaver Station.                                                                  Engines.
Consolidated Natural Gas       Westmoreland...............  OP 65-000-852        Internal          NOX/VOC
 Transmission Corporation--                                                       Combustion
 Jeannette Station.                                                               Engines.
Consolidated Natural Gas       Armstrong..................  OP 03-000-180        Internal          NOX/VOC
 Transmission Corporation--                                                       Combustion
 South Bend Station.                                                              Engines.
Consolidated Natural Gas       Westmoreland...............  OP 65-000-837        Internal          NOX/VOC
 Transmission Corporation--                                                       Combustion
 Oakford Station.                                                                 Engines.
Texas Eastern Transmission     Fayette....................  OP 26-000-413        Internal          NOX/VOC
 Corporation--Uniontown                                                           Combustion
 Station.                                                                         Engines.
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(1) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation--South Oakford 
Station

    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's South Oakford 
Station is located in Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania. Consolidated 
Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's South Oakford Station is a major 
source of NOX and VOC. The PADEP issued OP 65-000-840 to 
impose RACT on the internal combustion engines at this source. 
Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to have 
INOX plasma ignition systems on two (2) Cooper 14W-330 
internal combustion engines at the South Oakford Station. Operating 
permit 65-000-840 requires the two (2) Cooper 14W-330 internal 
combustion engines to meet NOX emission limits of 125.99 
lbs/hr and 551.8 tons per year (tpy). The non-methane volatile organic 
carbon (NMVOC) limits for these engines are 28.0 lbs/hr and 122.6 tpy. 
The following sources at the facility must implement SIP-approved 
presumptive RACT requirements in accordance with 25 PA Code 129.93 
(c)(1) : one (1) BS&B 62212 with a 2.0 MMBtu/hr rating; and one (1) 
Ajax WGEFD-4000 with a 4.0 MMBtu/hr rating. Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation is required to operate and maintain the above 
sources at the South Oakford Station in accordance with good air 
pollution control practices in accordance with the above citations.
    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to 
perform stack testing at the South Oakford Station in accordance with 
25 PA Code section 139. A minimum of one stack test is required every 
five years to verify the emission rates for NOX and NMVOC. 
Testing shall be performed while engines are operating at full load, 
full speed, during the ozone season (April to October). All engines 
operating 750 hours or more during the preceding ozone season shall be 
stack tested semi-annually to verify the rates of NOX and 
NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack test or through the use of 
portable monitors. All engines operating less than 750 hours during the 
preceding ozone season shall be stack tested annually to verify the 
rates of NOX and NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack 
test or through the use of portable monitors. The accuracy of the 
portable analyzer readings shall be verified during the EPA method 
stack testing. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is 
required to submit operating procedures for testing protocols, pretest 
protocols, notice to the PADEP that a stack test is to be performed (so 
that an observer may be present), and two copies of the stack test 
results to the PADEP. The source shall maintain records in accordance 
with the record keeping requirements of 25 PA Code section 129.95, and 
retain records for at least two years. At a minimum, the source must 
record operating hours, daily fuel consumption, operating pressures, 
and operating temperatures for each engine.
    All annual limits must be met on a rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation's South Oakford Station is also subject to additional post-
RACT requirements to reduce NOX found at 25 PA Code, 
Chapters 121, 123 and 145.

(2) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation--Tonkin Station

    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Tonkin Station 
is located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Tonkin Station is a major 
source of NOX and VOC. The PADEP issued OP 65-000-634 to 
impose RACT on the natural gas fired engines at this source. 
Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to limit 
NOX emissions from the Cooper 12W-330 engine to 39.68 lbs/hr 
and 173.8 tpy. The NMVOC limits for this engine are 6.6 lbs/hr and 28.9 
tpy. The NOX emissions from the Waukesha L-5790-550 engine 
are limited to 8.82 lbs/hr and 38.6 tpy. The Cleaver-Brooks CB-700-800 
Boiler, with a 3.3 MMBtu/hr rating, is subject to SIP-approved 
presumptive RACT requirements in accordance with 25 PA Code 29.93 
(c)(1). Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required 
to operate and maintain these sources in

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accordance with good air pollution control practices.
    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Tonkin Station 
is required to perform stack testing in accordance with 25 PA Code 
section 139. A minimum of one stack test is required every five years 
to verify the emission rates for NOX and NMVOC. Testing 
shall be performed while engines are operating at full load, full 
speed, during the ozone season (April to October). All engines 
operating 750 hours or more during the preceding ozone season shall be 
stack tested semi-annually to verify the rates of NOX and 
NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack test or through the use of 
portable monitors. All engines operating less than 750 hours during the 
preceding ozone season shall be stack tested annually to verify the 
rates of NOX and NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack 
test or through the use of portable monitors. The accuracy of the 
portable analyzer readings shall be verified during the EPA method 
stack testing. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is 
required to submit operating procedures for testing protocols, pretest 
protocols, notice to the PADEP that a stack test is to be performed (so 
that an observer may be present), and two copies of the stack test 
results to the PADEP for the Tonkin Station. The source is required to 
maintain records in accordance with the record keeping requirements of 
25 PA Code section 129.95. The source shall retain records for at least 
two years. At a minimum, the source must record operating hours, daily 
fuel consumption, operating pressures, and operating temperatures for 
each engine.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months.
    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Tonkin Station 
is also subject to additional post-RACT requirements to reduce 
NOX found at 25 PA Code, Chapters 121, 123 and 145.

(3) Carnegie Natural Gas Company--Creighton Station

    Carnegie Natural Gas Company's Creighton Station is located in 
Creighton, Pennsylvania. Carnegie Natural Gas Company's Creighton 
Station is a major source of NOX and VOC. In this instance, 
RACT has been established and imposed by the ACHD in EO 213. The PADEP 
submitted this EO to EPA on behalf of the ACHD as a SIP revision. The 
ACHD issued EO 213 to impose RACT on subject combustion units at the 
facility. The permit for Creighton Station requires an I NOX 
Plasma Ignition System, for the purpose of reducing both NOX 
and VOC emissions on both subject combustion units at the facility. For 
the #1 Cooper-Bessemer GMVH-6, there is a NOX limit of 3.0 
g/bhp/hr and a VOC limit of 2.0 g/bhp/hr. The annual NOX 
limit for this unit is 39.5 tpy, and the annual VOC limit is 26.5 tpy. 
For the #2 Cooper-Bessemer GMVH-6, the same limits apply. The annual 
facility wide emission limit for NOX is 79.0 tpy, and the 
annual facility wide emission limit for VOC is 53.0 tpy.
    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to 
perform testing to demonstrate compliance no less than once every five 
years on each unit. The emission tests shall be conducted in accordance 
with all applicable EPA approved test methods and section 2108.02 of 
Article XXI of Allegheny County's regulations. No less than twice a 
year, the source shall perform NOX and VOC emission testing 
to demonstrate compliance with the emission limitations referenced 
above. Such emission test shall be conducted using a portable analyzer 
with each unit operating at maximum load, maximum speed, and performed 
between April 1 and October 31 of each year. The source shall conduct 
these tests in accordance with section 2108.02 of Article XXI. The 
source shall maintain all appropriate records to demonstrate compliance 
with the requirements of both section 2105.06 of Article XXI and EO 
213. The source is required to record such data and information 
required to determine compliance for the facility, in a time frame 
consistent with the averaging period of the requirements of section 
2105.06 of Article XXI and EO 213. The source shall retain all records 
required by both section 2105.06 of Article XXI and EO 213 for at least 
two years. The source shall at all times properly operate and maintain 
all process and emission control equipment according to good 
engineering practices.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Carnegie Natural Gas Company's Creighton Station 
is also subject to additional post-RACT requirements to reduce 
NOX found at 25 PA Code, Chapters 121, 123 and 145.

(4) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation--Beaver Station

    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Beaver Station 
is located in New Sewickly Township, Pennsylvania. Consolidated Natural 
Gas Transmission Corporation Beaver Station is a major source of 
NOX and VOC. The PADEP issued OP 04-000-490 to impose RACT 
on the generator, boiler, and four engines at Beaver Station. The 
Caterpiller 351251TA generator, with a 778 HP rating, is subject to a 
NOX limit of 3.4 lbs/hr, and a VOC limit of 0.03 lbs/hr. The 
Ajax WGFD-8500 boiler, with an 8.5 MMBtu/hr rating, is subject to 
NOX limits of 1.5 lbs/hr and 6.6 tpy and to VOC limits of 
0.04 lbs/hr and 0.2 tpy. The four (4) Dresser Rand TLAD-8 engines, with 
3200 HP ratings, are subject to NOX limits of 14.1 lbs/hr 
and 61.8 tpy, and to VOC limits of 5.6 lbs/hr and 24.6 tpy. This permit 
requires Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation to install, 
operate and maintain all units in accordance with manufacturer's 
specifications, and in accordance with good air pollution control 
practice. The auxiliary generator at this facility shall be operated 
for emergency purposes only, except that it may be operated for non-
emergency purposes for up to 250 hours per year. All other units at 
this facility may be operated continuously.
    The source is required to track and record hours of operation, 
natural gas consumption rate, portable analyzer results, and all 
maintenance and repair operations performed on the equipment at this 
station to comply with the record keeping requirements of PA Code, 
Title 25, Chapter 129.95. Stack testing shall be performed using EPA 
methods, and in accordance with PA Code, Title 25, Chapter 139 and the 
PADEP Source Testing Manual, on the four Dresser Rand engines to verify 
emission rates during the ozone season (April through October) at least 
once every five years. Fuel consumption rate, engine operation 
parameters, and portable analyzer readings shall be recorded during the 
duration of the stack tests. Tests shall be conducted while the engine 
is running at full load. Under this permit, the source is required to 
submit pre-test protocols, notify the PADEP prior to stack testing (so 
that an observer may be present), and submit two copies of the stack 
test results to the PADEP. Stack testing using a portable analyzer 
shall be performed one time each year on the exhaust from each TLAD-8 
engine. Engines that operated for more than 750 hours during the 
previous ozone season shall be stack tested using portable analyzers 
two times each year, to verify the rate of emissions. The source is 
required to submit a complete portable analyzer operating procedure to 
the PADEP. The accuracy of the portable analyzer readings shall be 
verified during the EPA method stack testing.

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Results of these tests shall be retained and made available upon 
request to the PADEP.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation's Beaver Station is also subject to additional post-RACT 
requirements to reduce NOX found at 25 PA Code, Chapters 
121, 123 and 145.

(5) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation--Jeannette 
Station

    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Jeannette 
Station is located in Penn Township, Pennsylvania. Consolidated Natural 
Gas Transmission Corporation's Jeannette Station is a major source of 
NOX and VOC. The PADEP issued OP 65-000-852 to impose RACT 
on the internal combustion engines at this source. The permit for the 
Jeannette Station requires ignition timing retard technology on three 
(3) Ingersoll Rand (IR) 412 KVS-DT, one (1) IR 410 KVG-AK, one (1) IR 
83 KVG-NL, and two (2) IR PJUG internal combustion engines. The permit 
also states that the emission sources at Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation's Jeannette Station may not operate after 
December 31, 1998. The PADEP still wishes for EPA to approve for this 
facility. The emission limits for the engines at this source are as 
follows: Three (3) IR 412 KVS-DT are subject to NOX limits 
of 88.19 lbs/hr and 386.3 tpy, and to VOC limits of 7.3 lbs/hr and 32.0 
tpy. One (1) IR 410 KVG-AK is subject to NOX limits of 38.80 
lbs/hr and 170.0 tpy, and to VOC limits of 4.0 lbs/hr and 17.5 tpy. One 
(1) IR 83 KVG-NL is subject to NOX limits of 31.04 lbs/hr 
and 136.0 tpy, and to VOC limits of 3.2 lbs/hr and 14.9 tpy. Two (2) IR 
PJUG are subject to NOX limits of 10.41 lbs/hr and 45.6 tpy. 
The permit requires the following sources at the facility to implement 
SIP-approved presumptive RACT in accordance with 25 PA Code section 
129.93(c) (1), and 129.57: One (1) Superior Boiler, Model # 4RG60D, 
with a 2.14 MMBtu/hr rating, is subject to 25 PA Code section 129.93 
(c)(1). One (1) BS&B Heater, Model # 5B-7224-45, with a 4.45 MMBtu/hr 
rating, is subject to 25 PA Code section 129.93 (c)(1). One (1) Drip 
Gasoline Storage Tank, with an 8,000 gal rating, is subject to 25 PA 
Code section 129.57.
    For the above sources, Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation shall operate and maintain the source in accordance with 
good air pollution control practices. Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation shall perform a minimum of one stack test in 
accordance with 25 PA Code Chapter 139, and the PADEP's Source Testing 
Manual, on all engines to verify the emission rates for NOX, 
and NMVOC. Testing shall be conducted while engines are operating at 
full load, full speed, during the ozone season (April to October). All 
engines operating 750 hours or more during the preceding ozone season 
shall be stack tested semi-annually to verify the rates of 
NOX and NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack test or 
through the use of portable monitors. All engines operating less than 
750 hours during the preceding ozone season shall be stack tested 
annually to verify the rates of NOX and NMVOC through either 
an EPA Method stack test or through the use of portable monitors. The 
accuracy of the portable analyzer readings shall be verified during the 
EPA method stack testing. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation shall submit pre-test protocols, notify PADEP in advance of 
stack testing (so that an observer may be present), and submit two 
copies of the testing results to PADEP. Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation shall maintain records for the Jeannette 
Station in accordance with the record keeping requirements of 25 PA 
Code section 129.95. At a minimum, the source shall keep records for 
each engine that include operating hours, daily fuel consumption, 
operating pressures, and operating temperatures. These records shall be 
maintained on file at the facility for not less than two years.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation's Jeannette Station is also subject to additional post-RACT 
requirements to reduce NOX found at 25 PA Code, Chapters 
121, 123 and 145.

(6) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation--South Bend 
Station

    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's South Bend 
Station is located in South Bend Township, Pennsylvania. Consolidated 
Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's South Bend Station is a major 
source of NOX and VOC. The PADEP issued OP 03-000-180 to 
impose RACT on the internal combustion engines at this source. The 
permit for the South Bend Station requires low emission combustion 
technology on six (6) Clark HLA-8 internal combustion engines. In 
accordance with 25 PA Code section 127.441, emission limits for the six 
engines are as follows: At full load and full speed, the NOX 
limit on each engine is 3.0 g/bhp-hr and the VOC limits are 6.61 lbs/hr 
and 29.0 tpy. Under all other conditions, the NOX limits on 
each engine are 26.46 lbs/hr and 115.9 tpy. Under all other conditions, 
the VOC limits on each engine are 13.22 lbs/hr and 57.9 tpy. The 
following sources at the facility must implement SIP-approved 
presumptive RACT in accordance with 25 PA Code section 129.93: One (1) 
Caterpillar G3512 engine, with a 814 bhp rating. The applicable RACT 
emission limit is found at 25 PA Code section 129.93 (c)(5). One (1) IR 
JVG-6 engine, with a 110 bhp rating. The applicable RACT emission limit 
is found at 25 PA Code section 129.93(c)(3). One (1) PENNCO Boiler, 
with a 2.4 MMBtu/hr rating. The applicable RACT emission limit is found 
at 25 PA Code section 129.93(c)(1). One (1) NATCO Dehydrator, with a 
2.14 MMBtu/hr rating. The applicable RACT emission limit is found at 25 
PA Code section 129.93(c)(1). The IR JVG-6 engine shall be maintained 
at four degrees retarded, relative to standard timing in accordance 
with the above citation. The Caterpillar G3512 engine shall be limited 
to a maximum of 500 hours of operation in any consecutive 12-month 
period in accordance with the above citation. Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation is required to operate and maintain the above 
sources at the South Bend Station in accordance with good air pollution 
control practices in accordance with the above citations. Consolidated 
Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to implement RACT in 
accordance with 25 PA Code section 129.57 for (1) 10,000 gal Drip 
Gasoline Storage Tank at the facility.
    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation South Bend is 
required to perform stack testing in accordance with 25 PA Code section 
139 and the PADEP's Source Testing Manual. The permit requires that a 
minimum of one stack test be performed on each of the Clark HLA-8 
engine every five years to verify the emissions rates. Testing shall be 
conducted while the engines are operating at full load, full speed, 
during the ozone season (April to October) in accordance with 25 PA 
Code section 127.441. The permit also requires the source to semi-
annually stack test any of the six (6) Clark HLA-8 engines that operate 
750 hours or more during the preceding ozone season, either through an 
EPA method stack test, or through the use of portable analyzers in 
accordance with 25 PA Code section 127.441. The accuracy of the 
portable analyzer readings shall be verified during the

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EPA method stack testing. For those engines that operate less than 750 
hour, stack tests shall be conducted annually, as described above. 
Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to submit 
a complete operating procedure to PADEP, in accordance with 25 PA Code 
section 127.441, as described in the permit. The source is required to 
submit a pretest protocol, to notify the PADEP (so that an observer may 
be present), and to supply PADEP with two copies of the stack test 
results as described in the permit, in accordance with 25 PA Code 
section 127.441. The source is required to maintain records in 
accordance with the record keeping requirements of 25 PA Code section 
129.95. At a minimum, the source must retain records for each engine 
for not less than two years, and those records must contain operating 
hours, daily fuel consumption, and all maintenance and repair 
operations.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation's South Bend Station is also subject to additional post-
RACT requirements to reduce NOX found at 25 PA Code, 
Chapters 121, 123 and 145.

(7) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation--Oakford Station

    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Oakford Station 
is located in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation's Oakford Station is a major NOX 
and VOC emitting facility. The PADEP issued OP 65-000-837 to impose 
RACT on the internal combustion engines at this source. Consolidated 
Natural Gas Transmission Corporation is required to have ignition 
timing retard technology and INOX plasma ignition systems on 
twelve (12) Cooper GMW-10TF internal combustion engines, and ignition 
timing retard technology on two (2) Worthington SEHG-L internal 
combustion engines at the Oakford Station. Emission limits for the 
engines under this permit are as follows: Twelve (12) Cooper GMW-10TF 
internal combustion engines each have NOX limits of 74.41 
lbs/hr and 325.9 tpy. The VOC limits for each engine are 1.20 lbs/hr 
and 5.26 tpy. Two (2) Worthington SEHG-L internal combustion engines 
each have NOX limits of 28.67 lbs/hr and 125.6 tpy. The VOC 
limits for each engine are 0.25 lbs/hr and 1.07 tpy. One (1) IR JVG 
Dehy Engine has NOX limits of 3.88 lbs/hr and 17.0 tpy. The 
VOC limits are 0.40 lbs/hr, 1.75 tpy. The following sources at the 
facility must implement SIP-approved presumptive RACT in accordance 
with 25 PA Code section 129.93: Two (2) Kewanee Boilers, with 16.74 
MMBtu/hr rating. The applicable RACT emission limit is found at 25 PA 
Code section 129.93 (c)(7). One (1) Hot Water Boiler, with a 0.1 MMBtu/
hr rating. The applicable RACT emission limit is found at 25 PA Code 
section 129.93(c)(1). Two (2) NATCO Type WT Process Heaters, with 9.4 
MMBtu/hr ratings. The applicable RACT emission limit is found at 25 PA 
Code section 129.93(c)(1). Seven (7) Drip Gasoline Storage Tanks, (2) 
with 11,600 gal ratings, (5) with 14,600 gal ratings. The applicable 
RACT emission limit is found at 25 PA Code section 129.57. Two (2) 
Methanol Storage Tanks, with 6,000 gal ratings. The applicable RACT 
emission limit is found at 25 PA Code section 129.57.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation Oakford is required to operate and maintain the above 
sources in accordance with good air pollution control practices in 
accordance with the above citations. Consolidated Natural Gas 
Transmission Corporation is required to perform stack testing in 
accordance with 25 PA Code section 139 at the Oakford Station. A 
minimum of one stack test is required every five years to verify the 
emission rates for NOX and NMVOC. Testing shall be performed 
while engines are operating at full load, full speed, during the ozone 
season (April to October). All engines operating 750 hours or more 
during the preceding ozone season shall be stack tested semi-annually 
to verify the rates of NOX and NMVOC through either an EPA 
Method stack test or through the use of portable monitors. All engines 
operating less than 750 hours during the preceding ozone season shall 
be stack tested annually to verify the rates of NOX and 
NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack test or through the use of 
portable monitors. The accuracy of the portable analyzer readings shall 
be verified during the EPA method stack testing. Consolidated Natural 
Gas Transmission Corporation is required to submit operating procedures 
for testing protocols, pretest protocols, notice to the PADEP that a 
stack test is to be performed (so that an observer may be present), and 
two copies of the stack test results to the PADEP. The source shall 
maintain record in accordance with the record keeping requirements of 
25 PA Code section 129.95. The source shall retain records for at least 
two years. At a minimum, the source must record operating hours, daily 
fuel consumption, operating pressures, and operating temperatures for 
each engine.
    Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation's Oakford Station 
is also subject to additional post-RACT requirements to reduce 
NOX found at 25 PA Code, Chapters 121, 123 and 145.

(8) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation--Uniontown Station Texas

    Eastern Transmission Corporation's Uniontown Station is located in 
North Union Township, Pennsylvania. Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation's Uniontown Station is a major source of NOX and 
VOC. The PADEP issued OP 26-000-413 to impose RACT on the internal 
combustion engines at this source. The permit for this facility 
requires non-selective catalytic reduction on (4) IR KVG-103 rich burn 
engines, dry low-NOX combustors on (2) Solar Mars turbines, 
and for the implementation of presumptive RACT on eight ancillary 
sources at the facility. The hours of operation are limited by this 
permit as indicated in the following table:

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                                                                Hour of operation per quarter
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                  Unit #                       Jan-Mar       Apr-Jun       Jul-Sep       Oct-Dec        Total
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1.........................................          1459          1419           793          1428          5099
2.........................................          1487          1607           647          1360          5101
3.........................................          1458          1213          1030          1400          5101
4.........................................          1560          1461           815          1263          5099
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    The Uniontown Station shall only use low ash lubricating oil (0.5% 
or less) in the IR KVG-103 engines, and shall continuously monitor and 
record temperature rise and pressure differential across the catalyst 
of each

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engine. The catalytic converter of the engines shall be equipped with a 
high temperature alarm and/or shutdown set at 1350 degrees Fahrenheit 
or less. The catalyst on each engine shall be physically inspected 
annually for physical damage and fouling. A log shall be kept detailing 
all actions taken to maintain catalyst performance. The file shall be 
maintained for not less than two years and be made available to PADEP 
upon request. The source shall continuously monitor and record oz 
levels prior to the catalyst on each engine, and the source shall 
maintain oz levels below 0.5% on each engine. The NOX 
emission limits for each engine are 4.8 lbs/hr and 12.2 tpy. The NMVOC 
emission limits are 0.5 lbs/hr and 3 tpy. The emission rate for each of 
the Solar Mars turbines shall be established by stack testing. The 
hours of operation per year of the Caterpillar 3412 emergency generator 
shall not exceed 500 hours. The hours of operation per year of the 
Leroi L3460 emergency generator shall not exceed 500 hours.
    The source is required to maintain records in accordance with 25 PA 
Code section 129.95. At a minimum, the source must keep records of 
operating hours, daily fuel consumption, operating pressures, and 
operating temperatures. These records must be kept on file for a period 
of not less than two years. The source shall perform a minimum of one 
stack test every five years, in accordance with 25 PA Code Chapter 139, 
and the PADEP's Source Testing Manual, on all engines to verify the 
emission rates for NOX, and NMVOC. Testing shall be 
conducted while engines are operating at full load, full speed, during 
the ozone season (April to October). All engines operating 750 hours or 
more during the preceding ozone season shall be stack tested semi-
annually to verify the rates of NOX and NMVOC through either 
an EPA Method stack test or through the use of portable monitors. All 
engines operating less than 750 hours during the preceding ozone season 
shall be stack tested annually to verify the rates of NOX 
and NMVOC through either an EPA Method stack test or through the use of 
portable monitors. The accuracy of the portable analyzer readings shall 
be verified during the EPA method stack testing. Texas Eastern 
Transmission Corporation is required to submit pre-test protocols, 
notify PADEP in advance of stack testing (so that an observer may be 
present), and submit a copy of the testing results to PADEP for the 
Uniontown Station.
    All annual limits must be met on rolling monthly basis over every 
consecutive 12 months. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation's 
Uniontown Station is also subject to additional post-RACT requirements 
to reduce NOX found at 25 PA Code, Chapters 121, 123 and 
145.

III. EPA's Evaluation of the SIP Revisions

    EPA is approving these RACT SIP submittals because the ACHD and 
PADEP established and imposed these RACT requirements in accordance 
with the criteria set forth in the SIP-approved RACT regulations 
applicable to these sources. The ACHD and PADEP have also imposed 
record-keeping, monitoring, and testing requirements on these sources 
sufficient to determine compliance with the applicable RACT 
determinations.

IV. Final Action

    EPA is approving the revisions to the Pennsylvania SIP submitted by 
PADEP to establish and require VOC and NOX RACT for eight 
major of sources located in the Pittsburgh area. EPA is publishing this 
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse comment. However, 
in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal Register, EPA is 
publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal to 
approve the SIP revision if adverse comments are filed. This rule will 
be effective on September 27, 2001 without further notice unless EPA 
receives adverse comment by September 12, 2001. If EPA receives adverse 
comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register 
informing the public that the rule will not take effect. EPA will 
address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on the 
proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on this 
action. Any parties interested in commenting must 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.

V. Administrative Requirements

A. General Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and therefore is not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. For this 
reason, this action is also not subject to Executive Order 13211, 
``Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use.'' See 66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001. This 
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and 
imposes no additional requirements beyond those imposed by state law. 
Accordingly, the Administrator certifies that this rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because 
this rule approves pre-existing requirements under state law and does 
not impose any additional enforceable duty beyond that required by 
state law, it does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-4). This rule also does not 
have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the 
relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on 
the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
Government and Indian tribes, as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 
FR 67249, November 9, 2000), nor will it have substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified 
in Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it 
merely approves a state rule implementing a Federal standard, and does 
not alter the relationship or the distribution of power and 
responsibilities established in the Clean Air Act. This rule also is 
not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), 
because it is not economically significant. In reviewing SIP 
submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices, provided that they 
meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the absence 
of a prior existing requirement for the State to use voluntary 
consensus standards (VCS), EPA has no authority to disapprove a SIP 
submission for failure to use VCS. It would thus be inconsistent with 
applicable law for EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, to use VCS in 
place of a SIP submission that otherwise satisfies the provisions of 
the Clean Air Act. Thus, the requirements of section 12(d) of the 
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 
note) do not apply. As required by section 3 of Executive Order 12988 
(61 FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing this rule, EPA has taken the 
necessary steps to eliminate drafting errors and

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ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, and provide a clear legal 
standard for affected conduct. EPA has complied with Executive Order 
12630 (53 FR 8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the takings 
implications of the rule in accordance with the ``Attorney General's 
Supplemental Guidelines for the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of 
Unanticipated Takings'' issued under the executive order. This rule 
does not impose an information collection burden under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. Section 804 exempts from section 801 the following types 
of rules: (1) Rules of particular applicability; (2) rules relating to 
agency management or personnel; and (3) rules of agency organization, 
procedure, or practice that do not substantially affect the rights or 
obligations of non-agency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3). EPA is not required 
to submit a rule report regarding today's action under section 801 
because this is a rule of particular applicability establishing source-
specific requirements for eight named sources.

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for 
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by October 12, 2001. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule 
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial 
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial 
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such 
rule or action. This action approving the Commonwealth's source-
specific RACT requirements to control VOC and NOX from eight 
individual gas compressor stations in the Pittsburgh area may not be 
challenged later in proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See 
section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons, 
Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen Oxides, Ozone, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: August 3, 2001.
Thomas C. Voltaggio,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region III.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart NN--Pennsylvania

    2. Section 52.2020 is amended by adding paragraph (c)(164) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 52.2020  Identification of plan.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (164) Revisions to the Pennsylvania Regulations, Chapter 129 
pertaining to VOC and NOX RACT, submitted by the 
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on August 1, 1995, 
December 8, 1995, April 16, 1996, July 1, 1997, July 2, 1997, January 
21, 1997, and February 2, 1999.
    (i) Incorporation by reference.
    (A) Letters submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection dated August 1, 1995, December 8, 1995, April 
16, 1996, July 1, 1997, July 2, 1997, January 21, 1997, and February 2, 
1999, transmitting source-specific RACT determinations.
    (B) The following companies' Operating Permits (OP) or Enforcement 
Order (EO):
    (1) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation, Beaver 
Station, OP 04-000-490, effective June 23, 1995.
    (2) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation, Oakford 
Station, OP 65-000-837, effective October 13, 1995.
    (3) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation, South 
Oakford Station, OP 65-000-840, effective October 13, 1995.
    (4) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation, Tonkin 
Station, OP 65-000-634, effective October 13, 1995.
    (5) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation, Jeannette 
Station, OP 65-000-852, effective October 13, 1995.
    (6) Carnegie Natural Gas Company, Creighton Station, EO 213, 
effective May 14, 1996, except for condition 2.7.
    (7) Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Uniontown Station, OP 
26-000-413, effective December 20, 1996.
    (8) Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission Corporation, South Bend 
Station, OP 03-000-180, effective December 2, 1998.
    (ii) Additional Materials--Other materials submitted by the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in support of and pertaining to the RACT 
determinations for the sources listed in (i) (B), above.
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