[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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