[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9947-9951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3907]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7879-2]


Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
Final Determinations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that between March 
1, 1999, and November 30, 2004, the Region 2 Office of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency

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(EPA), issued 9 final determinations, the New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued 12 final determinations and the 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 
13 final determinations pursuant to the Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) regulations codified at 40 CFR 
52.21.

DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated 
in the chart at the end of this notice (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank Jon, Environmental Engineer 
of the Permitting Section, Air Programs Branch, Division of 
Environmental Planning and Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York, 
10007-1866, at (212) 637-4085.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the Region 
2 Office of the USEPA, the NJDEP, and the NYSDEC have made final PSD 
determinations relative to the facilities listed below:

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               Name                      Location                 Project                 Agency           Final action                 Date
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Athens Generating Plant..........  Athens, NY..........  3 Westinghouse 501G        NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  June 12, 2000.
                                                          turbines, 3 heat
                                                          recovery steam
                                                          generators, 3 steam
                                                          turbines, and associated
                                                          facilities. The facility
                                                          is rated at 1080 MW.
Virgin Islands Water and Power     St. Croix, VI.......  Consolidation of permits   EPA                PSD Permit           November 27, 2000.
 Authority--Units 16, 17, 19 and                          for Units 10, 11, 12,                         Modification.
 20.                                                      14, 16, 17, 19 and 20.
                                                          Various permit revisions
                                                          for PSD-affected units
                                                          16, 17, 19, and 20.
Virgin Islands Water and Power     St. Thomas, VI......  A new 24 MW simple cycle   EPA                New PSD Permit.....  January 3, 2001.
 Authority--Unit 22 at the Krum                           oil-fired gas turbine.
 Bay Facility.                                            This United Technologies
                                                          FT8-1 Power PAC gas
                                                          turbine will burn No. 2
                                                          fuel oil with a maximum
                                                          sulfur content of 0.2%
                                                          sulfur by weight.
Cogen Technologies--Linden         Linden, NJ..........  Allow VOC emission         NJDEP              PSD Permit           May 6, 2001.
 Generating Plant.                                        increases and add power                       Modification.
                                                          augmentation mode.
East River Repowering Project....  New York, NY........  Two combustion turbine GE  NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  July 18, 2001.
                                                          7FA generators, two heat
                                                          recovery steam
                                                          generators. The facility
                                                          is rated at 360 MW.
Ravenswood Cogeneration Project..  Long Island City, NY  A 250 MW cogeneration      NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  August 31, 2001.
                                                          facility.
Consolidated Edison Development--  Lakewood, NJ........  Addition of three new      NJDEP              PSD Permit           September 10, 2001.
 Ocean Peaking Power.                                     simple-cycle turbines.                        Modification.
                                                          Each GE 7FA turbine has
                                                          a 174.2 MW capacity.
NYC Department of Sanitation--     Staten Island, NY...  Installation of flares at  NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  September 17, 2001.
 Fresh Kills Landfill Flares.                             the Fresh Kills Landfill.
AES Red Oak LLC..................  Sayreville, NJ......  Addition of one 120 MMBTU/ NJDEP              PSD Permit           October 24, 2001.
                                                          hr boiler, one 16 MMBTU/                      Modification.
                                                          hr fuel gas heater, and
                                                          one 49 MMBTU/hr
                                                          emergency generator.
AES Puerto Rico, L.P.............  Guayama, PR.........  The existing PSD permit    EPA                PSD Permit           October 29, 2001.
                                                          was modified to correct                       Administrative
                                                          the ppm values in the                         Change.
                                                          permit. The worst case
                                                          ppm values did not occur
                                                          simultaneously with the
                                                          worst-case lb/hour
                                                          values, as previously
                                                          thought. There would be
                                                          no increases in the lb/
                                                          hr, lb/MMBTU, permitted
                                                          values.
Astoria Energy, LLC..............  Astoria, NY.........  Two GE Frame 7F series     NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  October 31, 2001.
                                                          combustion turbines, two
                                                          heat recovery steam
                                                          generators and one steam
                                                          turbine. The facility is
                                                          rated at 1000 MW.
NYC Department of Sanitation--     Staten Island, NY...  Six landfill gas flares    NYSDEC             PSD Permit           November 2, 2001.
 Fresh Kills Landfill Flares.                             with a design capacity                        Modification.
                                                          of 5,000 standard cubic
                                                          feet/min per flare.
Mantua Creek Generating Project..  West Dept Ford        Permit was modified to     NJDEP              PSD Permit           November 15, 2001.
                                    Township, NJ.         include three GE 7FB                          Modification.
                                                          turbines instead of ABB.
                                                          This facility can
                                                          produce a maximum power
                                                          of 911 MW with the duct
                                                          burners on.
Bethlehem Energy Center..........  Glenmont, NY........  Three combined-cycle       NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  February 13, 2002.
                                                          units with a nominal
                                                          rating of 750 MW.
Poletti Station..................  Astoria, NY.........  Two GE Frame 7FA           NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  April 29, 2002.
                                                          combustion turbines, two
                                                          unfired heat recovery
                                                          steam generators, and
                                                          one steam turbine. The
                                                          facility is rated at 500
                                                          MW.

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Liberty Generating Project.......  Union County, NJ....  Three Mitsubishi Heavy     NJDEP              New PSD Permit.....  June 5, 2002.
                                                          Industries MHI501G
                                                          combustion turbines,
                                                          three duct-fired heat
                                                          recovery steam
                                                          generators. Total power
                                                          output is 1100 MW.
Wawayanda Energy Center..........  Wawayanda, NY.......  Two GE 7251-FB combustion  NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  July 31, 2002.
                                                          turbines, two heat
                                                          recovery steam
                                                          generators, and one
                                                          steam turbine generator.
                                                          The facility is rated at
                                                          540 MW.
PSEG Fossil LLC, Linden..........  Linden, NJ..........  Three GE 7FA combustion    NJDEP              New PSD Permit.....  August 24, 2002.
                                                          turbines, three duct-
                                                          fired heat recovery
                                                          steam generators. Total
                                                          power output is 1186 MW.
Brookhaven Energy Project........  Brookhaven, NY......  Two Alstom Power GT-24     NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  August 26, 2002.
                                                          combustion turbine
                                                          generators, a heat
                                                          recovery steam generator
                                                          and one steam electric
                                                          generator. The facility
                                                          is rated at 580 MW.
Consolidated Edison Development..  Ocean County, NJ....  Original PSD permit        NJDEP              PSD Permit           September 4, 2002.
                                                          issued on April 1, 1991                       Modification.
                                                          for three simple-cycle
                                                          turbines each rated at
                                                          174.2 MW capacity. This
                                                          modification entailed
                                                          the addition of three
                                                          new natural gas-fired
                                                          fuel heaters each with a
                                                          maximum heat input
                                                          rating of 4.62 MMBTU/hr.
Astoria (Reliant) Generating       Astoria, NY.........  The applicant will         NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  May 7, 2003.
 Station (formerly Orion L.P.).                           repower the existing
                                                          Astoria Generating
                                                          Station (AGS). The
                                                          repowering will include
                                                          the installation of six
                                                          combustion turbines,
                                                          retirement of four
                                                          existing boilers and
                                                          reuse of existing
                                                          equipment and
                                                          infrastructure including
                                                          two steam turbine
                                                          generators. The
                                                          repowering will increase
                                                          AGS's electric
                                                          generating capacity from
                                                          1,254 MW to 1,816 MW.
Wheelabrator Gloucester Company    Westville, NJ.......  To remove the carbon       NJDEP              PSD Permit           June 26, 2003.
 RRF.                                                     monoxide (CO) emission                        Modification.
                                                          limits of 400 ppmdv @ 7%
                                                          O2 and 45.5 lb/hr from
                                                          the current PSD permit
                                                          and add a CO limit of
                                                          11.3 lb/hr.
Merck & Co., Inc.................  Rahway, NJ..........  Boiler and Industrial      NJDEP              PSD Permit           September 19, 2003.
                                                          Furnace modification                          Modification.
                                                          project. Boilers No. 3,
                                                          5 and 9 each has a
                                                          maximum rated gross heat
                                                          input capacity of 99.5
                                                          MMBTU/hr. Existing
                                                          boilers 3 and 9 will now
                                                          be allowed to burn
                                                          natural gas, fuel oil or
                                                          waste solvent. These two
                                                          boilers will be equipped
                                                          with selective catalytic
                                                          reduction (SCR). Boiler
                                                          No. 5 will have low NOX
                                                          burners to control NOX.
                                                          Boilers No. 7 and 8 will
                                                          be retired.
Valero Refining Company..........  Paulsboro, NJ.......  Modification of an         NJDEP              New PSD Permit.....  September 24, 2002.
                                                          existing major
                                                          stationary source that
                                                          triggered PSD for CO, PM
                                                          and PM10. Petroleum
                                                          refining facility with
                                                          75,000 barrels/day
                                                          capacity.
Coastal Eagle Point Oil Co.......  Westville, NJ.......  The facility increased     NJDEP              PSD Permit           October 11, 2003.
                                                          the maximum oil feed                          Modification.
                                                          rate to the fluid
                                                          catalytic cracking unit
                                                          from 55,000 barrels per
                                                          day to 67,650 barrels
                                                          per day. The facility
                                                          also upgraded its
                                                          existing Belco scrubber
                                                          from EDV-5000 to EDV-
                                                          6000 to improve control
                                                          efficiency of PM10 and
                                                          SO3/H2SO4.
Cogen Technologies...............  Linden, NJ..........  Modification to allow for  NJDEP              PSD Permit           December 30, 2003.
                                                          an increase in sulfuric                       Modification.
                                                          acid mist emission rate
                                                          from 9.0 lb/hr to 24.89
                                                          lb/hr during distillate
                                                          oil combustion on the
                                                          No. 6 turbine (181 MW).
                                                          Annual sulfuric acid
                                                          mist emission rates will
                                                          increase from 3.53 tons/
                                                          year to 6.44 tons/year.

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HOVENSA..........................  Saint Croix, VI.....  The existing PSD permit    EPA                PSD Permit           January 22, 2004.
                                                          for GT No. 10 was                             Modification.
                                                          modified to allow for an
                                                          increase in utilization
                                                          of the combustion
                                                          turbine during natural
                                                          gas firing while
                                                          decreasing the quantity
                                                          of oil combusted in the
                                                          unit. HOVENSA is also
                                                          reducing the amount of
                                                          oil fired in the Vacuum
                                                          Unit heaters. This
                                                          project does not result
                                                          in a significant net
                                                          emission increase for
                                                          any pollutant.
Corning Glass....................  Canton, NY..........  New and modified glass     NYSDEC             PSD Permit           February 23, 2004.
                                                          furnaces. The facility                        Modification.
                                                          is subject to PSD for
                                                          SO2 and NOX.
Puerto Rico Electric and Power     San Juan, PR........  Two new Westinghouse 501   EPA                New PSD Permit.....  April 1, 2004.
 Authority--San Juan Combined                             combustion turbines with
 Cycle Project.                                           a combined output of 476
                                                          MW combined cycle.
Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc..........  Auburn, NY..........  The existing PSD permit    EPA                PSD Permit           June 22, 2004.
                                                          was modified to allow                         Modification.
                                                          the melt shop production
                                                          limit to increase from
                                                          600,000 tons/year to
                                                          665,000 tons/year of
                                                          steel. In addition, a
                                                          new 179 MMBTU/hour heat
                                                          input reheat furnace
                                                          will replace the
                                                          existing one which is
                                                          used with the rolling
                                                          mill. This facility is
                                                          subject to PSD for CO,
                                                          NOX and SO2.
AES Puerto Rico, L.P.............  Guayama, PR.........  The existing PSD permit    EPA                PSD Administrative   August 10, 2004.
                                                          was modified to update                        Permit
                                                          the PM10 condensible                          Modification.
                                                          emissions based on stack
                                                          test results; to
                                                          increase the size of the
                                                          emergency boiler
                                                          feedwater pump diesel
                                                          engine from 400 hp to
                                                          430 hp; to increase
                                                          AES's annual usage limit
                                                          of lime from 6,736 tons/
                                                          year to 8,950 tons/year;
                                                          to add the option of
                                                          using trucks to haul ash
                                                          offsite for on-island
                                                          beneficial uses; to add
                                                          a new category of
                                                          startup that applies to
                                                          startup following
                                                          outages; to increase the
                                                          number of turnovers in
                                                          the startup fuel tank
                                                          from 4 to 7 per year;
                                                          and to change the cover
                                                          of the inactive coal
                                                          yard from grass to
                                                          manufactured aggregate.
                                                          As a result of these
                                                          changes, there is only a
                                                          trivial increase of 42
                                                          lb/year of PM10
                                                          emissions.
Virgin Islands Water and Power     St. Thomas, VI......  A new 39 MW simple-cycle   EPA                New PSD Permit.....  September 8, 2004.
 Authority--Unit 23.                                      GE Frame 6 combustion
                                                          turbine.
Bessicorp--Empire Development      Rensselaer, NY......  A recycled newsprint       NYSDEC             New PSD Permit.....  September 23, 2004.
 Co., LLC.                                                manufacturing plant and
                                                          a nominal 505 MW
                                                          combined-cycle
                                                          cogeneration plant. Two
                                                          GE Frame 7FA combustion
                                                          turbines, two heat
                                                          recovery steam
                                                          generators, a steam
                                                          turbine, and an
                                                          auxiliary boiler. 55 MW
                                                          will be offered to the
                                                          manufacturing plant, the
                                                          remainder electricity
                                                          will be offered on the
                                                          merchant market.
American Re-Fuel Company of        Westbury, NY........  PSD permit modification    EPA                Revised PSD Permit.  November 15, 2004.
 Hempstead.                                               to increase the annual
                                                          throughput of municipal
                                                          waste at the facility
                                                          from 914,325 tons/year
                                                          to 975,000 tons/12-month
                                                          rolling average.
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    This notice lists only the facilities that have received final PSD 
determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and 
related materials should contact the following offices:
    EPA Actions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, 
Air Programs Branch--25th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 
10007-1866.
    NJDEP Actions: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 
Division of Environmental Quality, Bureau of Engineering and

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Technology, 401 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625.
    NYSDEC Actions: New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation, Division of Air Resources, Bureau of Stationary Sources, 
625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-3251.
    If available pursuant to the Consolidated Permit Regulations (40 
CFR part 124), judicial review of these determinations under section 
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) may be sought only by the 
filing of a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals 
for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date on which these 
determinations are published in the Federal Register. Under section 
307(b)(2) of the Act, these determinations shall not be subject to 
later judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement.

    Dated: February 11, 2005.
George Pavlou,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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