[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26101-26102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11704]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9962-91-Region 2]


Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
Final Determinations in New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to announce that between 
October 2, 2015 and April 11, 2017, the Region 2 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issued one final agency action 
and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) 
issued three final agency actions pursuant to the Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) regulations.

DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated 
in the chart in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations codified at 
40 CFR 52.21, the Region 2 Office of the USEPA, and the NJDEP 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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B.L. England Generating        Mamora, New      The approval is  NJDEP........  Second PSD       November 22,
 Station.                       Jersey.          for a second                    Permit           2015
                                                 PSD permit                      Extension        (effective
                                                 extension to                    Granted.         date of the
                                                 commence                                         second PSD
                                                 construction                                     permit
                                                 on a 430-MW                                      extended for
                                                 combined-cycle                                   eighteen
                                                 project                                          additional
                                                 consisting of                                    months from
                                                 one Siemens                                      April 12, 2016
                                                 STG6-8000H                                       until October
                                                 combined-cycle                                   12, 2017).
                                                 combustion
                                                 turbine
                                                 generator
                                                 (CTG), one
                                                 heat recovery
                                                 steam
                                                 generator
                                                 (HRSG)
                                                 equipped with
                                                 duct burner,
                                                 one existing
                                                 steam turbine
                                                 electric
                                                 generator
                                                 (STG) and one
                                                 auxiliary
                                                 boiler.
PSEG Fossil LLC Sewaren        Sewaren, New     Construction of  NJDEP........  New PSD Permit.  March 10, 2016.
 Generating Station.            Jersey.          one General
                                                 Electric (GE)
                                                 7HA.02
                                                 Combined-Cycle
                                                 Combustion
                                                 Turbine (CCCT)
                                                 nominally
                                                 rated at 585
                                                 MW, with a
                                                 maximum heat
                                                 input rate of
                                                 3,311 MMBtu/hr
                                                 (HHV) when
                                                 firing natural
                                                 gas, and 3,452
                                                 MMBtu (HHV)
                                                 when firing
                                                 ultra low
                                                 sulfur diesel
                                                 (ULSD). The
                                                 CCCT will be
                                                 equipped with
                                                 other
                                                 ancillary
                                                 equipment such
                                                 as a duct
                                                 burner,
                                                 auxiliary
                                                 boiler, an
                                                 emergency
                                                 diesel fire
                                                 pump, an
                                                 emergency
                                                 diesel
                                                 generator, and
                                                 a 3-cell
                                                 auxiliary wet
                                                 mechanical
                                                 draft cooling
                                                 tower.
Middlesex Energy Center......  Sayreville, New  Construction of  NJDEP........  New PSD Permit.  July 19, 2016.
                                Jersey.          a new 560 MW
                                                 combined-cycle
                                                 facility. The
                                                 proposed
                                                 facility will
                                                 consist of one
                                                 GE 7HA.02
                                                 combustion
                                                 turbine with a
                                                 599 MMBtu/hr
                                                 duct burner.
                                                 Ancillary
                                                 equipment
                                                 includes an
                                                 auxiliary
                                                 boiler, a wet
                                                 mechanical
                                                 draft cooling
                                                 tower, an
                                                 emergency
                                                 generator, a
                                                 fire pump, and
                                                 tanks for fuel
                                                 oil and
                                                 ammonia.
Energy Answers, LLC..........  Arecibo, Puerto  Second           EPA..........  Second PSD       April 10, 2017
                                Rico.            extension of                    Permit           (also date
                                                 the deadline                    Extension        that first PSD
                                                 for commencing                  Granted.         permit
                                                 construction                                     extension
                                                 of the Arecibo                                   expired; now
                                                 Puerto Rico                                      extended for
                                                 Renewable                                        five
                                                 Energy Project                                   additional
                                                 which consists                                   months until
                                                 of two 1,050                                     September 10,
                                                 tons per day                                     2017).
                                                 (each) refuse-
                                                 derived fuel
                                                 municipal
                                                 waste
                                                 combustors, a
                                                 77 megawatt
                                                 steam turbine
                                                 electrical-
                                                 generator, and
                                                 other
                                                 ancillary
                                                 equipment.
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    This document 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, (212) 
637-4085.

NJDEP Actions

    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of 
Environmental Quality, Air Quality Permitting Element, Bureau of 
Preconstruction Permits, 401 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 
08625, (609) 777-0286.
    With respect to the final PSD permits for PSEG Fossil LLC Sewaren 
Generating Station and the Middlesex Energy Center, pursuant to 40 CFR 
124.19(l), a prerequisite to seeking judicial review of the 
determination under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (the Act), 
42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), is

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that parties must have previously filed a petition with the EPA 
Environmental Appeals Board under 40 CFR 124.19(a). If the prerequisite 
has been met, review 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 the determination is 
published in the Federal Register. With respect to the PSD permit 
extensions, pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 
judicial review of this extension decision may be sought by filing 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, the determinations in this document shall not be 
subject to later judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for 
enforcement.

    Dated: May 8, 2017.
Walter Mugdan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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