Air quality; prevention of significant deterioration (PSD): Permit determinations, etc.— Athens Generating Plant, NY, et al.,

[Federal Register: March 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 39)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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:

Name

Location

Project

Agency

Final action

Date

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. 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.

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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