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Chapter 12

Miscellaneous

Contents

12.1 GENERAL SUPPORT.................................................................................................................2

12.2 GENERAL OPPOSITION...........................................................................................................2

12.3 REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION .................................................................................................2

12.4 OTHER DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED ...................................................................................... 2
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12.1 GENERAL SUPPORT

Comment 12.1-1: Multiple commenters generally supported the proposed standards for 

modified and reconstructed electric utility generating units (0080, 0082, 0083, 0084, 0086, 0088, 

0096, 0104, 0123, 0129, 0133, 0134, and 0137).

Response 12.1-1: The EPA acknowledges the commenters’ support for this rule.

12.2 GENERAL OPPOSITION

Comment 12.2-1: Multiple commenters generally opposed the proposed standards for modified 

and reconstructed electric utility generating units (0058, 0059, 0065, 0066, 0067, 0068, 0069, 

0070, 0071, 0073, 0074, 0076, 0077, 0078, 0081, 0085, 0087, 0090, 0091, 0093, 0094, 0095, 

0097, 0098, 0099, 0100, 0101, 0102, 0103, 0105, 0106, 0107, 0108, 0109, 0110, 0111, 0112, 

0113, 0116, 0117, 0118, 0120, 0121, 0122, 0124, 0125, 0126, 0127, 0128, 0130, 0131, 0132, 

0135, 0139, 0140, 0141, 0142, 0205, and 0246).

Response 12.2-1: The EPA acknowledges the commenters’ general opposition to the proposed 

rule. Our responses to specific comments from organizations opposing the rule are provided 

throughout this document.

12.3 REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION

Comment 12.3-1: Multiple commenters requested an extension of the comment period (0079, 

0089, 0092, 0119, 0136, and 0251).

Response 12.3-1: The proposal date for this rule was June 18th, 2014. In the proposal, the 

comment deadline was set to October 16, 2014. The EPA felt that this 120 day comment period 

was adequate for addressing comments to this rule and did not grant commenters an extension.

12.4 OTHER DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED

Comment 12.4-1: Commenter 0225 attached a report, "Thermal Efficiency of Gas-Fired 

Generation in California: 2014 Update."

Commenter 0247 attached a technical bulletin titled "Greenhouse Gas and Fossil Fuel Reduction 

Benefits or Using Biomass Manufacturing Residuals for Energy Production in Forest Products 

Facilities."

Commenter 0282 attached the following files:

1. Article on "Persistent growth of CO2 emissions and implications for reaching climate 

targets"
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2. Article on "Assessing 'Dangerous Climate Change': Required Reduction of Carbon 

Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations, and Nature"

3. Article on "Carbon debt and carbon sequestration parity in forest bioenergy production"

4. Air Construction Permit Application for Florida Crushed Stone Company

5. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2013 Article

6. The Emissions Gap Report 2013 by UNEP

7. Article on "Assessing 'Dangerous Climate Change': Required Reduction of Carbon 

Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature"

8. Energy Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector and Source, United States

9. Excel Spreadsheet on Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector and Source

10. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector and Source, United States 

11. Excel Spreadsheet on Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector and Source, 

United States

12. USEPA 5-13 Base Case Study Emissions Projections

13. Excel Spreadsheet on EPA 5-13 Base Case - State Emissions Projections

14. Memorandum from the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards of the USEPA

15. 2011 GTW Combined Cycle Specs

16. Excel Spreadsheet on 2011 GTW Combined Cycle Specs

17. Clean Air Task Force Presentation on Technical Options for Lowering Carbon Emissions 

from Power Plants. 

18. "Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in 

Rural Colorado"

19. "Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Stress"

20. Center for Biological Diversity Comments on the Environmental Impact Report Pursuant 

to Senate Bill 4

21. NETL report on Improving Domestic Energy Security and Lowering CO2 Emissions 

with "Next Generation" CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery. 

22. ICF International Article on "Integrating Variable Renewable Electric Power Generators 

and the Natural Gas Infrastructure"

23. California ISA "Fast Facts"

24. California ISA presentation "Building a Sustainable Energy Future

25. Clean Coalition Rens-Integr-Power

26. US EPA IPM Run Results for the EPA 5-13 Base Case

27. Excel Spreadsheet of U.S. EPA IPM Run Results for the EPA 5-13 Base Case
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28. Golder Associates Memo "Application for a Minor Source Air Construction Permit 

Florida Crushed Stone Company"

29. GCB Bioenergy Article "Carbon debt and carbon sequestration parity in forest bioenergy

production

30. GCB Bioenergy Article "Large-Scale bioenergy from additional harvest of forest biomass 

is neither sustainable nor greenhouse gas neutral"

31. Environmental Science Technology article "Forest Bioenergy or Forest Carbon? 

Assessing Trade-offs in Greenhouse gas mitigation with Wood-Based Fuels"

32. GCB Bioenergy Article "Indirect Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Producing Bioenergy

from Forest Harvest Residues."

33. DOE/EIA Annual Energy Outlook for 2013

34. GCB Bioenergy Article "The outcome is in the assumptions: analyzing the effects on 

atmospheric CO2 levels of increased use of bioenergy from forest biomass"

35. USEPA SAB review of EPA's accounting framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from 

Stationary Sources

36. Article "Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error"

37. Environmental Science Technology Article: "Forest Bioenergy or Forest Carbon? 

Assessing Trade-offs in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation with Wood-Based Fuels"

38. GCB Bioenergy Article "Indirect Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Producing Bioenergy

from Forest Harvest Residues"

39. DOI "Integrating tipping points into climate impact assessments"

40. GCB Article: "Large-scale bioenergy from additional harvest of forest biomass is neither 

sustainable nor greenhouse gas neutral"

41. The Journal of Economic Literature article "The Structure Of Economic Modeling of The 

Potential Impacts of Climate Change: Grafting Gross Underestimation of Risk Onto 

Already Narrow Science Models"

42. GCB Bioenergy: "The outcome is in the assumptions: analyzing the effects on 

atmospheric CO2 levels of increased use of bioenergy from forest biomass"

43. The UNEP Emissions Gap report for 2013

44. USEPA SAB Review of EPA's Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 from 

stationary sources.

Response 12.4-1: The EPA acknowledges receipt of the documents submitted by the commenters 

and thanks the commenters for providing copies of this information.

Comment 12.4-2: Multiple commenters (0131, 0152, 0170, 0171, 0181, 0192, 0193, 0201, 0214, 

0225, 0237, 0244, 0260, 0262, and 0282) attached comments submitted in response to the 

January 2014 EGU NSPS proposal.
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Response 12.4-2: The EPA acknowledges receipt of copies of comments submitted in response 

to the January 8, 2014 NSPS proposal. These comments are addressed in this document, as 

applicable, in the preamble to the final rule, and in the response-to-comments document for the 

new source standards.