MemorandumTo:MemotoFileFrom:LisaBeckham3Date:February20,2014Re:AdministrativeAmendmentstoPioPicoEnergyCenterPSDPermitNo.SD11-01InconjunctionwithourfinalissuanceoftherevisedPioPicoEnergyCenter(PPEC)PSDPermit,PermitNo.SD11-01,followingremandbyEPA’sEnvironmentalAppealsBoard,wearemakingseveraladministrativeamendmentstothepermit,inadditiontothoseproposedpermitrevisionsrelatedtoourrevisedBACTanalysisforthePPEC’scombustionturbinesthatwereidentifiedinourproposedrevisedpermitforthePPECdatedNovember2013andaccompanyingtheFactSheetAddendum.Theseadministrativeamendmentsarecorrectionstothepermitthataredeminimisinnature,andarebeingmadesimplytocorrectminortypographicalandsimilarerrorsoroutdatedinformationinthefinalpermitinordertomakethefinalpermitclearandconsistent,anddonotalterourpriorBACTorambientairqualityimpactsanalysesoranyothersubstantiveanalysessupportingourpermitdecision.AllofthedifferencesbetweenthefinalPPECPSDpermitissuedinourNovember2012finalpermitdecisionandourcurrent,post-remandfinalPSDpermitforthePPECtobeissuedinFebruary2014,includingbutnotlimitedtothedifferencesdiscussedinthismemo,areidentifiedinthedocument“FinalRevisedPSDPermitforPPEC—trackchanges”.Thisunofficialredline/strikeoutversionofthefinalpermitisnotanofficialversionofthepermit,buthasbeenpreparedtofacilitateunderstandingofthechangesbetweentheNovember2012finalPSDpermitforthePPECandthefinal,post-remandPSDpermitforthePPECtobeissuedinFebruary2014.Eachadministrativechangeisdetailedbelow:1.ChangeofMailingAddress—InanemaildatedJanuary2,2014,W.DaveJenkinswithAPEXPowerGroup,LLCidentifiedthenewmailingaddressforPioPicoEnergyCenter,LLC.(Thisemailisincludedintheadministrativerecordforthisaction.)WehaveincludedthenewmailingaddressforPPLLConthefrontpageofthefinalPSDpermitforthePPEC.Weconsiderthischangetobeadministrativeasitismerelythepermittee’saddressforcorrespondence,anddoesnotinvolveanychangestothephysicaladdressorlocationofthePPECfacility.2.UpdatetoReportingRequirementsEmailAddress—TheemailaddressedusedbyEPAforreportinginConditionslV.AandX.AhasbeenupdatedtoreflectthenewemailaddressbeingusedbyRegion9’sEnforcementDivision-aeor9@epa.gov.3.TypographicalErrors—AsaresultoftypographicalerrorsinthefinalpermitissuedinNovember2012thefollowingcorrectionsweremade:a.ConditionsIX.D.1andIX.D.2containedinadvertentunderliningoftext,andConditionIX.D.1includedthephrase“inany”twiceinarow.Thisunderlining,andoneoccurrenceofthephrase“inany”,havebeenremovedfromthesepermitconditionstoavoidanypotentialconfusion;andb.ConditionIX.C.5concludedwithacommainsteadofaperiod.ThecommahasnowbeenreplacedwithaperiodtobeconsistentwiththeotherconditionsinIX.C.4.ErroneousReferencestoNetEnergyOutput—ConditionIX.H.9intheRecordkeepingandReportingsectionoftheNovember2012permiterroneouslycontainedreferencestonetenergyoutputratherthangrossenergyoutput.AsdiscussedinRegion9’sNovember2012ResponsetoCommentsdocument,weintendedtochangethepermitfromusingnetenergyoutputtogrossenergyoutputforcompliancewiththeGHGBACTrequirementsinthepermit.SeeResponsetoComment13onpage17.WemadetheappropriatechangetotheemissionlimitsinConditionlX.B.1oftheNovember2012permit,butweinadvertentlyomittedfromtheNovember2012finalpermitthenecessarychangestotheassociatedmonitoringandrecordkeepingrequirementsinConditionlX.H.9asindicatedinourresponse.ConditionIX.H.9identifiesthenecessarymonitoringandrecordkeepingrequirementsthatwillbeusedtodemonstratecompliancewiththeGHGBACTlimitinConditionIX.B.1.WithouttheserevisionsthepermitwouldrequirethesourcetomeetaGHGBACTlimitonagrossenergyoutputbasis,butonlyrequiremonitoringandrecordkeepingonanetenergyoutputbasis.So,wearecorrectingthelanguageinConditionlX.H.9tobeconsistentwiththeemissionlimitsinConditionlX.B.1ofthepermitandourstatedintent.2