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Record List 

1 Impacts of Selective Catalytic Reduction on Utility Sized Boiler Systems; John T. Elston, Howard 

N. Franklin, PhD; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation 

2 Control Systems for Long Term Field Testing Applications, Dave Swensen, Darren Shino; 2003 

Conference on Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction 

(SNCR) for NOx Control 

3 Demonstration of Selective Catalytic Reduction for the Control of NOx Emissions from High ­

Sulfur, Coal- Fired Boilers, Southern Company Services Project Joint Venture, November 2002; 

Proiect Performance Summary, Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program 

4 Bench- and Pilot-Scale Evaluation of SCR and Other Catalytic Technologies; Boris N. Eitner; 

Peter Maly; Vladmir M. Zamansky; Robert A. Gazarov 

5 First Year's Operating Experience with SCR on 600 MW PRB-Fired Boiler; The New Madrid 

SCR Retrofit Project; Dave Harris; Scot Pritchard; 

6 Recent Experience with SCR Catalyst Regeneration; Herwig Maier, Ph.D.; James J. Ferrigan; J6rn 

Matschke; Summary 

7 Energy & Environmental Research Center, www.eerc.und.nodak.edu/aboutus/ 

8 Energy & Environmental Research Center, www. undeerc.org/demonstrationl 

9 Demonstration of Rich Reagent Injection in Ameren's Sioux Unit 1; Marc A. Cremer; Bradley R. 

Adams; David E. Boll; David 0' Connor; Robert D. Siaff; Summary 

10 Operating and Maintenance Guidelines for Post-Combustion Systems P073.00I; Electric Power 

Research Institute 

11 Design, Installation, and Testing of Rich Reagent Injection in Conectiv's B.L. England Unit 1; 

Marc A. Cremer; Bradley R. Adams; Venkata N. Bhamidipati; Davis O'Connor; Gifford 

Broderick; Presentation at 2001 U.S. DOE Conference on SCR and SNCR for NOx Control 

12 SCR Catalyst Performance on U.S. Coal Fired Boilers; Masayoshi Ichiki, Osaka; Summary 

13 Air Pollution Control, Rich Reagent Iniection, www.fueltechnv.com/aocRRLoho 

14 Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction(SNCR), Air Pollution control Technology Fact Sheet; U.S. 

EPA 

15 Design and Demonstration of Rich Reagent Injection(RRl) for NOx at Conevtiv's B.L. England 

Station; Marc A. Cremer; Bradley R. Adams; David C. 0' Connor; Venkat Bhamidipati; R. 

Gifford Broderick 

16 Demonstration ofNOxEmissions Below 0.15 Ib/MBtu in a Cyclone Boiler Using In-Furnace NOx 

Control; Marc A. Cremer; Andrew P. Chiodo; Bradley R. Adams; Craig Giesmann; Ken 

Stuckmeyer; John Boyle 

17 Nitrogen Oxides Emission Control Options for Coal-Fired Electric Utility Boilers; Ravi K. 

Srivastava; Robert E. Hall; Bruce W. Lani; Journal of Air and Waste Management Association; 

September 2005 

18 Analysis of Combustion Controls for Reducing NOx Emissions From Coal-Fired EGUs in the 

WRAP Region; Eastern Research Group; September 6, 2005 
19 JV 58 - Effects of Biomass Combustion on SCR Catalyst; Bruce C. Folkedahl; Christopher J. 

Zygarlicke; Joshua Strege; Donald McCollor; Jason Laumb; Lingbu Kong; Energy and 

Environmental Research Center; University ofNorth Dakota 

20 Is the European SCR Experience Adequate to Meet The Challenges of U.S. Coals?, Dr. Anupam 

Sanyal; Joseph Pircon 

21 Process & Equipment Design Considerations for SCR; Roy Sensenig; Thomas Wright; Michael 

DeLallo; Parsons Energy and Chemical Group, Inc.; Summary 

22 Letter to Terry O'Clair from John Graves; Attachment - Ash Impacts on SCR Catalyst 

Performance; Steven A. Benson; UNDEERC: October 2005 

23 Ash Impacts on SCR Catalyst Performance; Power Point Presentation; Steven Benson, Ph.D. 

February 21, 2006 

24 Letter to Terry O'Clair From Basin Electric Power Coop. and Minnkota Power Coop.; April 12, 

2006 

25 An Evaluation of SCR Catalyst Performance in PRB Applications; Keith E. Harrison; 200 I 

Conference on Selective Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Reduction for NOx Control; May 16-18, 

2001 

26 SCR Catalyst Performance Under Severe Operation Conditions; Scot Pritchard, Chris 

DiFrancesco; Robert von Alten; CORMETECH, Inc. 

27 Air Pollution Control Technology Fact Sheet: Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR); U.S. EPA 

28 Evaluation of Suitability of Selective Catalytic Reduction and Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction 

for use in Portland Cement Industry; Robert Schreiber, Jr.; Christa O. Russell; Jeff Evers 

29 Deactivation of SCR Catalyst; Heinz Gutberlet; Andreas Schluter; Anthony Licata 

30 Experience with Twelve-Months-a-Year European Operation of SCR as Applied to System Design 

in U.S., High Sulfur, Coal Service; William Ellison; Helmut Weiler 

31 Technical Bulletin, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Why and How they Are Controlled; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, November 1999 

32 Federal Register; February 27,2006 

33 SCR Performance, www.et.byu.edu:8080/-larryb/scr.htm 

34 SCR Catalyst Improvements (Full ofNoxious Hot Air?) 

35 SCR Performance Improvement From U.S. Coal Quality Evaluation, Dr. Anupam Sanyal; 2000 

Conference on Selective Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Reduction for NOx Control; 2002 

36 Recent Experience with Selective Catalytic Reduction on Powder River Basin Coal and Petroleum 

Coke; Isto Morita; Howard Franklin; Electric Power, 2002 Conference; March 19-21, 2002 

37 Utility Experience with SCR in Germany; Hans-Ulrich Hartenstein; Dr. Heinz Gutberlet;, Anthony 

Licata; October 11 -15, 1999 

38 NOx Control Technologies: Focus SNCR; lR. Comparato; Western Coal Council, Burning PRB 

Coal Seminar 

39 Catalyst Design Experience for 640 MW Cyclone Boiler Fired with 100% PRB Fuel; Scot 

Pritchard; David Hellard; John Cochran 

40 EC02 1M Technology Overview, www.powerspan.com/technology/ec02 overview.html 

41 Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx; Deactivation and Regeneration Studies and Kinetic 

Modeling of Deactivation; Raziyeh Khodayari; 2001 

42 SCR maintenance fundamentals, Ken Wicker; Jim Staudt; Power Magazine; June 2004 

43 Popcorn Ash and SCR Systems; FGD and DeNOx Newsletter; October 2003, No. 306 

44 SCR-Tech Catalyst Regeneration; FGD & DeNOx Newsletter; October 2001 
45 Full -Scale Catalyst Regeneration Experience of a Coal-Fired U.S. Merchant Plant - Summary; 

Douglas Bullock; Hans Hartenstein 

46 Regeneration of commercial SCR catalysts by washing and sulphation: effect of sulphate groups 

on activity, Raziyeh Khodayari; Applied Catalysis; 2001 

47 Letter to Michelle Swanson from Bruce Folkedahl, Effects of Biomass Combustion on SCR 

Catalyst, Xcel Energy, Minneapolis, MN, Final Report 

48 Deactivation of SCR Catalyst; Xiaoyu Guo; Jacob Beutler; Chase Anderson; Aaron Nackos; John 

Ashton; Calvin Bartholomew; William Hecker; Larry Baxter; ACERC Conference; February 16, 

2006 

Effects of sewage sludge and meat and bone meal Co-combustion on SCR catalyst; Jans Beck; 

Jurgen Brandenstein; Sven Unterberger; Klaus Hein; Applied Catalysis; 2003 

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50 Popcorn Ash at Georgia Power Company's Plant Bowen; Experiences and Removal Strategies, 

Marie L. Craig; Larry Bohannon; Dr. K. Weigl; C. Ayers; Summary 

51 SCR System Design Considerations for "Popcorn" Ash; Anthony Ryan; Bruce St. John; The 

Babcock & Wilcox Company; Combined Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Mega Symposium; 

May 2003 

SCR Deactivation Mechanisms Related to Alkali and Alkaline Earth Elements; K. Davis; and M. 

Bockelie; L. Baxter; C. Bartholomew; K. Whitty; E. Eddings; 2002 Conference on Selective 

Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Non-Selective Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) for NOx Control; May 

2001 

Topsoe's Corrugated-type DeNOx Catalysts-Characteristics and Operating Experience; Torben 

Slabiak; Soren S. Enevoldsen 

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54 Email to Tom Bachman from Carlson.Albionfa)enamail.eoa.gov; January 18, 2007 

55 Email to Tom Bachman from Morris.Brendafa)eoamail.eoa.gov; January 31, 2007 

56 Popcorn Ash at Bowen Power Plant: Experience and Removal Strategies; Marie Craig; October 

2003 

57 Responses to Christman's Presentation, Power Point Presentation; Carl Weilert; Steven Benson 

58 Unresolved Technical Challenges to NOx Reduction for Coal-Fired Power Generation; Kevin 

Davis; Michael Bockelie; Temi Linjewile; Hong-Shig Shim; Connie Senior; Brad Adams; Kevin 

Whitty; Robert Hurt; Stan Harding 

59 Memorandum to File: Minnkota Power Coop; Tom Bachman personal conversation with Deepak 

Khaiouri of Doosan Babcock Energy, Ltd; February 13,2008 

60 Letter to Terry O'Clair from John Graves; June 22, 2007 

61 Letter to Mary Mitchell, DRC from Terry O'Clair; January 26,2007 

62 Letter to John Graves, MPC from Terry O'Clair; January 26,2008 

63 Letter to Terry O'Clair from U.S. EPA; Minnkota BACT Analysis Study and Clarification of the 

Consultation Process; December 18, 2006 

64 Letter to Brenda Morris, U.S. EPA from Terry O'Clair; May 12,2008 

65 Email from Bradley Plummer; Consumers Energy to Tom Bachman; May 13, 2008 

66 Memorandum to File: MPC; Tom Bachman personal conversation with Ken Evans ofConsumer 

Energy; May 7, 2008 

Memorandum to File: MPC; Tom Bachman personal conversation with Bob Green of Rio Tinto 

Energy; May 7, 2008 

JV Task 117 - Impact of Lignite Properties on Powerspan's NOx Oxidation System; EERC; 

February 2008 

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69 EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual Section 4; Sixth Edition; EPA/452/B-02-00 1; January 

2002 

70 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors; AP-42 Chapter 1; Fifth Edition; January 1995 

71 Optimizing SCR Catalyst Design and Performance for Coal-Fired Boilers; Scot Pritchard; Shozo 

Kaneko; Koher Syama; Joint Symposium Stationary Combustion NOx Control; May 1995 

72 Oxygen Enhanced Combustion for NOx Control; Praxair; March 2004 

73 Sierra Club versus U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Prairie State Generating Company, 

LLC; No. 06-3907; August 24,2007 

74 Additional Information and Discussion of Vendor Responses on SCR Technical Feasibility, North 

Dakota's NOx BACT Determination for Milton R. Young Station Units 1 & 2; Minnkota Power 

Cooperative, Inc. and Square Butte Electric Cooperative; May 8, 2008 

75 New Source Review Workshop Manual; October 1990 

76 Air Pollution Control- Rich Reagent Injection (RRI); htto://ww.fueltechnv.com/aocRRl.oho 

77 Application of SCR Technology to North Dakota Lignite Fuels (Power Point Presentation); 

Sargent and Lundy; April 2007 

78 EPRI Develops Economical NOx Reduction Process; Electric Power Research Institute; April 2, 

2002 

79 Preliminary Best Available Control Technology Determination for Control of Nitrogen Oxides for 

M.R. Young Station Units 1 and 2; NDDH; June 2008 

80 SCR Catalyst Performance in Flue Gases Derived from Subbituminous and Lignite Coals; Steven 

A. Bensen; Jason D. Laumb; Charlene R. Crocker; John H. Pavlish; Fuel Processing Technology; 

2005 

81 Twenty-Five Years of SCR Evolution: Implications for U.S. Application and Operation; J.E. 

Cichanowicz; L. J. Muzio 

82 The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx Emissions From Utility Boilers; Arun B. Mukherjee; 

Environmental Oxidants; 1994 

83 SCR Catalyst Design Issues and Operating Experience: Coals with High Arsenic Concentrations 

and Coals from the Powder River Basin; Dr. Karina Rigby; Robert Johnson; Dr. Ronald Neufert; 

Dr. Gunther Pajonk; Dr. Erich Hums; Adreas Klatt; Ralf Sigling; 2000 International Joint Power 

Generation Conference; July 2000 

84 NOx Best Available Control Technology Analysis Study for Milton R. Young Station Unit 1; 

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.; Revised Final Report; October 2006 

85 NOx Best Available Control Technology Analysis Study for Milton R. Young Station Unit 2; 

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. Operating Agent for Square Butte Electric Cooperative; 

Revised Final Report; October 2006 

86 Memorandum to Hans Buenning, et.a!. from Roger Christmann; Eastern Research Group, Inc.; 

January 8, 2007 

87 EPA Region 8 Preliminary Analysis ofBurns and McDonnell BACT Analysis for Nitrogen Oxides 

at Milton R. Young Station Units 1 and 2; January 8, 2007 

88 Letter to Terry O'Clair from Martin Hestmark: Transmittal of EPA Non-SCR Concerns and 

Additional Information Required for Minnkota BACT Analysis Study; January 26, 2007 

89 Letter to John Graves, Minnkota Power Cooperative from Terry O'Clair: BACT Determination 

Milton R. Young Station; February 1,2007 
90 Responses to EPA Comments, NOx BACT Analysis Study, Milton R. Young Station Unit 1 and 2, 

Regarding SCR Technical Feasibility; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. and Square Butte 

Electric Cooperative; March 15, 2007 

91 Responses to NDDH and EPA Comments Regarding SCR Technical Feasibility and Non-SCR 

Concerns; Milton R. Young Station Unit 1 and Unit 2; NOx BACT Analysis Study; Minnkota 

Power Cooperative, Inc. and Square Butte Electric Cooperative; April 18, 2007 

92 Summary of Responses to EPA1DOH Questions on Minnkota Power's NOx BACT Analysis for 

Milton R. Young Units 1 and 2 (Power Point Presentation); Bums and McDonnell; May 23, 2007 

93 Application of SCR Technology to North Dakota Lignite Fuels (Power Point Presentation); 

Sargent and Lundy, LLC; May 2007 

94 Appropriateness ofConducting Pilot Testing of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Technology 

at Milton R. Young Station Units 1 and 2, for use in a NOx BACT Analysis; Dennis L. Arfmann; 

Steven A. Benson; Carl V. Weilert; August 14,2007 

95 Letter to Terry O'Clair from Martin Hestmark, EPA: Transmittal of EPA's Response to 

Minnkota's Letters dated March 19, 2007 and April 23, 2007; October 4, 2007 

96 Letter to Terry O'Clair from David Sogard; Response to Public Comments on the North Dakota 

Department ofHealth's Best Available Control Technology Determination for Control ofNitrogen 

Oxides for M.R. Young Station Units 1 and 2, dated June 2008 

97 Comment & Response to EPA Region 8's October 4,2007 Comment on NDDH BACT 

Determination at Milton R. Young Station; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. and Square Butte 

Electric Cooperative; November 9, 2007 

98 Letter to Terry O'Clair from John Graves, Minnkota Power Cooperative: Milton R. Young BART 

Conference ­ 11/21/1007; November 29,2007 

99 EPA Comments on NDDH Preliminary BACT Determination; U.S. EPA; July 31, 2008 

100 Draft Best Available Control Technology Determination for Control of Nitrogen Oxides for M.R. 

Young Station Units 1 and 2; February 2008 (Replaced by June 2008 document, see Exhibit 79) 

101 Comments and Responses to NDDH Regarding U.S. EPA, Region 8's, July 31, 2008 Comments 

and Plains Justice July 30, 2008 Comments on NDDH Preliminary NOx BACT Dytermination for 

Milton R. Young Station (MRYS); Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.; September 22,2008 

102 Remarks to the "Comments and Responses to NDDH Regarding U.S. EPA Region 8's July 31, 

2008 Comments and Plains Justice July 30, 2008 Comments on NDDH Preliminary NOx BACT 

Determination for the Milton R. Young Station (MRYS)" dated September 22,2008; Hans 

Hartenstein; October 2008 with transmittal letter dated October 17, 2008 

103 Letter to Terry O'Clair from John Graves, Minnkota Power Cooperative; November 17,2008 

104 Responses to Hans Hartenstein's October 2008 Remarks to September 22, 2008 Comments & 

Responses on NDDH Preliminary NOx BACT Determination for Milton R. Young Station 

(MRYS); Minnkota Power Cooperative; November 17,2008 

105 Supplemental Information for Consideration Regarding NOx BACT for M.R. Young Units 1 and 2: 

Technical Feasibility Issues for TESCR or LDSCR Retrofit; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.; 

February 20, 2009 

106 Particulate Matter Emissions Compliance Study M.R. Young Station Unit 1; GE Energy 

Management Services, Inc.; Report M22A0427A; July 8, 2008 

107 Particulate Matter Emissions Compliance Study M.R. Young Station Unit 2; GE Energy 

Management Services, Inc.; Report M22A0427B; June 13, 2008 
108 The Effect of Blending Coals on Electrostatic Precipitator Perfonnance; Belinda Wheland, Glen 

Devire; Jon H. Pohl; Robert Creelman 

109 Electrostatic Precipitator Perfonnance and Trace Element Emissions from Two Kraft Recovery 

Boilers (Abstract); T. Lind; 1. Hokkinen; J.K. Jokiniemi; R. Hillamo; U. Makkonen; A. Raukola; J. 

Rintanen; K. Savihariu; Environ Sci Techno1; January 15, 2006 

110 Recovery Boiler; htto:1len.wikioedia.org/wiki/Recoverv boiler 

111 The Chemistry of Electrostatic Precipitation; P.L. Feldman; K.S. Kumar 

112 Submicron Flyash Penetration Through Electrostatic Precipitators at Two Coal Power Plants; 

Martin Mohr; S. Ylatalo; N. Kippel; E.!. Kauppinen; O. Riccius; H. Burtscher; Aerosol Science 

and Technology 24: 191-204; 1996 

113 A Study of A Wire-Plate Electrostatic Precipitator Operating in the Removal of Polydispersed 

Particles; W.S. Nobrega; M.C.R. Fa1aguasta; J.R. Coury; Brazilian Journal ofChemical 

Engineering; 2003 

114 Particulate Controls; Institute of Clean Air Companies; 

htto://www.icac.comli4a/oages/index.cfm?oageid'3398 

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Electrostatic Precipitator Collection Efficiency and Trace Element Emissions from 

Co-Combustion of Biomass and Recovered Fuel in Fluidized-Bed Combustion (Abstract); 

Terttaliisa Lind; Jouni Kokkinen; Jonna K. Jokiniemi; Environmental Science and Technology; 

2003 

116 Control Technologies; Power Station Emissions Handbook 

117 Incineration Emission Control Using Wet Tubular Electrostatic Precipitators (Abstract); D. Meier; 

1995 International Incineration Conference; 1995 

118 Air Pollution Engineering Manual; Air and Waste Management Association; p. 226 

119 Electrostatic Precipitator Sizing; Hamon Research-Cottrell; 

htto:llwww.hamon-researchcottrel!.comlCentur Fundamentals 03.aso 

120 Module 6: Air Pollutants and Control Techniques - Particualte Matter - Control Techniques; U.S. 

EPA; htto:llwww.eoa.lwv/aotilbces/module6/matter/controllcontro!.htm 

121 Combating Particulate Emissions in Energy Generation and Industry; Mikael Ohlstrom; Jonna 

Jokiniemi; Jouni Hokkinen; Pasi Makkonen; Jarkko Tissari 

122 Air Pollution Control Technology Fact Sheet: Dry Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) - Wire Plate 

Type; U.S. EPA 

123 Air Pollution Control Technology Fact Sheet: Spray-ChamberISpray-Tower Wet Scrubber; U.S. 

EPA 

124 Stationary Source Control Techniques Document for Fine Particulate Matter; EC/R, Inc.; EPA 

Contract No. 68-D-98-026 

125 Technical Feasibility Issues for TESCR or LDSCR Retrofit (Power Point Presentation); John 

Graves; March 2, 2009 

126 Application of Tail-end SCR Technology to North Dakota Lignite Fuels (Power Point 

Presentation); Sargent & Lundy, LLC representing Basin Electric Power Coop; March 11, 2009 

127 Deactivation of V205-W03-Ti02SCR Catalyst at Biomass Fired Power Plants; Zheng et.a!. 2008 

128 Alkali Deactivation of High Dust SCR Catalysts Used for NOx Reduction Exposed to Flue Gas 

from 100 MW ­ Scale Biofue1 and Peat Fired Boilers: Influence of Flue Gas Composition; Kling 

et.a!' 2007 

129 Effect of Biomass on Catalysts (Slides); Thogersen & Reimer (Ha1dor Topsoe); 2008 

130 Email to Tom Bachman from Wayne Jones; December 11,2008 
131 The Influence of Biomass Burning in the Design of an SCR Installation; Mario Crespi, et. al. 

132 Amager Power Station; Vattenfall 

133 Alkali Resistant Catalyst; World Intellectual Properties Organization 

134 Lewis and Bronsted Acid Sites on Silica - Alumina; Nature Publishing 

135 Experimental Deactivation Analysis of Commercial SCR Catalysts; Guo et.al 

136 Investigation of Commercial SCR Catalysts Deactivation Under Industrial Conditions; BXU 

137 Poisoning/Deactivation Study of VzOs/TiOz SCR Catalysts (Slides 2008); Guo et.al. 

138 Biomass Impacts on SCR Catalyst Performance; Larry Baxter; 2005 

139 SCR Catalyst Management (Slides); Ken Jeffers; WPCAIAmeren ESP and SCR Seminar; August 

20,2008 

140 Monitoring Aerosols, Gases and Vapors; Raabe 

141 Deactivation ofVzOs-W03-TiOz SCR Catalyst at a Biomass Fired Combined Heat and Power 

Plant; Zheng et.al. 2005 

142 Poisoning and Sulfation on Vanadia SCR Catalyst; Xiaoyu Guo; August 2006 

143 Effects of Biomass Combustion SCR Catalysts; Folkedahl et.al. EERC; 2006 

144 Modem Biomass Utilisation (Slides); Gert Schultz; Energy Ez 

145 Co-Firing Coal and Biomass (Slides); Henrik Noppenau; Elson Energi Ez; 2006 

146 Biomass on the Boil: A New Wood Fueled Combined Heat and Power Plant in Simmering Austria 

(Summary); David Appleyard; Renewable Energy World Magazine; 2007 

147 Impact ofLignite Properties on Powerspan's NOx Oxidation; EERC; 2008 

148 Study of Catalyst Deactivation in Three Different Industrial Processes; Larrson; 2007 

149 Biomass Ash Characteristics and Behavior in Combustion, Gasification and Pyrolysis Units; 

Livington; Doosar Babcock; 2007 

150 European Biomass Industry Fact Sheet: Biomass Characteristics 

151 Deactivation ofSCR Catalysts by Exposure to Aerosol Particles of Potassium and Zinc Salts; 

Larrson et.al.; Aerosol Science and Technology; April 2007 

152 Design Specifics of High Efficiency Biomass Power Plants for Fresh Wood from Forestry 

Exemplified at the 23 MWe Biomass Power Plant SimmeringlVienna Austria; Leutze; 2005 

153 Biomass Power Plant; Vienna; Radunsky 

154 Sustainable Natural Biofuels for a Greener Tomorrow (Fact Sheet); Energy Sources Limited 

155 Pellet Fuels Institute (Fact Sheet) 

156 SCR Catalyst Management and Catalyst Regeneration; Steag; 2006 

157 SCR Tech Awarded Catalyst Cleaning and Regeneration Contract by AES; Bill McMahon 

158 German Experience with Catalyst Regeneration (Slides); Hartenstein; 2007 NOx Round Table and 

Expo 

159 Considerations for Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration When Firing Biomass (Slides); 

Ehmschwender/Holscher; 2008 NOx Round Table Meeting Reinhold Environmental Ltd. 

Conference 

160 Washing Your Own Catalyst (Slides); Nathan White; 2007 NOx Round Table & Expo 

161 SCR Catalyst Poisioning (Slides); Aaken; 2007 NOx/PGUC Conference 

162 Rejuvention Work ofSCR Catalyst for Mehrun Power Station; Inatsune et.al. 

163 Reference List Catalyst Regeneration; Integral Engineering 

164 Reference List SCR Technology; Fisia Babcock Environment 
165 Effects of Alkali Poisons and Sulfation on NOx Reduction Activity ofV20s/Ti02 SCR Catalysts 

(Slides 2009); Beutler et.a!.; ACERC Conference; 2009 

166 Assessing Deactivation Trends for Catalyst Design and Management Planning (Slides); CochranCERAM; 2009 NOx Combustion Round Table and Expo 

167 RSCR (Slides); Babcock Power; 2009 NOx ­ Combustion Round Table & Expo 

168 Pre-SCR SBS Injection at DP&L 's Killen & Stuart Stations; Codan Development LLC; 2009 NOx 

- Combustion Round Table & Expo 

169 Hartstein Response to Tom Bachman's Comments of his Interpretation ofKling Paper; Hans 

Hartenstein 

170 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Control of NOx Emissions from Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 

Power Plants; ICAC White Paper; 2009 

171 Sulfate Aerosols from Western Low-Rank Coal-Fired Boilers with FGD; Summary of Tests at 

Coal Creek; Clay Boswell; Milton R. Young and San Miguel Stations; Gregory R. Markowski; 

Jerry 1. Downs; George 1. Woffinden; May 31,1983 

172 Best Available Control Technology Detennination for Control ofNitrogen Oxides for M.R. Young 

Station Units I and 2; NDDH; April 2010 

173 Letter to Terry O'Clair from John Graves; Minnkota Power Coop; November 12,2009 wlNOx Best 

Available Control Technology Analyses Study Supplemental Report for Milton R. Young Station 

Units 1 and 2. (Unit 1 analysis revised February 2010 - see Exhibit 174) 

174 NOx Best Available Control Technology Analysis Study - Supplemental Report for Milton R. 

Young Station Unit 1; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.; November 2009 Revised February 

2010. 

175 Hybridization of Urea - SNCR with SCR, A Fit for the Future; V. Albanese, J. Boyle; W. Sun; 

ICAC Clean Air Technologies and Strategies Conference; March 7-10, 2005 

176 Responses to NDDH Request, NOx BACT Analysis Study; Milton R. Young Station Unit 1 and 

Unit 2, Regarding SCR Economic Feasibility; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. and Square Butte 

Electric Cooperative; December 11,2009 Revised February 2010 

177 Followup Responses to Presentation and NDDH Request for Additional Infonnation, 

Supplemental NOx BACT Analysis Study; Milton R. Young Station Unit 1 and Unit 2, Regarding 

SCR Economic Feasibility; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. and Square Butte Electric 

Cooperative; February 11,2010 (Confidential and non-confidential attachments) 

178 Impact of biomass co-combustion on SCR DeNOx operation; Hans Jensen-Holm; Joakinn Reimr 

Thogersen; Peter Lindenhoff; Power-Gen Europe, Gennany; 2009 

179 Applicability of Hitz SCR Catalyst to a boiler fired with American subbituminous coal (PRB)­

abstract; Tetsuo Kodama; Teruyuki Doi; Toshihiko Akagawa; Masaki Akyama; Kensaku 

Nakamwa; 

180 Coal- Quality Infonnation - Key to Efficient and Environmental Sound use of Coal; USGS Fact 

Sheet FS-171-97 

181 Coal Cleaning Primer; CQ, Inc. 

182 Removal of Mineral Matter and Sulfur from Lignites by Alkali Treatment - Abstract; Mujgan 

Culfaz; Murouf Ahmed; Sevil Gurkan; Fuel Processing Technology; May 1996 

183 Clean coal as fuel for turbines; G. Domazetis 

184 Coal cleaning; World Bank 

185 Pollution Prevention Technology Handbook - Physical Cleaning; Robert Noyes 
186 Inexpensive In-Situ Predictive Performance Tool for SCR Catalyst in the Power Plant 

Environment - Summary; F.E. Spoloyny; J.J. Ferrigan; 1999 Conference of Selective Catalytic 

and Non-Catalytic Reduction for NOx Control; 1999 

Deactivation and Regeneration of SCR Catalyts used in Bio Fuel Plants - Abstract; Raziyeh 

Khodayni; Christen Andersson; C.U. Odenbrand; Lan H. Andersson 

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188 SCR - Tech Catalyst Regeneration; FGD and DeNOx Newsletter; October 2001 

189 How Pollutants are Formed During Combustion (and how it affects control methods) ; Brad 

Bueker; Power Engineering 

Catalyst Cleaning, Rejuvenation and Regeneration; Coalogix tm 

SCR Deactivation in a Full-Scale Cofired Utility Boiler - Abstract; Joshua R. Strege; Chrostopher 

J. Zygarlicke; Bruce C. Folkedahl; Donald P. McCollor; Fuel; June, 2008 

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192 MPS Receives SCR Retrofit Order for King Plant Rehabilitation Project; Mitsubishi Power 

Systems 

Cofiring of Biomass - Evaluation of Fuel Procurement and Handling in Selected Existing Plants 

and Exchange of Information (cofiring) - Part 2; Kraftwerk Schwandorf 

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194 Comprehensive Catalyst Management; Scot Pritchard; Power Engineering; May 2007 

195 SCR Catalyst Management: Enhancing Operational Flexibility; Scot Pritchard; Chris D. 

Franeesco; 2006 Megasymposium 

In-Situ SCR Catalyst Replacement - Summary; Mark L. Schimer; Mark Hill; 2006 Environmental 

Controls Conference 

Selective Catalytic Reduction - SCR - Catalyst Management - NOx Control Systems; Babcock 

Power 

Letter to John Graves from Terry O'Clair, January 11,2010 

Letter to Terry O'Clair from Nicole Shalla, Plains Justice; Comments on the Preliminary Best 

Available Control Technology Determination for Control of Nitrogen Oxides for M.R. Young 

Station Unit 1 and 2; July 30, 2008 

Letter to Terry O'Clair from Wayne Backman, Basin Electric Power Coop; Comments on Notice 

ofIntent to Issue a Best Available Control Technology Determination Pursuant to Consent Decree; 

July 10, 2008 

Letter to Terry O'Clair from John Dwyer; Lignite Energy Council; North Dakota Department of 

Health Best Available Control Technology Determination for Nitrogen Oxides at the Milton R. 

Young Station; July 8, 2008 

Letter to Terry O'Clair from Ken Wangler, MDU; North Dakota Department of Health Best 

Available Control Technology Determination for Nitrogen Oxides at Milton R. Young Station; 

July 30, 2008 

Email to Tom Bachman from Hans Buenning, U.S. EPA; H. Hartenstein Thoughts on Kling Paper 

Doc; April 9, 2009; Response April 15, 2009 

Wyoming Coal; University of Wyoming; htto://smtc.uw{!o.edu/coaIlWYorningCoalltvoical.aso 

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205 Coal Terminology and Related Information; Energy Information Administration 

206 U.S. Geological Survey Coal Quality Database: Version 2.0; USGS; 

htto://enen!v.er.usQ:s.Q:ov/coalaual.htm#submit 

207 Oxygen - Enhanced Combustion for NOx Control; Project Facts; U.S. Department of Energy

208 Advanced NOx Emission Control Technology - Secondary Generation Advanced Rebuming; 

National Energy Technology Laboratory 
209 Advanced Rebuming Methods for High Efficiency NOx Control; Patent Storm; 

httD://ww.oatentstorm.us/Datents/5756059 - descrintion.html 

210 CFD Evaluation Oxygen Enhanced Combustion; Impacts on NOx Emissions; Carbon-in-Flyash 

and Waterwall Corrosion; M. Cremer; K. Davis; H. Wang; Z. Chen; L. Bool; D. Thompson; H. 

Kobayashi; Clearwater Conference; March 10, 2003 

211 Experience with Rebum for NOx Emissions Control; David Moyeda; DOE NETL Conference on 

Rebuming for NOx Control; May 18, 2004 

212 Letter to Terry O'Clair from Martin Hestmark, U.S. EPA; Transmittal of EPA's Response to 

Minnkota's Letters Dated March 19,2007 and April 23, 2007; October 4,2007 

213 NOx Star 1M - Innovative Technology in Reducing NOx Emissions; Doosan Babcock Energy; 

httn://www.doosanbabcock.comllive/cmeI149.htm 

214 Coyote Station SCR Pilot Scale Testing - Proposals, Quarterly Reports, Data, Information from 

Don Toman, Information from Jason Laumb; April 2007 (2 boxes) 

215 Request for Proposal for Conceptual SCR Catalyst Design for Low-Dust and Tail-End SCR 

System; Evonik Energy; February 2010 

216 HTI Quotation for SCR Catalyst; Evonik Energy Services; March 2010 

217 Evonik Energy Low Dust Project; 93% Removal Catalyst Management/Expected Performance 

24000 Hour Guarantee; HTI 

218 Email to Tom Bachman from Hans Buenning; U.S. EPA with Attachment; December 29,2008 

219 Email to Tom Bachman from Mark Severts; NV Energy with Attachments Regarding ReACT 

Testing at Valmy Station' October 2,2008 

220 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Technical Feasibility for M.R. Young Station; NDDH; 2009 

221 Vendor Guarantee Information from Haldor Topsoe and CERAM Environmental; January 13-14, 

2010 

222 Letter to Terry O'Clair from Andrew Gaydosh; U.S. EPA; Transmittal ofEPA's Response to 

Minnkota's Letter on Public Comments; October 17,2008 

223 Haldor Topsoe's and CERAM Environmental's Comments on SCR at M.R. Young Station 

(Extracted from Confidential Information) 

224 Excerpts from Recent BACT Determinations; NDDH 

225 EPA Comments on the N.D. Department of Health's April 2010 Draft BACT Determination; 

May 10,2010 (with non-CBI enclosures) 

226 United States Department ofInterior Comments on April 2010 Draft BACT Determination; 

May 10,2010 

227 National Parks Conservation Association Comments on the April 2010 Preliminary Best Available 

Control Technology Determination; May 10,2010 

228 Basin Electric Power Coop. Comments on Preliminary BACT Determination; May 7, 2010 

229 OtterTail Power Co. Comments on BACT Determination Pursuant to Consent Decree; April 29, 

2010 

230 Letter to Terry O'Clair from Andrew Gaydosh; U.S. EPA; Regarding North Dakota Department of 

Health's BACT Determination for NOx for the Milton R. Young Station; June 21, 2010 

231 Emails Leading up to EPA's June 21, 2010 Letter (Exhibit 230) 

232 Minnkota Power Coop; Response to Public Comments on NDDH Preliminary NOx BACT 

Determination 

233 Email to Hans Buenning from Tom Bachman; Regarding Mr. Hartstein's Flow Calculations; 

March 29, 2010 
234 Ceram Environmental, Inc.; Response to EPA's Section 114 Request (Confidential) August 23, 

2010 

235 Haldor Topsoe, Inc.; Response to EPA's Section 114 Request (Confidential) August 23,2010

236 Burns and McDonnell Response to EPA's Section 114 Request (Confidential) September 7, 2010 

237 Email from Brenda Morris to Terry O'Clair wiattachment September 13,2010 

238 Notes from calls with Haldor Topsoe and CERAM Environmental. 9/15/1 0 (HTI) and 9/17/1 0 

(CERAM) 

239 Notes from meeting between EPA, ERG and NDDH; January 11,2007 

240 NDDH; Findings of Fact; November 18,2010 

NDDH; Response to Comments; November 18,2010 

NDDH; Letter to David Loer; NOx BACT Determination, M.R. Young Station; November 18, 

2010; FolloWllp letter December 10,2010 

EPA Request for Information Pursuant to Section 114 of the Clean Air Act; June 20, 2008 

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244 Burns and McDonnell; EPA Information Request Responses (2008) 

Holland & Hart; Is SCR an Available and Technically Feasible BACT and BART Control 

Technology for North Dakota Lignite Cyclone Boilers?; April 13, 2009 

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246 Responses to Comments to NDDH Regarding Revised Draft NOx BACT Determination and North 

Dakota State Implementation Plan for Regional Haze, Milton R. Young Station Unit 1 and Unit 2; 

Minnkota Power Coop.; July 30, 2010 

Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors; AP-42; Section 10.2 Chemical Wood Pulping; 

September 1990 

Federal Register; March 7,1978 

Report of Hans Hartenstein: On North Dakota Department of Health's April 10, 2010 BACT 

Determination for Minnkota's M.R. Young Station; Hans Hartenstein; April 2010 (Confidential) 

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250 Budgetary Proposal for LDSCR and TESCR; CERAM Environmental; March 31, 2010; 

(Hartenstein Proposal - Confidential) 

Budgetary Proposal for SCR Catalyst in a Conceptual Low-Dust and Tail end SCR System; 

Johnson Mathey Catalysts; March 12, 2010 (Hartenstein Proposal- Confidential) 

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252 Budgetary Proposal for Low Dust and Tail end Study; Haldor Topsoe; March 20, 2010 

(Hartenstein Proposal - Confidential) 

EPA Letter to Minnkota on CD Obligations; September 9,2010 

EPA Letter to NDDH on Public Comment Extension; June 25, 2008 

Minnkota Letter to EPA on CD Obligations; October 12, 2010 

Red River Environmental Products Permitting Documents 

Public Notice; April 2010 

Gascoyne 500 Permit Application and NDDH's Preliminary Air Quality Effects Analysis 

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259 Email from Terry O'Clair to Brenda Morris; August 2, 2010