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### C omme n t of the G ulf C oa s t Li gni te C oalition De a r M r. S pr uie ll: On be hal f of th e Gu lf Coa s t Li g nite Coa lition. we r e s pectfull y s ubmi t the a tt ached c ommen ts o n th e S ep tember 23 . 2 009 pr oposed U .S. E nvironme n tal Pr o tecti on Ag ency (E PA) d isappro va l o f cl emen ts o f th e Texa s State Implemen tatio n Pl an ( S I P). A s d esc ribed full y i n the attached c ommen t s, G CLC belie ves that the p rop osed d i s approval i s unwarranted b ecau se th e Tex as S I P . as implem ented b y th e Texas Co mmis sion o n En v iro nm e nta l Qu a li ty ( T C EQ) m e et s or exceed s Federal C lea n Ai r A ct (FCAA ) requireme nts . Sho u ld yo u have a n y a ddi tional que stion s , p lease d o n ot he sitat e to co ntact m e. Respectfull y u bm i tt ed.

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### C OMMEN T O F T HE GULF C OAST L IGN ITE C OAL ITION I NTR on UC Tl o N T he G ul f Coas t Li gni te Coa litio n ( GC LC) i s a coal itio n o f e nt itie tha t o w n o r o pera te lig nite and coal -f i re d p ower pl ant s a nd urfa c e m ines wi thin the t are s o f T e xas . Louisiana a nd M is issippi . Co a l it ion me mb ers h ip re pre e nt s a v as t m ajor it y o f th e li gnite m in in g a nd li g ni te-ti red el ectrical ge n eration i ndu stry i n Tex as. Lo uisi a na a n el M i ssissippi . In T exas a lon e. th ese i ndu s trie s re pr es ent o ve r 1 0 b illio n in a nnu a l e xpend iture s a n d o ver 33 ,000 perma nent job . G CL C a ck nowledges that, as recognized by the Te xas Co mm ission on En vironmental Quali ty (TC E Q) , som e changes to the language in the Texa s rule s cou ld be made to imp rove clarit y and tran sp arenc y . H owever , the Te xas S tate Implem e ntation Plan ( SIP ), a s implemented b y t h e TC E Q, meet s or e xceed s Fe dera l C lean Ai r A ct ( F CA A) requ irement s a nd f o rmal S IP d i s app roval i s ina ppropriate. T he E P A s h o uld look b eyo nd imm ater ial dif fer enc e s in the rule pr o vi i o ns a nd focu s on th e p ositi ve re sult s that Tex as ha s been a ble to a chie v e under the Tex as Cl e an A ir A ct (T C A A) and t he State " accompanying s ub m ittals to alter the Te xas S IP . E PA h a s a h istor y of f ocu si ng on re s ults , and . as s u ch , we wou ld a sk t h at E PA continue th at pra ctice a nd n ot ch oose to a lte r co ur se duri ng a ti me when th e reg iona l a nd n ational econom y are the m ost vul nera ble. A s di scu ssed full y below, the Texas S IP , i nclud ing the progra m s that the E PA ha s propo sed to di s appro ve, have met the go als e stab li shed in the FC AA by being pr otective of the pu b lic h ealth a nd welfare in o ne o f t he nation ' s mos t prod uct ive s t ate s . T exas ' power , f uel, chem ical a nd m anu f acturing production exceed s that of a ny o ther s t ate, and the Texas p ow er indu str y i s t he b edroc k f or thi s pr oduction c apac it y . T exas prod ucers a rc able t o achie ve thi s high le v el o f output , while s ti ll emitting fewer emi ssions per me gawatt th a n t he va st ma j orit y o f s t ates in thi s country . The variet y of Texa s a ir permi tting p rogram s pro tect th e environment a nd en sure th at T exas mee ts t he lette r i ntent of FCAA, w hile also preservi ng economic grow th and jo b creation for a g rowi n g econo my and pop ulation -t hi s s houl d be e ncou raged, n ot res trict ed . M an y T exas permittee s ha ve re li ed on th e numer ous p rovision s that f a ll within the T exa s " S IP ga p" ; in s o m e c a es , the s e pr ovi s ion s h ave be en awa iting E P A a ction f or 1 5 y ea rs pr io r to th e E PA's recent p ropos ed di s appr oval. Th e E PA's Feder al Regi ster n otice s in n o w ay ac kn ow led ge thi s b u rd e n f or w hich th e E PA it s elf i s re spo n s ible . A s a di rect re sult o f E PA ' s ap pro ach , ther e i s a re al p o tential f or incre a s e s in c ompl iance c o sts and uncert a int y w hi le th e re g ul at ed c om munity g ra pp les w ith bu sine s s d eci s ion s that mu st b e mad e in a ne w le ga l en vironm ent w her e th e v alidity o f lon g - stand ing a ir a u thoriz at io ns is in qu e stion . T he n et re s ult o f a c o ntinua t io n o f E PA's approach will be r e s trained , del a y ed , and p o ssibl y even c a nc e lled b u si ne ss i n vestm e nt wh ile po w e r p lan t s ( and o t he r Te x a s indu str ie s) t r y to pr ed ict th eir c o mpl ianc e res po ns ib i l ities . T he E PA's app roac h in thr ea teni n g to di sap prove m ultipl e p ro gram s co uld re sul t i n e ffect ivel y p unishi ng th e re g ul at ed co mmunity b y fo rcin g it to go thro u g h a ddi ti o n a l e xpen sive a nd e nvi ronm e n tall y u nnec ess a ry p ermittin g p rocesse s. T h is o utc o m e i s the re su lt of the E PA ' s a p pa rent f ocu s o n f or m o ver s u bs ta nce in t hi s in stan ce - and s ever al m i sun der st and ings abo ut th e 566428 2v.4Mr. 

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n at ure o f t he T exas a ir p e rmittin g p r ogr am . GCL C unde r s tand s tha t the E PA m u st uph old it s o b liga t ion t o e nfo rce the C lea n Ai r A ct. b ut GC LC respec tfully r eq uests tha t the ta ke a c ollabo ra tive , n o t comba tive , a ppro ach wi th T exa s. Thi s approach w ill l i m i t t he uncerta int y that threat en s j ob s and the oth erwise h ealth y e cono m ic d evel opment o f T exa , w hich p rov i l e s p roducts that p lay u ch a k e ro le to the eco no mic vi ta lity o f o ur nati on . 1)1 

### cus 1. T exa s' Public Participati on Pro gram i s R obu st and Mee ts or Exc eed s A ll Fe de ral Publi c Pnrticipati on Requ irem ents. GC L C fir st of fer s c omment s o n T exas ' p ublic particip ation pro gram , a s the pu blic parti ci pation iss ue s are im plicated thr oug ho ut th e three a bo ve- ref ere nced Fede ral R egister n otices. GCL C c onsid ers th ese co mme nts tim el y a nd appropri ate give n E PA 's pr eam ble s t ate m e nt tha t d irect s the publ ic to rea d th e thr ee p end ing n otices a nd th e Nove mber 200 8 pu blic p art icipat ion packa ge " i n co nj unc tion " w ith ea ch o ther. In 1999 , the Texas Legi sla ture en acted HB 8 0 I , wh ich c reated a n ew c ross- me dia p ub lic n otice a nd part icipati on p roces s for e nvi ro n menta l permittin g in Tex as. T he element s of thi s p ro gram ar e robust and f ully comp liant with federa l req uirem e nt s. In fact , this proce ss e xceeds the requireme nt s of th e fe de ral ru le s in almo s t e very re s pect. Fi rst , n otice of a ll a pplications i s publ i shed in a n ew spaper of ge neral circul ation i n the a re a w here the n ew pr o ject wi ll b e loca ted. ' T his n otic e trig ger s a 30

- day publ ic co mme nt period . Durin g thi s p eri od. th e public m ay t i le wri tte n co mme nts a nd, d ep end ing o n t he type of p erm it bei ng app lied fo r , requ est a publ ic m eeting o r a c ontested c ase h e arin g . H owever . the p ub lic

eve n p art ies n ot re sidin g in th e S ta te - may m ake co mme nts o n a n a ir pe rmit ap pli cation , and the TC E Q i s ob ligat ed t o re spond to the s e comment s .' No te that E PA's p re am b le s tateme n t that on ly a ffected per son s are a llowed to c om me nt and tri gge r a re s pon se o bliga tio n b y TCE Q reflect s a fundam e ntal mi sunder standing o f the Texa s pro g ram . B a sed on the leve l of pub li c int erest , p u blic m e etin gs arc a l so pro vided f o r in the T exa s r ul es . It is impo rtant to rec ogni z e that th e " public m eeting" co mpo nent of th e s ta te p rogram is e q uiva lent t o the " p ublic h earin g" c o mponent of the federa l p rogram . Th e T exas prog ram goe s we ll be yond th e n oti ce and mee tin g pr oc ess c on templa ted b y the E PA's ow n r u les a nd a llow s "affec ted pe r so n s" to have the ri g ht to re que s t a conte sted case hea ring. T he s ta te " hea rin g" co mpo nent exc eed s th e f ederal req uire me nt s b y p rovi din g f or a tr ial-t y pe c onte ste d c ase h e aring . I f gra nted "a ffec ted p ers on " s tatus, the pro te s tant will beco me a p art y to a n a d m i n is trati ve pro ceeding . In t h is pr oce edin g, th e p erm it ap plican t h as th e burden of proo f for d em on strating tha t it s pe rmi t fu lly co mp lie s with a ll a spect s of a pplicab le Te xas and fede ra l sta tute . A s a p a rt y to thi s p roceeding, a prote stan t h as th e le gal a utho rit y to ch a llen ge e vi d enc e a nd a rgument s p ut f orth b y the a pp l ica nt. T he proceedi ng i s h eld before a n Admini stra ti ve Law

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- type c on tes te d ca se he ari n g p ro c ess, the T exa s p u b lic p a rt icipation p roce ss go es w ell b e y o nd fe deral re qu ire me n t . w hich req u ire o nly tha t in te re s ted p artie ' h ave t h e ab i lit y to pa rtic ipate in a n oti ce and co mme nt per iod . GC LC u nd er st and s t h at th e T CE Q i s w o rkin g wi th the E P A to a d d res m an y of the c o nc erns that t he E P A h a s a dv anc ed , a nd GCLC s up po rts t he s e eff o rts . H o wever , G CL C be l ieve s th at. as a p art o f t hese n egot iat io n s , th e E P A i s a tt em p ti ng t o imp ose re q uirem en ts th a t g o be yo nd it s o wn r e gu lati o n s . For in s tance, the E P A arg ue s that T exas ' S IP v io late s 4 0 C . F .R . 

### § 51. 161(a ) and ( b) bec a u se t he Texa s p ro g ram in c ertain s it ua ti o ns d oe s n ot requ ire a sec o nd ro und of no tice aft er th e dr aft permit ha s b een pr epared and th e T CE Q h as made an init ial d ec i si on o n th e applica ti on . H owe ver , th e T exa s p rog ram c omplie s with the technical requirem ent s of E P A 's re gulation s . T he E P A' s rule s o nly p rov i de th at the " pub lic inf ormation mu st in clu de the a ge nc y's anal ysi s of th e ef f ect o f co n st ruction o r m odific ation o n a m b i e nt a ir q uality , inc ludin g th e a ge ncy ' s prop o s ed a p proval or di s appr oval .":' Th e E PA 's re gu lation s do n ot re qui re n otice to b e i ss ued o f thi s p ublic i nfo rma tion , o nl y that i t b e m ade a va ilable to th e p ublic . U n der th e Te xa s prog ram. thi s in f o rm ation i s m ade a vai lable t o the p ublic. F u rth e rm o re , T exas al so s a tis fie s th e "m inimum re q u ire m e n ts" set f o rth a t 40 C. F. R . 

### § 5 1.16 1 ( b ) . T hi s is the kind o f s ema nti c d i s tinct io n w e h o pe E PA c an m o ve be yo nd to re s ol ve th e s e i ssue s im me diatel y. In s um, the p ublic pa rticipation pro ce ss is ro bu s t a n d eff ect ive . E v e ry s t a te i s gi ven the flexi bility un de r t he F CAA to mee t t h e mi nimum requ ir em ent s of th at Ac t an d tail o r ad diti o n a l re quirement s to fit i t s nee d s . B y fa il i n g to re c og n ize t he s uffi cie n cy of th e c urren t pu b li c pa rticipation p roc e ss, E P A h a s tr igge red s o m e d i sc u ssio n s i n T exas abou t wh ether the Te x a s publ ic part icipat ion pr oce s s s h o uld s imply mirro r th e fe dera l s ys t e m , w h ic h w oul d me an the e limination of th e Te xas c onte sted ca se h earin g p roce ss -an o utco me th e e n vi ron ment al co mmun i ty h as l ong o ppo se d. B y re solvin g s e mantic di Iference s an d e liminatin g u nce rtaint y a b o ut t he s tatus o f th e Te xa s S IP a s s oon a s po s s ible, E PA will minimi ze th e ne ed f or the St ate o f T exas to hav e tha t deb ate. 

### 2 . T exas' Definiti on of " Be st Ava ilable Co ntro l Tec hnology" I s C ons iste nt W ith F edera l Re gul ati on s." Tex a s ' Februa r v 1 . 200 6 s ub m i tta l s rev i sed s e c ti o ns o f th e Te xa s P S D S IP remo v i n g re fe renc e s t o th e fed eral d efin i ti o n of BA CT a s d efin ed in 4 0 C. F .R . 5 1. 166 (b)( 1 2 ) . 5 s taff h a s i nd ic at e d th at thi s w a s an u nin tent i o n al rem oval o f th e pro vi s io n . It w ill be add re s sed i n rule maki n g tha t is s c h e du le d f o r the J a n ua r y 1 3 . 2 0 I 0 TC E Q age nda . Thi s s h o u ld r e s ol v e E PA c o ncern s regardin g t h e Tex a s P SD p rogra m .

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### £ \' 1. p ruiell Novemb er 2'" . 2009 P a ge 6 The T exa s BAC T ass ess me nt pr ocess i s le gally v a lid as i t h as b een an d c on tinu e s to b e i n f ull c omp l ianc e w ith F CAA req uirem ent s . T hi s is pa rtic ular ly importan t for tho s e en tities tha t w ere s ubjec t t o a BACT a na l ys is a nd receiv ed P SD pe rmi t s u nder the F e bruary 20 06 s u b mi ttal rules a nd f or those e ntities wh o c ont inue to b e s ub je ct to BA CT anal ysis . Te xa s h a s a three -tiered B A CT appro ach th a t h as be en prev iously a p p rov e d by th e E PA. T his p olicy , a s d emo n s trated in the TCE Q gu id ance do cument " Ev a lu a t i n g B est A vail able C ont rol Technology ( B AC T) in A i r P ermit Applic at ions." o utlines BAC T p ol ic y in the s tate . Dr afte d in A pril 2 001 . it h as b ee n t he prim ar y g uidance doc u ment f or both perm ittee s a nd protes tant f or B ACT assess me nt. 

### It pr eda te the Texa s Feb ru ary 200 6 s ub m itta l b y almo s t f ive y ears and c o ntinue s to b e the pr ima ry g u idance d o cum ent regar din g B ACT a fter the s ubmittal s; B A CT ha s b een con si stent ly app lied by th e TCE Q be fore a nd after the s ubmitted c hanges to C hap te r 11 6 of" Ti tle 30 o f the T E XAS ADM I N ISTRATIVE C ODE. T he EP A in th e pro pos ed di s appr oval ci tes Se ction 1 65 of the FCAA, w hich provide s th at " n o major e m itting fa cility . . . may be c onstru cted [o r m odi fied] in a ny area w hic h thi s p art applie s un less

- ( I ) a permi t has been i ssued for s uch p ropo s ed fa ci lity in acco rda nce wit h thi s part s e tt i n g for th e mis s ion limit ations fo r s uch facility which co nfo rm to th e requ ire ment s o f th i s p art . . . (4) th e p ropo sed fac ility i s s ub jec t t o the be st avai lable c ontrol techn ology fo r eac h p ollu tant s ub je ct to regulati on under thi s chapter . " ? TCE Q 's thr ee-ti er appro ach to BAC T meet s th e abo ve requir ements , en suring that facil ities receiving PSD permit s in the s tate conform t o th e requ irement s of S ection 1 65 o f the FCA A a nd are requ ired to utili ze the Be st Avai lable Co ntrol Techn olog y . F urthermore , E PA ha s vo iced i ts s upport 1' 01' T exas th ree-ti er a p proa ch dur ing n egotiation s wi th TCE Q ove r th ese i s sue s. Whi le re spondin g t o TCEQ sub mittals , th e E PA o n Oc tober 27, 2008 s ta t ed that i t "ag reed w ith m an y" o f the s tatements m ade b y TCE Q d e fendin g their B A CT p rog ram in a June 13. 2008 letter. ? T CEQ s tatements included th at , t o it s un derstand ing, the th ree -tiered appr oach i s a n acc eptable and a pproved approach b y the E PA I f the E PA di d h ave conc ern s with that a ssessment , the E PA had the opportunity to v oic e them at that time or s ince T exas (a nd other s tates) began u sing thi s type of three-ti ered approa ch . In ligh t or the a bove f act s, GC LC f und amentall y d isa g rees w ith E PA ' s letter, d a ted Nove mber 12 , 2009. re spon s e t o TC E Q co mment s, s ta t e d that t he E PA d oes " not believe that all exi s tin g major NS R per mi t mee t CAA B ACT 

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### § 11 6 . 61 7 ) i s ov erl y bro ad 9 and th at the ele me nts or c ase-b y -case a dd i ti o n al a u tho riza t ion s, s o ur ce -s p e cif ic r eview s , a n d s o ur ce s pec i fi c tec hnical dete rminati o n s wa rr a nt the m inor NS R S IP c as e-b y - ca s e p erm it p roce s s und er 3 0 T AC § 1 16 . 11 O( a ) (1 

### ) . 10 T h e fo undatio n for E P A ' s arg ume nt i s tha t, acco rding t o the propo sed d i sap prov al, " a St andard Perm i t i s a m inor N S R pe rmit l imited to a pa rticular n arrowly defi ned so ur ce category for w hich the p erm it i s de sig ne d t o cover a nd ca nno t be u sed to m ake site

- s pecific deter minatio n s t h a t are o uts ide th e s co pe o f th i s type of pe r m it. " I I Th e E PA's b a si s i n na rro w ly de fining a S ta nd a rd Perm it to o ne s o ur ce catego ry i s n o t f ou n d in the FCAA o r E P A rul es . TCE Q ' s P C P Standa rd Pe rm i t m eet s th e req uire men t s o f the FCA A. Se ctio n 11 0 (a)(2 ) (C ) i s th e p r imary p ro vi si o n of t he FCAA go verni ng E PA a ppr o va l o f s tanda rd s pe rm i t s , a n d s tates th at e ach S IP s ha ll " prov i de f o r . . . re gul a ti on o f the m odi fica tio n a nd c o nstru c tion of a ny stati o nary so ur c e w ithin th e a reas co ve red b y th e p lan as n ec ess ar y to ass ur e tha t nati o nal a mb ie nt a ir q uality s t an da rds are ac hiev ed , incl udin g a p ermit pro gra m as re q uired in p a rt s C [ P SD ] a n d 

### 0 [n on att ainm en t NS R ]. " S in ce s tanda rd p e r mit s a re m ad e un a v aila bl e t o a u th o riz e n ew major s o ur ces a nd ma jo r m odifications s ub jec t t o P art s C a nd D , th e P C P S tandard P erm it does n ot run afo ul o f th e F CAA . F urthermo re , th e P CP Sta nda rd P erm it s at isfies E PA's re quireme nt s f o r min or NS R pr o gram s fo und a t 4 0 C.F . R . 

### § 5 1.1 60 . F in a lly, a s a n a d di ti o n al element a b o ve a n d b e yo nd fe d eral requir e ment s , th e Exec u tive D irector o f th e T C EQ m ain t a in s a n abi lity 10 pr eve nt the pe rm it f rom be in g**p~ rove**  if th e E D de termin e s th er e are he alth effec ts co nce rn s o r th e p oten tial to ex ceed NAA QS . L GC LC ur ge s E PA to aff ir m the s u ffi c ienc y o f th e TC EQ P CP Sta ndard P e rmi t p rocess to e li minate fur the r un cert a int y ab o ut the s ta tus o f th e T exa s pro g r am a n d th e s uffic i ency o f ex i s ting o r pen d i n g Stan dard P e rm i t s .

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g ation of Imp lementatio n Plans; Tex as; R evis i o ns to the i ew S ource R e vi ew ( NS R) S tate Imp lem entation Plan ( S IP) ; Preve nti on of S ign ificant De teri o ration ( PS D), N o n at t a inment NS R (NNS R) for the 1997 S-H our O zo ne S t an dard , NS R R ef

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### 8 4 . Tex a s ' F lexible P ennittin g Pr o gram , a s A d mini s tered , I s Co n sis tent With Fe de ra l P e rmittin g R equir em ent s , a nd th e T exa s S IP 

### R equir e s Onl y M ino r Cl a rif yi ng A mend m e nt s. T h E P ' s Federal Regis ter n otice s a nd c orre spon denc e w i th the T CEQ i gnore th e fac t that the T exas Fl exible Perm i tt i n g Progra m ha s h a d a sig ni fica n t i mpa ct i n improv in g air qu a lity in T exas . The p rog ram, in it ially imple m ented in 19 94, w as s uccess ful i n br i n gi n g m a n y m aj or s o ur ces o u t o f g ra n d fa the red s tat us a nd i nt o t he Tex a s perm itt in g p r o g ram. S ince th at ti me. t he F lex ibl e Pe rm i ttin g Pr o g r am ha s prov i de d T exas w i th an o p po r t unity to a c h ieve re al r edu ctions i n e m i ss io n s fro m the 

### f a cilitie s t ha t h old th e s e p e rmit s. a s can be m ea sure d b y th e s i g nifica nt im p roveme nts i n a ir q ua l ity in T exa s' N o n attai nm c nt are a s. A lthough G CL C ' s member s d o n ot c u rrent ly re ly o n thi s p erm itt ing pro g ram , we belie ve it ha s

e r ve d th e S tate wel l. It i s ther efo re in t h e i ntere s t of t he E P A a nd th e T CEQ to re so l ve a ny re m a ining i ss ue s a nd e liminate unc er tai nt y a s s oo n a s po ssible . C ON C L US ION B a s ed o n a ll 0 f th e i ss ues s e t o ut above , GC LC i s co nce rned th at th e E P A has in jecte d un certaint y int o th e Texa s re g ul at o r y f ra m e w ork wi tho u t a n y pr om i s e of addi ti o n al env iro nm e nt al pr o tec ti o n . U nc ert a in t y w i ll lea d to i ncrea se d cos t s to s u p p l ie r s of e lectricit y. f u e l s , a nd p roduc t s, whi c h w ill i n tu rn lead to i ncreased pric es f or c on sum ers across the c ount r y dur in g a time wh e n A me rican co ns umer s a re e co n omicall y v ulnerable a nd Te xa s i s w o rking to c re a te job s and pr ov ide a ffo rdab le a n d re li a ble e le c t rici ty fo r a g row in g p opu la ti on . We rem ain ho pe ful th at E PA wi ll a vo id thi s o u tcome by w orkin g to the resolve th e s e i s sue s w it hout the ne e d for S IP d i s appro val. G C L C a p preciates th e o ppo r tu n i ty to f i le th e s e c o mm e nt s and w elc om e s partici pation in proce s ses i n the futur e t o inf or mall y re s ol v e th e i ss ue s a dd res s ed in t h is co mm en t.

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