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### 1999 Charlie Ellis , President Jewell Coa

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### _ 5 200 0 Vansan L V A 2465 6 Dea r Mr . Ellis : EP A AI R DOCKE T 

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lette r o f Ma y 12,1999 , tha

t encourage dth e Environmenta l Protection Agency (EPA ) a s par t the curren t effor t t o refor mth e new sourc e revie w (NSR) program , to reexamine th e criteri atha t determine whe

n majo r stationar y source s ar

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A to chang e thi s t o potential , rather tha n actual , level s fo r evaluatio n purposes . I understandyour concer n t o refe r t o ho w th e NS Rrule s calculat e a n emission s increas e a

t source s undertaking aphysica l or operationa

l change
. Th e curren t NS Rregulations , in accordanc e wit hth e Clea n Air Act , requir

e asourc e t o obtain apreconstructio n permit i f i t make s aphysica

l chang e a t aplant or achang e i n th e metho d o f operation tha

t result s i n a

n increas e in emissions
. I n general , th e rule s calculat e th e emission s increas e from achang e b y comparing the actua l emission s fromemission s unit s affecte dby th e chang e to thos e units ' post-chang e potentia l emissions
. A sourc e ma

y tak e enforceable restrictio'n s on operatin g parameter s o r direct emission s tha

t prevent th e calculate dincreas e from exceeding th e threshold
. Or , it ma y tak e credit fo r actua l emissio n reduction s o f

th e sam e pollutan t tha t hav e occurre di n th e severa l year s (typically th e las t

5 ) precedin g th e chang e t o yieldanet emission s increas e tha

t i s lowe r tha n th e threshold
. It i s crucia l t o note tha

t th e emission s increas e calculatio n i s necessar y only when a facilit y make s aphysica

l chang e or

change i n th e metho do f

operatio n tha

t increase s emissions
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t do not resul t i n asignifican

t net emission s increas e do no t

trigger majo r NSR
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t simply increas e operation s without aphysica l or operationa

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norma l marke t fluctuations—ar

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. [Se e 4 0 C.F.R
. § 52.2 1 (b)(2)(iii)(f). ] In area s designate dattainmen t o r unclassifiable , th e Preventio n o f Significan

t Deterioratio n (PSD ) requirement s appl y to significan

t net emissio n increase s o f

eac hpollutan t resultin g from apropose dmodification^PS D require s th e sourc e t o apply th e bes t availabl e control technology to th e new or modifie demission s unit s a

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o f post-controlle demission s o n th e ambien t concentration s as well a s effects on soils , water , vegetation , visibility , an dClas s I area s (larg e Nationa l Park s an dWildernes s Areas)
. Unacceptabl e impact s sucha s violation s o f nationa l ambient ai r qualit y standard s or

increments , advers e impact s on Clas s I areas , o r localize dimpact s o n soils , water , vegetation , an

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n begi n constructio n o n th e proposedproject
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anddoe s no t trigge r th e majo r sourc e NS Rapplicability'thresholds , th e minor new sourc e or

modificatio n permittin g proces s i s t o include a n air qualit y impact assessmen

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t emission s control s fo r eachpollutant

ca n ofte n expedit e th e permittin g proces s andoptimiz e opportunitie s fo r expansio n or

growth
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t o n changin g thi s calculatio n to us e potentia

l emission s a s th e pre-chang e baseline
. [See 6 1 FR38250,38268-7 0 (July 23,1996). ] Th e EP

A presently i s considerin g publi c comment s o n thi s proposal andhope s t o complet e final rulemakin g b y Januar y 2000
. We appreciat

e you r comment s andwil l include you r lette r in th e publi c docket

fo r thi s rulemaking
. I appreciat e thi s opportunit

y t o b e o f servic e an dtrus t tha t thi s information wil l b e helpfu l toyou 

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