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– Final Determination 03/13 /2014 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 4

Final Determination U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Okeelanta Cogeneration Station

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For New Hope Power Company

On January 23

, 201 4 , the Region 4 o ffice of the U .S. Environmental Protection Agency requested public
comment on a draft Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air permit for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from New Hope Power Company’s (NHPC) Okeelanta Cogeneration Station Boiler D Project (Projec t).

The Project is a major modification which would allow installation and operation of an additional natural gas boiler with a maximum 1

- hour heat input rate of 589 million British thermal units per hour and a maximum steam production rate 440,000 pound s per hour.

The EPA prepared a preliminary determination , fact sheet, and statement of basis document that explains the permit requirements . These documents, as well as the application, supporting materials, public notice and response to public comments are available in the Administrative Record for this project. The Administrative Record is available at the EPA Region 4 office and can be access ed through EPA’s website at: h ttp://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/ghgpermits/ghgpermits.html and www.regulations.gov ( Docket #EPA

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. The EPA announced the public comment period and opportunity for public hearing v ia a public notice published in The Sun, The Clewiston News and The Glades Democrat

, in emails to the GHG public notice list, and on www.regulations.gov and the EPA Region 4’s website. A total of 9 comments from the company’s consultant were received (via email ) during the public comment period , which closed on February 24

, 2014

. The EPA reviewed each of the comment s received and prepared a Response to Comments document , which reiterates the comments and provides the EPA’s response s

. Complete copies of all comments are included in the Administrative R ecord for the Project , which can be accessed at the website s listed above

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A fter consideration of the expressed view of all interested persons, the pertinent federal statutes and regulations, the application and supplemental information submitted by the applicant, and additional material relevant to the ap plication and contained in the Administrative R ecord, the EPA has made a final determination in accordance with t itle 40

, C ode of F ederal R egulations (CFR)

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, to issue PSD air permit PSD

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. The final permit differ s from the draft pe rmit offered for public comment and the changes are indentified in the redline

- strikeout version of the final permit. In summary, the EPA made the following changes to the draft permit as a result of our response to public comments:

1. Corrected typos including, but not limited to, incorrect facility location description and existing boiler descriptions.NHPC Okeelanta Cogeneration Station Boiler Project (PSD

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– Final Determination 03/13 /2014

The final permit, the EPA’s response to the public comments, and any additional supporting information are available at http://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/ghgpermits/ghgpermits.html , as well as, the EPA Region 4 Office and are also available upon request to Ms. Rosa Yarbrough at: R4GHGpermits@epa.gov ; (404) 562

- 9643 ; or in writing to: EPA Region 4, APTMD; ATTN: Ms . Rosa Yarbrough ; 61 Forsyth Street, SW; Atlanta, G eorgia 30303.

Any person who filed comments on the draft permit may petition the Envir onmental Appeals Board (EAB) to review any of the revised condition s of the final permit , including a showing that the conditions in question are based on a finding of fact or law which is clearly erroneous, as well as, a demonstration that these same issu es were raised during the comment period

. Please see 40 CFR § 124.19 and visit http://www.epa.gov/eab/ for more information regarding the procedure for appeals to the EAB

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