[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8239-8240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4497]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program: Permit and Permit Modifications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of permits and permit modifications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as 
a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit 
modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X) compliance plans in 
accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and 
76). Because the Agency does not anticipate receiving adverse comments, 
the exemptions are being issued as a direct final action.

DATES: The permits and permit modifications issued in this direct final 
action will be final on April 7, 1997 or 40 days after publication of a 
similar notice in a local publication, whichever is later, unless 
significant, adverse comments are received by March 26, 1997 or 30 days 
after publication of a similar notice in a local publication, whichever 
is later. If significant, adverse comments are timely received on any 
permit or permit modification in this direct final action, that permit 
or permit modification will be withdrawn through a notice in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records. The administrative record for the 
permits, except information protected as confidential, may be viewed 
during normal operating hours at the following locations: for plants in 
Connecticut, EPA Region 1, JFK Building, One Congress Street, Boston, 
MA, 02203; for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, EPA 
Region 7, 726 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS, 66101; and for plants in 
Oregon, EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue (AT-082), Seattle, Washington, 
98101.
    Comments. Send comments, requests for public hearings, and requests 
to receive notice of future actions to: for plants in Connecticut, EPA 
Region 1, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Attn: Ian 
Cohen (address above); for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and 
Nebraska, EPA Region 7, Air, RCRA, and Toxics Division, Attn: Jon 
Knodel (address above); and for plants in Oregon, EPA Region 10, Air 
and Toxics Division, Attn: Joan Cabreza (address above). Submit 
comments in duplicate and identify the permit to which the comments 
apply, the commenter's name, address, and telephone number, and the 
commenter's interest in the matter and affiliation, if any, to the 
owners and operators of all units in the plan. All timely comments will 
be considered, except those pertaining to standard provisions under 40 
CFR 72.9 or issues not relevant to the permit or the permit 
modification.
    Hearings. To request a public hearing, state the issues proposed to 
be raised in the hearing. EPA may schedule a hearing if EPA finds that 
it will contribute to the decision-making process by clarifying 
significant issues affecting a NO<INF>X compliance plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For plants in Connecticut, call Ian 
Cohen, (617) 565-3568; for plants in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and 
Nebraska, call Jon Knodel, (913) 551-7622; and for plants in Oregon, 
call Joan Cabreza (206) 553-8505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IV of the Clean Air Act directs EPA to 
establish a program to reduce the adverse effects of acidic deposition 
by promulgating rules and issuing permits to emission sources subject 
to the program. In today's action, EPA is issuing permits and permit 
modifications that include approval of early election plans for 
NO<INF>X. The units that are included in the early election plans will 
be required to meet an actual annual average emissions rate for 
NO<INF>X of either 0.45 lbs/MMBtu for tangentially-fired boilers or 
0.50 lbs/mmBtu for dry bottom wall-fired boilers

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beginning on January 1, 1997 through December 31, 2007, after which 
they will be required to meet any applicable Phase II emissions 
limitation for NO<INF>X. The following is a list of units included in 
the permits or permit modifications and the limits that they are 
required to meet:
    Bridgeport Harbor unit BHB3 in Connecticut: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
designated representative is John A. Buffa.
    Ames units 7 and 8 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit 7, 0.50 lbs/
mmBtu for unit 8. The designated representative is Merlin C. Hove.
    Council Bluffs units 1 and 3 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
designated representative is William Leech.
    George Neal North units 2 and 3 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The 
designated representative is William Leech.
    George Neal South unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is William Leech.
    Lansing unit 4 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is Dale R. Sharp.
    Louisa unit 101 in Iowa: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is William Leech.
    Ottumwa unit 1 in Iowa: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is William W. Douglass.
    Nearman Creek unit 1 in Kansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is Larry Adair.
    Riverton units 39 and 40 in Kansas: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu for unit 39, 
0.45 lbs/mmBtu for unit 40. The designated representative is Bruce 
Baker.
    Sikeston unit 1 in Missouri: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is Randall Pick.
    Gerald Gentleman units 1 and 2 in Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The 
designated representative is W. J. Fehrman.
    Gerald Whelan Energy Center unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The 
designated representative is Marvin Schultes.
    Nebraska City unit 1 in Nebraska: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is William C. Jones.
    North Omaha unit 4 in Nebraska: 0.45 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is William C. Jones.
    Boardman unit 1SG in Oregon: 0.50 lbs/mmBtu. The designated 
representative is Richard J. Hess.

    Dated: February 14, 1997
Brian J. McLean,
Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of 
Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 97-4497 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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