UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

REGION IX 

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD 

ADVANCED NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING 

Assessment of Anticipated Visibility Improvements at Surrounding Class I Areas and Cost 

Effectiveness of Best Available Retrofit Technology for Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo 

Generating Station 

Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2009-0598 

DOCKET INDEX 

Docket Section or Item Date of 

Item

Docket 

Item No.

 

I. Documents Submitted by Facilities 

 Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Modeling Protocol 

for Salt River Project (SRP) Navajo Generating Station (NGS) 9/07 0002 

 BART Analysis for SRP-NGS 11/07 0003 

 Arizona Public Service (APS) Company Four Corners Power 

Plant (FCPP) BART Analysis for NOx and Particulate Matter 

o Table of Contents 

o Introduction 

o Modeling Protocol 

o Engineering Analysis 

o Modeling Report 

o Conclusions 

1/29/08 0004 

 Response to Request for Additional Information and 5/14/08 

Conference Call from APS to EPA 5/28/08 0005 

 Response to Request for List of Fugitive Emission Sources from 

APS to EPA 6/10/08 0006 

 Letter from SRP to EPA re: BART Analysis – Cost Information 

NGS 7/29/08 0007 

 Email from SRP to EPA re: Detailed Cost Assumptions for 

NGS 8/20/08 0008 

 APS Supplemental BART Analysis 

o Letter from APS to EPA 

o Cover and Contents 

o Supplemental BART Visibility Report 

o PM Source List 

o Updated BART Conclusions 

12/16/08 

12/06/08 

11/08 

12/08 

12/08 

0009 

 NGS Revised BART Analysis 

o Cover Letter 12/08 0010 
o Revised BART Report 

 Response from APS to EPA BART Analysis Information 

Request on Costs 3/16/09 0011 

 Letter from SRP to EPA following May 7, 2009 Meeting 6/3/09 0012 

 Conceptual Plan for Ammonia Monitoring in the Vicinity of the 

NGS 6/18/09 0013 

 

II. Documents from Impacted States 

 Letter from Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to 

EPA 6/12/08 0014 

 Letter from Colorado Department of Public Health and 

Environment to EPA 5/21/08 0015 

 

III. Documents from Federal Land Managers 

 Letter from USDA Forest Service to EPA 3/16/09 0016

 Letter from National Park Service to EPA 7/24/09 0017 

o Appendices 7/24/09 0036.1-

59 

 

IV. Documents from Other Stakeholders 

 Letter from Central Arizona Project to EPA – Comments on 

BART Evaluation for NOx at NGS 7/13/09 0018 

 

V. Correspondence from EPA 

 Letter from EPA to FCPP 4/29/08 0019 

 Letter from EPA to NGS 4/29/08 0020 

 Letter from EPA to APS 7/1/08 0021 

 Letter from EPA to NGS 7/1/08 0022 

 

VI. Documents Referenced in ANPRM 

 AP-42 Chapter 1.1 Bituminous and Subbituminous Coal

Combustion 9/98 0023 

 AP-42 Background Document for Chapter 1.1 9/98 0024 

 Hydrogen Chloride and Hydrogen Fluoride Emission Factors 

for the NAPAP Inventory, EPA-600/7-85-041 10/85 0025 

 EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, 6th Edition, Section 1, 

Chapter 2 – Cost Estimation: Concepts and Methodology, 

EPA/452/B-02-001 

1/02 0026 

 EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, 6th Edition, Section 4, 

Section 4.2 – NOx Post-Combustion, Chapter 2 – SCR, 

EPA/452/B-02-001 

9/00 0027 

 Estimating Total Sulfuric Acid Emissions from Stationary 

Power Plants 1016384, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo 

Alto, CA, Technical Update 

3/08 0028 

 Evaluation and Mitigation of Visible Acidic Aerosol Plumes 9/06 0029 
from Coal Fired Power Boilers, Final Report, EPA/600/R-06-

156 

 Estimating Total Sulfuric Acid Emissions from Coal-fired 

Power Plants, R. Hardman, R. Stacy, and E. Dismukes, Revised 

K. Harrison and L. Monroe 

9/98 0030 

 SO3 Mitigation – Current Utility Operating Experience, Electric 

Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 1010754, Technical 

Update 

3/06 0031 

 White Paper – Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Control of 

NOx Emissions from Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Power Plants, 

Institute of Clean Air Companies 

5/09 0032 

 Interagency Workgroup On Air Quality Modeling (IWAQM) 

Phase 2 Summary Report And Recommendations For Modeling 

Long Range Transport Impacts (EPA-454/R-98-019) 

12/98 0033 

 Guidance for Estimating Natural Visibility Conditions Under 

the Regional Haze Rule, EPA-454/B-03-005 9/03 0034 

 CALPUFF modeling files are available upon request (not 

posted to docket) 

 Emission calculation files are available upon request (not 

posted to docket) 

 

 

VII. Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

 Signed Notice 0035 

 

VIII. Sign-In Sheets 

 Clean Energy Group 3/3/10 0232 

 SRP Federal Agency 2/11/10 0233 

 

IX. Public Comments Submitted 

 Robert Wagner 9/9/09 0037 

 Norman Fichthorn 9/9/09 0038 

 John Slaughter 8/25/09 0039 

 Rachell Hoopes 8/26/09 0040 

 Robert Wagner 8/28/09 0041 

 David Steele 8/31/09 0042 

 David Modeer 9/1/09 0043 

 Richard Hayslip 9/1/09 0044 

 Mark Schiavoni 9/2/09 0045 

 Norman Fichthorn 9/3/09 0046 

 Gary Yaquinto 9/4/09 0047 

 Mark Camrud 9/7/09 0048 

 Erik Bakkan 9/9/09 0055 

 Glenn Hamer 9/9/09 0056 
 Carla Sonntag 9/9/09 0057 

 William Hagler 9/10/09 0058 

 James Sims 9/11/09 0059 

 Kim Ground 9/14/09 0060 

 David Modeer 9/15/09 0061 

 Mark Schiavoni 9/15/09 0062 

 Richard Hayslip 9/15/09 0063 

 Norman Fichthorn 9/16/09 0069 & 

0069.1 

 Benjamin H. Grumbles 9/18/09 0070& 

0070.1 

 James B. Martin 9/25/09 0071& 

0071.1 

 Seth Cohen 9/28/09 0072 

 John Suthers 9/28/09 0073 

 Ann Kirkpatrick 9/16/09 0074 

 William Sharer 9/18/09 0075 

 Kris Dixon 9/28/09 0076 

 Raul Grijalva 10/7/09 0077 

 Janice Brewer 10/13/09 0078 

 John Lewis 10/13/09 0079 

 Ed Pastor 10/14/09 0080 

 Harry Mitchell 10/14/09 0081 

 Ann Kirkpatrick, Trent Franks, Jeff Flake, Gabrielle Giffords 10/15/09 0082 

 Ben Lujan, Harry Teague, Ann Kirkpatrick 10/15/09 0083 

 Warde Nichols 10/16/09 0084 

 Roger Irwin 10/19/09 0085 

 Ward Nicholas 11/23/09 0086 

 Mary A. Felter 9/19/09 0087 

 Roger Irwin 11/23/09 0088 

 Jeff Bingaman 10/19/09 0089 

 Kirk Adams 10/21/09 0090 

 Robert Burns 10/21/09 0091 

 Michael Curtis 10/22/09 0092 

 Christopher Deschene 10/23/09 0093 

 John Kyl, John McCain, John Shadegg 10/23/09 0094 

 Carla Sonntag 10/23/09 0095 

 Andy Janeczek 10/24/09 0096 

 Orestuf 10/24/09 0097 

 Karsten Crouse 10/24/09 0098 

 Jodi Foran 10/25/09 0099 

 Jodi Foran 10/25/09 0100 

 Bill Vana 10/25/09 0101 

 Tom Buschatzke 10/26/09 0108 

 Alisa Gardiner 10/26/09 0109 
 Stephanie Huss 10/26/09 0110 

 Karen Lovelien and Fred Boshardt 10/26/09 0111 

 Janet Rees 10/26/09 0112 

 Joe Ward 10/26/09 0113 

 Jim D’Arezzo 10/27/09 0115 

 Nancy Norem 10/27/09 0116 

 Steven Olson 10/27/09 0117 

 Cynthia Ortman 10/27/09 0118 

 Gary Yaquinto 10/27/09 0119 

 Alice Boyd 10/28/09 0120 

 Michael Cochran 10/28/09 0121 

 Mike Eisenfeld 10/28/09 0122 

 Norman Fichthorn 10/28/09 0123 

 Eric Massey 10/28/09 0124 

 William Hagler 10/28/09 0125 

 Richard Hayslip 10/28/09 0126 

 Charles Roybal 10/28/09 0127 

 Robert Lynch 10/28/09 0128 

 Douglas Miller 10/28/09 0129 

 William Rhodes 10/28/09 0130 

 Chris Udall 10/28/09 0131 

 Jeff Biggs 9/14/09 0150 

 Glenn Hamer 9/15/09 0151 

 Gary Yaquinto 9/15/09 0152 

 David Crockett 9/17/09 0153 

 Keith Johns 9/17/09 0154 

 Carol Spencer and Margaret McDaniel 9/21/09 0155 

 John Johnson 10/1/09 0156 

 Thomas and Diane Metzger 10/5/09 0157 

 Mary Felter 10/12/09 0158 

 John Lewis 10/13/09 0159 

 John Camper 10/19/09 0160 

 Boyd Dunn 10/19/09 0161 

 David Crockett 10/21/09 0162 

 Jeff Biggs 10/22/09 0163 

 Loren Brown 10/22/09 0164 

 James Cavanaugh 10/23/09 0165 

 John Lewis 10/23/09 0166 

 Mary Felter 9/11/09 0167 

 James Doyle 9/15/09 0168 

 Joe Shirley, Jr. 9/16/09 0169 

 Rick Cables and Corbin Newman 10/26/09 0170 

 David Godlewski 10/26/09 0171 

 Michael Guymon 10/26/09 0172 

 Marshall Brown 10/23/09 0173 
 Dean Martin 10/26/09 0174 

 Peter Spehar 10/20/09 0175 

 William Hagler 10/27/09 0176 

 Mary Uhl 10/28/09 0177 

 Lorri Gray-Lee 10/20/09 0178 

 Wally Murphy 11/3/09 0190 

 66 letters Various 0191 

 1766 letters Various 0192 

 291 letters Various 0193 

 4400 letters Various 0194 

 Ed Fox 10/28/09 0195 

 Amy Atwood et al. 10/28/09 0196 

 James Doyle 10/14/09 0197 

 Philip Saletta 9/28/09 0200 

 Robert L. Burns 12/2/09 0201 

 Harry E. Mitchell 11/24/09 0202 

 Janice Brewer 12/18/09 0203 

 Stephen B. Etsitty 12/18/09 0204 

 John R. Lewis 12/18/09 0205 

 David Modeer 12/18/09 0206 

 Ned Norris, Jr. 12/11/09 0207 

 Michael Snyder 11/20/09 0208 

 Joe Shirley, Jr. 3/1/10 0209 

 William Rhodes 2/23/10 0210 

 Leroy Shingoitewa 3/1/10 0211 

 Ned Norris, Jr. 3/1/10 0212 

 Leroy Shingoitewa 3/1/10 0213 

 Robert Palmquist 3/1/10 0214 

 John R. Jacobsen 4/5/10 0216 

 Ed Helbing 4/5/10 0217 

 Scott Michlin 4/5/10 0218 

 Richard M. Hayslip 4/5/10 0219 

 Eladio M. Knipping, Naresh Kumar, and Stephanie L. Shaw 4/5/10 0220 

 Glenn Kellow 4/5/10 0221 

 David S. Steele 4/5/10 0222 

 Norman W. Fichthorn 4/5/10 0223 

 Anonymous 4/5/10 0224 

 Lin Sloan 4/5/10 0225 

 Vincent Yazzie 4/5/10 0226 

 Erik Bakken 4/5/10 0227 

 Allen Z. Wollscheidt 4/5/10 0228 

 Anonymous 4/5/10 0229 

 Eladio M. Knipping, Naresh Kumar, and Stephanie L. Shaw 4/5/10 0230 

 Mary Uhl 4/5/10 0231 

 Larry Echo Hawk 4/21/10 0235 
 Misc. 4/21/10 0236 

 Peter Yucupicio 4/21/10 0237 

 Kate Waite 4/21/10 0238 

 John Mullen 4/21/10 0239 

 Sandra L. Doty 4/21/10 0240 

 Gordon R. Briggs 4/21/10 0241 

 Elizabeth J. Rohn-Nelson 4/21/10 0242 

 April Riggins 4/21/10 0243 

 Diane Enos 4/21/10 0244 

 

X. EPA Responses to Requests for Extension 

 Norman Fichthorn 9/9/09 0049 

 Richard Hayslip 9/9/09 0050 

 David Modeer 9/9/09 0051 

 Mark Schiavoni 9/9/09 0052 

 David S. Steele 9/9/09 0053 

 Gary M. Yaquinto 9/9/09 0054 

 Erik Bakkan 9/14/09 0064 

 James T. Sims 9/14/09 0065 

 William Hagler 9/14/09 0066 

 Carla Sonntag 9/14/09 0067 

 Glenn Hamer 9/14/09 0068 

 Gabrielle Giffords 11/4/09 0102 

 Raul Grijalva 11/4/09 0103 

 Ann Kirkpatrick 11/4/09 0104 

 John Kyl 11/24/09 0105 

 John McCain 11/24/09 0106 

 John Shadegg 11/24/09 0107 

 Joe Shirley 11/24/09 0114 

 Jeff Bingaman 11/24/09 0132 

 Lynda M. Lovejoy 11/24/09 0133 

 Warde V. Nichols 11/24/09 0134 

 Ed Pastor 11/24/09 0135 

 Elred Enas 11/24/09 0136 

 Mike Jackson 11/24/09 0137 

 Ronnie Lupe 11/24/09 0138 

 Louis J. Manuel 11/24/09 0139 

 Wilfred Whatoname 11/24/09 0140 

 Peter Yucupicio 11/24/09 0141 

 Thomas Beauty 11/24/09 0142 

 Sherry Cordova 11/24/09 0143 

 Ned Norris 11/24/09 0144 

 Wendsler Nosie 11/24/09 0145 

 Ben Ray Lujan 11/24/09 0146 

 Harry Teague 11/24/09 0147 
 Jeff Flake 11/24/09 0148 

 Trent Franks 11/24/09 0149 

 Ivan Smith 11/13/09 0179 

 Don Watahomigie 11/13/09 0180 

 Timothy Williams 11/13/09 0181 

 Ona M. Segundo 11/13/09 0182 

 Nonnan Cooeyate 11/13/09 0183 

 William Rhodes 11/13/09 0184 

 Raphael Bear 11/13/09 0185 

 Diane Enos 11/13/09 0186 

 Evelyn James 11/13/09 0187 

 Ernie Jones 11/13/09 0188 

 Christopher Clark Deschene 11/17/09 0189 

 Lori-Gary Lee 11/25/09 0198 

 David Modeer 11/25/09 0199