### Avenal 

### (#.08-SJ-01): Administrative comPleteness,'.,

# rete .... rmination Shirley Rivera to: ewalther, jim.rexroad 03/14/2008 11 :18 AM I: Cc: Katherine Hoag, Gerardo Rtos, Carol Bohnenkamp !

... - ••••• '" ••• • • .. : 1 •• ::.; ••• ::: ::::.: ;;., •• :::...... • .. All, i I an1 sending to you all given you are listed as the contact persons for

### the Avenal Energy Project PSD permit application. This note is,to let you know the status ofthe

### comple~,e ess review. LITTLE PUNCH LIST II '

_ Responsible Official (See below, Section A)

__ Copy of EIR (See below, Section I) II I DETAILS 

### I DISCUSSION II : • Pending information from Avenal Team - Jim has indicated that

# y u all will be forwarding information regarding observations provided in previous a-mails. 

# As reviously mentioned, the

I observations were not intended to be formal comments. However, Aonfirmation from you all was requested for several PSD sUbject matter items in a 03/11/08 

### elm (re ESA and Additional Impacts)

- Please do ensure that these items are addressed in your upcJI ing response. II Checking through the remaining Guideline items I 

### I !I I • (Section A)

### Responsibl~ official - Our PSD application content guideline, Section A (Applicant Information), notes that the
..... application must be signed by a respl nsible official (Le., a responsible official for part. 70 or part 71 purposes)." That said, Ple

## M doforward for our records a .'!'
,I. documentthat indicates the responsible official with the

### appropriat~ signature. te • (Section C) Control

# Equl~pment info - This isto acknowledge

# th~! he make/model reference for control eqUipment is not necessary atthis time for the determinati][.. of administrative completeness. II I II • (Section E) BACT -

## Thi~ is to acknowledgethatthe BACT inform. ion presented does include the proposed emissions information, although not necessarily in a

### for~at as discussed in the draft 1990 NSR Manual. However, for the purposes of administrative

### comple~~pess, the BACT information is generally acceptable for

## I~he purposes of initiating the more

## detail~'I'II and technical review. I: ! I • (Section 

### G) Air Quality Impact Analysis - Atthis point, given th. Initial feedback from the FLMs (e.g., Class I, AQRVs,

### et~.), as well as the PM regulated pollutant, I 

## Iormation, forthe purposes of administrative completeness, the information prOVided is generally acceptable for the purposes of initiating the more detaile"d and technical review. i I Ii i • (Section I) Additional Environmental Documents - This reqUire 

### a submittal of "one copy of all appropriate Environmentallnlpact Statement or

### Environmentall~p ct Review documents in electronicformat." II 

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- We have received (on March 11, 2008 from the CEC) a CD**9~** olumes I and II ofthe AFC (08-AFC-1) to the CEC fa,' r Avenal Energy. Please do reference

### y~!I r understanding of our receipt of
.. this information for the purposes offulfilling the reqUirement for S 

### I tion 

### I. II • Administratively complete - Based on using EPA R9 1

### s October 2 

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# 9°7 application guidelines asthe

1 primary reference for the completeness determination, I intend

### tolil~sue an administratively complete letter for Avenal (presuming you provide the above intorn atian) which should then be sent out next week of March

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### I spoke with Gerardo yeJ

# fr ay and told him I intended to draftthe Jministrative completeness letter for his signature. 

## (HEeI!IS out off the office today.) NOTE - This discussion happened within the context 

### ofthe PM regulat '<til 

### permit requirement information recently forwarded to you all earlier this week. I indicated that Jim l\IId I spoke, with the understanding that PM information would be provided shortly. I . I 

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### ideration of the above information, Thanks in advance for your co

- Shirl

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### shili~;-F~-Ri~~;~------------------H U.S. EPA, Region 9, Air Permi,sjOffice (AIR-3) 

## I 75 Hawthorne S1., S,

### an FTrancisco, CA 94105 T: (415) 972-3966 , F: (415) II 

### '7-3579 , Rivera.Shirley@epa.gov 

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