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

Shirley Rivera to: ewalther, jim.rexroad	 I: 03/14/2008 11 :18 AM

Cc:	 Katherine Hoag, Gerardo Rtos, Carol Bohnenkamp ! 

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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 of the comple~,e ess review.
 

LITTLE PUNCH LIST II '
 

_ Responsible Official (See below, Section A)
 

__ Copy of EIR (See below, Section I)
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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 I reviously mentioned, the

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. 

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Checking through the remaining Guideline items	 I I 

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•	 (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, PleM.'!' ,I. do forward for our records a 

document that indicates the responsible official with the appropriat~signature. te 

•	 (Section C) Control Equl~pmentinfo - This is to acknowledge th~! he make/model reference for 

control eqUipment is not necessary at this time for the determinati][.. of administrative
 

completeness. II I
 

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•	 (Section E) BACT - Thi~ is to acknowledge that the 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. 

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•	 (Section G) Air Quality Impact Analysis - At this point, given th. Initial feedback from the FLMs 

(e.g., Class I, AQRVs, et~.), as well as the PM regulated pollutant, I Iormation, for the purposes of 

administrative completeness, the information prOVided is generally acceptable for the purposes of 

initiating the more detaile"d and technical review.	 I i

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•	 (Section I) Additional Environmental Documents - This reqUire a submittal of "one copy of all 

appropriate Environmentallnlpact Statement or Environmentall~p ct Review documents in 

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- We have received (on March 11, 2008 from the CEC) a CD 9~ olumes I and II of the 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 of fulfilling the reqUirement for S I tion I.
 

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•	 Administratively complete - Based on using EPA R91s October 2 

,Iii 9°7 application guidelines as the 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 rth. I

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I spoke with Gerardo yeJfr ay and told him I intended to draft the Jministrative completeness 

letter for his signature. (HEeI!IS out off the office today.) NOTE - This discussion happened within the 

context of the 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 . 

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

- Shirl 

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U.S. EPA, Region 9, Air Permi,sjOffice (AIR-3) I 75 Hawthorne S1., S,an FT rancisco, CA 94105 

T: (415) 972-3966 , F: (415) II '7-3579 , Rivera.Shirley@epa.gov I

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