### NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSE D TECHNICAL
ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHN OLOGY
DETERMINATIONS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE VISIBILITY LE VELS IN NEW JERSEY’S
FEDERALLY DESIGNATED CLASS I AREA

1/10/11 1 The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protecti on (NJDEP) is proposing to approve an addendum to the March 10, 2011, Final Best Available Retrofi t Technology (BART) Determinations to include qualified equipment at Vineland Municipal Electric Utility and BL England Generating Station. The fede ral Clean Air Act requires that regional haze be reduce d in national parks and wilderness areas, including the Brigantine Wilderness Area in New Jersey. The BART provisions of the federal Regional Haze Rule require that states identify BART for controlling e missions of haze-causing air pollutants including o xides of nitrogen (NO
x ), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and particulate matter (PM 10 ), from specific existing sources put in place from 1962 to 1977, and that the appropriate B ART emission limitations are included in the State' s Implementation Plan to reduce regional haze. All th ree pollutants, NO
x , SO 2 , and PM 10 , contribute to regional haze, with SO 2 being the greatest contributor.

The list of BART-eligible sources identified in the March 10, 2011, BART Technical Support Document (TSD) did not include Vineland Municipal Electric U tility and BL England Generating Station, which wer e anticipated to permanently shutdown their potential ly BART-affected boilers as a result of enforceable agreements that were negotiated concurrent with the BART process. NJDEP has subsequently determined that these facilities are BART-eligible. This notice seeks public comment on NJDEP’s determination of BART for these two eligible facili ties in New Jersey.

The two facilities addressed in the proposed BART a ddendum are each fossil fuel-fired steam electric generating power plants of more than 250 million BT U/hr heat input with potential NO
x , SO 2 , or PM 10 emissions greater than 250 tons per year. Vineland Municipal Electric Utility has a BART-qualified boi ler (E10) that is subject to a federal Consent Decree, and proposes to permanently cease operation of E10 by September 1, 2012, which would make this source no longer BART-eligible.

BL England is subject to an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) issued by NJDEP that requires the facility to either repower Units 1 and 2 (E1 and E2 , respectively) which are coal-fired boilers, or me et the NO
x , SO 2 , and PM performance standards of the ACO through c ontrols. Unit 3 (E3) is a No.6 oil-fired boiler that is required to meet newer rule requirem ents for NO
x emissions and sulfur content in fuel. BL England Generating Station is subject to New Jersey rules, permits, and enforcement agreements that require air pollution controls which meet the BART requirements.

This public notice, a fact sheet, and the Technical Support Document for these additional BART determinations have been posted at the Air Quality Permitting website:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/publicnotices.htm . Copies of these documents and additional informat ion on this proposed addendum to NJDEP’s BART determina tions can be obtained by calling Margaret Gardner (609-292-7095). The March 10, 2011, Final Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations for Affected BART-eligible Sources a nd the July, 2009, State Implementation Plan for Regional Haze can be found online at: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/sip/siprevs.htm

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All interested parties, including the affected faci lities, who believe that any condition of the propo sed BART addendum is inappropriate, must raise all reas onable issues of concern and submit all arguments and factual grounds or materials supporting their p osition during the public comment period. Any comments on this proposed BART determination and/or a request for public hearing must be received within thirty days of the date of this notice and a ddressed to:

Margaret Gardner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Air Quality Permitting Program Bureau of Air Permits 401 East State St. - 2nd Floor, PO Box 420, Mail Co de 401-02

### NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSE D TECHNICAL
ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHN OLOGY
DETERMINATIONS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE VISIBILITY LE VELS IN NEW JERSEY’S
FEDERALLY DESIGNATED CLASS I AREA

1/10/11 2 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 (609) 292-7095

NJDEP will consider and respond to all written and timely submitted comments. Each person, who submitted written comments, will receive a notice o f the NJDEP’s final decision regarding the proposed addendum to NJDEP’s BART determinations and a copy of the Response to Comment document.