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## SE P J6/98 0
MEMORANDU

M SUBJECT : NSP S Applicabilit y Determination for Eabylo n # 2 • Incinerato r FRCM : Directo r T» i ;.* r..i. ». -

ii-.- . . 1 w . W*iliiai. 4 x\, lawyer , At^^uu ;

Genera l Enforcemen t Branch , Regio nI I Thi s memorandu

m i s a follow-u

p to th e Augus t 8 , 198 C PS D determination issue d b y DSS E an

d th e Augus t 14 , 198 0 telephone conversationbetwee nRichard Biond i o f m y staf f an

d Walte r Mucdan . Th e issue involved i nthes e communication s wa s th e Babylo

nIncin erato r # 2 i n He

w York State * • Thi s i s a municipa l incinerato r capabl e o f chargin g ove r 5 0 ton s pe r da y o f soli d waste . I t i s a facility

whic hcommence

d constructionbefor e Augus t 18 , 1971 , bu t wa s shu t dow

n i n 197 5 an

d no w wishe s t o reopen . This raise s the question o f whethe r suc ha recpenin

g wil l subjec t th

e incinerato r t o NSPS . Consisten t wit hthe earlie r USP S determinartio n A-2 , dated Februar y 14 , 197 3 (cop

y attached) , a sourc e in - existenc e prio r t o th e effective dat a o f a nUSP S woul d no t b e subjec t t o tha t NSP S i f i t shut s dow

n an d then resume s operation s afte r the effectiv e date . Babylo

n Incinerato r # 2 i s a nexistin

g sourc e rathe r tha na ne w one , withi n the meaning o f Sectio n 11 1 o f th e Clean-Ai r Act , an d woul d no t b e subjec t t o 4 0 CFR60 , Subpar t E , upo n re-startup . Unde r fill(a)(2) , a ne w sourc e i s "an

y stationar

y source , th

e construction o r modification o f whic hi s commenced afte r th e publication o f regulation s (or , i f earlier , proposed regulations ) prescribin

g a standar

d o f performanc e unde r thi s sectio n whic h wil l b e applicabl e t

o suchsource" . It i s thu s necessar y t o determin e i f the resumptio n o f operations , an d change s thi s entails , represen t construction(o r reconstruction ) or modification .

ICE S

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