[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 189 (Monday, September 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56579-56581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22797]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8722-4]


Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
Final Determinations in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that between 
December 1, 2004 and June 30, 2008, the Region 2 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issued 11 final determinations, 
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued 2 
final determinations and the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (NYSDEC) issued 3 final determinations pursuant to the 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
regulations codified at 40 CFR 52.21.

DATES: The effective dates for the above determinations are delineated 
in the chart at the end of this notice (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank Jon, Environmental Engineer 
of the Permitting Section, Air Programs Branch, Division of 
Environmental Planning and Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866, at 
(212) 637-4085.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PSD regulations, the Region 
2 Office of the USEPA, the NJDEP, and the NYSDEC have made final PSD 
determinations relative to the facilities listed below:

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             Name                  Location                       Project                        Agency         Final action              Date
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Ecoelectrica, L.P............  Pe[ntilde]uelas,  Revision of existing PSD permit to         EPA.............  PSD               February 11, 2005.
                                Puerto Rico.      include an updated ammonia slip                              Administrative
                                                  monitoring method, some requirements                         Amendment.
                                                  related to auxiliary diesel generators,
                                                  New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
                                                  related monitoring changes and a change
                                                  affecting the timeline for reporting
                                                  violations. These changes did not result
                                                  in any increase in emissions or cause
                                                  any adverse air quality impacts.
Amerada Hess Corp............  Port Reading,     Modifications to increase Fluid Catalytic  NJDEP...........  PSD Permit        March 1, 2005.
                                New Jersey.       Cracking Unit capacity by 4% from 62,500                     Revision.
                                                  barrels/day to 65,000 barrels/day.
                                                  Additionally, Hess proposed a number of
                                                  other projects and changes to provide
                                                  for this increase in capacity and
                                                  improve efficiency of operation and
                                                  product quality.

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Trigen-Nassau Energy           Uniondale, New    A new 79.9 MW electric generating          EPA.............  New PSD Permit..  March 31, 2005.
 Corporation.                   York.             facility adjacent to the existing Trigen
                                                  Central Utility Plant located in
                                                  Uniondale, New York. The project
                                                  consists of one General Electric (GE)
                                                  LM6000 Sprint combustion turbine, a
                                                  supplementally-fired heat recovery steam
                                                  generator and a wet cooling tower. The
                                                  turbine will primarily combust natural
                                                  gas with low sulfur distillate oil as a
                                                  backup and will be equipped with a
                                                  selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
                                                  system to control nitrogen oxide
                                                  emissions and an oxidation catalyst to
                                                  control emissions of carbon monoxide and
                                                  volatile organic compounds and good
                                                  combustion controls and low sulfur fuels
                                                  to limit PM-10 emissions.
HOVENSA, L.L.C...............  Christiansted,    Construction of a low sulfur fuels (LSF)   EPA.............  PSD Permit        July 21, 2005.
                                U.S. Virgin       unit and a hydrogen plant. Increase FCCU                     Modification.
                                Islands.          capacity from 150,000 BPD to 165,000
                                                  BPD. Modification of the existing
                                                  petroleum refinery to produce gasoline
                                                  and diesel meeting the new Tier 2 low
                                                  sulfur gasoline and ultra low sulfur
                                                  diesel requirements.
Besicorp-Empire Development    Rensselaer, New   NYSDEC issued the original PSD permit on   NYSDEC..........  PSD Permit        December 8, 2005.
 Company, LLC.                  York.             September 23, 2004. Due to financial                         Bifurcation.
                                                  reasons the company requested that the
                                                  PSD permit be bifurcated into two
                                                  separate, financially-independent
                                                  facilities: (1) The Besicorp--Empire
                                                  Power Generating Facility, a nominal 505
                                                  MW combined-cycle power plant; and (2)
                                                  The Besicorp-Empire Recycled Newsprint
                                                  Facility, a 330,000 metric ton-per-year
                                                  recycled newsprint facility. This
                                                  facility will also include an auxiliary
                                                  boiler to supply steam for the processes.
Besicorp-Empire Power          Rensselaer, New   A proposed 505 MW combined-cycle           NYSDEC..........  PSD Permit        May 1, 2006.
 Company, LLC.                  York.             cogeneration power plant. PSD permit                         Extension.
                                                  revision to extend the permit expiration
                                                  date to March 23, 2007.
Besicorp-Empire Newsprint,     Rensselaer, New   A proposed 330,000 metric ton-per-year     NYSDEC..........  PSD Permit        May 1, 2006.
 LLC.                           York.             recycled newsprint facility. PSD permit                      Extension.
                                                  revision to extend the permit expiration
                                                  date to March 23, 2007.
Puerto Rico Electric Power     San Juan, Puerto  Removal of the Selective Catalytic         EPA.............  PSD Permit        July 5, 2006.
 Authority (PREPA)--            Rico.             Reduction (SCR) system due to the                            Modification.
 Cambalache Plant.                                production of ammonia in excess of 100
                                                  ppm. In addition, lower the permitted
                                                  fuel bound nitrogen in the fuel oil from
                                                  0.1% to 0.55%; lower the permitted PM
                                                  and PM10 emission rates based on actual
                                                  stack test data; add a limit of 780
                                                  startups per year; and allow operational
                                                  flexibility by replacing a spinning
                                                  reserve limit of 2,000 hours for each of
                                                  the three turbines with a limit of 6,000
                                                  hours of spinning reserve for all three
                                                  turbines combined.
CEMEX de Puerto Rico, Inc      San Juan, Puerto  Replacement of the electrostatic           EPA.............  PSD               July 10, 2006.
 (formerly known as Puerto      Rico.             precipitators (ESPs), the particulate                        Administrative
 Rico Cement).                                    controls for the kilns and associated                        Amendment.
                                                  equipment with baghouses. Co-combust
                                                  tire derived fuel (TDF). These
                                                  modifications will not result in any
                                                  emission increases or have any effect on
                                                  air quality.
Manchester Renewable Power     Manchester        Construction of six identical 2,233 brake  NJDEP...........  New PSD Permit..  October 4, 2006.
 Corporation.                   Township, New     horsepower, lean-burn reciprocating
                                Jersey.           internal combustion engines and an
                                                  electrical generator set (9.6 MW-Hour).
Besicorp-Empire Power          Rensselaer, New   A proposed 505 MW combined-cycle           EPA.............  PSD Permit        May 17, 2007.
 Company, LLC.                  York.             cogeneration power plant. PSD permit                         Extension.
                                                  revision to extend the permit expiration
                                                  date to March 23, 2008.
Besicorp-Empire Newsprint,     Rensselaer, New   A proposed 330,000 metric ton-per-year     EPA.............  PSD Permit        May 17, 2007.
 LLC.                           York.             recycled newsprint facility. PSD permit                      Extension.
                                                  revision to extend the permit expiration
                                                  date to March 23, 2008.
HOVENSA, L.L.C...............  Christiansted,    Construction of a selective catalytic      EPA.............  PSD Permit        November 27, 2007.
                                U.S. Virgin       reduction (SCR) system to control NOX                        Modification.
                                Islands.          from the low sulfur gasoline unit
                                                  process heater and construction of an
                                                  oxidation catalyst to control
                                                  formaldehyde emissions from the
                                                  combustion turbine. HOVENSA requested
                                                  this modification due to changes in
                                                  heater control efficiency guarantees and
                                                  turbine model availability.
Cornell University...........  Ithaca, New York  New PSD permit to construct two 8 MW       EPA.............  New PSD permit..  June 3, 2008.
                                                  combined-cycle combustion turbine
                                                  generators with supplemental firing at
                                                  the central heating plant on the Cornell
                                                  University campus.

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HOVENSA, L.L.C...............  Christiansted,    The initial PSD permit issued on July 21,  EPA.............  PSD               June 5, 2008.
                                U.S. Virgin       2005 required HOVENSA to conduct a NOX                       Administrative
                                Islands.          minimization program study. Based on the                     Amendment.
                                                  findings of this study HOVENSA requested
                                                  a change in the NOX limit for the FCCU.
                                                  The original permit required a NOX limit
                                                  of 44 ppmvd @ 0% O2 (365-day basis).
                                                  This modification will reduce NOX from
                                                  the FCCU to 25 ppmvd @ 0% O2 (365-day
                                                  basis). NOX emissions from the facility
                                                  will be decreasing while all other
                                                  pollutant emissions will remain the same.
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    This notice lists only the facilities that have received final PSD 
determinations. Anyone who wishes to review these determinations and 
related materials should contact the following offices:

EPA Actions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 Office, Air 
Programs Branch--25th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-
1866.
NJDEP Actions: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 
Division of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Permitting Element, 
Bureau of Preconstruction Permits, 401 East State Street, Trenton, New 
Jersey 08625.
NYSDEC Actions: New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation, Division of Air Resources, Bureau of Stationary Sources, 
625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-3251.

    If the prerequisite in 40 CFR 124.19(e) has been met, judicial 
review of these determinations under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air 
Act (the Act) may be sought only by the filing of a petition for review 
in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit 
within 60 days from the date on which these determinations are 
published in the Federal Register. Under section 307(b)(2) of the Act, 
these determinations shall not be subject to later judicial review in 
civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement.

    Dated: August 5, 2008.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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