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Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–11787 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER06–615–000; ER07–1257– 

000; ER08–1178–000; EL08–88–000] 

California Independent System 

Operator Corporation; Notice of FERC 

Staff Attendance 

May 14, 2009. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that on May 15, 2009, members 

of its staff will attend a California 

Independent System Operator (CAISO) 

stakeholder conference call on 

Exceptional Dispatch. The agenda and 

other documents for the teleconference 

are available on the CAISO’s Web site, 

http://www.caiso.com. 

Sponsored by the CAISO, the 

teleconference is open to all market 

participants, and Commission staff’s 

attendance is part of the Commission’s 

ongoing outreach efforts. The 

teleconference may discuss matters at 

issue in the above captioned dockets. 

For further information, contact Saeed 

Farrokhpay at 

saeed.farrokhpay@ferc.gov; (916) 294– 

0322 or Maury Kruth at 

maury.kruth@ferc.gov, (916) 294–0275. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–11798 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8908–8] 

Approval of Proposed Interpollutant 

Trading Request; Pennsylvania; 

Control of Fine Particulate Matter: 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: This action announces the 

availability of EPA’s approval of a 

request submitted by the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to 

approve the use of sulfur dioxide (SO2) 

emission reduction credits to offset 

increased emissions of fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) in the York County PM2.5

nonattainment area. EPA is approving 

this request in accordance with the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerallyn Duke, Air Permits Branch 

(3AP11), Air Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; 

telephone number: (215) 814–2084; email address: duke.gerallyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. How Can I Get Copies of This 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

All documents for this action are 

available either electronically through 

http://www.epa.gov/reg3artd/index.htm 

or in hard copy for public inspection 

during normal business hours at the Air 

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

II. Background 

Under section 173 of the CAA, all 

major sources and major modifications 

at existing major sources within a 

nonattainment area must obtain 

emissions reductions to offset any 

emissions increases resulting from the 

project in an amount that is at least 

equal to the emissions increase, and that 

is consistent with reasonable further 

progress toward attainment. A final rule 

published on May 16, 2008, in the 

Federal Register entitled 

‘‘Implementation of the New Source 

Review (NSR) Program for PM2.5’’ (72 FR 

28349) established, among other things, 

the offset ratios, i.e., the amount of 

emissions reductions required to offset 

the emissions increase, for direct 

emissions of PM2.5 as well as its 

precursors. The rule also allows limited 

interpollutant (precursor) trading for the 

purpose of PM2.5 offsets based on 

pollutant-specific trading ratios if such 

offsets are established as part of the 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) or if 

they comply with an interprecursor 

trading hierarchy and ratio approved by 

the Administrator. EPA previously 

conducted a technical assessment to 

develop preferred interpollutant trading 

ratios to be used for the purposes of 

PM2.5 offsets. The preferred ratios were 

published in the preamble to the May 

16, 2008 rule and set a 40:1 ratio of SO2

reductions to offset PM2.5 emission 

increases. The modeling used to derive 

the preferred ratio is described in a 

technical memo to the docket for the 

May 16, 2008 final rule and is included 

in the docket for this action. 

States, such as Pennsylvania, that will 

need to update their State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) to 

implement NSR for PM2.5 in 

nonattainment areas, must implement a 

transitional NSR permitting program for 

PM2.5 pursuant to appendix S to 40 CFR 

part 51. Appendix S at Section IV.G.5 

allows the offset requirements for direct 

PM2.5 emissions to be satisfied by 

reductions of SO2, a PM2.5 precursor, if 

such offsets are approved by the 

Administrator. 

On January 20, 2009, the 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP) 

submitted a request to EPA to allow 

interpollutant trading for offsets 

required for the construction and 

operation of the Conectiv Mid-Merit 

LLC’s proposed natural gas-fired plant 

in Peach Bottom Township, 

Pennsylvania. This request was 

submitted pursuant to Pennsylvania’s 

transitional NSR program under 

Appendix S for NSR permitting in PM2.5

nonattainment areas. The 

Commonwealth specifically requested 

approval to use EPA’s preferred trading 

ratio of 40 tons of SO2 reductions to 

offset every ton of PM2.5 emission 

increases. The new facility is to be 

located in the York County 

nonattainment area for PM2.5. 

On February 23, 2009, EPA published 

in The York Dispatch and York Daily 

Record a notice of intent to approve 

PADEP’s Proposed Interpollutant 


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