Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-15691
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality Final Determinations: New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Posted Date: 2014-05-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28710-28712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11504]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9911-10-Region 2]

Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) 
Final Determinations in New Jersey, 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 July 1, 
2008 and April 15, 2014, the Region 2 Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), issued three final agency actions and the New 
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued five final 
agency actions pursuant to the Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
of Air Quality (PSD) regulations codified at 40 CFR 52.21. In addition, 
one previous EPA final agency action dated April 7, 2006 was 
inadvertently omitted in the previous Federal Register publication and 
has been included here.

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

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the Permitting Section, Air Programs Branch, Clean Air and 
Sustainability Division, 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, and the NJDEP 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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Caithness Long Island, LLC..  Brookhaven, New  A new 346 MW          EPA        New PSD Permit.  April 7, 2006.
                               York.            combined-cycle
                                                electric generating
                                                facility.
West Deptford Energy, LLC...  West Deptford    Two identical         NJDEP      New PSD Permit.  May 6, 2009.
                               Township, New    combined-cycle
                               Jersey.          turbines each with
                                                a 2,262 MMBtu/hr
                                                higher heating
                                                value (HHV) (not
                                                including
                                                supplemental duct-
                                                firing) when firing
                                                natural gas; when
                                                duct firing is
                                                included, the
                                                maximum heat input
                                                is 2,270 MMBtu/hr
                                                HHV; one 40 MMBtu/
                                                hr auxiliary
                                                boiler; one 750 KW
                                                emergency diesel
                                                engine-driven
                                                generator; and a
                                                300 HP diesel
                                                engine-driven fire
                                                pump and storage
                                                tanks.
Vineland Municipal Electric   Vineland, New    One 64 MW Rolls       NJDEP      New PSD Permit.  September 16,
 Utility (VMEU)--Howard Down   Jersey.          Royce simple-cycle                                2010.
 Station.                                       combustion turbine
                                                (Model Trent 60)
                                                with a maximum heat
                                                input of 590 MMBtu/
                                                hr when firing
                                                natural gas and 568
                                                MMBtu/hr when
                                                firing ultra low
                                                sulfur distillate.
                                                Emission controls
                                                consists of dry low
                                                NOX combustors,
                                                water injection and
                                                Selective Catalytic
                                                Reduction for NOX;
                                                and oxidation
                                                catalyst for CO and
                                                VOC.
Hovensa, LLC................  Christiansted,   Construction and      EPA        PSD Permit       May 9, 2011.
                               U.S. Virgin      operation of a new               Modification.
                               Islands.         ultra low nitrogen
                                                oxide (NOX)
                                                converter heater to
                                                replace an existing
                                                low NOX heater at
                                                the refinery's
                                                sulfuric acid plant.
Hovensa, LLC................  Christiansted,   Lower NOX emission    EPA        PSD Permit       August 17,
                               U.S. Virgin      limit when firing                Modification.    2011.
                               Islands.         oil as fuel,
                                                allowing for a
                                                different NOX limit
                                                from the main stack
                                                while switching
                                                from the bypass
                                                stack to the main
                                                stack and while
                                                conducting on-line
                                                maintenance of the
                                                steam injection
                                                system. Also, a
                                                revision to the LSG
                                                Heater's permitted
                                                number of startup
                                                and shutdown cycles
                                                and to the
                                                permitted number of
                                                hours of such
                                                cycles.
Woodbridge Energy Center....  Woodbridge       Two General Electric  NJDEP      New PSD Permit.  July 25, 2012.
                               Township, NJ.    Company 7 FA
                                                combined-cycle
                                                combustion turbines
                                                (211 MW each), with
                                                2,267 MMBtu/hr heat
                                                input, two heat
                                                recovery steam
                                                generators equipped
                                                with a natural gas-
                                                fired duct burner.
                                                Supporting
                                                auxiliary equipment
                                                includes one
                                                natural gas-fired
                                                auxiliary boiler,
                                                one natural gas-
                                                fired fuel heater,
                                                one ultra low
                                                sulfur distillate
                                                (ULSD) fuel-fired
                                                emergency generator
                                                and a ULSD-fired
                                                emergency fire
                                                water pump and 19%
                                                aqueous ammonia
                                                storage tank, and
                                                one cooling tower.
                                                Control devices to
                                                both turbines
                                                include dry-low NOX
                                                combustors, SCRs,
                                                and oxidation
                                                catalysts.

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Hess Newark Energy Center...  Newark, NJ.....  The 655 Megawatt      NJDEP      New PSD Permit.  Permit issued:
                                                facility will                                     September 13,
                                                consist of two GE                                 2012.
                                                207FA.05 combined-                               The
                                                cycle combustion                                  Environmental
                                                turbine generators                                Appeals Board
                                                (CTGs), two heat                                  issued an
                                                recovery steam                                    order
                                                generators (HRSG)                                 dismissing the
                                                equipped with duct                                PSD permit
                                                burners, and a                                    appeal on
                                                single steam                                      November 20,
                                                turbine generator                                 2012.
                                                (STG). Supporting                                PSD permit
                                                ancillary equipment                               effective
                                                includes a natural                                date: November
                                                gas-fired auxiliary                               27, 2012.
                                                boiler, a cooling
                                                tower, an emergency
                                                diesel generator,
                                                and an emergency
                                                diesel fire pump.
                                                The proposed CTGs
                                                and duct burners
                                                will be fueled
                                                exclusively by
                                                natural gas. The
                                                CTGs will utilize
                                                dry low-NOX (DLN)
                                                combustors and
                                                selective catalytic
                                                reduction (SCR)
                                                systems to control
                                                NOX emissions that
                                                meet Lowest
                                                Achievable Emission
                                                Rate (LAER). An
                                                oxidation catalyst
                                                will be used to
                                                control emissions
                                                of carbon monoxide
                                                (CO) to Best
                                                Available Control
                                                Technology (BACT)
                                                levels, as well as
                                                to control volatile
                                                organic compounds
                                                (VOC).
PSEG Fossil LLC.............  Woodbridge       A modification to     NJDEP      New PSD Permit.  March 17, 2014.
                               Township, NJ.    construct and
                                                operate a nominal
                                                625 MW Project at
                                                the existing
                                                Sewaren Generating
                                                Station. The
                                                proposed project
                                                consists of two
                                                state of the art
                                                natural gas fired
                                                combined-cycle
                                                combustion turbine
                                                generators (CTGs),
                                                two heat recovery
                                                steam generators
                                                (HRSG) equipped
                                                with duct burners,
                                                one 300 horsepower
                                                emergency diesel
                                                fire pump; and a
                                                three-cell
                                                mechanical cooling
                                                tower.
Energy Answers, LLC.........  Arecibo, Puerto  Construction and      EPA        New PSD Permit.  Original PSD
                               Rico.            operation of the                                  permit issued:
                                                Arecibo Puerto Rico                               June 11, 2013.
                                                Renewable Energy                                 Following
                                                Project which                                     appeal, the
                                                consists of two                                   Environmental
                                                1,050 tons per day                                Appeals Board
                                                (each) refuse-                                    issued an
                                                derived fuel                                      order granting
                                                municipal waste                                   voluntary
                                                combustors, a 77                                  remand in part
                                                megawatt steam                                    and denying
                                                turbine electrical-                               review in part
                                                generator, and                                    on March 25,
                                                other ancillary                                   2014.
                                                equipment.                                       Remanded final
                                                                                                  PSD permit was
                                                                                                  issued and
                                                                                                  effective on
                                                                                                  April 10,
                                                                                                  2014.
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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, (212) 
637-4085.

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, (609) 777-0286.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l), a prerequisite to seeking judicial 
review of these determinations under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air 
Act (the Act) is that parties must have previously filed a petition 
with the EPA Environmental Appeals Board under 40 CFR 124.19(a). If the 
prerequisite has been met, review 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: May 7, 2014.
Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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