Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-18375
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality Final Determinations in New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Posted Date: 2015-11-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73755-73756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30098]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9939-30-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 (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final actions.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that between April 
16, 2014 and Oct 1, 2015, the Region 2 Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), issued one final agency action and the New 
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued three 
final agency actions 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 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank Jon, Environmental Engineer 
of 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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West Deptford Energy, LLC....  West Deptford     A new project     NJDEP        New PSD Permit.  June 2, 2014.
                                Township, New     (Phase II) at
                                Jersey.           an existing
                                                  electric
                                                  generating
                                                  facility. It is
                                                  a 427 Mw
                                                  Siemens
                                                  combined-cycle
                                                  combustion
                                                  turbine unit
                                                  with duct
                                                  burners, a 40
                                                  MM Btu/hr
                                                  auxiliary
                                                  boiler, an
                                                  emergency
                                                  generator, a
                                                  fire water
                                                  pump, and a
                                                  multi-cell
                                                  cooling tower.
RC Cape May Holdings, LLC....  Beesley's Point,  BL England        NJDEP        PSD Permit       October 2,
                                New Jersey.       Repowering                     Extension        2014.
                                                  Project--18-                   Granted.
                                                  month extension
                                                  for commencing
                                                  construction of
                                                  the project.
West Deptford Energy, LLC....  West Deptford     Extension of the  NJDEP        PSD Permit       September 29,
                                Township, New     18-month                       Extension        2015.
                                Jersey.           deadline for                   Granted.
                                                  commencing
                                                  construction of
                                                  the Phase II
                                                  project listed
                                                  above.
Energy Answers, LLC..........  Arecibo, Puerto   Extension of the  EPA          PSD Permit       October 1, 2015
                                Rico.             18-month                       Extension        (effective
                                                  deadline for                   Granted.         date of the
                                                  commencing                                      PSD permit
                                                  construction of                                 extended until
                                                  the Arecibo                                     April 10,
                                                  Puerto Rico                                     2017).
                                                  Renewable
                                                  Energy Project
                                                  which consists
                                                  of two 1,050
                                                  tons per day
                                                  (each) refuse-
                                                  derived fuel
                                                  municipal waste
                                                  combustors, a
                                                  77 megawatt
                                                  steam turbine
                                                  electrical-
                                                  generator, and
                                                  other ancillary
                                                  equipment.
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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.
    With respect to the final PSD permit for West Deptford Energy, LLC, 
pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l), a prerequisite to seeking judicial review 
of the determination under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (the 
Act), 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), is that parties must have previously filed 
a petition with the

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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 the 
determination is published in the Federal Register. With respect to the 
PSD permit extensions, pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air 
Act, judicial review of this extension decision may be sought by filing 
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, the determinations in this Notice shall not be 
subject to later judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for 
enforcement.

    Dated: November 6, 2015.
Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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