[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28710-28712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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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