NOTICES
Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction; Proposed 2009 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units
[39 Pa.B. 5985]
[Saturday, October 10, 2009]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity for comment concerning the proposed nonelectric generating unit (non-EGU) 2009 ozone season NOx emission limitations established in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d) (relating to transition to CAIR NOx trading programs). The 15-day public comment period will end on October 26, 2009.
The NOx Budget Trading Program was amended in Pennsylvania's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to allow the owners and operators of non-EGUs in this Commonwealth to transition to the CAIR NOx Trading Program. Specifically, 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d) establishes a non-EGU NOx Budget Trading Program budget of 3,619 tons of NOx, less a specified adjustment amount, to serve as a Statewide ozone season NOx emissions cap for new and existing non-EGUs. This NOx emissions cap will also apply to CAIR-exempt EGUs that were subject to the NOx Budget Trading Program. If total emissions from all of the units exceed the Statewide NOx emissions cap of 3,438 tons, the owners and operators of non-EGUs must comply with the NOx emission limitations established under subsection (d). The proposed NOx emissions cap ensures that non-EGUs in this Commonwealth continue to meet the emission limits of the NOx Budget Trading Program, as required under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's CAIR.
The proposed NOx emissions cap provides 181 tons of NOx emissions for non-EGUs and the other units that need to address their emissions through accounting adjustments, including units that previously participated in the NOx Budget Trading Program; emissions from these units were below the 25-ton exemption threshold. Adjustments were also made for the permanent retirement of NOx allowance due to generation of emission reduction credits. The Department will also use a portion of the 181 tons of the budgeted NOx emissions, if necessary, to address mistakes or miscalculations. This year, the Department is proposing to use 121 tons of the 181 tons of NOx for account adjustments, leaving 60 tons available for any additional adjustments at the end of the control period.
The Department made accounting adjustments for the following facilities:
Retired Units: Naval Surface Warfare Division Unit 98; Shenango Unit Nos. 6 and 9 (the generation of emission offsets for small non-NOx Budget Trading Program units, resulted in a permanent NOx accounting adjustment of 45 tons).
Exempt Units: Each of the following units have a 25-ton NOx permit limit: Armagh Compressor Station (Unit 31301); Entriken Compressor Station (Unit 31601); and the Naval Surface Warfare Division (Unit 100). The Naval Surface Warfare Division (Unit 99) has a 1-ton NOx permit limit. All of these 25-ton exempt status units account for a total adjustment of 76 tons of NOx emissions.
Units subject to the requirements in 25 Pa. Code § 145.8 are required to meet the monitoring and reporting requirements of the EPA's CAIR, found in 40 CFR Part 96, Subpart HHHH (relating to monitoring and reporting) and maintain general accounts and account representatives under 40 CFR Part 96, Subparts BBBB and FFFF (relating to CAIR designated representative for CAIR NOx ozone season sources; and CAIR NOx ozone season allowance tracking system). The ''Proposed non-EGU 2009 Ozone Season NOx Limits'' table lists the following: the facility name, ORIS code, the unit ID for each non-EGU unit, the operating year, the heat input for the 2008 ozone season, the calculated 2009 rate and the 2009 ozone season limit.
Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed non-EGU 2009 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits should be sent to the attention of Randy Bordner, Environmental Group Manager, Air Resource Management Division, Bureau of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468 or ranbordner@state.pa.us no later than October 26, 2009. Any written comments (including e-mails) should include the name, affiliation (if any), mailing address and telephone number of the interested person and contain ''proposed non-EGU 2009 ozone season NOx emission limits'' in the subject line.
Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Randy Bordner at (717) 772-3921. TDD users may contact the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.
Table: Proposed Non-EGU 2009 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits
Facilty_Name ORIS Code Unit ID OP_ Year Heat Input mmBtu 2009 Rate 2009
OS LimitArmagh
Compressor Station880071 31301 2008 25-ton exemption
(limit 25 tons)Bernville Station 880049 32001 2008 0 0.258 0.0 ConocoPhillips Co.,
Trainer Refinery880025 32 2008 685,280 0.258 88.4 ConocoPhillips Co.,
Trainer Refinery880025 33 2008 553,623 0.258 71.4 ConocoPhillips Co.,
Trainer Refinery880025 34 2008 0 0.258 0 ConocoPhillips Co.,
Trainer Refinery880025 35 2008 0 0.258 0 Domtar Paper
Company, LLC54638 40 2008 1,000,410 0.258 129.1 Domtar Paper
Company, LLC54638 41 2008 1,030,163 0.258 132.9 Entriken
Compressor Station880072 31601 2008 25-ton exemption
(limit 25 tons)FPL Energy
Marcus Hook, LP55801 AB01 2008 856,595 0.258 110.5 FPL Energy
Marcus Hook, LP55801 AB02 2008 939,371 0.258 121.2 FPL Energy
Marcus Hook, LP55801 AB03 2008 896,611 0.258 115.7 FPL Energy
Marcus Hook, LP55801 AB04 2008 932,286 0.258 120.3 Kimberly-Clark
Tissue Company50410 34 2008 20,368 0.258 2.6 Kimberly-Clark
Tissue Company50410 35 2008 2,873,599 0.258 370.7 Merck & Company—
West Point52149 39 2008 402,431 0.258 51.9 Merck & Company—
West Point52149 40 2008 825,786 0.258 106.5 P H Glatfelter Company 50397 34 2008 1,267,278 0.258 163.5 P H Glatfelter Company 50397 35 2008 1,006,598 0.258 129.9 P H Glatfelter Company 50397 36 2008 1,969,448 0.258 254.1 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150137 2008 754,723 0.258 97.4 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150138 2008 482,398 0.258 62.2 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150139 2008 593,390 0.258 76.6 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150140 2008 828,686 0.258 106.9 Procter & Gamble
Paper Products50463 328001 2008 1,296,577 0.258 167.3 Shenango Incorporated 54532 6 2008 Retired/ERC
(23 tons)Shenango Incorporated 54532 9 2008 Retired/ERC
(22 tons)Shermans Dale Station 880050 31801 2008 0 0.258 0.0 Sunoco Chemicals Frankford Plant 880007 52 2008 576,614 0.258 74.4 US Steel (Clariton Coke) 50729 CLBLR1 2008 1,133,284 0.258 146.2 US Steel (Clariton Coke) 50729 CLBLR2 2008 909,795 0.258 117.4 US Steel
(Edgar Thompson)50732 ETBLR1 2008 1,413,650 0.258 182.4 US Steel
(Edgar Thompson)50732 ETBLR2 2008 1,590,868 0.258 205.2 US Steel
(Edgar Thompson)50732 ETBLR3 2008 1,556,617 0.258 200.8 Naval Surface
Warfare Division880009 98 2008 Retired Naval Surface
Warfare Division880009 99 2008 25-ton exemption
(limit 1 ton)Naval Surface
Warfare Division880009 100 2008 25-ton exemption
(limit 25 tons)United Refining 880099 01 2008 252,889 0.258 32.6 Totals: 26,649,338 0.258 3,438 JOHN HANGER,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-1882. Filed for public inspection October 9, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
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