NOTICES
Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction; Proposed 2014 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units
[44 Pa.B. 1510]
[Saturday, March 15, 2014]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity for comment concerning the proposed Nonelectric Generating Unit (non-EGU) 2014 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide (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 March 30, 2014.
At 38 Pa.B. 1705 (April 12, 2008), the Commonwealth's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), adopted by the Environmental Quality Board, included NOx Budget Trading Program amendments 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 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 also applies 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 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d). The owners and operators of units exceeding their individual NOx limits would need to purchase and then surrender one CAIR NOx Ozone Season allowance and one CAIR NOx allowance for each ton of excess emissions. The proposed NOx emissions limitations for individual units ensure 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 (EPA) CAIR.
The Statewide cap for 2013 was not exceeded. Therefore, non-EGUs do not need to purchase allowances to meet their 2013 Ozone Season NOx emission limitations established under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d). The preliminary NOx emissions for the 2013 Ozone Season (May through September) reported to the EPA by the owners and operators of the affected non-EGUs are 1,456.312 tons. The Department's permanent retirement of 3,438 allowances under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(b) covers all the NOx emissions from the affected non-EGUs in 2013.
The 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 allowances 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 96 tons of the 181 tons of NOx for account adjustments, leaving 85 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 Units 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 has a 25-ton NOx permit limit: Armagh Compressor Station (Unit 31301) 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 exempt status units account for a total adjustment of 51 tons of NOx emissions. Entriken Compressor Station (Unit 31601) had previously operated under a 25-ton exemption, but was authorized by a plan approval (35-05019A) issued December 30, 2013, to remove the exemption. Since the Entriken unit did not have any input for the 2013 ozone season, the company's calculated 2014 limit is zero; however, the facility will not need to surrender any allowances as long as the Statewide cap is met.
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 2014 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits'' table as follows lists the following: the facility name, ORIS code, the unit ID for each non-EGU unit, the operating year, the heat input for the 2013 Ozone Season, the calculated 2014 rate and the 2014 Ozone Season limit.
Facility Name ORIS Code Unit ID NOx
Rate lb/
MMBtu2013 NOx Mass Tons Heat Input MMBtu County 2014 Rate (lbs/ MMBtu) 2014 OS Limit (Tons NOx) Armagh Compressor Station 880071 31301 0 0 25 Ton Exemption (Limit 25 Ton) Indiana 0.000 0 Bernville Station 880049 32001 0 0 - Berks 0.273 0 Domtar Paper Company, LLC 54638 40 0.4651 84.664 373,857.28 Elk 0.273 51 Domtar Paper Company, LLC 54638 41 0.4651 72.597 319,450.45 Elk 0.273 44 Entriken Compressor Station 880072 31601 0 0 Exemption Expired on 12-30-2013 Huntingdon 0.000 0 FPL Energy MH50 50074 1 0.8438 1.939 9,043.49 Delaware 0.273 1 FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP 55801 AB01 0 0 — Delaware 0.273 0 FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP 55801 AB02 0 0 — Delaware 0.273 0 FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP 55801 AB03 0.0291 8.703 611,905.71 Delaware 0.273 84 FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP 55801 AB04 0.0307 4.103 267,662.08 Delaware 0.273 37 Honeywell Resins & Chemicals LLC 880007 52 0.072 22.761 633,029.88 Philadelphia 0.273 86 Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company 50410 34 1.5015 19.438 25,911.10 Delaware 0.273 4 Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company 50410 35 1.1757 66.383 2,429,027.73 Delaware 0.273 331 Martins Creek 3148 Aux 4 0 0 — Northampton 0.273 0 Merck & Company-West Point 52149 39 0.0825 16.487 396,267.34 Montgomery 0.273 54 Merck & Company-West Point 52149 40 0.0247 20.253 1,616,431.30 Montgomery 0.273 221 Naval Surface Warfare Division 880009 98 Retired 0.000 0 Naval Surface Warfare Division 880009 99 25 Ton Exemption (Limit 1 Ton) 0.000 0 Naval Surface Warfare Division 880009 100 25 Ton Exemption (Limit 25 Ton) 0.000 0 P H Glatfelter Company 50397 34 0.4797 259.607 1,078,839.75 York 0.273 147 P H Glatfelter Company 50397 35 0.4541 164.258 685,307.35 York 0.273 94 P H Glatfelter Company 50397 36 0.1785 147.091 1,657,877.00 York 0.273 226 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150137 0.0344 16.896 998,065.40 Philadelphia 0.273 136 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150138 0 0 — Philadelphia 0.273 0 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150139 0.0344 19.426 1,124,197.08 Philadelphia 0.273 153 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150140 0.0344 24.622 1,425,922.00 Philadelphia 0.273 195 Procter & Gamble Paper Products 50463 328001 0.1542 144.993 1,882,167.87 Wyoming 0.273 257 Procter & Gamble Paper Products 50463 328002 0 0 0 Wyoming 0.2731 0 Shenango Incorporated 54532 6 Retired 0.000 0 Shenango Incorporated 54532 9 Retired 0.000 0 Shermans Dale Station 880050 31801 0 0 — Perry 0.273 0 Trainer Refinery 880025 33 0.1468 44.308 610,049.05 Delaware 0.273 83 Trainer Refinery 880025 34 0.0038 1.288 651,932.61 Delaware 0.273 89 Trainer Refinery 880025 35 0.0038 0.911 465,383.84 Delaware 0.273 64 US Steel (Clairton Coke) 50729 CLBLR1 0.2107 167.023 1,485,370.48 Allegheny 0.273 203 US Steel (Clairton Coke) 50729 CLBLR2 0.1202 56.908 867,498.23 Allegheny 0.273 118 US Steel (Edgar Thomson) 50732 ETBLR1 0.0379 28.531 1,541,388.31 Allegheny 0.273 210 US Steel (Edgar Thomson) 50732 ETBLR2 0.0302 26.838 1,807,784.10 Allegheny 0.273 247 US Steel (Edgar Thomson) 50732 ETBLR3 0.0232 19.59 1,743,679.00 Allegheny 0.273 238 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Sta880006 1 0 0 — Philadelphia 0.273 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Sta880006 2 0 0 — Philadelphia 0.273 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Sta880006 3 0.289 0.02 135.00 Philadelphia 0.273 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Sta880006 4 0 0 — Philadelphia 0.273 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Schuylkill50607 RSB1 0.0157 0.109 14,055.60 Philadelphia 0.273 2 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Schuylkill50607 RSB2 0.0126 0.025 4,057.85 Philadelphia 0.273 1 United Refining 880099 4 0.076 16.54 455,702.20 Warren 0.273 62 Total: 1456.31 25,181,999.07 3438 Written Comments
Written comments on the proposed non-EGU 2014 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, DEP, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468 or ranbordner@pa.gov no later than March 30, 2014. 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 2014 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.
E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-530. Filed for public inspection March 14, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
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