NOTICES
Clean Air Interstate Rule; Proposed 2018 New Unit Annual and Ozone Season CAIR Nitrogen Oxides Allowance Allocations
[44 Pa.B. 1833]
[Saturday, March 22, 2014]In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.211(d)(3) and 145.221(d)(3) (relating to timing requirements for CAIR NOx allowance allocations; and timing requirements for CAIR NOx Ozone Season allowance allocations), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity to comment on the proposed 2018 annual and ozone season Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) nitrogen oxides (NOx) allowance allocations for new units. The Commonwealth's total 2018 NOx budget for the annual CAIR program contains 82,541 NOx allowances and the Commonwealth's total 2018 NOx budget for the ozone season CAIR program contains 35,143 NOx allowances.
New unit CAIR NOx allocations for the annual and ozone season programs are made in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.212(e) and 145.222(e) (relating to CAIR NOx allowance allocations; and CAIR NOx Ozone Season allowance allocations). CAIR NOx allowances and CAIR NOx Ozone Season allowances are issued in amounts equal to each new unit's 2013 annual and ozone season emissions prior to making regular allocations to other units.
For each new unit receiving a CAIR NOx allocation, Table 1 lists the following information: Facility name, County, ORIS Code, Unit ID, 2013 Annual NOx Emission, 2013 Ozone Season NOx Emission, Operation Date, 2018 Annual New Unit Allocation and 2018 New Unit Ozone Season Allowance Allocation.
Table 1: Proposed 2018 CAIR New Unit Allocations
Facility Name County ORIS Code Unit ID 2013 Annual NOx Emissions (tons) 2013 Ozone Season NOx Emissions (tons) Operation Date
(EPA Data)2018 CAIR
New Unit
Annual
NOx Allowance
Allocation2018 CAIR
New Unit
Ozone
Season NOx
Allowance
AllocationHunlock Creek Energy Center Luzerne 3176 CT5 13.1 5.2 6/2/2011 13 5 Hunlock Creek Energy Center Luzerne 3176 CT6 12.6 5.1 5/27/2011 12 5 York Energy Center York 55524 1 18.7 8.6 3/2/2011 18 8 York Energy Center York 55524 2 18.4 8.5 3/2/2011 18 8 York Energy Center York 55524 3 18.5 8.4 3/2/2011 18 8 Total 79 34
Owners and operators of new units should be aware that CAIR NOx allowances and CAIR NOx Ozone Season allowances do not constitute property rights and that action at the Federal or State level, including court proceedings in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., U.S. No. 12-1182, could affect these allocations, once final.
Written Comments
Written comments on the new unit proposed annual and ozone season CAIR NOx allowance allocations for 2018 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, ranbordner@pa.gov no later than April 6, 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 2018 New Unit Annual and Ozone Season CAIR Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Allowance Allocations'' 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. 14-595. Filed for public inspection March 21, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
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