NOTICES

Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction; Proposed 2011 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units

[41 Pa.B. 1409]
[Saturday, March 12, 2011]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity for comment concerning the proposed Nonelectric Generating Unit (non-EGU) 2011 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Trading Program budget 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 28, 2011.

 In April 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. (See 38 Pa.B. 1705 (April 12, 2008).) 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 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 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 (EPA) 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 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 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 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); 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 2011 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 2010 ozone season, the calculated 2011 rate and the 2011 ozone season limit.

Written Comments

 Written comments on the proposed non-EGU 2011 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@state.pa.us no later than March 28, 2011. 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 2011 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.

MICHAEL L. KRANCER, 
Acting Secretary

Table 1: Proposed Non-EGU 2011 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits

Facility Name	ORIS Code	Unit ID	Operating Year	NOx Rate lb/MMBtu	NOx Mass tons	Heat Input MMBtu	2011 Rate	2011 OS Limit
Armagh Compressor Station	880071	31301	2010	0	0	0	0.257	0
Bernville Station	880049	32001	2010	0	0	0	0.257	0
ConocoPhillips Co., Trainer Refinery	880025	33	2010	0.1636	48.933	558,135	0.257	72
ConocoPhillips Co., Trainer Refinery	880025	34	2010	0.0035	1.05	602,702	0.257	77
ConocoPhillips Co., Trainer Refinery	880025	35	2010	0.0056	1.789	627,803	0.257	81
Domtar Paper Company, LLC	54638	40	2010	0.3978	149.68	814,359	0.257	104
Domtar Paper Company, LLC	54638	41	2010	0.3978	154.19	832,058	0.257	107
Entriken Compressor Station	880072	31601	2010	0	0	0	0.257	0
FPL Energy MH50	50074	1	2010	0.1435	0.61	10,083	0.257	1
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB01	2010	0.0224	6.035	533,639	0.257	68
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB02	2010	0.0286	7.103	490,645	0.257	63
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB03	2010	0.0342	7.339	429,647	0.257	55
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB04	2010	0.0321	9.52	589,226	0.257	76
Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company	50410	34	2010	1.6548	0.008	10	0.257	0
Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company	50410	35	2010	0.062	84.486	2,747,863	0.257	352
Merck & Company-West Point	52149	39	2010	0.0755	13.691	363,622	0.257	47
Merck & Company-West Point	52149	40	2010	0.0195	7.679	791,256	0.257	101
P H Glatfelter Company	50397	34	2010	0.469	338.65	1,440,121	0.257	185
P H Glatfelter Company	50397	35	2010	0.4875	282.62	1,147,042	0.257	147
P H Glatfelter Company	50397	36	2010	0.2269	205.34	1,811,998	0.257	232
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150137	2010	0.0348	18.497	1,068,366	0.257	137
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150138	2010	0.0345	7.551	449,986	0.257	58
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150139	2010	0.0348	19.811	1,136,839	0.257	146
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150140	2010	0.0348	25.174	1,443,800	0.257	185
Procter & Gamble Paper Products	50463	328001	2010	0.1627	145.35	1,785,754	0.257	229
Shermans Dale Station	880050	31801	2010	0.7	0.001	4	0.257	0
Sunoco Chemicals Frankford Plant	880007	52	2010	0.0668	14.36	428,349	0.257	55
US Steel (Clairton Coke)	50729	CLBLR1	2010	0.1646	134.89	1,602,401	0.257	206
US Steel (Clairton Coke)	50729	CLBLR2	2010	0.0891	2.972	66,250	0.257	8
US Steel (Edgar Thomson)	50732	ETBLR1	2010	0.0184	12.673	1,407,802	0.257	181
US Steel (Edgar Thomson)	50732	ETBLR2	2010	0.0156	11.678	1,546,841	0.257	198
US Steel (Edgar Thomson)	50732	ETBLR3	2010	0.0177	13.126	1,540,980	0.257	198
United Refining	880099	4	2010	0.047	12.7	537,396	0.257	69
				Totals =	1737.5	26,804,977	0.257	3438

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-428. Filed for public inspection March 11, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]

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