NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction; Proposed 2019 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units
[49 Pa.B. 779]
[Saturday, February 16, 2019]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity for public comment on the proposed Nonelectric Generating Unit (non-EGU) 2019 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).
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 Clean Air Interstate Rule exempt EGUs that are subject to the NOx Budget Trading Program. If total emissions from all 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 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.
The Statewide cap for 2018 was not exceeded. Therefore, non-EGUs do not need to purchase allowances to meet their 2018 Ozone Season NOx emission limitations established under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d). The NOx emissions for the 2018 Ozone Season (May through September) reported to the United States Environmental Protection Agency by the owners and operators of the affected non-EGUs are 815 tons. The Department's permanent retirement of 3,438 NOx allowances under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(b) covers all the NOx emissions from the affected non-EGUs in 2018.
In Table 1 as follows, which lists proposed non-EGU 2019 ozone season NOx emission limits, PH Glatfelter's facility name has changed to Pixelle Specialty Solutions. Additionally, two new units, referred to as units 38 and 39, update and replace previous units 34 and 35 in Table 1 for this same facility.
United Refining Boiler No. 4 has been removed from Table 1. The boiler is no longer operational and permanently out of service at the facility since February 2018.
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. The Department may use a portion of the 181 tons of the budgeted NOx emissions, if necessary, to address mistakes or miscalculations. This year, the Department is not proposing to use any of the 181 tons of NOxfor accounting adjustments or to make corrections.
Prior to 2019, Shenango's NOx Budget Trading Program units 6 and 9 received a NOx accounting adjustment of 19 tons annually. In January 2016, Shenango Newville permanently closed, and in 2018 the smokestacks at the facility were demolished. The units can no longer operate. The 19 tons of NOx accounting adjustments are no longer necessary to meet this facility's NOx Budget Trading Program obligations.
The following ''Proposed Non-EGU 2019 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits'' table lists the following: the facility name, ORIS code, the unit ID for each non-EGU unit, the 2018 NOx mass or the 2018 Ozone Season emissions, the 2018 heat input for the 2018 Ozone Season, the county location of the facility, the calculated 2019 rate and the 2019 Ozone Season (OS) limit.
The Department must receive comments no later than March 4, 2019. Commentators are encouraged to submit comments using the Department's eComment system at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment or by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov. Written comments may be mailed to the Policy Office, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063. Use ''Proposed Non-EGU 2019 Ozone Season NOx emission limits'' as the subject line in written communication.
Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Randy Bordner at (717) 772-3921 or ranbordner@pa.gov. 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 1: Proposed Non-EGU 2019 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits
Facility Name ORIS
CodeUnit ID 2018
NOx
Mass
(Tons)
2018 Heat
Input MMBtu
County
2019 Rate
(lbs/MMBtu)2019
OS
Limit
(Tons NOx)Armagh
Compressor
Station880071 31301 0 0 Indiana 0.26 0 Bernville Station 880049 32001 0.001 2 Berks 0.26 0 Domtar Paper Company, LLC 54638 40 19.688 847,059.7 Elk 0.26 109 Domtar Paper Company, LLC 54638 41 19.524 832,941.6 Elk 0.26 107 Entriken Compressor
Station880072 31601 0 0 Huntingdon 0.26 0 Honeywell Resins & Chemicals LLC 880007 52 28.39 718,832.6 Philadelphia 0.26 92 Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company 50410 34 30.544 40,715 Delaware 0.26 5 Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company 50410 35 87.858 1,936,177 Delaware 0.26 249 Merck &
Company—
West Point52149 39 0.286 1,086.425 Montgomery 0.26 0 Merck &
Company—
West Point52149 40 10.444 254,945 Montgomery 0.26 33 Marcus Hook 50, LP 50074 1 16.98 1,357,289 Delaware 0.26 174 SPMT Marcus Hook Industrial Complex 880107 AB01 99.358 1,335,896 Delaware 0.26 172 SPMT Marcus Hook Industrial Complex 880107 AB02 9.644 661,593.3 Delaware 0.26 85 SPMT Marcus Hook Industrial Complex 880107 AB03 8.229 520,691 Delaware 0.26 67 SPMT Marcus Hook Industrial Complex 880107 AB04 19.381 1,105,539 Delaware 0.26 142 Pixelle
Specialty
Solutions50397 36 0 0 York 0.26 0 Pixelle
Specialty
Solutions50397 38 16.44 936,041.4 York 0.26 120 Pixelle
Specialty
Solutions50397 39 21.467 1,222,834 York 0.26 157 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150137 1.122 477,908.7 Philadelphia 0.26 61 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150138 115.91 1,913,920 Philadelphia 0.26 246 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150139 8 2,083,315 Philadelphia 0.26 268 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150140 9.274 722,806.7 Philadelphia 0.26 93 Philadelphia Refinery 52106 150145 0 0 Philadelphia 0.26 0 Procter &
Gamble Paper Products50463 328001 4.497 401,233.9 Wyoming 0.26 52 Procter &
Gamble Paper Products50463 328002 3.835 478,862.9 Wyoming 0.26 62 Shermans Dale Station 880050 31801 0.005 15 Perry 0.26 0 Trainer Refinery 880025 34 1.638 752,321.4 Delaware 0.26 97 Trainer Refinery 880025 35 1.736 787,319.6 Delaware 0.26 101 Trainer Refinery 880025 53 0.695 691,033.7 Delaware 0.26 89 US Steel
(Clairton Coke)50729 CLBLR1 160.38 1,571,902 Allegheny 0.26 202 US Steel
(Clairton Coke)50729 CLBLR2 65.853 914,749.9 Allegheny 0.26 118 US Steel
(Edgar Thomson)50732 ETBLR1 14.116 1,026,710 Allegheny 0.26 132 US Steel
(Edgar Thomson)50732 ETBLR2 17.339 1,263,783 Allegheny 0.26 162 US Steel
(Edgar Thomson)50732 ETBLR3 16.279 1,687,667 Allegheny 0.26 217 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 1 0.09 580 Philadelphia 0.26 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 2 0 0 Philadelphia 0.26 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 3 4.073 32,559.1 Philadelphia 0.26 4 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 4 0.276 1,572.3 Philadelphia 0.26 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—Schuylkill 50607 23 0 0 Philadelphia 0.26 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—Schuylkill 50607 24 0 0 Philadelphia 0.26 0 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—Schuylkill 50607 26 1.22 91,074.19 Philadelphia 0.26 12 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—Schuylkill 50607 RSB1 0.204 41,512.01 Philadelphia 0.26 5 Veolia Energy Philadelphia—Schuylkill 50607 RSB2 0.241 42,191.63 Philadelphia 0.26 5 Totals 815.0 26,754,681 3,438 PATRICK McDONNELL,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-217. Filed for public inspection February 15, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]
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