NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction; Final 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units
[54 Pa.B. 2172]
[Saturday, April 20, 2024]
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice for the final Nonelectric Generating Unit (non-EGU) 2024 Ozone Season (OS) Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission limitations established under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d) (relating to transition to CAIR NOx trading programs).
Notice of the proposed NOx emission limitations was published at 54 Pa.B. 552 (February 3, 2024) to allow for a 17-day public comment period, which closed on February 19, 2024. The Department did not receive any comments during the public comment period.
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 OS 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 the 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. See 84 FR 8422 (March 8, 2019). The difference between the calculated total OS NOx limit for all units in Table 1 as follows and the total NOx limit of 3,438 tons is due to rounding when calculating the NOx limit for each individual unit.
The Statewide cap for 2023 was not exceeded. Therefore, non-EGUs did not need to purchase allowances to meet their 2023 OS NOx emission limitations established under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d). The NOx emissions for the 2023 OS (May through September) reported to the United States Environmental Protection Agency by the owners and operators of the affected non-EGUs are 644 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 2023. Table 1, as follows, lists the final non-EGU 2024 OS NOx emission limits.
In addition to the 3,438-ton non-EGU cap previously described, 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d)(12) provides 181 tons of NOx emissions annually for non-EGUs and the other units that need to address their limits or 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 rounding issues, mistakes or miscalculations. This year, the Department will use 2 of the 181 tons of NOx emissions set aside from the non-EGU NOx Trading Program budget for accounting adjustments. The accounting adjustment is needed due to the rounding errors in calculating individual unit limits to meet the 3,438-ton non-EGU NOx cap. Rounding resulted in an allocation limit totaling 3,436 tons of NOx.
The ''Final Non-EGU 2024 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits'' in Table 1 lists the following: the 'facility name,' 'ORIS code,' the 'unit ID' for each non-EGU unit, the '2023 NOx mass' for the 2023 OS emissions, the '2023 heat input' for the 2023 OS, the 'county' location of the facility, the calculated '2024 rate and the '2024 Ozone Season (OS) limit.'
Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Randy Bordner at (717) 772-3921 or ranbordner@pa.gov. TDD users may contact the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.
Table 1: Final Non-EGU 2024 Ozone Season NOx Emission Limits
| Facility Name | ORIS
Code | Unit ID | 2023 NOx Mass (tons) | 2023
Heat Input (MMBtu) | County | 2024 Rate (lbs./MMBtu) | 2024
OS
Limit
(tons
NOx)
|
|---|
| AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals, LLC | 880007
| 52 | 25.826 | 719010 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 129 |
| Armagh Compressor Station | 880071
| 31301 | 0 | 0 | Indiana | 0.36 | 0 |
| Bernville Station | 880049
| 32001 | 0 | 0 | Berks | 0.36 | 0 |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | 54638
| 40 | 5.866 | 192474.5 | Elk | 0.36 | 35 |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC | 54638
| 41 | 14.698 | 574534.3 | Elk | 0.36 | 103 |
| Entriken Compressor Station | 880072
| 31601 | 0 | 0 | Huntingdon | 0.36 | 0 |
| ETMT Marcus Hook Terminal | 880107
| AB01 | 2.919 | 172772.8 | Delaware | 0.36 | 31 |
| ETMT Marcus Hook Terminal | 880107
| AB03 | 1.961 | 122611.4 | Delaware | 0.36 | 22 |
| ETMT Marcus Hook Terminal | 880107
| AB04 | 7.146 | 594574.1 | Delaware | 0.36 | 107 |
| Merck & Company—West Point | 52149
| 39 | 8.378 | 183847.7 | Montgomery | 0.36 | 33 |
| Merck & Company—West Point | 52149
| 40 | 20.794 | 1447265 | Montgomery | 0.36 | 261 |
| Pixelle Specialty Solutions | 50397
| 36 | 209.577 | 1690202 | York | 0.36 | 304 |
| Pixelle Specialty Solutions | 50397
| 38 | 6.997 | 511015.7 | York | 0.36 | 92 |
| Pixelle Specialty Solutions | 50397
| 39 | 5.711 | 413152.8 | York | 0.36 | 74 |
| Procter & Gamble Paper Products | 50463
| 328001 | 122.319 | 1914955 | Wyoming | 0.36 | 345 |
| Procter & Gamble Paper Products | 50463
| 328002 | 6.278 | 1796525 | Wyoming | 0.36 | 323 |
| Sherman's Dale Station | 880050
| 31801 | 0 | 0 | Perry | 0.36 | 0 |
| Trainer Refinery | 880025
| 34 | 1.282 | 573301.1 | Delaware | 0.36 | 103 |
| Trainer Refinery | 880025
| 35 | 1.323 | 560951 | Delaware | 0.36 | 101 |
| Trainer Refinery | 880025
| 53 | 1.022 | 654339.4 | Delaware | 0.36 | 118 |
| US Steel (Clairton Coke) | 50729
| CLBLR1 | 96.36 | 1190432 | Warren | 0.36 | 214 |
| US Steel (Clairton Coke) | 50729
| CLBLR2 | 72.46 | 968787.8 | Allegheny | 0.36 | 174 |
| US Steel (Edgar Thomson) | 50732
| ETBLR1 | 10.794 | 1416966 | Allegheny | 0.36 | 255 |
| US Steel (Edgar Thomson) | 50732
| ETBLR2 | 14.913 | 1603503 | Allegheny | 0.36 | 289 |
| US Steel (Edgar Thomson) | 50732
| ETBLR3 | 12.991 | 1582020 | Allegheny | 0.36 | 285 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia
Edison Station | 880006
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Allegheny | 0.36 | 0 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia
Edison Station | 880006
| 2 | 0.328 | 6381.5 | Allegheny | 0.36 | 1 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia
Edison Station | 880006
| 3 | 0.473 | 6694.8 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 1 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia
Edison Station | 880006
| 4 | 1.154 | 21795.8 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 4 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia—
Schuylkill | 50607
| 23 | 0 | 0 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 0 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia—
Schuylkill | 50607
| 26 | 4.343 | 104570.7 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 19 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia—
Schuylkill | 50607
| RSB1 | 0.185 | 31799.82 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 6 |
Vicinity Energy Philadelphia—
Schuylkill | 50607
| RSB2 | 0.435 | 40381.94 | Philadelphia | 0.36 | 7 |
| Totals: | | | 656.533 | 19,094,866 | | | 3,436 |
JESSICA SHIRLEY,
Interim Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-554. Filed for public inspection April 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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