NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction: Proposed 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units
[54 Pa.B. 552]
[Saturday, February 3, 2024]The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity for public comment on the proposed 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). The 17-day public comment period will end on February 19, 2024.
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 (CAIR) 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. The difference between the calculated total OS NOx limit for all units in the following Table 1 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, the owners and operators of non-EGUs do 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 (EPA) by the owners and operators of the affected non-EGUs are 656.5 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.
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 is proposing to 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 Vicinity Energy Philadelphia Facility's Schuylkill Unit 24 listed in the non-EGU limits table during previous years was removed from the following Table 1. The EPA's Clean Air Markets Division Business System reports Unit 24's operating status as retired on November 14, 2016. Once a unit is confirmed to no longer be operating, it cannot be allocated a limit.
The following ''Proposed Non-EGU 2024 OS NOx Emission Limits'' in Table 1 lists the following: 'facility name,' 'ORIS code,' 'unit ID' for each non-EGU unit, '2023 NOx mass' or the 2023 OS emissions, '2023 heat input' for the 2023 OS, the 'county' location of the facility, the calculated '2024 rate,' and the '2024 OS limit.'
Interested persons may submit written comments on the proposed non-EGU 2024 OS NOx Emission Limits through February 19, 2024. Comments, including comments submitted by e-mail, must include the commentator's name and address. Commentators are encouraged to submit comments using the Department's online eComment tool at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment or by e-mail to ecomment@pa.gov. Written comments can 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 2024 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 Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.
Table 1: Final Non-EGU 2024 OS NOx Emission Limits
Facility Name ORIS
CodeUnit 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 25.826 719,010 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 5.866 192,474.5 Elk 0.36 35 Domtar Paper Company, LLC 54638 41 14.698 574,534.3 Elk 0.36 103 Entriken Compressor Station 880072 31601 0 0 Huntingdon 0.36 0 ETMT—Marcus Hook Terminal 880107 AB01 2.919 172,772.8 Delaware 0.36 31 ETMT—Marcus Hook Terminal 880107 AB03 1.961 122,611.4 Delaware 0.36 22 ETMT—Marcus Hook Terminal 880107 AB04 7.146 594,574.1 Delaware 0.36 107 Merck & Company—West
Point52149 39 8.378 183,847.7 Montgomery 0.36 33 Merck & Company—West
Point52149 40 20.794 1,447,265 Montgomery 0.36 261 Pixelle Specialty Solutions 50397 36 209.577 1,690,202 York 0.36 304 Pixelle Specialty Solutions 50397 38 6.997 511,015.7 York 0.36 92 Pixelle Specialty Solutions 50397 39 5.711 413,152.8 York 0.36 74 Procter & Gamble Paper Products 50463 328001 122.319 1,914,955 Wyoming 0.36 345 Procter & Gamble Paper Products 50463 328002 6.278 1,796,525 Wyoming 0.36 323 Sherman's Dale Station 880050 31801 0 0 Perry 0.36 0 Trainer Refinery 880025 34 1.282 573,301.1 Delaware 0.36 103 Trainer Refinery 880025 35 1.323 560,951 Delaware 0.36 101 Trainer Refinery 880025 53 1.022 654,339.4 Delaware 0.36 118 US Steel (Clairton Coke) 50729 CLBLR1 96.36 1,190,432 Warren 0.36 214 US Steel (Clairton Coke) 50729 CLBLR2 72.46 968,787.8 Allegheny 0.36 174 US Steel (Edgar Thomson) 50732 ETBLR1 10.794 1,416,966 Allegheny 0.36 255 US Steel (Edgar Thomson) 50732 ETBLR2 14.913 1,603,503 Allegheny 0.36 289 US Steel (Edgar Thomson) 50732 ETBLR3 12.991 1,582,020 Allegheny 0.36 285 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 1 0 0 Allegheny 0.36 0 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 2 0.328 6,381.5 Allegheny 0.36 1 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 3 0.473 6,694.8 Philadelphia 0.36 1 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Edison Station880006 4 1.154 21,795.8 Philadelphia 0.36 4 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Schuylkill50607 23 0 0 Philadelphia 0.36 0 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Schuylkill50607 26 4.343 104,570.7 Philadelphia 0.36 19 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Schuylkill50607 RSB1 0.185 31,799.82 Philadelphia 0.36 6 Vicinity Energy
Philadelphia—
Schuylkill50607 RSB2 0.435 40,381.94 Philadelphia 0.36 7 Totals: 656.533 19,094,866 3,436 JESSICA SHIRLEY,
Interim Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-130. Filed for public inspection February 2, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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