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Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans; BART Determination for Reid Gardner Generating Station
Apr 12, 2012 (Environmental Protection Agency Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) --
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove the remaining portion of a revision to the Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP) to implement the regional haze program for the first planning period through July 31, 2018. This Notice proposes to approve the chapter of Nevada's Regional Haze SIP that requires Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) for emissions limits of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from Units 1 and 2 at the Reid Gardner Generating Station (RGGS). We are proposing to disapprove the NOX emissions limit for Unit 3. We are also proposing to disapprove the provision of the RGGS BART determination that sets a 12-month rolling average for Units 1 through 3. This Notice proposes to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) that establishes certain requirements for which the State, in a letter dated March 22, 2012, has agreed to submit a SIP revision. The FIP sets an emissions limit of 0.20 lbs/MMBtu (pounds per million British thermal units) for Unit 3 as BART and requires the determination of emissions from Units 1 through 3 based on a 30-day rolling average (averaged across all three units). In a prior action, EPA approved Nevada's Regional Haze SIP except for its BART determination for NOX for RGGS Units 1 through 3.
DATES: Comments: Written comments must be received at the address below on or before May 14, 2012.
Public Hearing: We will hold a public hearing in early May at a location near the Facility. We will post information on the specifics on our Web site at http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/actions/nv.html#haze and by publishing a notice in a general circulation newspaper at least 15 days before the date of the hearing.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0130 by one of the following methods:
1. Federal Rulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: Webb.Thomas@epa.gov.
3. Fax: 415-947-3579 (Attention: Thomas Webb)
4. Mail: Thomas Webb, EPA Region 9, Planning Office, Air Division, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Such deliveries are only accepted Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0130. Our policy is that EPA will include all comments received in the public docket without change. EPA may make comments available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov web site is an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA, without going through http://www.regulations.gov, EPA will include your email address as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although it is listed in the index, some information is not publicly available (e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute). Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, voluminous records or large maps, will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Planning Office of the Air Division, Air-2, EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. EPA requests you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy material of the docket. You may view the hard copy material of the docket Monday through Friday, 9-5:30 PST, excluding federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Webb, U.S. EPA, Region 9, Planning Office, Air Division, Air-2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Thomas Webb can be reached at telephone number (415) 947-4139 and via electronic mail at webb.thomas@epa.gov.
Definitions
For the purpose of this document, we are giving meaning to certain words or initials as follows:
(1) The initials BART mean or refer to Best Available Retrofit Technology
(2) The initials CAA mean or refer to Clean Air Act
(3) The initials CCM mean or refer to EPA's Control Cost Manual
(4) The words or initials EPA, we, us or our mean or refer to the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(5) The initials GCNP mean or refer to Grand Canyon National Park
(6) The initials IMPROVE mean or refer to Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments
(7) The word Jarbidge means or refers to the Jarbidge Wilderness Area
(8) The initials LNB mean or refer to low NOX burners
(9) The initials LTS mean or refer to Long-Term Strategy
(10) The initials NDEP mean or refer to Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
(11) The words Nevada and State mean or refer to the State of Nevada
(12) The initials NOX mean or refer to nitrogen oxides
(13) The initials OFA mean or refer to overfire air
(14) The initials RGGS means or refers to Reid Gardner Generating Station Units 1 through 3
(15) The initials RHR mean or refer to Regional Haze Rule
(16) The initials ROFA mean or refer to rotating overfire air
(17) The word Rotamix means or refers to a technology that combines a conventional SNCR system with a proprietary air and reagent injection system
(18) The initials RPG mean or refer to Reasonable Progress Goal
(19) The initials SCR mean or refer to selective catalytic reduction
(20) The initials SIP mean or refer to State Implementation Plan
(21) The initials FIP mean or refer to Federal Implementation Plan
(22) The initials SNCR mean or refer to selective non-catalytic reduction
(23) The initials TSD mean or refer to Technical Support Document
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. State Submittals and EPA's Prior Action
III. Overview of Proposed Action
IV. Requirements for Regional Haze SIPs
A. Regional Haze Rule
B. Best Available Retrofit Technology
C. Roles of Agencies in Addressing Regional Haze
D. Lawsuits
V. EPA's Analysis of Nevada's RH SIP
A. Affected Class I Areas
B. Identification of Sources Subject to BART
C. Evaluation of Nevada's NOX BART Determination for Reid Gardner Generating Station
1. Costs of Compliance
2. Degree of Visibility Improvement
3. Existing Pollution Control Technology
4. Remaining Useful Life of the Source
5. Energy and Non-Air Quality Impacts
VI. Federal Implementation Plan To Address NOX BART for Reid Gardner
A. Unit 1 Through 3 Averaging Period
B. Unit 3 Emission Limit
C. Control Technology Basis
VII. EPA's Proposed Action
VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
The CAA requires each state to develop plans, referred to as SIPs, to meet various air quality requirements. A state must submit its SIPs and SIP revisions to us for approval. Once approved, a SIP is enforceable by EPA and citizens under the CAA, and is, therefore, federally enforceable. If a state fails to make a required SIP submittal or if we find that a state's required submittal is incomplete or unapprovable, then we must promulgate a FIP to fill this regulatory gap. CAA section 110(c)(1). 40 U.S.C. 7410(c).
This proposed action is intended to fulfill the requirement that states adopt and EPA approve SIPs that address regional haze. In 1990, Congress added section 169B to the CAA to address regional haze issues, and we promulgated regulations addressing regional haze in 1999. 64 FR 35714 (July 1, 1999), codified at 40 CFR part 51, subpart P. For a more detailed discussion please see our prior proposed action at 76 FR 36450 (June 22, 2011).
II. State Submittals and EPA's Prior Action
--This is a summary of a Federal Register article originally published on the page number listed below--
Proposed rule.
CFR Part: "40 CFR Part 52"
Citation: "77 FR 21896"
Document Number: "EPA-R09-OAR-2011-0130, FRL-9658-5"
Federal Register Page Number: "21896"
"Proposed Rules"
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