357 Clean Air Interstate Rule; 2015 allocation of 2014 vintage nitrogen oxides allowances set aside to offset sulfur dioxide emissions; final redistribution of 2013 vintage nitrogen oxides allowances for certain facilities

Clean Air Interstate Rule; 2015 Allocation of 2014 Vintage Nitrogen Oxides Allowances Set Aside to Offset Sulfur Dioxide Emissions; Final Redistribution of 2013 Vintage Nitrogen Oxides Allowances for Certain Facilities

[45 Pa.B. 1025]
[Saturday, February 28, 2015]

 In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §  145.212(f)(2) (relating to CAIR NO_x allowance allocations), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice of the issuance of 2014 vintage Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) nitrogen oxides (NO_x) allowances to owners or operators of certain CAIR sulfur dioxide (SO₂) units for the purpose of offsetting SO₂ emissions for 2014 compliance. These units were exempted under the Federal Acid Rain Program provisions in section 405(g)(6)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. § 7651d(g)(6)(A)) and therefore did not receive SO₂ allowances, yet are subject to the CAIR SO₂ Trading Program.

 The Commonwealth's CAIR NO_x Annual Trading Program budget contained 99,049 CAIR NO_x allowances for 2014; 97,761 of the CAIR NO_x allowances were allocated at 40 Pa.B. 2341 (May 1, 2010). The remaining 1,288 CAIR NO_x allowances, 1.3% of the CAIR NO_x Annual Trading Program budget for 2014, were set aside for this allocation. Six requests were dated prior to the January 31, 2015, deadline for additional CAIR NO_x allowances.

 The Department is allocating these allowances on a ratio of 1 CAIR NO_x allowance to every 8 tons of SO₂ emitted by the unit in 2014, minus any excess CAIR NO_x allowances already allocated to the unit for the 2014 control period that were not used to cover NO_x emissions for the 2013 control period. The result is an allocation of 1,050 CAIR NO_x allowances.

 For every facility that submitted a request, Table 1 lists the facility name, ORIS number and unit identification number, and the number of CAIR NO_x allowances to be allocated.

Table 1: NO_x Allocations to Offset SO₂ Emissions

Facility Name	ORIS #	Unit ID	# of NOx Allowances
Cambria Cogen	10641	1 & 2	399
Colver Power Project	10143	AAB01	354
Ebensburg Power Company	10603	31	12
Scrubgrass Generating Plant	50947	1 & 2	183
WPS Westwood Generation	50611	31	38
Wheelabrator Frackville	50879	GEN1	64

 In accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 145.212(c) and (f)(4), the Department is also providing notice of the issuance of 300 vintage 2013 annual NO_x allowances that remained after the Department's allocations last year to units exempted under the Federal Acid Rain Program provisions in section 405(g)(6)(A) of the Clean Air Act but not exempted from the CAIR requirements published at 44 Pa.B. 1834 (March 22, 2014). There were 1,288 CAIR NO_x allowances set aside and 988 given out, leaving a balance of 300 allowances to be distributed to the regular units.

 Table 2 lists the facility name, ORIS code, unit ID, county, amount of allowance previously allocated and amount to be given back this year for each CAIR unit and qualifying resource that is to be allocated vintage 2013 NO_x allowances from the 300 allowances that remained after the 2014 allocation to the units exempted from the Acid Rain Program. These allocations were calculated using the same heat input data as the original allocations to the units which was published in Table 7 at 40 Pa.B. 297 (January 9, 2010).

Table 2: Additional 2013 Annual CAIR NO_x Allowances to Certain Facilities

Facility Name	ORIS Code	Unit ID	County	Sent to EPA and Previously Allocated	2013 Giveback Allocations
AES Beaver Valley LLC	10676	32	Beaver	306	1
AES Beaver Valley LLC	10676	33	Beaver	286	1
AES Beaver Valley LLC	10676	34	Beaver	286	1
AES Ironwood	55337	1	Lebanon	437	1
AES Ironwood	55337	2	Lebanon	427	1
Armstrong Power Station	3178	1	Armstrong	760	2
Armstrong Power Station	3178	2	Armstrong	737	2
Bethlehem Power Plant	55690	1	Northampton	184	1
Bethlehem Power Plant	55690	2	Northampton	183	1
Bethlehem Power Plant	55690	3	Northampton	178	1
Bruce Mansfield	6094	1	Beaver	4,247	13
Bruce Mansfield	6094	2	Beaver	4,545	14
Bruce Mansfield	6094	3	Beaver	3,965	12
Brunner Island	3140	1	York	1,439	4
Brunner Island	3140	2	York	1,939	6
Brunner Island	3140	3	York	3,859	12
Cambria Cogen	10641	1	Cambria	352	1
Cambria Cogen	10641	2	Cambria	340	1
Cheswick	8226	1	Allegheny	2,032	6
Colver Power Project	10143	AAB01	Cambria	635	2
Conemaugh	3118	1	Indiana	4,715	14
Conemaugh	3118	2	Indiana	4,337	13
Cromby	3159	1	Chester	521	2
Ebensburg Power Company	10603	31	Cambria	500	2
Eddystone Generating Station	3161	1	Delaware	992	3
Eddystone Generating Station	3161	2	Delaware	1,023	3
Elrama	3098	1	Washington	267	1
Elrama	3098	2	Washington	256	1
Elrama	3098	3	Washington	330	1
Elrama	3098	4	Washington	617	2
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	1	Delaware	288	1
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	2	Delaware	313	1
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	3	Delaware	309	1
Fairless Energy, LLC	55298	1A	Bucks	478	1
Fairless Energy, LLC	55298	1B	Bucks	494	2
Fairless Energy, LLC	55298	2A	Bucks	570	2
Fairless Energy, LLC	55298	2B	Bucks	568	2
Fayette Energy Facility	55516	CTG1	Fayette	184	1
Fayette Energy Facility	55516	CTG2	Fayette	180	1
G F Weaton	50130	34	Beaver	176	1
G F Weaton	50130	35	Beaver	191	1
Gilberton Power Company	10113	31	Schuylkill	330	1
Gilberton Power Company	10113	32	Schuylkill	325	1
Grays Ferry Cogen Partnership	54785	25	Philadelphia	279	1
Hatfields Ferry Power Station	3179	1	Greene	2,633	8
Hatfields Ferry Power Station	3179	2	Greene	2,031	6
Hatfields Ferry Power Station	3179	3	Greene	2,601	8
Homer City	3122	1	Indiana	3,185	10
Homer City	3122	2	Indiana	2,858	9
Homer City	3122	3	Indiana	3,521	11
Hunlock Power Station	3176	6	Luzerne	193	1
Hunterstown Combined Cycle	55976	CT101	Adams	171	1
Hunterstown Combined Cycle	55976	CT301	Adams	180	1
Keystone	3136	1	Armstrong	4,860	15
Keystone	3136	2	Armstrong	3,706	11
Liberty Electric Power Plant	55231	1	Delaware	326	1
Liberty Electric Power Plant	55231	2	Delaware	326	1
Lower Mount Bethel Energy	55667	CT01	Northampton	365	1
Lower Mount Bethel Energy	55667	CT02	Northampton	354	1
Martins Creek	3148	1	Northampton	335	1
Martins Creek	3148	2	Northampton	304	1
Martins Creek	3148	3	Northampton	278	1
Mitchell Power Station	3181	33	Washington	625	2
Montour	3149	1	Montour	3,620	11
Montour	3149	2	Montour	3,361	10
Mt. Carmel Cogeneration	10343	SG-101	Northumberland	206	1
New Castle	3138	3	Lawrence	304	1
New Castle	3138	4	Lawrence	335	1
New Castle	3138	5	Lawrence	379	1
Northampton Generating Plant	50888	NGC01	Northampton	609	2
Northeastern Power Company	50039	31	Schuylkill	324	1
Ontelaunee Energy Center	55193	CT1	Berks	298	1
Ontelaunee Energy Center	55193	CT2	Berks	380	1
Panther Creek Energy Facility	50776	1	Carbon	238	1
Panther Creek Energy Facility	50776	2	Carbon	248	1
Piney Creek Power Plant	54144	31	Clarion	197	1
Portland	3113	1	Northampton	642	2
Portland	3113	2	Northampton	929	3
Scrubgrass Generating Plant	50974	1	Venango	252	1
Scrubgrass Generating Plant	50974	2	Venango	262	1
Seward	3130	1	Indiana	1,396	4
Seward	3130	2	Indiana	1,280	4
Shawville	3131	1	Clearfield	531	2
Shawville	3131	2	Clearfield	510	2
Shawville	3131	3	Clearfield	637	2
Shawville	3131	4	Clearfield	770	2
St. Nicholas Cogeneration Project	54634	1	Schuylkill	655	2
Sunbury	3152	1A	Snyder	209	1
Sunbury	3152	1B	Snyder	195	1
Sunbury	3152	2A	Snyder	200	1
Sunbury	3152	2B	Snyder	208	1
Sunbury	3152	3	Snyder	433	1
Sunbury	3152	4	Snyder	301	1
Titus	3115	1	Berks	349	1
Titus	3115	2	Berks	336	1
Titus	3115	3	Berks	290	1
Wheelabrator—Frackville	50879	GEN1	Schuylkill	349	1
				Total	300

 Owners and operators of qualifying units should be aware that CAIR NO_x allowances do not constitute property rights.

 Persons aggrieved by an action may appeal, under section 4 of the Environmental Hearing Board Act (35 P. S. § 7514) and 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501—508 and 701—704 (relating to Administrative Agency Law), to the Environmental Hearing Board, Second Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P. O. Box 8457, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8457, [phone]. TDD users may contact the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service, [phone]. Appeals must be filed with the Board within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, unless the appropriate statute provides a different time period. Copies of the appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure may be obtained from the Board. The appeal form and the Board's rules of practice and procedure are also available in Braille or on audiotape from the Secretary of the Board at [phone]. This paragraph does not, in and of itself, create any right of appeal beyond that permitted by applicable statutes and decision law.

 For individuals who wish to challenge an action, appeals must reach the Board within 30 days. A lawyer is not needed to file an appeal with the Board.

 Important legal rights are at stake, however, so individuals should show this notice to a lawyer at once. Persons who cannot afford a lawyer may qualify for pro bono representation. Call the Secretary to the Board at [phone] for more information.

 Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Randy Bordner, Chief, Stationary Source Section, Bureau of Air Quality, [phone], [e-mail]. TDD users may contact the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone] to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.

JOHN QUIGLEY, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-357. Filed for public inspection February 27, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]