518 Interstate pollution transport reduction; proposed 2015 ozone season nitrogen oxide emission limits for nonelectric generating units

Interstate Pollution Transport Reduction; Proposed 2015 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units

[45 Pa.B. 1451]
[Saturday, March 21, 2015]

 The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity for comment concerning the proposed Nonelectric Generating Unit (non-EGU) 2015 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide (NO_x) emission limitations established in accordance with 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d) (relating to transition to CAIR NO_x trading programs). The 15-day public comment period will end on April 5, 2015.

 Specifically, 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d) establishes a non-EGU NO_x Trading Program budget of 3,619 tons of NO_x, less a specified adjustment amount, to serve as a Statewide Ozone Season NO_x emissions cap for new and existing non-EGUs. This NO_x emissions cap also applies to Clean Air Interstate Rule-exempt EGUs that are subject to the NO_x Budget Trading Program. If total emissions from all of the units exceed the Statewide NO_x emissions cap of 3,438 tons, the owners and operators of non-EGUs must comply with the NO_x emission limitations established under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d). The proposed NO_x emissions limitations for individual units ensure that non-EGUs in this Commonwealth continue to meet the emission limits of the NO_x Budget Trading Program.

 The Statewide cap for 2014 was not exceeded. Therefore, non-EGUs do not need to purchase allowances to meet their 2014 Ozone Season NO_x emission limitations established under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(d). The preliminary NO_x emissions for the 2014 Ozone Season (May through September) reported to the United States Environmental Protection Agency by the owners and operators of the affected non-EGUs are 1,493.431 tons. The Department's permanent retirement of 3,438 allowances under 25 Pa. Code § 145.8(b) covers all the NO_x emissions from the affected non-EGUs in 2014.

 The NO_x emissions cap provides 181 tons of NO_x emissions for non-EGUs and the other units that need to address their emissions through accounting adjustments, including units that previously participated in the NO_x Budget Trading Program; emissions from these units were below the 25-ton exemption threshold. Adjustments were also made for the permanent retirement of NO_x allowances due to generation of emission reduction credits. The Department will also use a portion of the 181 tons of the budgeted NO_x emissions, if necessary, to address mistakes or miscalculations. This year, the Department is proposing to use 71 tons of the 181 tons of NO_x for account adjustments, leaving 110 tons available for any additional adjustments at the end of the control period.

 The Department made accounting adjustments for the following facilities:

 Retired Units: Naval Surface Warfare Division Unit 98; Shenango Units Nos. 6 and 9 (the generation of emission offsets for small non-NO_x Budget Trading Program units resulted in a permanent NO_x accounting adjustment of 45 tons).

 Exempt Units: The Naval Surface Warfare Division (Unit 100) has a 25-ton NO_x permit limit. The Naval Surface Warfare Division (Unit 99) has a 1-ton NO_x permit limit. These two exempt status units account for a total adjustment of 26 tons of NO_x emissions.

 Change in Status Units: Entriken Compressor Station (Unit 31601) had previously operated under a 25-ton exemption, but was authorized by a plan approval (31-05019A) issued December 30, 2013, extended April 11, 2014, and has another extension pending, to remove the exemption upon start-up of the Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS). Armagh Compressor Station (Unit 31301) had previously operated under a 25-ton exemption, but was authorized by a plan approval (32-00230B) issued April 2, 2014, and modified December 16, 2014, to remove the exemption upon start-up of the CEMS. The Entriken and Armaugh units listed no longer fall into the exempt units category, subjecting both units to the NO_x Budget requirements in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 145 (relating to interstate pollution transport reduction).

 The ''Proposed Non-EGU 2015 Ozone Season NO_x Emission Limits'' table lists the following: the facility name; ORIS code; the unit ID for each non-EGU unit; the operating year; the heat input for the 2014 Ozone Season; the calculated 2015 rate; and the 2015 Ozone Season limit.

 Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed non-EGU 2015 Ozone Season NO_x Emission Limits by April 5, 2015. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. Comments, including comments submitted by e-mail, must include the originator's name, affiliation (if any), address and telephone number, and contain ''proposed non-EGU 2015 Ozone Season NO_x emission limits'' in the subject line. Written comments should be submitted to Randy Bordner, Department of Environmental Protection, Air Resource Management Division, Bureau of Air Quality, Air Resources Management Division, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, [e-mail].

 Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Randy Bordner, [phone], [e-mail].

Table 1: Preliminary Non-EGU 2015 Ozone Season NO_x Emission Limits

Facility Name	ORIS Code	Unit ID	NOx Rate lb/MMBtu	2014 NOx Mass Tons	Heat Input MMBtu	County	2015 Rate (lbs/MMBtu)	2015 OS Limit (Tons NOx)
Armagh Compressor Station	880071	31301	0	0	-	Indiana	0.252	0
Bernville Station	880049	32001	0	0	-	Berks	0.252	0
Domtar Paper Company, LLC	54638	40	0.347	145.99	859,679.62	Elk	0.252	108
Domtar Paper Company, LLC	54638	41	0.347	149.26	868,483.37	Elk	0.252	109
Entriken Compressor Station	880072	31601	0	0	-	Huntingdon	0.252	0
FPL Energy MH50	50074	1	1.2438	0.835	2,288.30	Delaware	0.252	0
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB01	0	0	-	Delaware	0.252	0
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB02	0	0	-	Delaware	0.252	0
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB03	0.0195	6.557	668,219.69	Delaware	0.252	84
FPL Energy Marcus Hook, LP	55801	AB04	0.0205	2.333	224,823.64	Delaware	0.252	28
Honeywell Resins & Chemicals LLC	880007	52	0.0799	34.101	853,334.84	Philadelphia	0.252	107
Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company	50410	34	1.5012	3.342	4,452.90	Delaware	0.252	1
Kimberly-Clark Tissue Company	50410	35	0.0713	86.222	2,430,975.15	Delaware	0.252	306
Martins Creek	3148	aux 4	0	0	-	0	0.000	0
Merck & Company— West Point	52149	39	0.0803	14.957	373,150.09	Montgomery	0.252	47
Merck & Company— West Point	52149	40	0.0241	18.962	1,567,325.18	Montgomery	0.252	197
Naval Surface Warfare Division	880009	98	0	0	retired	0	0.000	0
Naval Surface Warfare Division	880009	99	0	0	25 ton exemption (limit 1 ton)	0	0.000	0
Naval Surface Warfare Division	880009	100	0	0	25 ton exemption (limit 25 ton)	0	0.000	0
P H Glatfelter Company	50397	34	0.4768	252.142	1,053,554.45	York	0.252	133
P H Glatfelter Company	50397	35	0.4718	172.695	734,537.38	York	0.252	92
P H Glatfelter Company	50397	36	0.1583	123.675	1,519,612.70	York	0.252	191
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150137	0.0377	24.557	1,300,818.83	Philadelphia	0.252	164
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150138	0	0	-	Philadelphia	0.252	0
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150139	0.038	25.098	1,313,886.44	Philadelphia	0.252	165
Philadelphia Refinery	52106	150140	0.038	28.764	1,525,432.00	Philadelphia	0.252	192
Procter & Gamble Paper Products	50463	328001	0.1519	141.614	1,873,515.84	Wyoming	0.252	236
Procter & Gamble Paper Products	50463	328002	0.0136	9.376	1,951,116.54	Wyoming	0.252	246
Shenango Incorporated	54532	6	0	0	retired	0	0.000	0
Shenango Incorporated	54532	9	0	0	retired	0	0.000	0
Shermans Dale Station	880050	31801	0.7	0.096	274.00	Perry	0.252	0
Trainer Refinery	880025	33	0	0	-	Delaware	0.252	0
Trainer Refinery	880025	34	0.0041	1.677	814,013.70	Delaware	0.252	102
Trainer Refinery	880025	35	0.0036	1.475	811,786.40	Delaware	0.252	102
US Steel (Clairton Coke)	50729	CLBLR1	0.1519	106.777	1,368,801.79	Allegheny	0.252	172
US Steel (Clairton Coke)	50729	CLBLR2	0.1101	68.541	1,136,369.11	Allegheny	0.252	143
US Steel (Edgar Thomson)	50732	ETBLR1	0.0314	20.283	1,335,462.98	Allegheny	0.252	168
US Steel (Edgar Thomson)	50732	ETBLR2	0.0346	18.012	1,061,411.04	Allegheny	0.252	134
US Steel (Edgar Thomson)	50732	ETBLR3	0.0321	16.537	1,050,450.51	Allegheny	0.252	132
Veolia Energy Philadelphia— Edison Sta	880006	1	0.3147	0.394	2,510.60	Philadelphia	0.252	0
Veolia Energy Philadelphia— Edison Sta	880006	2	0.4198	0.773	4,357.70	Philadelphia	0.252	1
Veolia Energy Philadelphia— Edison Sta	880006	3	0.365	0.268	1,841.30	Philadelphia	0.252	0
Veolia Energy Philadelphia— Edison Sta	880006	4	0	0	-	Philadelphia	0.252	0
Veolia Energy Philadelphia— Schuylkill	50607	RSB1	0.0117	0.389	69,162.80	Philadelphia	0.252	9
Veolia Energy Philadelphia— Schuylkill	50607	RSB2	0.0142	0.449	66,067.68	Philadelphia	0.252	8
United Refining	880099	4	0.075	17.28	480,477.60	Warren	0.252	61
			Total	1,493.431				3438

JOHN QUIGLEY, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-518. Filed for public inspection March 20, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]