595 Clean Air Interstate Rule; proposed 2018 new unit annual and ozone season CAIR nitrogen oxides allowance allocations

Clean Air Interstate Rule; Proposed 2018 New Unit Annual and Ozone Season CAIR Nitrogen Oxides Allowance Allocations

[44 Pa.B. 1833]
[Saturday, March 22, 2014]

 In accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.211(d)(3) and 145.221(d)(3) (relating to timing requirements for CAIR NO_x allowance allocations; and timing requirements for CAIR NO_x Ozone Season allowance allocations), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is providing notice and an opportunity to comment on the proposed 2018 annual and ozone season Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) nitrogen oxides (NO_x) allowance allocations for new units. The Commonwealth's total 2018 NO_x budget for the annual CAIR program contains 82,541 NO_x allowances and the Commonwealth's total 2018 NO_x budget for the ozone season CAIR program contains 35,143 NO_x allowances.

 New unit CAIR NO_x allocations for the annual and ozone season programs are made in accordance with 25 Pa. Code §§ 145.212(e) and 145.222(e) (relating to CAIR NO_x allowance allocations; and CAIR NO_x Ozone Season allowance allocations). CAIR NO_x allowances and CAIR NO_x Ozone Season allowances are issued in amounts equal to each new unit's 2013 annual and ozone season emissions prior to making regular allocations to other units.

 For each new unit receiving a CAIR NO_x allocation, Table 1 lists the following information: Facility name, County, ORIS Code, Unit ID, 2013 Annual NO_x Emission, 2013 Ozone Season NO_x Emission, Operation Date, 2018 Annual New Unit Allocation and 2018 New Unit Ozone Season Allowance Allocation.

Table 1: Proposed 2018 CAIR New Unit Allocations

Facility Name	County	ORIS Code	Unit ID	2013 Annual NOx Emissions (tons)	2013 Ozone Season NOx Emissions (tons)	Operation Date (EPA Data)	2018 CAIR New Unit Annual NOx Allowance Allocation	2018 CAIR New Unit Ozone Season NOx Allowance Allocation
Hunlock Creek Energy Center	Luzerne	3176	CT5	13.1	5.2	6/2/2011	13	5
Hunlock Creek Energy Center	Luzerne	3176	CT6	12.6	5.1	5/27/2011	12	5
York Energy Center	York	55524	1	18.7	8.6	3/2/2011	18	8
York Energy Center	York	55524	2	18.4	8.5	3/2/2011	18	8
York Energy Center	York	55524	3	18.5	8.4	3/2/2011	18	8
Total							79	34

 Owners and operators of new units should be aware that CAIR NO_x allowances and CAIR NO_x Ozone Season allowances do not constitute property rights and that action at the Federal or State level, including court proceedings in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., U.S. No. 12-1182, could affect these allocations, once final.

Written Comments

 Written comments on the new unit proposed annual and ozone season CAIR NO_x allowance allocations for 2018 should be sent to the attention of Randy Bordner, Environmental Group Manager, Air Resource Management Division, Bureau of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, [e-mail] no later than April 6, 2014. Written comments (including e-mails) should include the name, affiliation (if any), mailing address and telephone number of the interested person and contain ''Proposed 2018 New Unit Annual and Ozone Season CAIR Nitrogen Oxides (NO_x) Allowance Allocations'' in the subject line.

 Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Randy Bordner at [phone]. TDD users may contact the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone] to discuss how the Department can best accommodate their needs.

E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-595. Filed for public inspection March 21, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]