A new NSR Website has been created. The latest information
about NSR will be posted at the new site. This (TTN) site will no longer be updated. The
information contained here will remain for historical purposes until we are certain it is
available by other means (the new site, the Region VII database, the docket, etc).
This page announces recent and upcoming events of interest to the
NSR community and directs the user to available materials associated
with them. Also announced are recent EPA-generated documents relevant
to New Source Review and their location on this Web site.
3-4-03 2/28/03 The "Letter to the State and Local Agencies informing them that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has promulgated revisions to the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) portions of State Implementation
Plans (SIP) in 40 CFR Part 52, Subparts (C) through (DDD) and the Federal Register notice: Approval and Promulgation
of Implementation Plans; Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)"can be found on the
Technical Information page
3-4-03 - The February 28, 2003 Federal Register notice announcing the extension of the proposed Routine,
Repair and Replacement Comment Period to May 2, 2003. is now available. This
document is found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/rule_dev.html.
3-4-03 - The November 2002 Technical Support Document (Response to Comments) for Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment Areas New Source Review Regulations is now available. This
document is found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/rule_dev.html.
2-10-03 The "June 2002 Map of SIP Approved vs. Delegated States" can be found on the
Technical Information page
8-8-02 3/15/02 Memorandum from D. deRoeck, IIG, ITPID to R. Daye, Air RCRA, and
Toxics Division, Region VII regarding use of the Ambient Ration Method for Modeling
Significant Ambient Impacts of NO2. Memorandum can be found under Uncategorized
Policy and Guidance Documents.
8-8-02 3/29/01 Letter to J. Hornback, Director, Kentucky Division Air Quality
regarding EPA's agreement with the State's conclusion that the Gallatin steel manufacturing
facility and the Heckett MultiServe (a division of Harsco Corporation) should be considered
single sources. Letter can be found under Uncategorized Policy and Guidance Documents.
8-8-02 8-10-01 Response letter to an April 16, 2001 from H. Nickel, Hunton &
William requesting EPA's opinion on whether the Maricopa County Environmental Services
Department (NCESD) had correctly interpreted and applies EPA's nonattainment NSR rules and
applicable guidance in determining that the proposed Kyrene Expansion Project (KEP) at the
Kyrene Generating Station, located in Tempe, Arizona, (Permit No. V95-009) was subject to
nonattainment NSR requirements (including offsets) for PM-10. Letter can be found under
Uncategorized Policy and Guidance Documents.
10-11-01 The EPA is making available for public review
and comment a preliminary draft of its pending guidance on Source
Determinations for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Facilities under
the Clean Air Act New Source Review and Title V Programs. The two
files can be found under Draft Documents for
Public Review & Public Comments section. The comment period
on the draft guidance will close on November 14, 2001.
Please forward all comments to: Pam Smith, US EPA/OAQPS/ITPID (C311),
Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, or fax (919) 541-5509, or e-mail
smith.pam@epa.gov. For further
information, contact Kathy Kaufman, telephone (919) 541-0102 or
e-mail kaufman.kathy@epa.gov.
8-6-01 August 6, 2001 response letter to an April 26, 2001
from P. Raher, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. on behalf of PSEG Fossil
for a formal determination about whether cycle gas turbine systems
qualify as "electric utility steam generating units" for purposed
of determining applicability of NSR. Letter can be found under Uncategorized
Policy and Guidance Documents.
6-26-01 - June 5, 2001 - EPA letter responding to a request
for guidance for calculating actual or potential emissions of certain
regulated pollutants from new sources and modifications to determine
their applicability to title I, part C and D (new source review),
and title V (operating permit), requirements. This letter has been
added to the Uncategorized Policy and
Guidance Documents section.
4-10-01 - Newly posted is a letter from Harnett, Director,
OAQPS responding to a 2/27/01 request from W. Lewis, Morgan, Lewis
& Bockius, LLP for a determination that the Federal NSR requirements
do not apply to Minnesota Power's proposed purchase of the electric
generating assets owned by LTV Steel in Taconite Harbor, Minnesota.
This letter has been added to the Uncategorized
Policy and Guidance Documents section.
3-15-01 - The New Source Review Improvement Rulemakings
with a list of the concepts that have been developed and supported
by Perciasepe is now available. This document is found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/rule_dev.html.
1-23-01 - The Cover Memo and Supplemental Report for Tier
2/Gasoline Sulfur Refinery Projects: Guidance Document/BACT and
LAER for Emissions Nitrogen Oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds
have been added to the Uncategorized Policy
and Guidance Documents section.
1-12-01 - The August 12, 2000 Letter from Robert Perciasepe
to Terry M. White on Emergency Generator Guidance during Power Blackouts
has been added to the Uncategorized Policy
and Guidance Documents section.
10-3-00 - The EPA is making available "public comments"
on the preliminary draft of its pending guidance on BACT for NOx
Control on dry low NOx turbines on combined cycle units. They can
be found at the following website: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/draft.html.
9-5-00 - 9/5/00 The EPA is making available for public
review and comment the Information Collection Request (ICR) for
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source
Review to the Office of Management and Budget. The EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection.
Comments must be submitted on or before November 6, 2000. A narrative
explaining the adjustments requested to the NSR Year 2000 Information
Collection Request and the Federal Register notice can be found
at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/techinfo.html.
8-10-00 - The EPA is making available for public review
and comment a preliminary draft of its pending guidance on BACT
for NOx Control on dry low NOx turbines on combined cycle units.
Several issues have been brought to EPA's attention as a result
of recent controversies involving State permitting agencies, utilities,
and turbine manufacturers over appropriate best available control
technology (BACT) controls for NOx at natural gas combined cycle
turbines for electric power generation. Selective Catalytic Reduction
(SCR) has been considered BACT for limiting NOx emissions on many
natural gas combined cycle turbines in attainment areas. These issues
have to do with the impact of requiring selective catalytic reduction
on dry low NOx natural gas combined cycle turbines for electric
generations. The Notice of Availability for this draft guidance
was signed by John Seitz on August 9, 2000 and will be published
soon in the Federal Register. The EPA is taking comments on this
draft guidance until 30 days after the Notice of Availability is
published in the Federal Register. The EPA does not intend to respond
to individual comments, but rather to consider comments and information
from the public in the preparation of a final guidance document.
It is important that the draft guidance being made available today
for public review and comment does not represent official EPA policy
or a formal position on the subject matter discussed and therefore
is not to be relied on in interpreting EPA policy. The draft guidance
document is found at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/draft.html.
8-9-00 - The EPA is making available for public review
and comment a draft guidance, "Design of Flexible Air Permits" (White
Paper Number 3). The Notice of Availability for this draft guidance
was signed by John Seitz on August 7, 2000 and will be published
soon in the Federal Register. The EPA is taking comments on this
draft guidance until 30 days after the Notice of Availability is
published in the Federal Register. The EPA does not intend to respond
to individual comments, but rather to consider comments and information
from the public in the preparation of a final guidance document.
Click here
for a PDF version of the Draft Guidance and click here
for a PDF version of the Fact Sheet.
It is intended to help State and local permitting authorities
design flexible permits for sources subject to title V of the Clean
Air Act. It focuses on how these permitting authorities can design
operating permits, within the scope of title V of the Clean Air
Act and the operating permits regulations. This draft guidance provides
sources with the flexibility to more quickly change to different
modes of operation, as the nature of their business requires, without
being unnecessarily impeded by the terms of their operating permit.
This draft guidance would also advance the Agency's goals of encouraging
pollution prevention, assuring adequate public participation, promoting
equal or better environmental protection, and facilitating opportunities
for sources to comply in a smarter, more efficient fashion.
6-29-00 - The EPA is making available for public review
and comment a preliminary draft of its pending guidance for States
who choose to use emissions reductions from motor vehicles operated
on low sulfur gasoline as new source review offsets. Offsets are
one prerequisite for major stationary sources or major modifications
seeking permit approval in nonattainment areas. On February 10,
2000, EPA issued new rules containing emissions standards ("Tier
2 standards") for all passenger vehicles, including sport utility
vehicles, minivans, vans and pickup trucks. To ensure the effectiveness
of low emission control technologies in these vehicles, EPA's new
rules also set standards to significantly reduce the sulfur content
in gasoline. To assist refineries and States who may otherwise have
difficulty acquiring emissions reductions to offset proposed emissions
increases at affected refineries, EPA intends to provide Federal
guidance on the use of Tier 2 emissions reductions as NSR offsets.
The EPA does not intend to respond to individual comments, but rather
to consider comments and information from the public in the preparation
of a final guidance document. The draft guidance document is found
at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/rule_dev.html.
5-25-00 - A letter dated May 23, 2000 with enclosure to
Henry Nickel from Region V per an applicability determination for
the replacement and reconfiguration of steam turbines at Detroit
Edision's Monroe Power Plant had been added to the Uncategorized
Policy and Guidance Documents section.
5-2-00 - A September 1999 Memorandum on Excess Emissions
During Malfunctions, Startup and Shutdown has been added to the
Uncategorized Policy and Guidance Documents
section.
4-12-00 - Testimony of John
Seitz, Office Director of OAQPS before the Subcommittee on clean
air, wetlands, private property, and nuclear safety, February 28,
2000.
3-20-00 - The EPA is making available for public review
and comment a preliminary draft of its pending guidance on BACT
and LAER for Tier 2/gasoline sulfur refinery projects. On February
10, 2000, EPA issued new emissions standards ("Tier 2 standards")
for all passenger vehicles, including sport utility vehicles, minivans,
vans and pickup trucks. To ensure the effectiveness of low emission
control technologies in these vehicles, this rule also sets new
standards to significantly reduce the sulfur content in gasoline.
To provide greater certainty and to expedite the NSR permitting
process for refinery projects undertaken to comply with the recently
issued gasoline sulfur standards, EPA intends to provide Federal
guidance on BACT and LAER for these type of projects. The EPA does
not intend to respond to individual comments, but rather to consider
comments and information from the public in the preparation of a
final guidance document. The draft guidance document is found at
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/rule_dev.html.
1-24-00 - The Intergrated Implementation Group of OAQPS
conducted an EPA NSR Sector Based Approach Meeting on January 13,
2000 in Washington, D.C. The "freelance" presentation is being made
available based on audience requests. Click here
to download the file. There is also a PDF
version available.
1-5-00 - We mistakenly did not include a stakeholder proposal
in our initial mailout of background information for the January
13 meeting on an alternative approach to NSR for utilities. Please
pardon our error. As with the other attachments, it is provided
for background purposes, and will not be directly discussed at the
stakeholder meeting. The file is in a Power
Point format.
12-27-99 - Announcement for public hearing on 1/3/2000
to discuss EPA's thinking on an alternative approach for compliance
with the New Source Review (NSR) requirements. Documents are in
WP, and PDF
formats.
8-9-99 - An Order was signed by the Administrator on June
16, 1999 denying a Petition from Kawaihae Cogeneration Partners
(KCP) requesting EPA to object to a PSD/Covered Source permit issued
to Maui Electric Company (MECO) for the construction and operation
of two 20 megawatt combustion turbines to be located at MECO's Maalaea
Generating Station. The permit was issued by the Hawaii Department
of Health (DOH) and constituted both a construction permit issued
pursuant to the PSD regulations (delegated to DOH in 1983) and a
state operating permit issued pursuant to Title V. KCP petitioned
EPA to object to the permit on the grounds that the project had
not applied BACT for the control of NOx and SO2 emissions. EPA denied
the Petition because the appeal was based on PSD issues and only
the Environmental Appeals Board has the authority to review the
merits of a federal PSD permit. The file is available in either
a Word Perfect format or a PDF
version.
5-12-99 - The Economics and Cost Analysis Support (ECAS)
Web site is now available as a TTNWeb Web site. Documents developed
by the Innovative Strategies and Economics Group (ISEG) can now
be found in one place. These documents include analyses of costs,
benefits, and economic and regulatory impacts of air quality management
strategies, programs, and regulations developed throughout the Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS).
The site is available from the TTNWeb at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn
or you can go directly to the TTNWeb Directory of Sites page at:
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/direct.html and click on ECAS.
5-12-99 - The Region VII NSR Policy and Guidance database
and other Region sites can now be accessed directly from this Site.
See Region VII NSR P&G accessible
from our home page.
2-12-99 - A 1992 memorandum on transitional guidance (supplement
to the March 1991 Transition Guidance) has been added to the Uncategorized
Policy and Guidance Documents section. The file is in both a
Word Perfect Format and a
PDF format.
2-2-99 - A PDF version of the October 1980 NSR Workshop
Manual has been made available by EPA Region VII and is located
under "Technical Information" along
side the ZIP version of the (October
1980) NSR Workshop Manual which has a file date of 8/19/94.
12-9-98 - December 4, 1998, Treatment of Aluminum Die
Casting Operations for the Purposes of New Source Review Applicability
has been released in a Word Perfect
format on the NSR board.
12-3-98 - November 17, 1998 Guidance on the Appropriate
Injunctive Relief for Violations of Major New Source Review Requirements
has been released in a Word Perfect format
on the NSR board and a html
Format on the OECA board.
11-3-98 - November 23, 1998 letter from EPA R-III to
John M. Daniel on applicability question per debottlenecking for
a PSD avoidance permit for Intermet Corporation in Archer Creek,
Virginia has been released in a Word
Perfect format.
9-3-98 - August 6, 1996 Region X letter to the Idaho
Department of Health and Welfare on Fugitive Emissions Related to
Potential to Emit Calculations. has been released in a Word
Perfect format. Two files referenced in the above memo, EPA
Reconsideration of Application of Collocation Rules to Unlisted
Sources of Fugitive Emissions (6/2/95 memo) (
PDF version or WPT
version) and Policy Memo on Fugitive Emissions (PDF
version or WPT version)
are also available.
7-21-98 - Second Extension of January 25,1995 Potential
to Emit Transition Policy and Clarification of Interim Policy
has been released in a Word
Perfect format and a PDF
format.
7-21-98 - Notice of Availability (NOA)/Alternatives
for New Source Review (NSR) has been released in Word
Perfect format and PDF
format.
7-21-98 - Notice of Availability (NOA)/Alternatives
for New Source Review (NSR) Fact Sheet has been released in
Word Perfect format
and PDF format
3/30/98 - The Draft (October
1990) workshop zip file has been changed to add extra Freelance
and Windows Metafiles so that those of you who could not open the
files with a "drw" extension can now do so. Freelance files have
the extension ending with "pre" and Metafiles with "wmf".
11/24/97 - This is a briefing of the Federal Land Managers'
Air Quality Related Values Workgroup (Flag) of 31 October 1997.
To be connected to where the memo is currently residing, click
here.
11/14/97 - On November 12, 1997 a memo was signed which
allows netting credits from certain MACT reductions. To be connected
to where the memo is currently residing, click
here.
09/04/97 - The NSR Program ICR was submitted to OMB in
late July. The action was announced in the Federal Register on July
31, 1997. It can be retrieved from the GPO web page
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
The Support statement and all background information is available
from our Technical Information page. The comment period closed on
September 2. Note that it substantially changed from the December
31, 1996 draft, also available for comparison.
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