Rules and Regulations. Notice

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Action: Notice
Citation: FR Doc. 01-12358 · FRL-6981-2

Summary

EPA Region 9 is hereby providing notice that it issued PSD permit to Midway Sunset Cogeneration Company. The permit (Authority to Construct) was issued on April 20, 2001. Since no comments were received during the public comment period and the proposed permit conditions were not changed in the final permit, the final permit became effective immediately. The proposed Western Midway Sunset Cogeneration Project (WMSCP) will be located adjacent to an existing 225 MW Midway Sunset Cogeneration Plant (MSCP) in western Kern County near the communities of Fellows and McKittrick in California. The proposed WMSCP is a natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant, with a nominal electrical output of 500 MW. The proposed facility is subject to PSD for Carbon Monoxide (CO). The permit includes the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) emission limit of 4 ppmvd (three-hour averaging at 15% O ² ). Continuous emission monitoring is required for NO ^X , CO and O ² . To limit SO ^X emissions, the fuel type is limited to the use of pipeline-quality natural gas. The proposed plant is also subject to New Source Performance Standards, Subparts A and GG, and the Acid Rain program under title IV of the Clean Air Act. Concurrently, on April 20, 2001, we issued a revised PSD permit for the existing power plant (Permit No. SJ-87-01) to allow it to retrofit its three existing turbines with low NO ^X burners.