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Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Navajo Nation; Regional Haze Requirements for Navajo Generating Station

air-emissions · Rule · Published 2014-08-08 · Effective 2014-10-07 · 79 FR 46514

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Document number
2014-18228
Federal Register citation
79 FR 46514
CFR reference
40 CFR 49
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2014-08-08
Effective date
2014-10-07
EPA docket
EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0009

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating a source-specific Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) requiring the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), a coal-fired power plant located on the Navajo Nation near Page, Arizona, to achieve reductions in oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) required under the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Regional Haze Rule (RHR). On February 5, 2013, EPA issued a proposed BART determination for NGS and an alternative to BART. In a supplemental proposal on October 22, 2013, EPA proposed to approve a new alternative plan, based on an agreement developed by a group of stakeholders known as the Technical Work Group (TWG). EPA is finalizing the alternative to BART described in our supplemental proposal. This rule is consistent with the TWG Agreement, including a lifetime cap in total emissions of NO<INF>X</INF> from NGS over 2009-2044 (2009-2044 NO<INF>X</INF> Cap). Our final action will achieve greater emissions reductions than BART and is expected to significantly reduce the impact of NGS on visibility at 11 mandatory Class I Federal areas. The operator of NGS must implement one of several alternative operating scenarios to achieve the necessary emission reductions to comply with the 2009-2044 NO<INF>X</INF> Cap.

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