State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the Attainment and Maintenance of the 1971 Primary and Secondary Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), Redesignation Request and Limited Maintenance Plan for the Warren County Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area

Date Posted: 5/18/21

Last Update: 11/16/21

This SIP revision includes a limited maintenance plan requesting the USEPA to redesignate the Warren County nonattainment area to attainment in accordance with the Clean Air Act. This SIP revision meets the requirements for a limited maintenance plan which are: Attainment Inventory, Maintenance Demonstration, Monitoring Network, Verification of Continued Attainment, and Contingency Plan. This document acknowledges the improvement in outdoor sulfur dioxide air quality by demonstrating that SO2 levels are currently well below 85 percent of the SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Proposed

Public Notice

Public Notice of SIP Revision Proposal and Public Hearing

Cancellation of Public Hearing

Cancellation of Public Hearing as No Hearing was Requested

Letter to USEPA

Letter to USEPA Transmitting Proposed SIP

Proposed SIP

Proposed SIP: Attainment and Maintenance of the 1971 Primary and Secondary SO2 NAAQS

Final

Letter to USEPA

Letter to USEPA Transmitting Final SIP

Final SIP

Final SIP: Attainment and Maintenance of the 1971 Primary and Secondary SO2 NAAQS

Appendices and Attachments

Appendix 1: Letter from John Slade (PADEP) to Alan Dresser (NJDEP) June 19, 1992

Appendix 2: Settlement Agreement between NJDEP, PADEP, and Lower Mount Bethel Energy, October 24, 2003

Appendix 3: Email from Sean Wenrich (PADEP) to Kenneth Fradkin (EPA Region 2) January 26, 2021

Appendix 4: PA Air Quality Plan Approval and Operating Permit Applications – New Sources and Modifications

Appendix 5: Consent Decree Case 5:07-cv-05298-JKG. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA, May 15, 2013

Appendix 6: Protocol for the Sulfur Dioxide Air Quality Compliance Modeling Evaluation of the Warren County New Jersey Nonattainment Area, March 15, 1996, Prepared by Pennsylvania Power and Light

Appendix 7: 25 PA Code Chapter 123.22 (Standards for Contaminants/ Sulfur Compound Emission/Combustion Units)

Appendix 8: Sulfur Dioxide Air Quality Compliance Modeling for Areas Surrounding Martins Creek Steam Electric Station Using AERMOD, June 1999, Prepared for Pennsylvania Power and Light by TRC Environmental

Appendix 9: PADEP NOx RACT Operating Permit for Martin’s Creek issued December 19, 1994. Annual capacity limits for Combustion Turbines and Aux. Boiler 4b

Appendix 10: Title V Operating Permit for the MC Project Company LLC/Martins Creek, June 1, 2016

Appendix 11: DSM Nutritional Products Emission Limits from 2018 New Jersey Operating Permit Renewal (Facility # 85010)

Appendix 12: Covanta Emission Limits from 2018 New Jersey Operating Permit Renewal (Facility # 85455)

Appendix 13.1: PADEP Plan Approval No. 48-328-004 for Lower Mount Bethel Energy issued October 29, 2001

Appendix 13.2: June 1, 2016 Title V Operating Permit for the Lower Mount Bethel Energy SES/Bangor Plant

Appendix 14:  “Air Quality Model Performance, Evaluation and Comparison Study for Martins Creek Steam Electric Station” prepared by TRC Environmental for PA Power and Light Company, September 1994

Appendix 15.1: DSM Nutritional Products LLC Emissions Report for 2015-2017

Appendix 15.2: Covanta Warren Energy Resource Co. LLC Emissions Report for 2015-2017

Appendix 16: Public Participation

Attachment 1: Public Notices

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