Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Regulations Related to Project Emissions Accounting (SAN 9249)

14 organizations filed 15 public comments on Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Regulations Related to Project Emissions Accounting (SAN 9249), at the Environmental Protection Agency. The comment window closed 756d ago.

Abstract

This rulemaking is being conducted in response to a petition for reconsideration and a request for administration stay we received by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), the Sierra Club, and the Adirondack Council (“petitioners”) on EPA’s November 24, 2020, final rule titled, “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Project Emissions Accounting” (85 FR 74890) (“Project Emissions Accounting rule”). In that petition, petitioners raised concerns that (1) the final rule fails to ensure that offsetting emission decreases used to show that a “project” will not cause a significant emission increase in Step 1 of the NSR applicability analysis result from the change being evaluated; (2) the final rule allows a source to avoid NSR by offsetting emission increases resulting from a change with non contemporaneous emission decreases; and (3) that EPA has not ensured that project emission decreases will occur and will be maintained. While EPA denied the petition for reconsideration of the rule on the grounds that the petition did not meet the criteria for mandatory reconsideration under section 307(d)(7)(B) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and also denied the request that the Project Emissions Accounting rule be stayed, EPA agreed that the petition for reconsideration identified potential concerns that warranted further consideration by EPA.

Commenters (14)

• Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• American Forest & Paper Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• American Foundry Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• East Kentucky Power Cooperativeunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) and Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Association of Clean Air Agenciestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Tribal Air Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Waste & Recycling Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Power Generators Air Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and South Carolina Manufacturers Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Steel Manufacturers Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Texas Pipeline Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Waste-To-Energy Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• WSP USA Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%