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New Sources of Emissions under the New Source Review Program
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The goal of the Federal New Source Review (NSR) program is to ensure emission increases from new or modified sources (e.g., power plants, industrial and manufacturing facilities) do not exceed state and federal health standards. To accomplish this goal, the NSR program imposes several tough requirements that evaluate and reduce potential impacts. First, the program requires sources to install state-of-the-art control equipment and incorporate less polluting processes that reduce the potential impact from new emissions. Sources are also required to perform a thorough air quality impact analysis using advance emission modeling procedures to ensure compliance with all emission standards.
To ensure public involvement, the NSR program imposes a mandatory public comment period for all new draft permits. The comment period gives the public access to the information used by the permitting authority to support their draft permit decisions. The public is also allowed an opportunity to provide recommendations on the draft permit that the permitting authority must address in the final permit issuance. Please refer to the table below if you wish to comment on a draft permit of interest. The Permit Application, Draft Permit and Public Hearing Notice are available for review by clicking on the appropriate link. If there is an open public comment period on a permit you may submit your comments to Ida McDonnell (mcdonnell.ida@epa.gov). You may also review comments made to date under the column titled Public Comment Period and Comments to Date.
EPA has also developed a mailing list that you can request in writing to be put on for notification of any PSD permit issued by EPA New England. If you would like to be put on the list please mail your request to:
Air Permit Clerk
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – New England
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100
Mail Code: OES04-2
Boston, MA 02109-3912
If you have questions about a facility in your community, please contact your state environmental agency as listed below.
| Air Permits Issued by Region 1 | |||||||
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| Facility and Location | Project Type/Permit Typed | Application | Draft Permit No. | Public Hearing Notice | Public Comment Period & Comments to Date | Final Permit | Supporting Documentation |
| Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, Somerset, MA | Cooling Water Towers, Dry Scrubber, and Fabric Filter/PSD | 828/2008 (PDF) (206 pp, 7.5MB) Amended Application 1 of 2 (PDF) (89 pp, 3.3MB) Amended Application 2 of 2 (PDF) (192 pp, 5.1MB) |
052-120-MA13 (PDF) (9 pp, 57K) | 1/28/09 (PDF) (3 pp, 28K) | 1/28/2009 – 2/27/2009 | Cooling Tower Final Permit # 052-120-MA14 04/02/2009 (PDF) (7 pp, 301K) Unit #3 Control Project Final: Permit # 052-120-MA15 October 7, 2009 (PDF) (7 pp, 306K) |
Fact Sheet (PDF) (24 pp, 128K) ESA Memo (PDF) (3 pp, 30K) Schematic of Cooling Water Towers (PDF) (1 pg, 23K) EPA assessment of the air modeling (PDF) (24 pp, 1.1MB) Cooling Tower Permit Response to Comments (PDF) (8 pp, 57K) Bristol County Broadcasting EAB Petition for Review (PDF) (13 pp, 372K) EAB Decision on Permit Appeal (PDF) (6 pp, 257K) Notice of Final Permit Decision (PDF) (1 pg, 47K) July 20, 2009 Unit #3 Emissions Spreadsheet (PDF) (1 pg, 257K) Unit #3 Permit Cover Letter October 7, 2009 (PDF) (2 pp, 73K) Permit Comment Withdrawal Letter October 5, 2009 (PDF) (2 pp, 389K) Unit #3 Permit Response to Comments (PDF) (3 pp, 170K) PSD Permit Appeal Process (PDF) (1 pg, 49K) |
| Northeast Energy Associates, Bellingham, MA | Gas Turbine / Amended PSD* | 3/28/2008 (PDF) (67 pp, 3.3MB) |
CR-88-PSD-R-001 (PDF) (16 pp, 61K) |
10/30/08 (PDF) (3 pp, 19K) |
10/30/2008 - 12/1/2008 | 12/23/08 (PDF) (16 pp, 663K) |
Fact Sheet (PDF) (14 pp, 244K) Oil-Fired Opacity Evaluation (PDF) (3 pp, 233K) Oil-Fired Opacity Limit (PDF) (8 pp, 432K) Startup & Shutdown Emission Limits (PDF) (14 pp, 392K) Additional Information on CO Emissions (PDF) (2 pp, 98K) |
| University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst, MA | Central Heating Plant/PSD* | 3/28/2008 (PDF) (550 pp, 31.4MB) |
050-026-MA11 (PDF) (7 pp, 314K) |
9/24/2008 (PDF) (3 pp, 172K) |
9/24/2008 - 10/27/2008 | 10/29/2008 (PDF) (10 pp, 350K) |
Fact Sheet (PDF) (14 pp, 698K) CT Emission Limit (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) Ultra Low Sulfur Fuel Availability (PDF) (1 pg, 40K) |
| Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD), Braintree, MA | Power Plant/PSD* | 5/8/2007 (PDF) (8 pp, 190K) |
049-119-MA10 | 3/28/2008 | 2/28/2008 - 3/28/2008 | 4/4/2008 (PDF) (8 pp, 353K) |
Fact Sheet (PDF) (14 pp, 585K) |
| General Electric Aviation (GE), Lynn, MA | Test Cell Modification/PSD | 9/7/2007 (PDF) (49 pp, 312K) |
048-119-MA09 | 3/13/2008 (PDF) (21 pp, 675K) |
Statement of Basis (PDF) (13 pp, 146K) |
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| Fore River Station, N. Weymouth, MA | Power Plant/PSD | 3/31/2006 (PDF) (5 pp, 41K) |
047-119-MA08 | 12/14/2006 (PDF) (14 pp, 548K) |
Fact Sheet (PDF) (10 pp, 56K) Calculations (PDF) (2 pp, 15K) |
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| Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge Deepwater Port, federal waters of Massachusetts Bay | LNG** regassification vessel/DWP*** | 2/21/2006 (PDF) (76 pp, 2.3MB) |
RG1-DPA-CAA-01 | 5/14/2007 (PDF) (31 pp, 768K) |
Statement of Basis (PDF) (30 pp, 258K) Monitoring Plan (PDF) (4 pp, 59K) |
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| Neptune Deepwater Port, federal waters of Massachusetts Bay | LNG regassification vessel/DWP | 5/12/2006 (PDF) (76 pp, 1.1MB) |
RG1-DPA-CAA-02 | 7/28/2007 (PDF) (26 pp, 571K) |
Statement of Basis (PDF) (27 pp, 377KB) Monitoring Plan (PDF) (16 pp, 583K) |
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| University of Massachusetts (Umass), Amherst, MA | Central Heating Plant/PSD | 8/1/2004 (PDF) (47 pp, 443K) |
046-026-MA07 | 7/25/2005 (PDF) (7 pp, 209K) |
Determination (PDF) (22 pp, 236K) Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 91K) |
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Notes:
* PSD (Prevention of Significant Deterioration)
**LNG (Liquid Natural Gas)
**DWP (Deep Water Port)
EPA New England
New Source Review
Contact: Brendan McCahill (mccahill.brendan@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1652
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Department of Environmental Protection
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