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EPA Approved Kentucky Source-Specific Requirements

§52.920   Identification of plan.

(a) Purpose and scope. This section sets forth the applicable State Implementation Plan for Kentucky under section 110 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, and 40 CFR part 51 to meet national ambient air quality standards.

(b) Incorporation by reference. (1) Material listed in paragraph (c) of this section with an EPA approval date prior to October 1, 2003, for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Table 1) and November 23, 2001, for Jefferson County, Kentucky (Table 2) was approved for incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Material is incorporated as it exists on the date of the approval, and notice of any change in the material will be published in the Federal Register. Entries in paragraph (c), Table 1, and paragraph (d) of this section with EPA approval dates after October 1, 2003, will be incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP compilation. Entries in paragraph (c), Table 2, with EPA approval dates after October 23, 2001, will be incorporated by reference in the next update to the Jefferson County portion of the Kentucky SIP compilation.

(2) EPA Region 4 certifies that the rules/regulations provided by EPA in the SIP compilation at the addresses in paragraph (b)(3) of this section are an exact duplicate of the officially promulgated state rules/regulations which have been approved as part of the State and Local Implementation Plans listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

(3) Copies of the materials incorporated by reference may be inspected at the Region 4 EPA Office at 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303; at the EPA, Office of Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Room B-108, 1301 Constitution Avenue, (Mail Code 6102T) NW., Washington, DC 20460; or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

Federally Approved Kentucky Source Specific Requirements as of December 1, 2021 (pdf) (64.07 MB, 12/1/21)

Current as of: October 1, 2023

EPA Contact: EPA Region 4: Simone Jarvis (404-562-8393)

EPA-Approved Kentucky Source-Specific Requirements

Name of source Permit No. State
effective date
EPA approval date Explanations
Bubble action at Kentucky Utilities Green River Plant N/A 12/1/1980 6/15/1981, 46 FR 31260  
Bubble action at Corning Glassworks N/A 5/18/1981 10/29/1981, 46 FR 53408  
Bubble action at National Distillers Company's, Old Crow Plant N/A 12/24/1980 9/14/1981, 46 FR 45610  
Bubble action at Borden Chemical CO in Jefferson CO. N/A 3/5/1982 5/11/1982, 47 FR 20125  
Variance for seven perchloroethylene dry cleaners N/A 7/30/1982 5/2/1983, 48 FR 19176  
Variance for two dry cleaners N/A 1/12/1983 5/5/1983, 48 FR 20233  
Variance for Jiffy and Hiland Dry Cleaners N/A 3/30/1984 4/18/1985, 50 FR 15421  
Opacity variance for boiler Units 1 and 2 of TVA's Paradise Steam Plant KDEPDAQ Permit 0-86-75 7/24/1986 8/17/1988, 53 FR 30998  
Operating Permits for nine presses at the Alcan Foil Products facility—Louisville APCDJC Permits 103-74, 104-74, 105-74, 103-74, 110-74, 111-74 2/28/1990 5/16/1990, 55 FR 20269  
Operating Permit requiring VOC RACT for Calgon CO KDEPDAQ Permit 0-94-020 11/17/1994 5/24/1995, 60 FR 27411  
Reynolds Metals Company APCDJC Permits 103-74, 104-74, 016-74, 110-74, 111-74 4/16/1997 1/13/1998, 63 FR 1927  
Alternative Averaging Period for American Greetings Corporation KDEPDAQ Permit V-98-049 7/7/1999 5/9/2001, 66 FR 23615  
Title V permit requiring VOC RACT for Publisher's Printing, Inc., Bullitt County KDEPDAQ Permit 21-029-00019 6/26/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53662  
Board Order American Synthetic Rubber Company NOX RACT Plan 12/20/2000 1/1/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53665  
Board Order E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company NOX RACT Plan 2/21/2001 1/1/2000 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53684  
Board Order Ford Louisville Assembly Plant NOX RACT Plan 11/8/1999 1/1/2000 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53684  
Board Order General Electric Company NOX RACT Plan 1/17/2001 3/1/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53665  
Board Order Kosmos Cement Company NOX RACT Plan 5/3/2004 5/3/2004 5/18/2005, 70 FR 28429  
Board Order Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Cane Run Generating Station NOX RACT Plan 10/18/2000 1/1/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53665  
Board Order Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Mill Creek Generating Station NOX RACT Plan 10/18/2000 1/1/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53665  
Board Order Louisville Medical Center Steam Plant NOX RACT Plan 1/18/17 1/18/17 10/12/17, 82 FR 47376  
Board Order Oxy Vinyls, LP NOX RACT Plan 12/20/2000 1/1/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53665  
Board Order Rohm and Haas Company NOX RACT Plan 12/20/2000 1/1/2001 10/23/2001, 66 FR 53665  
Board Order Texas Gas Transmission NOX RACT Plan 5/18/16 5/18/2016 10/12/2017, 82 FR 47376  
Lawson Mardon Packaging, USA, Inc. N/A 8/11/2003 7/10/2003, 68 FR 41083  
Calgon Carbon Corporation V-00-015 5/13/2005 5/24/2006, 71 FR 29786 The only parts of the permit being approved and incorporated are the SO2 emission limits from the following emissions points: 12, 14, 21, 31, 34, 32, 40, 39, 42, and 64.
TVA Paradise Permit KDEPDAQ Permit 0-87-012 10/19/2007 4/29/2008, 73 FR 23105 Emission Rates Units 1 and 2 are 1.2 lb/MMBTU and Unit 3 is 1.2 lb/MMBTU or *3.1 lb/MMBTU.
Source-Specific SIP Revision for Avis Budget Car Rental Group N/A 8/9/2007 11/30/2009, 74 FR 62499 Removal of stage II requirements.
LG & E Cane Run Generating Station NOXRACT Plan Amendment 2 N/A 7/18/2012 8/30/2016, 81 FR 59488  
Louisville Gas and Electric Mill Creek Electric Generating Station 145-97-TV(R3) 6/23/2017 6/28/2019, 84 FR 30920 Plant-wide Specific condition S1-Standards, S2-Monitoring and Record Keeping and S3-Reporting in title V permit 145-97-TV(R3) for EGU U1, U2, U3 and U4.

*Bypass of the scrubber shall be limited to 720 operating hours in any 12 consecutive months.

[64 FR 28750, May 27, 1999]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting §52.920, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.

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