Środowisko i energia · 28.11.1994

Acid Rain Program; Notice of Final Permits

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving 5- year sulfur dioxide compliance plans, according to the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR part 72), for the following 15 utility plants: Collins, Crawford, Fisk, Joliet 9, Joliet 29, Powerton, Waukegan and Will County in Illinois; Petersburg and State Line in Indiana; Allen S King, Black Dog in Minnesota, High Bridge, Riverside, and Sherburne County in Minnesota; and Poston in Ohio. These final permits were initially issued as direct final actions and were subsequently withdrawn and re-proposed as draft permits because of the submission of significant, adverse comments objecting to the issuance of the direct final permits. EPA's responses to the original objections and to all comments submitted during the comment periods for these permits can be found in the public dockets for each permit. Contact the Regional staff listed below for more information. The final permits set forth in this notice are based on and are consistent with the Partial Settlement Agreement in Environmental Defense Fund v. Carol M. Browner, No. 93-1203 (D.C. Cir. 1993), which the Administrator determined to be a reasonable resolution of certain l