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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 Donald Dahl (dahl.donald@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
Mail Code: CAP
1 Congress Street, Suite 1100
Boston, MA 02114-2023

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
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., 7.49 MB) Amended Application 1 of 2 (PDF) (89 pp., 3.33 MB) Amended Application 2 of 2 (PDF) (192 pp., 5.14 MB)	052-120-MA13 (PDF) (9 pp., 57 KB)	1/28/09 (PDF) (3 pp., 28 KB)	1/28/2009 – 2/27/2009	Cooling Tower Final Permit # 052-120-MA14 04/02/2009 (PDF) (7 pp., 301 KB)	Fact Sheet (PDF) (24 pp., 128 KB) ESA Memo (PDF) (3 pp., 30 KB) Schematic of Cooling Water Towers (PDF) (1 p., 23 KB) EPA assessment of the air modeling (PDF) (24 pp., 1.06 MB) Cooling Tower Permit Response to Comments (PDF) (8 pp., 57 KB
Northeast Energy Associates, Bellingham, MA	Gas Turbine / Amended PSD*	3/28/2008 (PDF) (67 pp., 3.25 MB)	CR-88-PSD-R-001 (PDF) (16 pp., 61 KB)	10/30/08 (PDF) (3 pp., 19 KB)	10/30/2008 - 12/1/2008	12/23/08 (PDF) (16 pp., 663 KB)	Fact Sheet (PDF) (14 pp., 244 KB) Oil-Fired Opacity Evaluation (PDF) (3 pp., 233 KB) Oil-Fired Opacity Limit (PDF) (8 pp., 432 KB) Startup & Shutdown Emission Limits (PDF) (14 pp., 392 KB) Additional Information on CO Emissions (PDF) (2 pp., 98 KB)
University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst, MA	Central Heating Plant/PSD*	3/28/2008 (PDF) (550 pp., 31.43 MB)	050-026-MA11 (PDF) (7 pp., 314 KB)	9/24/2008 (PDF) (3 pp., 172 KB)	9/24/2008 - 10/27/2008	10/29/2008 (PDF) (10 pp., 350 KB)	Fact Sheet (PDF) (14 pp., 698 KB) CT Emission Limit (PDF) (1 p., 32 KB) Ultra Low Sulfur Fuel Availability (PDF) (1 p., 40 KB)
Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD), Braintree, MA	Power Plant/PSD*	5/8/2007 (PDF) (8 pp., 190 KB)	049-119-MA10	3/28/2008	2/28/2008 - 3/28/2008	4/4/2008 (PDF) (8 pp., 353 KB)	Fact Sheet (PDF) (14 pp., 585 KB)
General Electric Aviation (GE), Lynn, MA	Test Cell Modification/PSD	9/7/2007 (PDF) (49 pp., 312 KB)	048-119-MA09			3/13/2008 (PDF) (21 pp., 675 KB)	Statement of Basis (PDF) (13 pp., 146 KB)
Fore River Station, N. Weymouth, MA	Power Plant/PSD	3/31/2006 (PDF) (5 pp., 41 KB)	047-119-MA08			12/14/2006 (PDF) (14 pp., 548 KB)	Fact Sheet (PDF) (10 pp., 56 KB) Calculations (PDF) (2 pp., 15 KB)
Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge Deepwater Port, federal waters of Massachusetts Bay	LNG** regassification vessel/DWP***	2/21/2006 (PDF) (76 pp., 2.34 MB)	RG1-DPA-CAA-01			5/14/2007 (PDF) (31 pp., 768 KB)	Statement of Basis (PDF) (30 pp., 258 KB) Monitoring Plan (PDF) (4 pp., 59 KB)
Neptune Deepwater Port, federal waters of Massachusetts Bay	LNG regassification vessel/DWP	5/12/2006 (PDF) (76 pp., 1.11 MB)	RG1-DPA-CAA-02			7/28/2007 (PDF) (26 pp., 571 KB)	Statement of Basis (PDF) (27 pp., 2377KB) Monitoring Plan (PDF) (16 pp., 583 KB)
University of Massachusetts (Umass), Amherst, MA	Central Heating Plant/PSD	8/1/2004 (PDF) (47 pp., 443 KB)	046-026-MA07			7/25/2005 (PDF) (7 pp., 209 KB)	Determination (PDF) (22 pp., 236 KB) Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp., 91 KB)

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

Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Air Management
(860) 424-3026

Maine
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Air Quality Control
(207) 287-2437

Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Air Quality Control
(617) 292-5593

New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services
Air Resources Division
(603) 271-1370

Rhode Island
Department of Environmental Management
Office of Air Resources
(401) 222-2808

Vermont
Agency of Natural Resources
Air Pollution Control Division
(802) 241-3840