Deseret Power Draft Federal PSD Permit

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Final Federal PSD Permit

On August 30, 2007, EPA Region 8 issued the final Federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit for a new coal-fired electrical generating unit at Deseret Power's Bonanza power plant, on the Uintah & Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah.

Note: the following are Adobe PDF documents (about PDF)

Final Permit (PDF, 38 pp, 344 kB)
Statement of Basis (PDF, 184 pp, 767 kB)
Response to Public Comments (PDF, 113 pp, 539 kB)
The Administrative Record: all supporting documents are found on the publicly accessible Region 8 Deseret ftp folder.

Note: if you get a "Page cannot be displayed" error when opening a PDF file in the Deseret ftp folder, hit the Back button to go back to this folder. Then, in Internet Explorer, go to Tools-->Internet Options, and click on the Connections tab. Then, in the lower right, click on LAN Settings and uncheck the box that says "use a proxy server for your LAN".

UPDATE: This permit has been appealed, and EPA's Environmental Appeals Board has issued a decision on the appeal. View the decision.

For technical problems with the Web page, please contact Tim Davis at 303-312-6531.

Below are the Draft Federal PSD Permit documents that were made available during the public comment period:

Public Notice (PDF, 2 pages, 19 kB)
Draft PSD Permit (PDF, 38 pages, 265 kB)
Draft Statement of Basis (PDF, 165 pages, 1.95 MB)

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