Division of Air and Waste Management

Purpose/Background:

A Review Committee has been formed for consideration of revisions to Regulation 25 to reflect selected provisions of the major NSR reforms published by the EPA on 12/31/02.  The reforms include baseline emission determinations, applicability tests, clean units, pollution control project exclusions, and (PAL’s) Plant applicability determinations. The reforms have been contested by a number of states (including Delaware) but the rule has not been stayed. A final rule, with whatever provisions are to be adopted, needs to be established and effective date by 1/11/06. The only guiding requirement from the EPA is that the final major NSR rule be at least as stringent as the EPA rule.  Stringency will be determined by the EPA on a case-by-case basis. A companion rule, issued on 10/27/03, dealing with equipment replacement provision (ERP) was also contested and the court has issued a stay.  Consideration to the ERP ruling may be given if time permits.

Calendar of Events:

Major NSR Reform Committee Meetings are scheduled every third week until a draft rule is ready to be discussed in a public workshop (which is tentatively scheduled for 7/10/05). The meetings will be held from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in Conference Room B of the Lukens Drive Office on the following dates:

Tuesday, February 8, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda
• Meeting Handouts
  • Table of Contents
  • Start Action Notice
  • Legal Notice Policy
  • Regulatory Development Process
  • Major NSR Review Committee Charge
  • Major NSR Review Committee background
  • Major NSR Review Committee Baseline determination
  • Press Release
  • EIP Letter
  • EIP Report
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Final Meeting Minutes (posted 5/4/05) 
• Stakeholder Submittals:
  • Correspondence #1
    • Business Cycle Information
    • Sales Volume
  • Correspondence #2
    • NSR Issue Paper

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda
• Meeting Handouts:
  • Additional reforms documents
  • Actual to Projected Actual Test
  • Oregon Plant Emission Limit Program
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Final Meeting Minutes (posted 5/4/05) 

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda
• Meeting Handouts:
  • Plantwide Applicability Limits - notes
  • Federal PAL Requirements
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Final Meeting Minutes (posted 5/4/05) 

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda
• Meeting Handouts:
  • Clean Unit Exclusion Comparison
  • Delaware PAL Comparison   
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 2 (posted 5/4/05) 
  • Final Meeting Minutes 

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda
• Meeting Handouts:
  • Delaware PCP Options
  • EPA PCP Exclusion
• Meeting minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft1 (posted 5-17-05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 2 (posted 5-18-05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft3 (posted 6-10-05) 
  • Final Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, May 24, 2005  Cancelled 

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda
• Meeting Handouts:
  • Actual-to-Projected-Actual Test Comparison
  • Baseline Determination Comparison
  • Clean Unit Comparison
  • PAL Comparison
• Meeting Minutes
  • Final Meeting Minutes

Special Announcement (posted 6/28/05):

A report (No. 02-1387) was issued 6/24 by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on their decision in the NSR Reforms lawsuit case.  The lawsuit against the EPA Reforms (issued on 12/31/02) was posted as document 2 under Supporting Documentation on this web page.  The decision document was posted as document 70 on the same web page. The court decided the Clean Unit Test and the Pollution Control Project Exclusion were to be removed from the rule and that the EPA must add provisions to require source reporting on projected actual emissions.  A brief summary of their decision can be found on page 8 of the document.  

Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Cancelled 

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Cancelled 

Tuesday, August 16, 2005   

This meeting will take place in the Raymond Room at the Grassdale Conference Center in Delaware City from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Wednesday, September 7, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • DNREC FEL Fundamentals Paper
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 1 (posted 9/20/05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Final Draft (posted 10/4/05)

Tuesday, September 27, 2005 

• Meeting Highlights:
  • DNREC FEL Fundamentals Paper Draft 3 (posted 9/21/05)
  • Address List for FEL Project (Updated September 05)
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft1 (posted 10/5/05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Final Draft (posted 11/07/05)

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Review Committee Meeting Agenda
  • Form for Public Meeting Invitation email for DE Major Title V Sources
  • DNREC FEL Fundamentals Paper Draft 5 (posted 10/18/05)
  • Utility Sector FEL Submission (posted 10/20/05)
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes- Draft1 (posted 11/07/05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 2 (posted 11/14/05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Final Draft (posted 1/19/06)  

Tuesday, November 8, 2005 

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Agenda 11/08/05 Meeting (posted 11/07/05)
  • FEL Schedule as of 11/08/05 (posted 11/07/05)
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 1 (posted 11/14/05)
  • Meeting Minutes - Final Draft (posted 1/19/06)

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Correspondence - EPA Sanctions Update (posted 11/16/05)
  • NSR Review Committee Public Notice (posted 11/21/05)
  • Review Committee Agenda for 11-29-05 Meeting (posted 11/22/05)
  • FEL Regulation (Revised 1125) (posted 11/23/05)
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft1 (posted 1/5/06) 
  • Meeting Minutes - Final Draft (posted 1/19/06) 

Wednesday, December 21, 2005  CANCELLED

• Correspondence - Notice of Cancellation (posted 12/07/05) 
• Correspondence2 - Notice of Meeting (posted 12/21/05) 

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Correspondence - Next Review Commitee Meeting (posted 1/5/06)
  • Correspondence - Regulated NSR Pollutants from EPA (posted 1/5/06)
  • Review Committee Agenda for 1-10-06 Meeting (posted 1/5/06)
  • Addition to the FEL Draft (posted 1/5/06)
  • EPA Guidance on Regulated Pollutants (posted 1/5/06)
  • Correspondence - Draft 2 FEL Regulation (posted 1/9/06)
  • FEL Regulation - Revised 1125 - DRAFT 2 010506 (posted 1/9/06)
  • Correspondence - Next Review Committee Mgt - David Bacher (posted 1/11/06) 
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft1 (posted 1/30/06) 
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 2 (posted 2/3/06) 
  • Meeting Minutes - Final 

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Review Committee Agenda for 1-31-06 Meeting (posted 1/30/06) 
  • Summary of FEL Calculation Proposal (posted 2/3/06) 
  • FEL Coating Example (posted 2/3/06) 
  • Analysis for Determination of FEL (posted 2/3/06) 
  • Case No. 1 Chart - Actual NOx Emissions (posted 2/3/06) 
  • Comparison of Actual Emissions with BACT/LAER Control Methods - Chart (posted 2/3/06) 
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft1 (posted 2/16/06) 
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 2 (posted 2/22/06)
  • Meeting Minutes - Final (posted 3/24/06) 

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Review Committee Agenda for 2-21-06 Meeting (posted 2/22/06)
  • Document - How did we get here? (posted 2/22/06)
  • Document - What is the Well-Controlled work group doing? (posted 2/22/06)
  • Document - Well-Controlled Emission Unit Definition and Self evident truths (posted 2/22/06)
  • Batch Chemical Manufacturing Unit Example (posted 2/22/06)
  • Boiler Example (posted 2/22/06)
  • Gas Turbine Example (posted 2/22/06)
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 1 (posted 3/1/06) 
  • Meeting Minutes - Final (posted 3/22/06)

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

• Meeting Highlights:
  • Correspondence for 3-14-06 NSR Committee Meeting (posted 2/28/06)
  • Annual Emission Summary Description Sheet
    • 1995 - 2004 CO
    • 1995 - 2004 NO2
    • 1995 - 2004 SO2
    • 1995 - 2004 VOC
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes - Draft 1 (posted 6-21-06)
  • Final Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, April 4, 2006  CANCELLED

• Correspondence - Email canceling 4-4-06 NSR Meeting (posted 3-29-06)

Tuesday, April 25, 2006  CANCELLED

• Correspondence - Email canceling 4-25-06 NSR Meeting (emailed 4-20-06)

Tuesday, May 16, 2006  CANCELLED

Tuesday, June 6, 2006  CANCELLED

• Correspondence - Notice of Cancellation (posted 6-1-06)

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

• Correspondence - Notice of Cancellation 
  • Draft FEL Regulation - Revised 1125 
• Correspondence - An Alterrnate Path 
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes 6-27-06 Draft 1 (posted 7/19/06) 
  • Final Meeting Minutes (posted 3/29/07)

Tuesday, July 18, 2006  CANCELLED

Tuesday, August 8, 2006 

• Email Notice of Cancellation (posted 8-3-06)

Tuesday, August 15, 2006  CANCELLED

Tuesday, August 22, 2006  CANCELLED

Tuesday, August 29, 2006  CANCELLED

Tuesday, September 19, 2006  CANCELLED

Tuesday, October 10, 2006  CANCELLED 

Tuesday, October 31, 2006  CANCELLED 

Tuesday, November 21, 2006  CANCELLED 

Special Announcement (posted 11/28/06):

Tuesday, December 12, 2006  CANCELLED 

Tuesday, January 2, 2007  CANCELLED 

• Correspondence - E-mail cancellation of meetings(posted 12/13/06)  

Tuesday, January 23, 2007  CANCELLED 

• Correspondence - Email cancellation of meeting (posted 1/18/07)

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

• Correspondence - E-mail cancellation of meeting (posted 2/8/07)

Tuesday, March 6, 2007  CANCELLED 

Tuesday, March 14, 2007 

• E-mail Notice of 3/14/07 meeting (posted 2/28/07)
• Email Notice - 3/14 Meeting and Response to Comments (posted 3/12/07)
• Meeting Highlights:
  • Review Committee Agenda for 3-14-07 Meeting (posted 3/13/07)
• Email notice - DNREC Response to 3/14/07 Meeting (posted 3/27/07)
• Meeting Minutes:
  • Meeting Minutes 3-14-07 Draft 1 (posted 3/29/07)
  • Meeting Minutes 3-14-07 Draft 2 (posted 4/2/07)  

Stakeholder Comments on the Draft 4 (061906) of Regulation 1125:

• Comments submitted by Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Environmental Committee
• Comments submitted by DuPont
• Comments submitted by Premcor
• Comments submitted by Premcor
• NRG Comments submitted 11/8/06 

DNREC Responses to Stakeholder Comments on Draft 4 (above):

• Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
• DuPont
• Valero 7-28-06
• Valero 8-16-06
• NRG

An Alternate Path to NSR Reform

Supporting Documentation 

FEL Well-Controlled Workgroup 

For information regarding NSR Reform in Delaware please contact:
Mr. Gene M. Pettingill
715 Grantham Lane
New Castle, DE 19720
Main line – (302) 323-4542
Fax line – (302) 323-4598
email: gene.pettingill@state.de.us