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NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT/PROPOSED ACID RAIN PERMIT RENEWAL

Under Phase II of the Acid Rain Program (40 CFR 72 and 45CSR33), the West 
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) 
proposes to approve a Phase II Acid Rain Renewal Permit, R33-3944-2022-5, for 
Units 1, 2 and 3 at Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC’s Harrison Power 
Station located near Shinnston, West Virginia. 

The renewal permit specifies the following total sulfur dioxide (SO2) 
allowances allocated by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to 
each utility boiler (unit) at the Harrison Power Station: 21,002 allowances in 
the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 to Unit 1; 19,936 allowances 
in the calendar years, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 to Unit 2; and 17,928 
allowances in the calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 to Unit 3.  One 
allowance authorizes the unit to emit one ton of sulfur dioxide.

The renewal permit specifies an approved nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions 
compliance plan effective for calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 for 
each utility boiler (Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3) at the Harrison Power Station.  
Under the plan, each unit’s actual annual average NOx emission rate shall not 
exceed the applicable limitation of 0.46 lb/mmBtu as set forth in 40 CFR §76.7
(a)(2) for Group 1, Phase II dry bottom wall-fired boilers.

The renewal permit does not affect the Harrison Power Station’s responsibility 
to meet all other existing local, state and federal requirements related to SO2 
and NOx emissions.  

The Designated Representative for the Harrison Power Station is Mr. Raymond L. 
Evans of FirstEnergy Generation Corporation, 800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, 
PA 15601.

All written comments submitted by the public and affected state(s) pursuant to 
this notice must be received by the DAQ within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of this notice.  Under the Direct proposed procedures of 40 CFR 
§72.72(b)(1)(v), if no significant, adverse comments are timely submitted, the 
proposed permit will be deemed issued on the publication date of this notice or 
from the date the USEPA receives this draft/proposed permit, whichever is 
later.  Written comments submitted by the USEPA must be received by the DAQ 
within forty-five (45) days from such date.  If significant, adverse comments 
are timely submitted, the proposed permit will be issued in accordance with 40 
CFR §72.72(b)(1)(iv).  In the event that the 30th//45th day is a Saturday, 
Sunday, or legal holiday, the comment period will be extended until 5:00 p.m. 
on the following regularly scheduled business day.

Copies of the Draft/Proposed Renewal Permit may be downloaded from the DAQ's 
web site at the following address:  https://www.dep.wv.gov/daq

The Draft/Proposed Renewal Permit and the Administrative Record, except 
information protected as confidential, are available for public review at the 
following locations between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: 



                                                                                
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Send comments, and/or requests for a public hearing to William F. Durham, 
Director, Division of Air Quality, at the above Charleston address.  Submit all 
comments in duplicate and identify the permit to which the comments apply.  The 
submission shall include the commenter’s name and address, the commenter’s 
interest in this matter and the affiliation, if any, the commenter has to the 
owner or operator of the unit(s) covered by the renewal permit.  All relevant, 
timely comments will be considered except for those pertaining to any standard 
requirement under 40 CFR §72.9 and issues not related to the renewal permit, 
such as the environmental effects of acid rain or permit issuance procedures or 
actions on other permit applications not relevant to the issuance or denial of 
the renewal permit.  Any person who requests a public hearing must state the 
issues proposed to be raised in the hearing.  If the DAQ finds that a hearing 
will contribute to the decision-making process by clarifying significant issues 
affecting the draft/proposed renewal permit, a hearing will be announced.