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New Source Review Program
National NSR Program
Congress established the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program as part of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments. NSR is a preconstruction permitting program that serves two important purposes.
- First, it ensures that air quality is not significantly degraded from the addition of new and modified factories, industrial boilers and power plants. In areas with unhealthy air, NSR assures that new emissions do not slow progress toward cleaner air. In areas with clean air, especially pristine areas like national parks, NSR assures that new emissions do not significantly worsen air quality.
- Second, the NSR program assures people that any large new or modified industrial source in their neighborhoods will be as clean as possible, and that advances in pollution control occur concurrently with industrial expansion.
NSR permits are legal documents that the facility owners/operators must abide by. The permit specifies what construction is allowed, what emission limits must be met, and often how the emissions source must be operated.
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Region 7 NSR Program
| State & Local Permitting Programs Each of the Region 7 states operates a minor and major source construction permitting program under a fully approved state implementation plan (SIP). For more information on contacts, public notices, permits, links to the state permit web sites, permit forms, and information on Section 107 baseline increment areas, select the state of interest. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska |
NSR Policy and Guidance Database EPA has issued a number of policy and guidance documents that interpret the Part D nonattainment and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit regulations. Region 7 has developed a searchable database which contains over 600 EPA-issued policy and guidance documents. You may access the database directly via an on-line search or by downloading to your personal PC or corporate network. You can also view an index sorted by date or document title for a quick link to each document in the database. On-line NSR Database, Download NSR Database, Document Index By Title, Author, and Date, NSR Workshop Manual (322 pp, 694K) |
| Past and Present Major Source NSR Permitting Activity in Region 7 The Region 7 states and EPA regional office have issued a significant number of PSD and Part D permits since 1978. To help provide a historical perspective for each project, we maintain information on key administrative milestones, emissions estimates, emission limitations, and a brief description of the control technology decisions for each permit. The following file is in Microsoft Excel format and was last updated January, 2012. Region 7 PSD Projects Region 7 also contributes to two "national" spreadsheets, both in Microsoft Excel format, listing information on combustion turbine and coal-fired utility projects. EPA Region 4 updates the National Combustion Turbine Spreadsheet and Region 7 updates the National Coal-fired Utility Spreadsheet, with assistance from the other regions. National Combustion Turbine Spreadsheet, National Coal-Fired Utility NSR Spreadsheet [August '10] |
Region 7 NSR Contacts Mark Smith Chief, Air Permitting and Compliance Branch smith.marka@epa.gov, (913) 551-7876 David Peter, Environmental Engineer Iowa NSR Coordinator peter.david@epa.gov, (913) 551-7397 Ward Burns, Environmental Engineer Kansas NSR Coordinator burns.ward@epa.gov, (913) 551-7960 Robert Cheever, Environmental Engineer Missouri NSR Coordinator cheever.robert@epa.gov, (913) 551-7980 Pat Scott, Environmental Protection Specialist Nebraska NSR Coordinator scott.patriciaa@epa.gov, (913) 551-7312 Bob Webber, Environmental Engineer Tribal NSR Coordinator webber.robert@epa.gov, (913) 551-7251 Jon Knodel, Environmental Engineer knodel.jon@epa.gov, (913) 551-7622 |
| Current Major Source Permitting Projects in Region 7 Region 7 reviews all major source PSD or Part D nonattainment permitting actions taken in the four state area. We often comment on draft permits and provide technical support when requested by the permitting agency. This interaction helps to assure that permits provide for best available control technology, demonstrate no adverse air quality impacts, are enforceable as a practical matter, and otherwise meet statutory and regulatory requirements. For more information on active permit projects click on the documents of interest. Iowa  Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) (Cedar Rapids) Alcoa Davenport Works (Davenport) Alliant Energy Ottumwa Power Station (Chillocothe)
Draft Permit,
EPA Comments,
Final Permit
Grain Processing Corporation (Muscatine) MidAmerican Energy George Neal North (Salix) MidAmerican Energy Walter Scott (Council Bluffs)Quick Links: Public Notices, PSD Permits, Construction Permits Website Kansas Columbian Chemicals (Ulysses)
Draft Permit,
EPA Comments
Sunflower Cooperative, Holcomb Power Plant (Holcomb)2006 Project
Draft Permit (36 pp, 133K),
EPA Comments (55 pp, 1.7MB),
Response to Comments (117 pp, 753K),
Final Permit Denied (2 pp, 62K)
2009 Update
Settlement Agreement (6 pp, 342K),
EPA Comments (6 pp, 272K)
2010 Update
Draft Permit (22 pp, 179K),
Letter Communicating Errors in Air Dispersion Modeling (2 pp, 374K),
EPA Comments (6 pp, 179K),
Regional Administrator Response to Interested Parties (8 pp, 435K),
October 22, 2010 EPA Comments (2 pp, 133K),
Final Permit (26 pp, 6.1MB),
Other State Information
2011 Update
February 3, 2011 Letter to KDHE (3 pp, 969K),
February 3, 2011 Letter Desk Statement (1 pg, 18K),
October 31, 2011 Letter to KDHE (2 pp, 140K)
Holcomb 1 LNB Project
Draft Permit
Westar Energy Jeffrey Energy Center (St. Marys)Quick Links: Public Notices, PSD Permits, Construction Permits Website Missouri
Continental Cement (Hannibal)
Draft Permit,
Comments
Doe Run Buick Resource Recycling Center (Boss)
Draft Permit,
Comments
General Motors Wentzville PAL (Wentzville)
Kansas City Power and Light Montrose Station (Clinton)
Mallinckrodt PAL (St. Louis)Quick Links: Public Notices, PSD Permits , Construction Permits Website Nebraska Archer Daniels Midland (Columbus) American Laboratories (Omaha)
Draft Permit,
Comments,
Final Permit
Cargill (Blair)PM10 RevisionsLactic AcidAtlas II
Omaha Public Power District Nebraska City Station (Nebraska City)
TETRA Micronutrients (Fairbury)Quick Links: Public Notices, PSD Permits, Construction Permits Website Indian Country, EPA Region 7 NoneArchives
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