Integrating Environmental Justice in Air Permitting Presented at: 2011 NACAA Joint Permitting and Enforcement Workshop Chicago, Illinois June 15, 2011.

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Integrating Environmental Justice in Air Permitting Presented at: 2011 NACAA Joint Permitting and Enforcement Workshop Chicago, Illinois June 15,

Richard A. Pirolli Assistant Director, Engineering Engineering & Enforcement Division Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Air Management 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT Tele: (860) Fax: (860) Website: 2

Agenda Overview of CT’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Law First permit application under the EJ Law Lessons learned 3

"..no segment of the population should, because of its racial or economic makeup, bear a disproportionate share of the risks and consequences of environmental pollution or be denied equal access to environmental benefits.“ CTDEP's Environmental Equity Policy,

Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 22a-20a Environmental Justice Community Requires: Meaningful public participation – Must submit EJ Public Participation Plan – Must hold a public information meeting – Must involve community and elected officials May include a Community Environmental Benefit Agreement 2a-20a.htm 2a-20a.htm 5

EJ Public Participation Plan Requires CTDEP approval prior to submitting a permit application: for an “affected facility”; the expansion of an “affected facility”, and is located in an “environmental justice community” Additional info at 6

Affected Facilities Electric generating facility–capacity > 10 megawatts Sludge or solid waste incinerator or combustor Medical waste incinerators Major source of air pollution as defined by the federal Clean Air Act 7

Expansion At an existing affected facility, addition of new emission unit or modification of existing emission unit, such as: Increase emissions of any individual air pollutant by 15 tons or more per year; or Increase emissions of hazardous air pollutant by 10 tons or more per year 8

EJ Community Towns listed as a “distressed municipality” by the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Towns not on the DECD “distressed municipality” list but have a U.S. census block group(s) where >30% of the population has an income of below the 200 % federal poverty level 9

PSEG – NEW HAVEN HARBOR STATION PEAKING POWER PLANT PROJECT NEW HAVEN, CT 10

Facility Background EXISTING 450 MW oil fired EGU #6 fuel oil/Natural Gas ESP/LNB/FGR/LSFO (0.3%) Load Following Boiler Constructed 1975 NSR permit Title V renewal pending PROPOSED 3 – 50 MW LM6000 CTs Natural Gas/ULSD (15 ppm) SCR/oxidation catalyst Peaking Units (10 min start) Awarded state contract requiring commercial operation by 6/1/12 11

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Meaningful Public Participation PSEG EJ Plan approved by CTDEP Informational meeting held Public Reaction – Negative – “straw that breaks New Haven’s back” – 2010 Toyota Prius vs Cadillac El Dorado CTDEP attended but not official party 14

Community Benefit Agreement Parties – PSEG, City of New Haven, CT Fund for the Environment, CT Coalition for EJ, and NH Environmental Justice Network – CTDEP was not a party to these negotiations Premise of CBA – No net increase in air emissions at the facility – Agree not to oppose project and Title V renewal 15

Community Benefit Agreement Peakers – use natural gas whenever available Unit 1 – redefine operating protocols to reduce NOx, SO2, and PM through co-firing oil/natural gas $500,000 - East Shore Air Quality Account to assist in reducing PM emissions Incorporate CBA into Title V permit 16

Issues with CBA Permit process wrong Conditions were difficult to enforce, included actions from 3 rd parties Conditions contingent on weather, electricity demand, fuel prices and emergency events Record keeping and monitoring lacking Not all conditions ensured reductions 17

Incorporating the CBA into the NSR Permit Approach 1 - Just reference the existence of the CBA – Bad reaction from environmental groups Approach 2 – Incorporate by Reference – Bad reaction from CTDEP Enforcement Section Approach 3 - Draft permit language we felt was enforceable and reduced emissions without changing intent of CBA 18

Approach 3 – Environmental Outcomes Peakers – use natural gas whenever available Reduced Unit 1 output by 4 MW per hour per peaker when operated Unit 1 - co-fire with NG during entire ozone season, (no conditions other than availability) Unit 1 - co-fire with NG during non-ozone season when peakers operate Strengthened record keeping to determine compliance with the conditions of the CBA 19

Lessons Learned EJ Law works Eliminated adjudicatory hearing Build trust with your environmental groups Permitting Agency needs to be involved 20

Other Examples Saint Raphael’s Hospital Waterbury Generation (Both prior to EJ Law) 21