1. 90-Day NSR Study and NSR Improvements
May 2002

2. National Energy Policy Recommendation
“The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and other relevant agencies, to review New Source Review regulations, including administrative interpretation and implementation, and report to the President within 90 days on the impact of the regulations on investment in new utility and refinery generation capacity, energy efficiency, and environmental protection.”

3. Meetings/Hearings 4 Public Meetings
Interagency meetings with over 100 stakeholder groups
30 day public comment period ending on July 27
Over 130,000 comments
Separate meetings on routine maintenance, repair and replacement

4. Stakeholder Issues/Concerns
Industry
Routine maintenance
Aggregation
Debottlenecking
Emissions test
States
No netting
STAPPA Principles
No second guessing
Environmentalists/Local Groups
Need to have much better discussion of public health benefit of NSR
Pursue enforcement cases
Gather more information on how permitting is currently working

5. 1996 Proposed NSR Changes Offramps National Security Exclusion
Clean Unit Exclusion
Pollution Control Project Exclusion
Plantwide Applicability Limits (PAL)
1990 Act Changes
1990 Clean Air Act Requirements
Ozone Depleting Substances
Special Netting Requirements
Process Changes
Undemonstrated Control Technology or Application
Applicability Issues
Actual Emissions Baseline
Class I Issues
Use of Prior Shutdowns and Curtailments
Demonstrated in Practice
Cut-off Date for Consideration of New Control Technologies
Revisions to BACT process
PSD Preconstruction Monitoring