1. Readily Available Permits
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Photo by Stuart Seeger.
License available at
Jesse Lovegren, Ph.D., P.E.
Air Permits Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Environmental Trade Fair 2017

2. Outline Approaches to NSR permit streamlining
The simple cycle turbines RAP
Air Quality Analysis for simple cycle turbines (Presented by Dan Jamieson)
NSR: New source review
RAP: Readily Available Permits

3. Approaches to NSR Streamlining
Identifying similar facilities
Presumptive BACT
Standard emission estimation methodology
Air dispersion screening models
Screening levels for acceptable impacts
Boilerplate compliance monitoring provisions
BACT: best available control technology

4. Readily Available Permit (RAP) for Simple Cycle Turbines
Eligible facilities
Design and operating requirements
How to apply
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5. Turbines RAP – Eligible Facilities
Covered facilities must:
Be located at a greenfield site
Meet minimum setback distance:
150 m (general)
300 m (El Paso County)
420 m (Harris County)
Not trigger PSD or Nonattainment NSR
m: meters
PSD: prevention of significant deterioration
NSR: new source review
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6. Turbines RAP – Eligible Facilities
Covered facilities must be:
Natural gas-fired
Used by electric utilities
Simple cycle only (peaking units)
No more than 2 turbines

7. Turbines RAP – Eligible Facilities
Auxiliary equipment is limited to:
Emergency (reciprocating) engines (≤2)
Diesel/lube oil storage tanks (≤6)
Dew point heater (≤2)

8. Turbines RAP – Control Requirements
Current presumptive BACT:
Exhaust concentration limits (3-hr rolling average, 15% O2):
9 ppmvd NOX (based on DLN)
9 ppmvd CO
2 ppmvd VOC
Fuel sulfur: 0.25 gr / 100 dscf (annual average)
O2: oxygen
NOX: oxides of nitrogen
DLN: dry low NOX
CO: carbon monoxide
VOC: volatile organic compounds
gr/100 dscf: grains per hundred dry standard cubic feet

9. Turbines RAP – Control Requirements
Must install NOX and CO CEMS
Other requirements listed on web site
CEMS: continuous emissions monitoring system

10. Turbines RAP – How to Apply
Review permit conditions and verify eligibility
File Form PI-1, TCEQ Table 30, and fee
Attach Form RAP-SCT:
Technical review complete in approximately 15 days
Complete public notice requirements
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11. RAP Special Conditions
Text:
Special Conditions
Permit Number XXXX
1. This permit authorizes emissions only from those emission points listed in the attached table entitled “Emission Sources - Maximum Allowable Emission Rates” (MAERT), and the facilities covered by this permit are authorized to emit subject to the emission rate limits on that table and other operating conditions specified in this permit. Also, this permit authorizes the emissions from planned maintenance, startup, and shutdown (MSS).
Federal Regulations
2. The permitted sources at these facilities shall comply with all applicable requirements of the following federal regulations:
A. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Part 60:
(a) Subpart A: General Provisions
(b) Subpart KKKK: Stationary Combustion Turbines
(c) Subpart IIII: Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines
B. The EPA National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) for Source Categories in 40 CFR Part 63:
(1) Subpart A: General Provisions
(2) Subpart ZZZZ: Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines
3. If any condition of this permit is more stringent than the regulations so incorporated, then for the purposes of complying with this permit, the permit shall govern and be the standard by which compliance shall be demonstrated.

12. RAP MAERT Emission Sources — Maximum Allowable Emission Rates
Permit Number ####
DRAFT date: April 18, 2017
This table lists the maximum allowable emission rates and all sources of air contaminants on the applicant's property covered by this permit. The emission rates shown are those derived from information submitted as part of the application for permit and are the maximum rates allowed for these facilities, sources, and related activities. Any proposed increase in emission rates may require an application for a modification of the facilities covered by this permit.
Air Contaminants Data
Emission Point No. (1) Source Name (2) Air Contaminant Name (3) Emission Rates lbs/hour TPY (4)
TURB1 Gas turbine (250 MW)
NOX pounds per hour (lbs/hour) tons per year (TPY)
CO lbs/hour TPY
VOC lbs/hour TPY
SO lbs/hour 0.77 TPY
H2SO lbs/hour 0.06 TPY
PM lbs/hour 8.90 TPY
PM lbs/hour 8.90 TPY
LUBEVNT1 Turbine Lube Oil Vent
VOC 0.02 lbs/hour 0.10 TPY
PM lbs/hour 0.10 TPY
PM lbs/hour 0.10 TPY
ENGINE1 Emergency Engine (Reciprocating) [400 horsepower (hp)]
NOX 2.63 lbs/hour 0.13 TPY
CO 2.31 lbs/hour 0.12 TPY
VOC 2.63 lbs/hour 0.13 TPY
PM lbs/hour 0.01 TPY
PM lbs/hour 0.01 TPY
SO2 < 0.01 lbs/hour < 0.01 TPY

13. Form RAP-SCT Simple Cycle Turbine–1
Enter information into the yellow boxes. Do not proceed if emission rate cells turn red.
See qualification criteria.    
EPN CTG1      
UTM Coordinates of Emission Point    
Zone East (Meters) North (Meters)            
Discharge Parameters   Min
Release Height (ft)   80 ft
Diameter (ft)   15 ft
Temperature (°F)   756 oF
Exit Velocity (fps)   52.4 fps      
Input Parameters    
Rated baseload capacity at site conditions (MW)   MW
Heat rate of turbine, HHV basis (Btu/kW-hr)   Btu/kW-hr
Higher heating value of natural gas fuel (Btu/scf)   Btu/scf      
Emission Rates    
Pollutant lb/hr tpy
NOX    
CO    
PM    
PM10    
PM2.5    
VOC    
SO2    
H2SO4    

14. Contacts Kate Brown kate.brown@tceq.texas.gov 512-239-1583
Jesse Lovegren