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EPA-issued CAA Permits for Region 1

EPA's New England Region (Region 1) serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and 10 Tribal Nations

Air Permits Issued by EPA Region 1
Facility:
Vineyard Wind, LLC
  Project:
Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for Vineyard Wind
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0355 Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0355 Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0355 Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0355 To Be Issued
 
Facility:
Deepwater Wind New England, LLC
  Project:
Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for Meteorological Buoy
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0073 Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0073 Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0073   Docket # EPA-R01-OAR-2019-0073
 
Facility:
Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge Deepwater Port, Federal Waters of Massachusetts Bay (Modification)
  Project:
Modification to Existing Permit LNG Regasification Vessel/DWP
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
10/30/08 Application RG1-DPA-CAA-01M 11/26/14 Public Notice   12/30/14 Northeast Gateway Final Permit Decision
07/17/09 Amendment Fact Sheet      
01/26/10 Amendment 02/21/11 USCG Letter to EPA      
08/19/11 Amendment 04/11/13 EPA Region 2 Applicability Determination      
04/02/12 Amendment        
10/28/14 Amendment        
 
Facility:
Pioneer Valley Energy Center, Westfield, Massachusetts
  Project:
431 MW Combined Cycle Turbine
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
Application 052-042-MA15 Public Notice 1/12/2012 Transcript of Public Hearing, 1/12/2012 Pioneer Valley Final Permit Decision 4-12-2012
  Fact Sheet Annonce Publique Pioneer Valley Final Response to Comments  
  Community Update Notificatión Pública    
  Bulletin communautaire en français сообщение для общественности    
  Anuncios de comunidad en Espanol Zawiadomienie Publiczne    
  бюллетеня для сообщества на русском языке 12/05/2011 – 1/24/2012    
  Biuletyn Wspólnoty w języku polskim      
  March 10, 2010 Submittal      
  July 12, 2010 Submittal      
  October 27, 2010 submittal      
  March 9, 2011 submittal      
  July 12, 2011 submittal      
  September 22, 2011 submittal      
  October 14, 2011 submittal      
  Letter from Fish And Wildlife Service      
  Letter from Massachusetts Historical Commission      
  CO Emissions During Startup      
  Modeled Impact Data for Hourly NO2      
  Results from Interactive Modeling      
 
Facility:
Cape Wind Associates, LLC, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound
  Project:
Offshore Renewable Energy Project/OCS Air Permit: Massachusetts Plan Approval Including Nonattainment NSR Appendix A Requirements
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
OCS Air Regulations Permit Application, December 17, 2008, Letter from ESS Group, Inc. to David Conroy, EPA, Re: OCS Air regulation OCS-R1-01 Draft permit June 10, 2010 Public Notice 6/8/10 Cape Wind Final Response to Comments 1-7-2011 Cape Wind Final Permit Decision 6-2-11
Permit Application Revision March 12, 2009 Fact Sheet 6/11/10 – 7/16/10 Richard Mahoney Cape Wind Final Permit 1-7-2011
Permit Application Revision June 25, 2009 OCS Air Regulations NOI, 12/7/07   Melissa Renn Attachment 1 Cape Wind Permit June 4, 2010 letter
Permit Application Revision September 23, 2009 Meeting notes 3/17/08   Mary Readon Attachment 2 Cape Wind Permit September 23, 2009

Permit Application Revision March 2, 2010
Letter from Robert Varney, EPA, to Glenn Wattley, May 28, 2008   Joanne P.Q. El-Fayoumy  
Permit Application Revision April 23, 2010 Letter from NOAA Fisheries to MMS re: Biological Opinion 11/13/08 (starting at page 100)   Don Schaefer  
Permit Application Revision June 4, 2010 Letter from FWS to MMS re: Biological Opinion 11/21/08   Francine Nisbet  
  Letter from Save Our Sound to EPA 1/5/09   David Geyer  
  Letter from EPA to MMS Re: Section 106 Consultation 12/1/09   Barbara Wilson  
  Letter from MMS, Re: Section 106 Consultation 12/15/09   Joe McGinity  
  Letters from EPA to tribal leaders of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and Narragansett Indian Tribe, May 4, 2010   Nolaa Cloutier  
  Letter from ESS, 5/28/10   James Bodurtha  
  Attachment I, Air Analysis, 6/3/10   Diana Morse  
  1-Hour SO2 and NO2 modeling memo 12-21-10   Charles Curran  
  Cape Wind, Cape Wind Biological Opinion Cover Letter   Jay Stevens  
  Cape Wind Biological Opinion   Deke Ulian  
  F & WS 12-17-10 ESA Concurrence   Barbara Durkin  
      Barbara Durkin #2  
      Barbara Durkin #3  
      Joan Hill  
      Ted Giletti  
      ESS Group (Mike Feinblatt) with attachment  
      Brad Thomas ConocoPhillips with attachment  
      Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound with attachments  
      Nantucket Hearing Testimony 7/13/10  
      Martha's Vineyard Hearing Testimony 7/14/10  
      Cape Cod Hearing Testimony 7/15/10  
 
Facility:
Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC, Somerset, MA
  Project:
Cooling Water Towers, Dry Scrubber, and Fabric Filter/PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
8/28/2008 052-120-MA13 1/28/09   Cooling Tower Final Permit # 052-120-MA14 04/02/2009
Amended Application 1 of 2 Fact Sheet 1/28/2009 – 2/27/2009   Unit #3 Control Project Final: Permit # 052-120-MA15 October 7, 2009
Amended Application 2 of 2 ESA Memo      
  Schematic of Cooling Water Towers      
  EPA assessment of the air modeling      
  Cooling Tower Permit Response to Comments      
  Bristol County Broadcasting EAB Petition for Review      
  EAB Decision on Permit Appeal      
  Notice of Final Permit Decision      
  July 20, 2009 Unit #3 Emissions Spreadsheet      
  Unit #3 Permit Cover Letter October 7, 2009      
  Permit Comment Withdrawal Letter October 5, 2009      
  Unit #3 Permit Response to Comments      
  PSD Permit Appeal Process      
 
Facility:
Northeast Energy Associates, Bellingham, MA
  Project:
Gas Turbine/Amended PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
3/28/2008 CR-88-PSD-R-001 10/30/08   12/23/08
  Fact Sheet 10/30/2008 - 12/1/2008    
  Oil-Fired Opacity Evaluation      
  Oil-Fired Opacity Limit      
  Startup & Shutdown Emission Limits      
  Additional Information on CO Emissions      
 
Facility:
University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst, MA
  Project:
Central Heating Plant/PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
3/28/2008 050-026-MA11 9/24/2008   10/29/2008
  Fact Sheet 9/24/2008 - 10/27/2008    
  CT Emission Limit      
  Ultra Low Sulfur Fuel Availability      
 
Facility:
Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD), Braintree, MA
  Project:
Power Plant/PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
5/8/2007 049-119-MA10 2/28/2008 - 3/28/2008   4/4/2008
  Fact Sheet      
 
Facility:
General Electric Aviation (GE), Lynn, MA
  Project:
Test Cell Modification/PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
9/7/2007 048-119-MA09     3/13/2008
  Statement of Basis      
 
Facility:
Fore River Station, N. Weymouth, MA
  Project:
Power Plant/PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
3/31/2006 047-119-MA08     12/14/2006
  Fact Sheet      
  Calculations      
 
Facility:
Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge Deepwater Port, Federal Waters of Massachusetts Bay
  Project:
LNG
Regasification Vessel/DWP
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
2/21/2006 RG1-DPA-CAA-01   Excelerate Energy, L.L.C. (Mike Trammel) 5/14/2007
  Statement of Basis   Northeast Gateway Final Response to Comments  
  Monitoring Plan      
  Specifications      
 
Facility:
Neptune Deepwater Port, Federal Waters of Massachusetts Bay
  Project:
LNG
Regasification Vessel/DWP
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
5/12/2006 RG1-DPA-CAA-02     7/28/2007
  Statement of Basis      
  Monitoring Plan      
 
Facility:
University of Massachusetts (Umass), Amherst, MA
  Project:
Central Heating Plant/PSD
Application Draft Permit & Supporting Documentation Public Hearing & Comment Period Comments Final Permits
8/1/2004 046-026-MA07     7/25/2005
  Determination      
  Fact Sheet      

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