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New Source Review (NSR) Permitting

Replacement Units (Under the 2003 Rule)

Date Title EPA Office Author Issues Addressed
05/12/2017 Letter on Hilcorp Monopod Facility and Replacement Units Region 10

Dossett, Donald A.

Whether three new reciprocating internal combustion engines that would replace five older reciprocating internal combustion engines are replacement units. 
08/27/2015 EPA Region 5 Comments on Archer Daniel Midland Decatur Plant Expansion Region 5 Damico, Genevieve Addresses whether new flakers that would replace existing flakers qualify as replacement units. Also addresses the demand growth exclusion and other PSD applicability issues.
03/20/2018 Applicability of the "Replacement Unit" Provisions to Boilers at the Newport News Shipbuilding Facility OAQPS Wood, Anna Marie Addresses whether an equipment replacement involving a change in fuel type precludes the use of the Replacement Unit provision.

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