CAA Permits Issued by EPA in Region 2
EPA's Region 2 serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 8 Tribal Nations
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permits
- Pending PSD Permits
- Plantwide Applicability Limitation (PAL) Permits
- Plantwide Applicability Limitation (PAL) Pending Permits
- Part 71 Permits
- Pending Part 71 Permits
- Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Permits
- Pending OCS Permits
- Deepwater Port Permits
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permits (issued since 2000)
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Permit Documents | Issued |
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| AbbVie Ltd., Barceloneta, PR | AbbVie Ltd., is a pharmaceutical facility located in Barceloneta, PR. This amendment to the 1992 issued PSD permit includes: (1) increase in the hours of operation for the cogeneration diesel engine; (2) decrease of the power generation capacity of the cogeneration diesel engine; (3) decrease in the maximum allowable sulfur content limit of the No.6 fuel oil fired in the cogeneration diesel engine; and (4) removal of three 50 MMBTU/hr boilers from the PSD permit. | Administrative Amendment | 11/09/2017 | |
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Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC/Energy Answers Arecibo |
A new resource recovery facility capable of generating 77 MW. The facility includes two identical municipal solid waste combustors (i.e., spreader-stoker boilers), a steam turbine-electrical-generator, ash handling system, emergency diesel-generator and fire pump, a “four-cell” cooling tower, and carbon and lime storage silos. The two combustors will be fueled, primarily, by 2,106 tons per day of refuse-derived municipal solid waste. The combustors’ supplementary fuels (used to substitute for a portion of refuse-derived fuel) comprise of auto-shredder residue, tire-derived fuel, and processed urban wood waste. |
New |
4/10/2014 |
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| Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC/Energy Answers Arecibo Puerto Rico Renewable Energy Project, PR |
Extension | 10/01/2015 | ||
| Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC/Energy Answers Arecibo Puerto Rico Renewable Energy Project, PR |
Extension | 04/10/2017 | ||
| Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority - Units 16, 17, 19 and 20 St. Croix, VI |
Electric Power Generation/Permit revisions for the existing gas turbines. | Modification | 11/27/2000 | |
| Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority - Units 16, 17, 19 and 20 St. Croix, VI |
Electric Power Generation/Permit revisions for the existing gas turbines: to remove the requirement to operate COMs and to require compliance with the SIP's Opacity limits | Modification | 7/08/2016 | |
| Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority - Unit 22, at the Krum Bay Facility St. Thomas, VI |
Electric Power Generation/Installation of a new 24 MW simple cycle oil fired gas turbine. | New | Final Permit VIWAPA 2001 | 1/03/2001 |
| AES Puerto Rico, L.P. Guayama, PR |
Electric Power Generation/Corrections of the parts per million emission limits for the existing coal fired circulating fluidized bed boiler. | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit AES 2001 | 10/29/2001 |
| Puerto Rico Electric and Power Authority- San Juan Combined Cycle Project San Juan, PR |
Electric Power Generation/ Installation of two (2) new 476 MW combined cycle oil fired turbines. | New | Final Permit PREPA 2004 | 4/01/2004 |
| Nucor Steel Auburn, Inc. Auburn, NY |
Steel Plant/Increasing the melt shop production limits; Replacing the existing rolling mill reheat furnace with a new 179 MMBTU/hr reheat furnace. | Modification | Final Permit Nucor Steel 2004 | 6/22/2004 |
| AES Puerto Rico, L.P. Guayama, PR |
Electric Power Generation/Permit revisions for the existing coal fired fluidized bed boiler. | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit AES 2004 | 8/10/2004 |
| Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority - Unit 23, at the Krum Bay St. Thomas, VI |
Electric Power Generation/ Installation of a new 39 MW simple cycle oil fired combustion turbine | New | Final Permit VIWAPA 2004 | 9/08/2004 |
| Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority - Unit 23, at the Krum Bay St. Thomas, VI |
Electric Power Generation/Permit revisions for the existing gas turbine Unit 23: to remove the requirement to operate COMs and to require compliance with the SIP’s Opacity limits. | Modification | 7/08/2016 | |
| American Re-Fuel Company of Hempstead Westbury, NY |
Resource Recovery Facility/Increasing the annual throughput of municipal waste for the three existing waste-to-energy boilers. | Modification | Final Permit EcoElectrica 2004 | 11/15/2004 |
| EcoElectrica, L.P. Peñuelas, PR |
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal and Electric Power Generation/ Permit revisions for the existing combined cycle natural gas combustion turbines and for the auxiliary diesel generators. | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit Eco Electrica 2005 | 2/11/2005 |
| EcoElectrica, L.P. Peñuelas, PR |
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal and Electric Power Generation/ This amendment to the PSD permit issued on 2/11/2005 includes the replacement of certain components of two existing combined-cycle gas turbines. These changes will reduce air leakage, increase compressor power, increase heat rate, and allow increases in electricity generation without increasing the fuel usage of the turbines and duct burners. | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit Eco Electrica 2018 | 3/13/2018 |
| Trigen–Nassau Energy Corporation Uniondale, NY |
Electric Power Generation/ Installation of a new 79.9 MW combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbine. | New | Final Permit Trigen 2005 | 3/31/2005 |
| Caithness Long Island, LLC Brookhaven, NY |
Electric Power Generation/ Installation of a new 346 MW combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbine. | New | 4/07/2006 | |
| Caithness Long Island, LLC Brookhaven, NY |
Electric Power Generation/ Installation of a new 346 MW combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbine. | Modification | 8/19/2020 | |
| Caithness Long Island, LLC Brookhaven, NY |
Electric Power Generation/ Installation of a new 346 MW combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbine. |
Modification |
Cover Letter Caithness Final Permit 2023 (pdf) (278.51 KB) Final Permit Caithness 2023 (pdf) (230.4 KB) FACT Sheet Caithness 2023 (pdf) (1.01 MB) |
2/16/2023 |
| Puerto Rico Electric and Power Authority(PREPA) Cambalache Plant San Juan, PR |
Electric Power Generation/Permit revisions for the existing combined cycle distilled oil fired combustion turbines(i.e. removing the SCR system due to the increase in ammonia production) | Modification | Final Permit PREPA 2006 | 7/05/2006 |
| CEMEX de Puerto Rico, Inc. San Juan, PR |
Portland Cement Plant/Substitutes up to a maximum of 20% of the heat required for the cement manufacturing process, currently generated by coal, with biomass, such as vegetative materials, wood chips, and biofuels. | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit CEMEX 2012 | 11/29/2012 |
| Besicorp-Empire Power Company, LLC Rensselaer, NY |
Electric Power Generation/Extending the existing PSD expiration date that was issued for the construction of a 505 MW combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbine. | Extension | Final Permit Besicorp-Empire Power Company 2007 | 5/17/2007 |
| Besicorp- Empire Newsprint, LLC Rensselaer, NY |
Paper Recycling/Extending the existing PSD expiration date that was issued for the construction of a 330,000 metric ton-per-year recycled newsprint facility. | Extension | Final Permit Besicorp Paper Recycling 2007 | 5/17/2007 |
| HOVENSA, LLC St. Croix, VI |
GT-10 – A modification to the monitoring of GT-10. The earlier 2004 permit contains the requirement to install and utilize the CEM system based on stack gas volumetric flow rates. HOVENSA is requesting the permit be revised to require the use of calibrated fuel flow meters in conjunction with the existing CEMS | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit HOVENSA St. Croix 2007 | 8/15/2007 |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
Combined Heat and Power/ Installation of two (2) new 8 MW combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbines. | New | Final Permit Cornell U 2008 | 6/03/2008 |
| HOVENSA, LLC St. Croix, VI |
Modification to 1997 Permit - Petroleum Refinery/Replacing an existing low NOx "Converter Heater" with a new ultra-low NOx "Converter Heater" for their existing Acid Plant. | Modification | Final Permit HOVENSA, LLC 02 | 5/09/2011 |
| HOVENSA, LLC St. Croix, VI |
GT 13/LSF Permit – Modified - Petroleum Refinery/Lowering the NOx emission limit for the combustion turbine, while firing fuel oil. | Modification | Final Permit HOVENSA St. Croix 2011 | 8/17/2011 |
| Virgin Island Water and Power Authority-Unit 18, at the Krum Bay Facility St. Thomas, VI |
Electric Power Generation/Revision of the volatile organic compounds (VOC) parts per million (ppm) limit for the existing Unit 18. | Administrative Amendment | Final Permit VIWAPA 2015 | 12/21/2015 |
| Virgin Island Water and Power Authority- Unit 15, 18, and 22 at the Krum Bay St. Thomas, VI | Electric Power Generation/Permit revisions for the existing gas turbines Units 15, 18, and 22: to remove the requirement to operate COMs and to require compliance with the SIP’s Opacity limits | Modification | Final Permit VIWAPA 2016 - Units 15, 18 and 22 | 7/08/2016 |
Plantwide Applicability Limitation (PAL) Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Permit Documents | Issued |
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Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining |
The Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining facility (“Limetree”) is a complex, integrated petroleum refinery consisting of refinery process units and various supporting operations including sulfur recovery plants, steam and electric power generation via boilers and gas turbine cogeneration units, wastewater treatment, and a marine terminal. This PAL permit contains the PALs for seven pollutants and requirements that ensure Limetree’s compliance with the PAL. | Initial PAL Permit |
Final Permit LBT 2020 |
12/02/2020 |
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Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining |
The Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining facility (“Limetree”) is a complex, integrated petroleum refinery consisting of refinery process units and various supporting operations including sulfur recovery plants, steam and electric power generation via boilers and gas turbine cogeneration units, wastewater treatment, and a marine terminal. |
03/25/2021 Withdrawal of PAL Permit Issued on 12/02/2020 |
Withdrawn | |
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Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining |
The Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining facility (“Limetree”) is a complex, integrated petroleum refinery consisting of refinery process units and various supporting operations including sulfur recovery plants, steam and electric power generation via boilers and gas turbine cogeneration units, wastewater treatment, and a marine terminal. | Motion to enter the first modification to a 2011 consent decree with HOVENSA L.L.C., the prior owner of the Limetree Bay facility (not directly related to PAL permit) |
Motion to Enter |
04/08/2021 |
Pending Plantwide Applicability Limitation (PAL) Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Comment Period End Date | Related Documents |
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| No Pending PAL Permits at this time | ||||
Part 71 Permits (issued since 2000)
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Permit Documents | Issued |
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| Philadelphia Furniture Manufacturing Company Salamanca (Tribal Area), NY |
Furniture Manufacturing/Furniture Manufacturing Processes/NSPS affected and non-affected boilers. | Initial | Final Permit PFMC 2001 | 11/01/2001 |
| Philadelphia Furniture, LLC Salamanca (Tribal Area), NY |
Furniture Manufacturing/Furniture Manufacturing Processes; NSPS affected and non-affected boilers. The permit was amended to reflect the transfer in ownership of the renewed Title V Permit from Philadelphia Furniture Manufacturing Company to Philadelphia Furniture, LLC) |
Renewal and Amendment | Final Permit PFMC 2007 | 8/27/2007 |
| Turning Stone Casino and Resort Verona (Tribal Area), NY |
Recreational Facility: NSPS affected combined-cycle natural gas combustion turbine and natural gas steam boilers; NESHAP affected diesel emergency generators. | Renewal | Final Permit TSCR 2011 | 7/5/2011 |
| Turning Stone Casino and Resort Verona (Tribal Area), NY |
The permit was modified to reflect the (1) addition of three new emergency generators; (2) inclusion of the applicable requirements pursuant to NSPS IIII, NSPS JJJJ, NESHAP ZZZZ, and Section 184 of the CAA, which pertains to the Ozone Transport Region; and (3) removal of an existing backup diesel generator. | Modification | Final Permit TSCR 2015 | 2/4/2015 |
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Turning Stone Casino and Resort |
The permit was modified to reflect the (1) removal of the existing Onan 500DEFG backup diesel generator; and (2) addition of a Caterpillar 3412 C backup diesel generator. | Modification | Final Permit TSCR 2017 | 3/8/2017 |
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Turning Stone Casino and Resort |
Recreational Facility: NSPS affected combined-cycle natural gas combustion turbine and natural gas steam boilers; NESHAP affected diesel emergency generators. | Renewal | November 6, 2020 |
Pending Part 71 Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Comment Period End Date | Related Documents |
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| No Pending Part 71 Permits at this time. |
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Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Permit Documents | Issued |
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| Ocean Wind, LLC | OCS Source - Meteorological Buoys Project located in the OCS waters of the Atlantic Ocean within 25 nautical miles offshore New Jersey | Initial OCS Air Permit to Construct and Operate | 11/5/2018 | |
| Ocean Wind, LLC |
OCS Source - Meteorological Buoys Project located in the OCS waters of the Atlantic Ocean within 25 nautical miles offshore New Jersey |
Minor Modification to OCS Air Permit to Construct and Operate |
07/19/2019 |
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| Empire Offshore Wind, LLC, Empire Wind Project Located within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) at approximately 12 nautical miles (14 statute miles) south of Long Island, New York (“NY”) and 17 nautical miles (19.5 statute miles) east of Long Branch, New Jersey | OCS Source – Wind to Energy Project, including up to 147 wind turbines generators, two offshore substations, and inter-array cables. The wind turbine generators use the energy of the wind, a source of renewable energy, and convert it to electricity. | Initial OCS Air Permit to Construct and Operate |
Cover Letter Permit EW 2024 (pdf) (674.36 KB) Final Permit EW 2024 (pdf) (1.5 MB) Response to Public Comments EW 2024 (pdf) (934.18 KB) Administrative Record EW 2024, available at docket number EPA-R02-OAR-2023-0522 at www. regulations.gov |
2/15/2024 |
| Empire Offshore Wind, LLC, Empire Wind Project Located within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) at approximately 12 nautical miles (14 statute miles) south of Long Island, New York (“NY”) and 17 nautical miles (19.5 statute miles) east of Long Branch, New Jersey | OCS Source – Wind to Energy Project, including up to 147 wind turbines generators, two offshore substations, and inter-array cables. The wind turbine generators use the energy of the wind, a source of renewable energy, and convert it to electricity. | Administrative Permit Amendment |
Cover Letter AD EW 2024 (pdf) (277.41 KB) Empire Wind OCS Air Permit AD 2024 (pdf) (872.91 KB) ENCLOSURE I EW AD 2024 (pdf) (212.5 KB) |
11/21/2024 |
| Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1, LLC, Atlantic Shores Project 1, and Project 2 located within the OCS at approximately 7.6 nautical miles (8.7 statute miles) east from the New Jersey shoreline. |
OCS Source – Wind to Energy Project, including up to 200 wind turbines generators, up to 8 small, 5 medium, or 4 large offshore substations, and inter-array cables. The wind turbine generators use the energy of the wind, a source of renewable energy, and convert it to electricity. |
Initial OCS Air Permit to Construct and Operate |
Cover Letter Permit AS S 2024 (pdf) (251.63 KB) Final Permit ASS 2024 (pdf) (1.63 MB) Response to Public Comments ASS 2024 (pdf) (2.49 MB) Administrative Record ASS 2024, available at docket number EPA-R02-OAR-2024-0312 |
9/30/2024 |
Pending OCS Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Comment Period End Date and Public Hearing | Related Documents |
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Deepwater Port Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Permit Documents | Issued |
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| No Deepwater Port Permits have been issued by EPA Region 2 | ||||
Pending PSD Permits
| Facility and Location | Facility Type/Project Description | Permit Type | Comment Period End Date | Related Documents |
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| No Pending PSD Permits at this time. | ||||
