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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDAQ-2025-002883Huntington Power Plant 8 miles west of Huntington, Utah on Hwy. j I P.O. Box 680 Huntington, Utah 84528 May 13,2025 Mr. Bryce Bird, Director Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality 195 North 1950 West P.O. Box 144820 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4820 And Director, USEPA Region Vlll 8 ENF-AT 1595 V[nkoop St. Denver, CO 80202-1129 RE: MATS Quarterly Compliance Report,40 CFR 63 Subpart UUUUU, Huntington Power PIant (Title V Permit #1501001006) Boiler Units 1 and 2. Dear Mr. Bird: Huntington Power Plant's Title V Permit Conditions 11.B.2.9.3 and 11.B.3.f.3 require the Huntington Plant to submit Compliance Reports according to the requirements of 40 CFR S63.10031(b). This submittal covers the period from January 1, 2025, to March 31,2025, and is intended to satisty those requirements. I am authorized to make this submission on behalf of the owners and operators of the affected source or affected units for which the submission is made. I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined, and am familiarwith, the statements and information submitted in this document and all its attachments. Based on my inquiry of individuals with primary responsibility for obtaining the information, I certify that the statements and information are to the best of my knowledge and betief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false statements and information, or omitting statements and information, including the possibility of a fine or imprisonment. Should you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Terry Guthrie, Hunter and Huntington Plant Environmental Manager (435) 6874334 or me at (435) 6874211. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIHONMEI{IA OI,NTfiV l'lAY 27 2025 DMSTON OF An q.nrmt REVIEWED Initials JBR Date 6/11/2025 Comp Status: Meets File # 10238 Blue 2 see attachments ,*",/r? , Managing Director Hunter and Huntington Plant Designated Authority Enclosures: Mercury and Air Toxics Quarterly Compliance Report with attachments A thru C - Units 1 and2 cc: Youn Joo Kim - USEPA Region Vlll Menclosure Josh Sewell- NTO Mo enclosure Scarlet Jackson - NTO Wo enclosure Russ \Mllson - Huntington Plant - Files l%crFrEoRP UAY ?1 ?,025 Huntington Power PIant MATS Quarterly Compliance Report Unit 1 40 cFR 63.10031(e) January L,2025 - March 3L,2025 AH DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL OUALlTY DIVISION OF AIR OUALlTY Section 1.0 - Unit I Report Summary Huntington Power Plant, 8 miles west of Huntington Utah on Hwy 3l P.O. Box 680 Huntington, Utah 84528 Identification of eachhazardous air pollutant monitored at the affected source I. Non-Mercury HAPS metals using a quarterly filterable particulate matter (PM) stack test as a surrogate to demonstrate compliance. On April 3,2018 the Utah Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Air Quality agreed that the Huntington Plant Unit I met the requirements to quali[ as a low emitting EGU (LEE) unit. The Huntington Plant submitted a summary table showing three years of quarterly test data. Each particulate matter (PM) testing result was below one-half of the 0.030 lb/MMBtu limit or 0.015 lbA4MBtu as required by the subpart. II. Acid gases using sulfur dioxide (SOz) as a surrogate to demonstrate compliance by an SOz continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS). III. Mercury (Hg), compliance demonstrated by an annual EPA Method 30B sorbent trap test to re-confirm LEE status. A brief description of the process unit I. Huntington Unit I is an Electric Utility Steam Generating Unit, designed as a bottom tangentially-fired boiler, designed by Babcock and Wilcox. i. Rated Heat Input Capacity of 4,960 MMBtu/hr. ii. The unit is equipped with the following add-on controls: L Pulse Jet Fabric Filter (baghouse) 2. Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization (wet scrubber) 3. Low-NOx burner technology, with separated over-fire air iii. Fuels used are sub-bituminous coal using #2 fuel oil for startup fuel when needed. II. Unit Category i. Unit I is an existing coal-fired unit combusting non-low rank virgin coal demonstrating compliance with the emission limits found in Table 2 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63 III. The emission and operating parameter limitationsi. Filterable PM quarterly stack testing demonstrating compliance with a 0.030 lbiMMBtu emission limit. The unit has demonstrated and achieved low emitting EGU (LEE) status. ii. SOz CEMS as a surrogate for acid gases reporting hourly averages in units of lb/l\4MBtu demonstrating compliance with a 30 boiler-operating-day average limit of 0.20 lb/MMBtu. iii. Hg annual EPA Method 30B sorbent trap test reporting hourly averages in units of lb/TBtu demonstrating compliance with a 30 boiler-operating-day average of 1.2 Ib/TBtu. A description of any changes in CMS, processes, or controls since the last reporting period No changes occurred during the reporting period that would affect compliance to MATS. Recent performance test results Table 1-2: Unit 1 Mercury LEE Test Results Summary Test ID Test Date Hg rate (lb/TBtu) MATS Hg Threshold Unit Status 2024 06t30t2024 0.01 0.12 LEE Achieved. Maintained with 0613012024 LEE test Section 2.0 - Unit 1 MATS Compliance Report Root Data Elements Table 2-1: Root Data Elements 2.1 Faciliw oRIS Code 8069 2.2 Faci tv Name Huntinston 2.3 Faci ty Reeistry Identifier (ORISPL)8069 2.4 Title 40 Part 63 2.5 Applicable Subpart UUUUU Table 1-1: Unit I X'ilterable Particulate Matter LEE Test Results Summary Test ID Test Date Average PM rate (lb/mmBtu) MATS PM Limit* Average PM flblNlW-hr) MATS PM Limit* Unit Status 2024 03fi9/2024 0.010 0.030 0.r0 0.30 LEE Achieved in 201 8. Maintained with 311912024 LEE test tl-ow Emitter Limits are 0.015 IbA4M-BTU and 0.15 lbs/I\'IW-HR 2.6 Calendar Year 2025 2.7 Calendar Ouarter l tt Ouarter 2.8 Submission Comment (optional)See cover letter Section 3.0 - Unit I Performance Stack Test Summary For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 3.1-3.14, see stack testing reports submitted for the quafter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 4.0 - Operating Limit Data (PM, CPMS, only) No PM CPMS on unit. Section not applicable. Section 5.0 - Unit I Performance Test Run Data For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 5.1-5.8, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 6.0 - Unit 1 Conversion Parameters For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 6.1-6.3, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 7 .0 - Unit I Quality Assurance Parameters For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 7.1-7.3, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 8.0 - Averaging Group Unit is not part of an averaging group. Section 9.0 - Unit I Compliance Averages Please see Attachment A-l which includes 30-boiler-operating-day average data for sulfur dioxide. Section 10.0 - Unit I Information Table 10-1: Unit Information Section I 1.0 - Unit I Fuel Usage Information Tabte l1-1 Quarterly Fuel Usage rnforiration Month #2 Fuel Oil Burned (gallons)Sub-Bituminous Coal Burned (tons) January 1,246 86,285 February 15,959 79,542 March 0.00 80,442 Total 1720s 246269 Note: No new fuel types were combusted during the reporting period. Section Data Element Plant Data 10.I Unit ID;Unit 1 10.2 Date of Last Tune-up; and February 17|e,2025. 10.3 Emergency Bypass Information.No emergency bypass occurred during quarter Section 12.0 and 13.0 - Unit I Malfunction, Deviations, and Monitoring Downtime Information Table 12-1 Monitoring Equipment Manufacturer and Model number Pollutant Manufacturer Model Number Sulfur Dioxide Thermo 43iQ-ACN Carbon Dioxide (COz)'Thermo 4lOiQ-ACN Table 12-2: Most Recent CMS Certification or Audit U1 CEMS Analyzer Latest RATA Date Latest Linearity Date Carbon Dioxide lCOz)31n12025 210412025 Sulfur Dioxide (SOz)3t1112025 2t04t2025 Table 12-3: Unit Operating Time During the Reporting Period Ul Operating Period Hours of Unit Operation l't Quarter, 2025 2,073.23 Table l2-4: Excess Emission Summary I The COz analyzer is used as a diluent for calculating heat input based emission limits 5 Ul Excess Emissions Summary PM SOz Hg Total Hours of Exceedance 0 0 0 Exceedance percent of total operating hours 0.001o 0.0%0.0% Hours during startup and shutdown 0 0 0 Hours during control equipment problems 0 0 0 Hours during process hours 0 0 0 Hours during other know problems 0 0 0 Hours during unknown causes 0 0 0 Emission L m t 0.030 0.20 1.2 Emission L mitation Unit lb/MMBtu lb/lr4MBtu lb/TBtu Em ission lim itation averaging period Annual Stack Testing 30 boiler operating-day Annual Stack Testing Table 12-5: CMS performance summalT Ul CMS Performance Summara SOz Downtime percent of total operating hours 2.94% Total hour of CMS downtime 61 Hours due to monitoring equipment malfunctions 57 Hours due to non-monitoring equipment malfunctions 0 Hours due to quality assurance/quality control calibrations 3 Hours due to other known causes Hours due to other unknown causes 0 For applicable elements of Appendix E Sections 12.1-12.3 and l3.l-13.5, see Attachments B and C. No deviations from rule requirements occurred other than those stated on this report and aftachments. Sections 14.0 through 30.0 - Reference Method Data For applicable elements of Appendix E Sections l4-30, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 31.0 - Other Information for Each Test or Test Series In accordance with section 31.0 and to provide reporting transparency, all stack testing data relevant to compliance with Subpart UUUUU of Part 63 is being submitted in pdf format with this quarterly compliance report. Report Certification Designated Authority certifuing the accuracy of the report: Managing Director, Hunter and Huntington Plant Designated Authority \1.\ i \ (.)r1 11 1.1 1,, 1. .111i1,11 trrr. l(r'trLrt'l I lllini'lt()r1 l'r,rr r't l'l.tlti t tttl I Attachments: Attachment A: MATS 30-Day Rolling SOz lb/IvIMBtu Average Data Attachment B: SOz Monitor Downtime Events Report Attachment C: Excess Emissions Report E$llEgN ru E ruref o uar r rv [,AY 27 2025 DIVISION OFAIR OUALITY 7 l%crFrEoRP H u ntington Power PIa nt MATS Quarterly Compliance Report Unit 2 40 cFR 63.10031(e) January 1,2025, to March 37,2025 urAH DFpAnruenriG- E uV.|BO I'l M E tiiAt A UAL ITy DIVISION OF AIR OUALITY Section 1.0 - Unit 2 Report Summary Name and address of the affected source Huntington Power Plant, 6 miles west of Huntington Utah on Hwy 3l P.O. Box 680 Huntington, Utah 84528 ldentification of each hazardous air pollutant monitored at the affected source I. Non-Mercury HAPS metals using a quarterly filterable particulate matter (PM) stack test as a surrogate to demonstrate compliance. On April3,20l8, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Air Quality agreed that the Huntington Plant Unit 2 met the requirements to qualifo as a low emitting EGU (LEE) unit. The Huntington Plant submiffed a summary table showing three years of quarterly test data. Each particulate matter (PM) testing result was below one-half of the 0.030 lbs/MMBtu limit, or 0.015 lbs/MMBtu as required by the subpart. II. Acid gases using sulfur dioxide (SOz) as a surrogate to demonstrate compliance by an SOz continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS). III. Mercury (Hg), compliance demonstrated by an annual EPA Method 308 sorbent trap test to re-confirm LEE status. I. A brief description of the process unit Huntington Unit 2 is an Electric Utility Steam Generating Unit, designed as a bottom tangentially-fired boiler, designed by Babcock and Wilcox. i. Rated Heat Input Capacity of 4,960 MMBtu/hr. ii. The unit is equipped with the following add-on controls: l. Pulse Jet Fabric Filter (baghouse) 2. Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization (wet scrubber) 3. Low-NOx burner technology, with separated over-fire air iii. Fuels used are sub-bituminous coal using #2 fuel oil for startup fuel when needed. Unit Category i. Unit 1 is an existing coal-fired unit combusting non-low rank virgin coal demonstrating compliance with the emission limits found in Table 2 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63 The emission and operating parameter limitations i. Filterable PM quarterly stack testing demonstrating compliance with a 0.030 lb/Ir4MBtu emission limit. The unit has demonstrated and achieved low emitting EGU (LEE) status. ii. SOz CEMS as a surogate for acid gases reporting hourly averages in units of lb/MMBtu demonstrating compliance with a 30 boiler-operating-day average limit of 0.20 lb/\4MBtu. II. III. iii. Hg annual EPA Method 30B sorbent trap test reporting hourly averages in units of lb/TBtu demonstrating compliance with a 30 boiler-operating-day average of 1.2 lb/TBtu. A description of any changes in CMS, processes, or controls since the last reporting period No changes occurred during the reporting period that would affect compliance to MATS. Recent perforrnance test results Table l-1: Unit 2 Filterable Particulate Matter LEE Test Results Summary Test ID Test Date Average PM rate (lb/mmBtu) MATS PM Limit* Average PM (Ib/lv[W-hr) MATS PM Limit* Unit Status 2024 04109t2024 0.009 0.030 0.08 0.30 LEE Achieved in 201 8. Maintained with 419t2024 LEE test *Low Emitter Limits are 0.015 Ib/MM-BTU and 0.15 lbs/IVIW-HR Table 1-2: Unit 2 Mercury LEE Test Results Summary Test ID Test Date Hg rate (lb/TBtu) MATS Hg Threshold Unit Status 2024 0412912024 0.01 0.12 LEE Achieved. Maintained with 4/2912024 LEE test Section 2.0 - Unit 2 MATS Compliance Report Root Data Elements Table 2-1: Root Data Elements 2.1 Faciliw ORIS Code 8069 2.2 Facil tv Name Huntinston 2.3 Faci tv Resistrv Identifier (ORISPL)8069 2.4 Title 40 Part 63 2.5 Applicable Subpart UUUUU 2.6 Calendar Year 2025 2.7 Calendar Ouarter l't Ouarter 2.8 Submission Comment (optional)See cover letter Section 3.0 - Unit 2 Performance Stack Test Summary For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 3.1-3.14, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 4.0 - Operating Limit Data (PM, CPMS, only) No PM CPMS on unit. Section not applicable. Section 5.0 - Unit 2 Performance Test Run Data For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 5.1-5.8, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 6.0 - Unit 2 Conversion Parameters For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 6.1-6.3, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 7 .0 - Unit 2 Quality Assurance Parameters For applicable elements of Appendix E Section 7.1-7.3, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 8.0 - Averaging Group Unit is not part of an averaging group. Section 9.0 - Unit 2 Compliance Averages Please see Attachment A-l which includes 30-boiler-operating-day average data for sulfur dioxide. Section 10.0 - Unit 2 Information Section I 1.0 - Unit 2 Fuel Usage Information Table 11-l Quarterly Fuel Usage Information Month #2 Fuel Oil Burned (gallons)Sub-Bituminous Coal Burned (tons) January 1,805 78,974 February 0.0 84,563 March 0.0 72,063 Total 1,805 235,600 Note: No newfuel types were combusted during the reporting period. Table 10-1: Unit Information Section Data Element Plant Data 10.1 Unit ID Unit 2 10.2 Date of Last Tune-up Februarv 20.2025 10.3 Emergency Bypass Information.No emersencv bvoass occurred durinc ouarter Section 12.0 and 13.0 - Unit 2 Malfunction, Deviations, and Monitoring Downtime Information Table 12-l Monitoring Equipment Manufacturer and Model number Pollutant Manufacturer Model Number Sulfur Dioxide Thermo 43iQ-ACN Carbon Dioxide lCOz)r Thermo 4l0iQ-ACN Table 12-2: Most Recent CMS Certification or Audit U2 CEMS Analyzer Latest RATA Date Latest Linearity Date Carbon Dioxide (COz)3^2t202s 21712025 Sulfur Dioxide (SOz)311212025 2171202s Table l2-3: Unit Operating Time During the Reporting Period U2 Operating Period Hours of Unit Operation l't Quarter,2025 2,112.29 Table 12-4: Excess Emission Summary I The COz malyzer is used as a diluent for calculating heat input based emission limits 5 U2 Excess Emissions Summary PM SOz lrg Total Hours of Exceedance 0 0 0 Exceedance percent of total operating hours 0.004 0.0010 0.0% Hours during startup and shutdown 0 0 0 Hours during control equipment problems 0 0 0 Hours during process hours 0 0 0 Hours during other know problems 0 0 0 Hours during unknown causes 0 0 0 Emission Limit 0.030 0.20 1.2 Emission Limitation Unit lbs/MMBtu lbs/MMBtu lbs/TBtu Emission limitation averaging period Annual Stack Testing 30 boiler operating-day Annual Stack Testing Table 12-5: CMS performance summary U2 CMS Performance Summary SOz Downtime percent of total operating hours 0.43 % Total hour of CMS downtime 9 Hours due to monitoring equipment malfunctions J Hours due to non-monitoring equipment malfunctions 0 Hours due to quality assurance/quality control calibrations 6 Hours due to other known causes 0 Hours due to other unknown causes 0 For applicable elements of Appendix E Sections l2.l-12.3 and 13.1-13.5, see Attachments B and C. No deviations from rule requirements occurred other than those stated on this report and attachments. Sections 14.0 through 30.0 - Reference Method Data For applicable elements of Appendix E Sections 14-30, see stack testing reports submitted for the quarter. Stack testing data is being provided in both .xml and .pdf formats. Section 31.0 - Other Information for Each Test or Test Series In accordance with section 31.0 and to provide reporting transparency, all stack testing data relevant to compliance with Subpart UUUUU of Part 63 is being submitted in pdf format with this quarterly compliance report. Report Certification Managing Director, Hunter and Huntington Plant Designated Authority 6 ity certiffing accuracy ofthe report: \1.\ IS (.)r.r,nir't lr i t'r)t1:li.:rrr.' Ilr'Prrpl Illutiur,tl(rti l)outr l'liutt i rril l Attachments: Attachment A: MATS 30-Day Rolling SOz lb/TvIMBtu Average Data Attachment B: SOz Monitor Downtime Events Report Attachment C: Excess Emissions Report l,AY 21 2025 DIVISTON OFAIR OUALITY