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Turbine Upgrade
In the New Mexico Hobbs’ facility, eSPARC designed a strategy to permit a turbine upgrade project, successfully avoiding Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting triggers. Go back to Representative Permitting & Strategy Projects.
Under 20.2.72.200.A(2) of the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) and 20.2.74.200.A NMAC, eSPARC completed a significant permit revision that included:
- Specific emission rate calculations for all operational scenarios and equipment being evaluated
- Detailed Best-Available-Control-Technology (BACT) Analysis following EPA top-down methodology for all pollutants
- Thorough State and Federal regulatory applicability analysis
- Public notice support
- Monitoring waiver request development
- Air Dispersion waiver request submittal
The eSPARC modeling team completed the following air quality analysis:
- NAAQS Significance Impact Level (SIL) and Radius of Impact (ROI) analysis for NO2 (1-hr), SO2 (1-hr) and PM2.5 (24-hr and annual)
- Refined analysis for NO2 (1-hr) and PM2.5 (24-hr and annual)
Our team closely coordinated with the NMED AQB to expedite the permitting process.
NMED DP-1620
eSPARC filed the Ground Water Discharge Permit Renewal Application with the NMED. This required close interface with the plant manager and environmental staff.
The application included:
- Ground water discharge volume calculation and a description of the flow metering system
- Discharge quality data for Nitrate, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Total Dissolved Solids, Chloride, metals, and organic compounds
- Surface Soil Survey and Vadose Zone Geology
- Location map with topographic surface contours and flood zone map
- Ground water contour map including on-site monitoring wells and construction logs for monitoring wells
- Estimated usage and collection of SDS for chemicals used in the water treatment facilities, and cooling towers
- Public Notice process assistance
