Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit Amendments for Georgia Power Company-Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Cartersville (Bartow County), GA; Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Milledgeville (Putnam County), GA; Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Coosa (Floyd County), GA; McDonough/Atkinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Smyrna (Cobb County), GA; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Juliette (Monroe County), GA; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Roopville (Heard County), GA; and Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Newnan (Coweta County), GA, 26364-26365 [E6-6772]

Download as PDF mstockstill on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES 26364 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 86 / Thursday, May 4, 2006 / Notices the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket is (202) 566–1752. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: NESHAP for the Surface Coating of Large Household and Commercial Appliances (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1954.03, OMB Control Number 2060– 0457. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: Respondents are owners or operators of large appliance surface coating operations. Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make initial reports when a source becomes subject to the standard, conduct and report on a performance test, demonstrate and report on continuous monitor performance, and maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility. Semiannual reports of excess emissions are required. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance; VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:45 May 03, 2006 Jkt 208001 and are required, in general, of all sources subject to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 97 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of large appliance surface coating operations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 90. Frequency of Response: Initial, Semiannually, On Occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 28,845. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,326,984, which includes $64,000 annualized capital/startup costs, $108,000 annualized O&M costs, and $2,154,984 annualized labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 21,108 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden reflects the need for facilities to be in compliance with the rule requirements PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 prior to the date of this ICR. The increase in O&M costs is due to installation and maintenance of equipment used to verify compliance with the rule requirements. Dated: April 27, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–6770 Filed 5–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [Petitions IV–2002–4 and –6 FRL–8166–7] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit Amendments for Georgia Power Company—Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Cartersville (Bartow County), GA; Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Milledgeville (Putnam County), GA; Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Coosa (Floyd County), GA; McDonough/Atkinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Smyrna (Cobb County), GA; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Juliette (Monroe County), GA; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Roopville (Heard County), GA; and Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Newnan (Coweta County), GA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final order denying petitions to object to state operating permit amendments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an order, dated March 15, 2006, denying two (2) petitions to object to state operating permit amendments issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to Georgia Power Company for the following facilities: Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia; Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Milledgeville, Putnam County, Georgia; Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Coosa, Floyd County, Georgia; McDonough/Atkinson SteamElectric Generating Plant located in Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Juliette, Monroe County, Georgia; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Roopville, Heard County, Georgia; and Yates SteamElectric Generating Plant located in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. This E:\FR\FM\04MYN1.SGM 04MYN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 86 / Thursday, May 4, 2006 / Notices order constitutes final action on two (2) petitions submitted by the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest (GCLPI) on behalf of the Sierra Club, Georgia Forest Watch, and Colleen Kiernan and the Sierra Club and Georgia Public Interest Research Group, respectively. Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) any person may seek judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days of this notice under section 307 of the Act. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order, the petitions, and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file at the following location: EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The final order is also available electronically at the following address: https://www.epa.gov/ region7/programs/artd/air/title5/ petitiondb/petitions/bowen7plants_decision2002.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section, EPA Region 4, at (404) 562–9115 or hofmeister.art@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act affords EPA a 45-day period to review and, as appropriate, to object to operating permits proposed by state permitting authorities under title V of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661–7661f. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act and 40 CFR 70.8(d) authorize any person to petition the EPA Administrator to object to a title V operating permit within 60 days after the expiration of EPA’s 45-day review period if EPA has not objected on its own initiative. Petitions must be based only on objections to the permit that were raised with reasonable specificity during the public comment period provided by the state, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise these issues during the comment period or the grounds for the issues arose after this period. On July 9, 2002, EPA received a petition submitted by GCLPI on behalf of the Sierra Club, Georgia Forest Watch, and Colleen Kiernan (Petitioners), requesting that EPA object to a state title V operating permit amendment issued by EPD to Georgia Power for Plant Bowen. On November 20, 2002, EPA received another petition from GCLPI on behalf of the Sierra Club and Georgia Public Interest Research Group (Petitioners), requesting that EPA object to another state title V operating permit amendment issued by EPD to Georgia Power for Plant Bowen as well as six (6) other state title V operating permit amendments issued for Plants VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:45 May 03, 2006 Jkt 208001 Branch, Hammond, McDonough/ Atkinson, Scherer, Wansley, and Yates. The Petitioners maintain that the respective permit amendments are inconsistent with the Act because the emissions reductions required by the permit terms contained therein do not qualify as offsets. Since the petitions have been determined by EPA to be interrelated, they have been considered together. On March 15, 2006, the Administrator issued an order denying the petitions. The order explains the reasons behind EPA’s conclusion that the Petitioners failed to demonstrate that the respective permit amendments are not in compliance with the requirements of the Act. Dated: April 25, 2006. A. Stanley Meiburg, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. E6–6772 Filed 5–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8167–1; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2006–0223] Considerations for Developing Alternative Health Risk Assessment Approaches for Addressing Multiple Chemicals, Exposures and Effects; External Review Draft Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of peer-review workshop. AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, plans to convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peerreview workshop to review the external review draft document titled, ‘‘Considerations for Developing Alternative Health Risk Assessment Approaches for Addressing Multiple Chemicals, Exposures and Effects; External Review Draft’’ (EPA/600/R–06/ 013A). The draft document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. The external peer-review workshop provides an opportunity for all interested parties to comment on the document. EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26365 not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. Eastern Research Group, Inc. invites the public to register to attend this workshop as observers. In addition, Eastern Research Group, Inc. invites the public to give oral and/or provide written comments at the workshop regarding the draft document under review. The draft document and EPA’s peer-review charge are available primarily via the Internet on NCEA’s home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea. On March 31, 2006, EPA announced a 45-day public comment period on the draft document (71 FR 16306). In preparing a final report, EPA will consider public comments it received during the public comment period and will consider the Eastern Research Group, Inc. report of the comments and recommendations from the external peer-review workshop. DATES: The peer-review panel workshop will begin on May 25, 2006, at 9 a.m., adjourning at 5:30 p.m. and will continue on May 26, 2006 at 9 a.m., adjourning at 3 p.m. ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop will be held at the Andrew W. Briedenbach Environmental Research Building, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH, 45268, in room AG–30. The EPA contractor, Eastern Research Group, Inc., is organizing, convening, and conducting the peer-review workshop. Observers may attend the meeting of the expert panel by filling out the form available on the Internet at https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/ conferences/ncea/ or by calling Eastern Research Group, Inc.’s conference line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EST at 781–674–7374 or toll free at 800–803–2833, or by faxing a registration request to 781–674–2906 (include full address and contact information). Pre-registration is strongly recommended as space is limited, and registrations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. The deadline for online pre-registration is May 18, 2006. Telephone and fax registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, including on-site registration, if space allows. The draft ‘‘Considerations for Developing Alternative Health Risk Assessment Approaches for Addressing Multiple Chemicals, Exposures and Effects; External Review Draft’’ (EPA/ 600/R–06/013A) is available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s home page under the Recent Additions and E:\FR\FM\04MYN1.SGM 04MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26364-26365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6772]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Petitions IV-2002-4 and -6 FRL-8166-7]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permit Amendments for Georgia Power Company--Bowen 
Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Cartersville (Bartow County), GA; 
Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Milledgeville (Putnam County), 
GA; Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Coosa (Floyd County), GA; 
McDonough/Atkinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Smyrna (Cobb 
County), GA; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Juliette (Monroe 
County), GA; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Roopville (Heard 
County), GA; and Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Newnan (Coweta 
County), GA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order denying petitions to object to state 
operating permit amendments.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 
70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an order, dated March 15, 2006, 
denying two (2) petitions to object to state operating permit 
amendments issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division 
(EPD) to Georgia Power Company for the following facilities: Bowen 
Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Cartersville, Bartow County, 
Georgia; Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in 
Milledgeville, Putnam County, Georgia; Hammond Steam-Electric 
Generating Plant located in Coosa, Floyd County, Georgia; McDonough/
Atkinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in Smyrna, Cobb 
County, Georgia; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant located in 
Juliette, Monroe County, Georgia; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating 
Plant located in Roopville, Heard County, Georgia; and Yates Steam-
Electric Generating Plant located in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. 
This

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order constitutes final action on two (2) petitions submitted by the 
Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest (GCLPI) on behalf of the 
Sierra Club, Georgia Forest Watch, and Colleen Kiernan and the Sierra 
Club and Georgia Public Interest Research Group, respectively. Pursuant 
to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) any person may seek 
judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
appropriate circuit within 60 days of this notice under section 307 of 
the Act.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order, the petitions, and all pertinent 
information relating thereto are on file at the following location: EPA 
Region 4, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 61 Forsyth 
Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The final order is also 
available electronically at the following address: https://www.epa.gov/
region7/programs/artd/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/bowen-7plants_
decision2002.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section, 
EPA Region 4, at (404) 562-9115 or hofmeister.art@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act affords EPA a 45-day period to 
review and, as appropriate, to object to operating permits proposed by 
state permitting authorities under title V of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-
7661f. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act and 40 CFR 70.8(d) authorize any 
person to petition the EPA Administrator to object to a title V 
operating permit within 60 days after the expiration of EPA's 45-day 
review period if EPA has not objected on its own initiative. Petitions 
must be based only on objections to the permit that were raised with 
reasonable specificity during the public comment period provided by the 
state, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to 
raise these issues during the comment period or the grounds for the 
issues arose after this period.
    On July 9, 2002, EPA received a petition submitted by GCLPI on 
behalf of the Sierra Club, Georgia Forest Watch, and Colleen Kiernan 
(Petitioners), requesting that EPA object to a state title V operating 
permit amendment issued by EPD to Georgia Power for Plant Bowen. On 
November 20, 2002, EPA received another petition from GCLPI on behalf 
of the Sierra Club and Georgia Public Interest Research Group 
(Petitioners), requesting that EPA object to another state title V 
operating permit amendment issued by EPD to Georgia Power for Plant 
Bowen as well as six (6) other state title V operating permit 
amendments issued for Plants Branch, Hammond, McDonough/Atkinson, 
Scherer, Wansley, and Yates. The Petitioners maintain that the 
respective permit amendments are inconsistent with the Act because the 
emissions reductions required by the permit terms contained therein do 
not qualify as offsets. Since the petitions have been determined by EPA 
to be interrelated, they have been considered together.
    On March 15, 2006, the Administrator issued an order denying the 
petitions. The order explains the reasons behind EPA's conclusion that 
the Petitioners failed to demonstrate that the respective permit 
amendments are not in compliance with the requirements of the Act.

    Dated: April 25, 2006.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.
 [FR Doc. E6-6772 Filed 5-3-06; 8:45 am]
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