Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for the Camden Cogeneration Plant (CCP), 38879-38880 [E6-10735]
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for the Camden
Cogeneration Plant (CCP)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition
to object to a State operating permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document announces
that the EPA Administrator has
responded to a petition asking EPA to
object to an operating permit issued by
the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
Specifically, the Administrator has
partially granted and partially denied a
joint petition submitted by the South
Jersey Environmental Alliance (SJEJA),
and the New Jersey Public Interest
Research Group (NJPIRG), to object to
the state operating permit issued to the
Camden Cogeneration Plant.
Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the
Clean Air Act (Act), Petitioner (SJEJA)
may seek judicial review of those
portions of the CCP petition which EPA
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denied in the United States Court of
Appeals for the appropriate circuit. Any
petition for review shall be filed within
60 days from the date this notice
appears in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 307 of the Act.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of
the final order, the petition, and all
relevant information at the EPA Region
2 Office, 290 Broadway, New York, New
York 10007–1866. If you wish to
examine these documents, you should
make an appointment at least 24 hours
before visiting day. Additionally, the
final order for CCP is available
electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/
region07/programs/artd/air/title5/
petitiondb/petitiondb2005.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Riva, Chief, Permitting Section,
Air Programs Branch, Division of
Environmental Planning and Protection,
EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 25th
Floor, New York, New York 10007–
1866, telephone (212) 637–4074.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act
affords EPA a 45-day period to review,
and object to as appropriate, operating
permits proposed by State permitting
authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act
authorizes any person to petition the
EPA Administrator within 60 days after
the expiration of this review period to
object to State operating permits if EPA
has not done so. 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 October 26, 2005, the EPA
received a petition from Petitioners,
requesting that EPA object to the
issuance of the title V operating permit
for the CCP based on the following
allegations: (1) The permit lacks a
statement of basis; (2) the permit fails to
include a compliance schedule; (3)
CCP’s past violations are not properly
addressed through permit enforcement
action and in the permitting process; (4)
the permit needs additional monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting provisions;
(5) the permit failed to adequately limit
emissions of particulate matter; and (6)
the permit failed to enforce
environmental justice requirements.
On May 25, 2006, the Administrator
issued an order partially granting and
partially denying the petition on CCP.
The order explains the reasons behind
EPA’s conclusion that the NJDEP must
re-issue the permit to include annual
tune-up requirements for the turbine.
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The order also explains the reasons for
denying Petitioners’ remaining claims.
Dated: June 15, 2006.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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Notice of Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Final Determination for
Newmont Nevada Energy Investment
Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’).
ACTION: Notice of Final Action;
correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document corrects
information published in the Federal
Register on May 5, 2006 concerning the
issuance of a Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (‘‘PSD’’) permit for
Newmont Nevada Energy Investment,
LLC (‘‘Newmont’’). We are also
providing additional information
regarding the issuance of the permit, as
well as the denial of review of the
permit by EPA’s Environmental Appeals
Board (‘‘EAB’’), that was not published
in our May 5, 2006 Federal Register
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the permit are available for
public inspection and can be obtained
by contacting: Roger Kohn (AIR–3), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105. (415) 972–3973. email: kohn.roger@epa.gov.
Readers interested in more detail on
the appeal issues raised by the
petitioner and the reasons for the EAB’s
denial of review may download EAB’s
Order Denying Review from the EAB
Web site: https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/
EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/
PSD+Permit+Appeals+
(CAA)?OpenView.
Notification of EAB Final Decision
The Nevada Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources,
Division of Environmental Protection,
acting under authority of a PSD
delegation agreement, issued a PSD
permit to Newmont on May 5, 2005,
granting approval to construct the TS
Power Plant, a 200 megawatt pulverized
coal-fired boiler plant to be located near
Dunphy, NV. The Association for Clean
Energy (‘‘ACE’’) filed a petition for
review with the EAB on June 3, 2005.
The EAB denied review of the petition
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on December 21, 2005. The permit
became effective on December 21, 2005,
not on June 4, 2005 as stated in our May
5, 2006 Federal Register notice.
Judicial review of the permit decision,
to the extent it is available pursuant to
section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act
(‘‘CAA’’), may be sought by filing a
petition for review in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
within 60 days of our May 5, 2006
Federal Register notice.
Dated: June 23, 2006.
Deborah Jordan,
Director, Air Division, Region 9.
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Availability of Fiscal Year 2005 Grantee
Performance Evaluation Reports for
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and the
Unified Government of Wyandotte
County, KS
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Clean
Air Act, section 105 grantee
performance evaluation reports.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA’s grant regulations (40
CFR 35.115) require the Agency to
evaluate the performance of agencies
which receive grants. EPA’s regulations
for regional consistency (40 CFR 56.7)
require that the Agency notify the
public of the availability of the reports
of such evaluation. EPA performed endof-year evaluations of three state air
pollution control programs (Iowa
Department of Natural Resources;
Kansas Department of Health and
Environment; Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality); and one local
air pollution control program (Unified
Government of Wyandotte County,
Kansas). These evaluations were
conducted to assess the agencies’
performance under the grants awarded
by EPA under authority of section 105
of the Clean Air Act.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the evaluation
reports are available for public
inspection at EPA’s Region 7 office, 901
North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas
66101, in the Air Planning and
Development Branch of the Air, RCRA
and Toxics Division.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evelyn VanGoethem, (913) 551–7659, or
by e-mail at
vangoethem.evelyn@epa.gov.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Regional Docket No. II-2005-06; FRL-8192-7]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for the Camden Cogeneration Plant (CCP)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition to object to a State
operating permit.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the EPA Administrator has
responded to a petition asking EPA to object to an operating permit
issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
(NJDEP). Specifically, the Administrator has partially granted and
partially denied a joint petition submitted by the South Jersey
Environmental Alliance (SJEJA), and the New Jersey Public Interest
Research Group (NJPIRG), to object to the state operating permit issued
to the Camden Cogeneration Plant.
Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (Act),
Petitioner (SJEJA) may seek judicial review of those portions of the
CCP petition which EPA
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denied in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit. Any petition for review shall be filed within 60 days from the
date this notice appears in the Federal Register, pursuant to section
307 of the Act.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of the final order, the petition, and
all relevant information at the EPA Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, New
York, New York 10007-1866. If you wish to examine these documents, you
should make an appointment at least 24 hours before visiting day.
Additionally, the final order for CCP is available electronically at:
https://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/air/title5/petitiondb/
petitiondb2005.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Riva, Chief, Permitting
Section, Air Programs Branch, Division of Environmental Planning and
Protection, EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York
10007-1866, telephone (212) 637-4074.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act affords EPA a 45-day period to
review, and object to as appropriate, operating permits proposed by
State permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act authorizes
any person to petition the EPA Administrator within 60 days after the
expiration of this review period to object to State operating permits
if EPA has not done so. 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 October 26, 2005, the EPA received a petition from Petitioners,
requesting that EPA object to the issuance of the title V operating
permit for the CCP based on the following allegations: (1) The permit
lacks a statement of basis; (2) the permit fails to include a
compliance schedule; (3) CCP's past violations are not properly
addressed through permit enforcement action and in the permitting
process; (4) the permit needs additional monitoring, recordkeeping and
reporting provisions; (5) the permit failed to adequately limit
emissions of particulate matter; and (6) the permit failed to enforce
environmental justice requirements.
On May 25, 2006, the Administrator issued an order partially
granting and partially denying the petition on CCP. The order explains
the reasons behind EPA's conclusion that the NJDEP must re-issue the
permit to include annual tune-up requirements for the turbine. The
order also explains the reasons for denying Petitioners' remaining
claims.
Dated: June 15, 2006.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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