Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Response to Petition To Reopen the 2001 Title V Permit for Reliant Portland Generating Station, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA, 53452-53453 [2011-21933]
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TABLE 1—TRIS NITRO PRODUCT REGISTRATION AMENDMENTS TO TERMINATE USES
Registration No.
Product name
Company
Uses to be terminated
464–657 .............
Tris Nitro TM Solid Industrial
Bacteriostat.
Tris Nitro TM Brand of 50%
AqueousTris
(hydroxymethyl)
nitromethane.
Tris NitroTM Brand of 50%
Aqueous Tris
(hydroxymethyl)
nitromethane.
Tris NitroTM Brand of 25%
Aqueous Tris
(hydroxymethyl)
nitromethane.
Tris NitroTM Brand .................
The Dow Chemical Company
Use in metalworking fluids; Latex paints; Resin/latex/polymer emulsions; Specialty industrial products.
Use in metalworking fluids; Latex paints; Resin/latex/polymer emulsions; Specialty industrial products.
464–658 .............
464–663 .............
464–668 .............
464–679 .............
Table 2 of this unit includes the name
and address of record for the registrant
of the products in Table 1 of this unit,
in sequence by EPA company number.
TABLE 2—REGISTRANT OF AMENDED
PRODUCTS
EPA company
No.
Company name and address
464 .................
The Dow Chemical Company,
1803 Building,
Midland, MI 48674.
III. Summary of Public Comments
Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period
provided, EPA received no comments in
response to the June 8, 2011 Federal
Register notice (76 FR 33281) (FRL–
8874–5) announcing the Agency’s
receipt of the requests for voluntary
amendments to terminate uses of
products listed in Table 1.
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IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA
hereby approves the requested
amendments to terminate uses of Tris
Nitro registrations identified in Table 1
of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency
orders that the product registrations
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are
hereby amended to terminate the
affected uses. Any distribution, sale, or
use of existing stocks of the products
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. in a
manner inconsistent with any of the
Provisions for Disposition of Existing
Stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be
considered a violation of FIFRA.
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The Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company
Use in paints, emulsions and thickener solutions; Use in
metalworking fluids; Use as a preservative for packaged
emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents
and polishes containing water.
Use in metalworking fluids; Use as a preservative for packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents and polishes containing water.
Use in paints, emulsions, and thickener solutions; Use in
metalworking fluids; Use as a preservative for packaged
emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents
and polishes containing water; Use in pulp and paper-mill
process water systems.
V. What is the agency’s authority for
taking this action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that
a registrant of a pesticide product may
at any time request that any of its
pesticide registrations be canceled or
amended to terminate one or more uses.
FIFRA further provides that, before
acting on the request, EPA must publish
a notice of receipt of any such request
in the Federal Register. Thereafter,
following the public comment period,
the Administrator may approve such a
request.
VI. Provisions for Disposition of
Existing Stocks
EPA’s existing stocks policy that
published in the Federal Register June
26, 1991 (56 FR 29362) (FRL–3845–4)
provides that: ‘‘If a registrant requests to
voluntarily cancel a registration where
the Agency has identified no particular
risk concerns, the registrant has
complied with all applicable conditions
of reregistration, conditional
registration, and data call ins, and the
registration is not subject to a
Registration Standard, Label
Improvement Program, or reregistration
decision, the Agency will generally
permit a registrant to sell or distribute
existing stocks for 1 year after the
cancellation request was received.
Persons other than registrants will
generally be allowed to sell, distribute,
or use existing stocks until such stocks
are exhausted.’’
Existing stocks are those stocks of
registered pesticide products which are
currently in the United States and
which were packaged, labeled, and
released for shipment prior to the
effective date of the cancellation action.
The effective date of this cancellation is
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August 26, 2011. The cancellation order
that is the subject of this notice includes
the following existing stock provisions:
The registrant may sell and distribute
existing stocks of products listed in
Table 1 until August 27, 2012. Persons
other than the registrant may sell and
distribute existing stocks of products
listed in Table 1 until exhausted. Use of
the products listed in Table 1 may
continue until existing stocks are
exhausted, provided that such use is
consistent with the terms of the
previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the amended products.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests, Antimicrobials, 2(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3propanediol, Tris Nitro.
Dated: August 17, 2011.
Joan Harrigan-Farrelly,
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Response to Petition To
Reopen the 2001 Title V Permit for
Reliant Portland Generating Station,
Upper Mount Bethel Township,
Northampton County, PA
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of action denying
petition to reopen Title V permit.
AGENCY:
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Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA), the Director of the EPA Region
III Air Protection Division issued a
letter, dated July 8, 2011, denying a
petition, filed by New Jersey, asking that
EPA reopen the 2001 Title V permit
issued by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to
Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power
Holdings, LLC, for its Portland
Generating Station in Northampton
County, Pennsylvania.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Cox, Associate Director, Office
of Permits and Air Toxics, Air
Protection Division, EPA Region III
(3AP10), telephone (215) 814–2173; email: cox.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
Copies of the letter responding to the
Petition to Reopen, the Petition to
Reopen and attachments to the Petition,
and other relevant documents relating
thereto are on file at the following
location: Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, Air Protection
Division (APD), 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
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II. Background
On or about July 23, 2009, the New
Jersey Attorney General’s Office filed a
petition to reopen the 2001 Title V
permit issued to the Reliant Portland
Generating Station in Northampton
County, Pennsylvania. The petition to
reopen followed a 2006 petition by New
Jersey under Section 505(b)(2) of the
Clean Air Act asking EPA to object to
the issuance of a new Title V permit to
Reliant Portland, and a subsequent 2008
petition from New Jersey asking EPA to
reconsider its 2007 denial of the Petition
to Object. EPA denied the petition for
reconsideration. New Jersey also filed
an appeal of EPA’s initial denial of the
petition to object, and an appeal of
EPA’s denial of the petition to
reconsider, in the U.S. Court of Appeals
for Third Circuit. Under the terms of a
settlement agreement between EPA and
New Jersey, New Jersey dismissed with
prejudice its appeals and the United
States agreed to respond to the petition
to reopen within one year. This letter is
EPA’s response to the petition to
reopen.
III. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act
indicates which Federal Courts of
Appeals have venue for petitions for
review of final actions by EPA. For final
actions which are not nationally
applicable, Section 307(b)(1) provides
that appeals shall be filed in the United
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States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit. The denial of New
Jersey’s petition to reopen the 2001 Title
V permit for the Reliant Portland
Generating Station is a final action
which is not nationally applicable. The
Third Circuit Court of Appeals is the
appropriate court of appeals. Section
307(b)(1) also requires that any petition
for review must be filed within sixty
(60) days from the date that this Notice
is published in the Federal Register.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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Historically, EPA met this mandate by
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ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9457-3 ]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Response to Petition To
Reopen the 2001 Title V Permit for Reliant Portland Generating Station,
Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of action denying petition to reopen Title V permit.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Director of the EPA
Region III Air Protection Division issued a letter, dated July 8, 2011,
denying a petition, filed by New Jersey, asking that EPA reopen the
2001 Title V permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (PADEP) to Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power
Holdings, LLC, for its Portland Generating Station in Northampton
County, Pennsylvania.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Cox, Associate Director,
Office of Permits and Air Toxics, Air Protection Division, EPA Region
III (3AP10), telephone (215) 814-2173; e-mail: cox.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
Copies of the letter responding to the Petition to Reopen, the
Petition to Reopen and attachments to the Petition, and other relevant
documents relating thereto are on file at the following location:
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Air Protection Division
(APD), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
II. Background
On or about July 23, 2009, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office
filed a petition to reopen the 2001 Title V permit issued to the
Reliant Portland Generating Station in Northampton County,
Pennsylvania. The petition to reopen followed a 2006 petition by New
Jersey under Section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act asking EPA to
object to the issuance of a new Title V permit to Reliant Portland, and
a subsequent 2008 petition from New Jersey asking EPA to reconsider its
2007 denial of the Petition to Object. EPA denied the petition for
reconsideration. New Jersey also filed an appeal of EPA's initial
denial of the petition to object, and an appeal of EPA's denial of the
petition to reconsider, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit.
Under the terms of a settlement agreement between EPA and New Jersey,
New Jersey dismissed with prejudice its appeals and the United States
agreed to respond to the petition to reopen within one year. This
letter is EPA's response to the petition to reopen.
III. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act indicates which Federal
Courts of Appeals have venue for petitions for review of final actions
by EPA. For final actions which are not nationally applicable, Section
307(b)(1) provides that appeals shall be filed in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit. The denial of New
Jersey's petition to reopen the 2001 Title V permit for the Reliant
Portland Generating Station is a final action which is not nationally
applicable. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals is the appropriate court
of appeals. Section 307(b)(1) also requires that any petition for
review must be filed within sixty (60) days from the date that this
Notice is published in the Federal Register.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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