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The permit will regulate air pollutant emissions from one of three deepwater drilling vessels (the Transocean Deepwater Nautilus, the Noble Bully I or the Noble Bully II) and support vessels to conduct exploratory drilling for up to 150 days per year over five to ten years in multiple locations within Shell’s DeSoto Canyon and Lloyd Ridge lease locations on the OCS in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 160 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and greater than 200 miles southwest of Panama City, Florida. ADDRESSES: The final permit, EPA’s response to the public comments, and additional supporting information are available at https://www.epa.gov/ region4/air/permits/OCSPermits/ ShellOCS.html. Copies of the final permit and EPA’s response to comments are also available for review at the EPA Regional Office and upon request in writing. EPA requests that you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your review of the records. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3771-3772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1506]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OCS-EPA-R4006; FRL-9623-1]


Notice of Issuance of Final Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit 
for Shell Offshore, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to announce that on November 30, 2011, EPA 
issued a final Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) air permit for Shell 
Offshore, Inc. (Shell). This permit became effective on December 30, 
2011. The permit will regulate air pollutant emissions from one of 
three deepwater drilling vessels (the Transocean Deepwater Nautilus, 
the Noble Bully I or the Noble Bully II) and support vessels to conduct 
exploratory drilling for up to 150 days per year over five to ten years 
in multiple locations within Shell's DeSoto Canyon and Lloyd Ridge 
lease locations on the OCS in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 160 
miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and greater than 
200 miles southwest of Panama City, Florida.

ADDRESSES: The final permit, EPA's response to the public comments, and 
additional supporting information are available at https://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/OCSPermits/ShellOCS.html. Copies of the final 
permit and EPA's response to comments are also available for review at 
the EPA Regional Office and upon request in writing. EPA requests that 
you contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section to schedule your review of the records. The Regional Office's 
official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30 
excluding federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Shepherd, Air Permits Section, 
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
Region 4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is (404) 562-8435. 
Ms. Shepherd can also be reached via electronic mail at 
shepherd.lorinda@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 19, 2011, the EPA Region 4 Office 
requested public comments on a proposal to issue an OCS air permit for 
Shell. During the public comment period, which ended on September 19, 
2011, EPA received comments from Shell and from ConocoPhillips Company 
regarding the project. EPA carefully reviewed each of the

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comments submitted and, after consideration of the expressed view of 
all interested persons, the pertinent federal statutes and regulations, 
and additional material relevant to the application and contained in 
the administrative record, EPA made a decision in accordance with title 
40 CFR 52.21, 40 CFR part 71 and 40 CFR part 55 to issue a final OCS 
permit.
    Under 40 CFR 124.19(f)(2), notice of any final Agency action 
regarding a prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit must 
be published in the Federal Register. Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) provides for review of final Agency action that is 
locally or regionally applicable in the United States Court of Appeals 
for the appropriate circuit. Such a petition for review of final Agency 
action must be filed within 60 days from the date of notice of such 
action in the Federal Register. For purposes of judicial review under 
the CAA, final Agency action occurs when a final PSD permit is issued 
or denied by EPA and Agency review procedures are exhausted per 40 CFR 
124.19(f)(1). Any person who filed comments on the draft permit was 
provided the opportunity to petition the Environmental Appeals Board by 
December 30, 2011. No petitions were submitted; therefore the permit 
became effective on December 30, 2011.

    Dated: January 12, 2012.
Beverly H. Banister,
Director, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-1506 Filed 1-24-12; 8:45 am]
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