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Dated: May 2, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
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[FR Doc. 2014–10585 Filed 5–7–14; 8:45 am]
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[Petitions IV–2012–1 Through 5; FRL–9910–
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petitions for Objection to
State Operating Permit Renewals for
Georgia Power/Southern Company
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final order on
petitions to object to a state operating
permit.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an
Order, dated April 14, 2014, partially
granting and partially denying petitions
to object to Clean Air Act (CAA) title V
operating permit renewals issued by the
Georgia Environmental Protection
Division to Georgia Power Company for
the following steam-electric generation
stations: Hammond located near Coosa
in Floyd County, Georgia; Kraft located
near Port Wentworth in Chatham
County, Georgia; McIntosh located near
Rincon in Effingham County, Georgia;
Scherer located near Juliette in Monroe
County, Georgia; and Wansley located
near Carrollton in Heard County,
Georgia. This Order constitutes a final
action on the petitions submitted by
GreenLaw on behalf of Sierra Club and
other environmental groups (Petitioners)
and received by EPA on June 13 and 15,
September 5, October 23 and November
13, 2012, respectively.
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 Order is also
available electronically at the following
address: https://www.epa.gov/region07/
air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/ga_
power_plants_response2012.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 CAA
affords EPA a 45-day period to review
and, as appropriate, the authority to
object to operating permits proposed by
state permitting authorities under title V
of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661–7661f.
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Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA 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 45day 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. Pursuant to sections 307(b) and
505(b)(2) of the CAA, a petition for
judicial review of those parts of the
Order that deny issues in the petition
may be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit
within 60 days from the date this notice
is published in the Federal Register.
Petitioners submitted petitions
regarding the aforementioned Georgia
Power facilities, requesting that EPA
object to the CAA title V operating
permit renewals (#4911–115–0003–V–
03–0, 4911–051–0006–V–03–0, 4911–
103–0003–V–03–0, 4911–207–0008–V–
03–0, and 4911–149–0001–V–03–0,
respectively). Petitioners alleged that
the permit renewals were not consistent
with the CAA because they: (1) Lack
sufficiently detailed information
regarding the facilities’ compliance
obligations related to hazardous air
pollutant emissions under the National
Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for electric utility steam
generating units; (2) fail to assure
compliance with the sulfur dioxide
(SO2) emissions limit in Georgia’s rules
due to a permit provision authorizing
facilities not to operate their SO2
continuous emission monitoring
systems during startup, shutdown,
malfunction and other periods; (3) lack
sufficient monitoring requirements to
assure compliance with applicable
particulate matter limits; (4) contain
vague and unenforceable fugitive dust
control requirements; and (5) fail to
apply preconstruction requirements
under the CAA’s Prevention of
Significant Deterioration and
Nonattainment New Source Review
programs to recent and planned
upgrades to Scherer’s steam turbines.
On April 14, 2014, the Administrator
issued an Order partially granting and
partially denying the petitions. The
Order explains EPA’s rationale for
partially granting and partially denying
the petitions.
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Dated: May 1, 2014.
A. Stanley Meiburg
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Petitions IV-2012-1 Through 5; FRL-9910-57-Region 4]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit Renewals for Georgia Power/Southern Company
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final order on petitions to object to a state
operating permit.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order, dated April 14, 2014, partially granting and partially
denying petitions to object to Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating
permit renewals issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division
to Georgia Power Company for the following steam-electric generation
stations: Hammond located near Coosa in Floyd County, Georgia; Kraft
located near Port Wentworth in Chatham County, Georgia; McIntosh
located near Rincon in Effingham County, Georgia; Scherer located near
Juliette in Monroe County, Georgia; and Wansley located near Carrollton
in Heard County, Georgia. This Order constitutes a final action on the
petitions submitted by GreenLaw on behalf of Sierra Club and other
environmental groups (Petitioners) and received by EPA on June 13 and
15, September 5, October 23 and November 13, 2012, respectively.
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 Order is also available
electronically at the following address: https://www.epa.gov/region07/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/ga_power_plants_response2012.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 CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to
review and, as appropriate, the authority to object to operating
permits proposed by state permitting authorities under title V of the
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA 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.
Pursuant to sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA, a petition for
judicial review of those parts of the Order that deny issues in the
petition may be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date this notice is
published in the Federal Register.
Petitioners submitted petitions regarding the aforementioned
Georgia Power facilities, requesting that EPA object to the CAA title V
operating permit renewals (4911-115-0003-V-03-0, 4911-051-
0006-V-03-0, 4911-103-0003-V-03-0, 4911-207-0008-V-03-0, and 4911-149-
0001-V-03-0, respectively). Petitioners alleged that the permit
renewals were not consistent with the CAA because they: (1) Lack
sufficiently detailed information regarding the facilities' compliance
obligations related to hazardous air pollutant emissions under the
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for electric
utility steam generating units; (2) fail to assure compliance with the
sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions limit in Georgia's rules due
to a permit provision authorizing facilities not to operate their
SO2 continuous emission monitoring systems during startup,
shutdown, malfunction and other periods; (3) lack sufficient monitoring
requirements to assure compliance with applicable particulate matter
limits; (4) contain vague and unenforceable fugitive dust control
requirements; and (5) fail to apply preconstruction requirements under
the CAA's Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New
Source Review programs to recent and planned upgrades to Scherer's
steam turbines.
On April 14, 2014, the Administrator issued an Order partially
granting and partially denying the petitions. The Order explains EPA's
rationale for partially granting and partially denying the petitions.
Dated: May 1, 2014.
A. Stanley Meiburg
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2014-10589 Filed 5-7-14; 8:45 am]
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