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Reconsideration of Standards of
Performance for Greenhouse Gas
Emissions From New, Modified, and
Reconstructed Stationary Sources:
Electric Utility Generating Units
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action denying
petitions for reconsideration.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) received six
petitions for reconsideration of the final
Standards of Performance for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New,
Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary
Sources: Electric Utility Generating
Units, published in the Federal Register
on October 23, 2015. The agency is
providing notice that it is denying five
of these petitions, and deferring action
on the issue of treatment of biomass
raised in the petitions of both the
Biogenic CO2 Coalition and the State of
Wisconsin. The basis for the EPA’s
action is set out fully in a separate
memorandum available in the
rulemaking docket.
DATES: Effective May 6, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Nick Hutson, Energy Strategies Group,
Sector Policies and Programs Division
(D243–01), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle
SUMMARY:
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Park, NC 27711; telephone number:
(919) 541–2968; facsimile number: (919)
541–5450; email address: hutson.nick@
epa.gov or Mr. Christian Fellner, Energy
Strategies Group, Sector Policies and
Programs Division (D243–01), U.S. EPA,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541–4003;
facsimile number: (919) 541–5450;
email address: fellner.christian@
epa.gov.
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I. Where can I get a copy of this
document and other related
information?
A copy of this Federal Register
notice, the petitions for reconsideration,
and the separate memorandum
describing the full basis for this action
is available in the rulemaking dockets
(Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–
0495 and Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–
2013–0603). In addition, following
signature, an electronic copy of this
final action and the memorandum will
be available on the World Wide Web
(WWW) at the following address:
https://www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan.
II. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA) specifies which Federal Courts of
Appeal have venue over petitions for
review of final EPA actions. This section
provides, in part, that ‘‘a petition for
review of action of the Administrator in
promulgating . . . any standard of
performance or requirement under
section [111] of [the CAA],’’ or any other
‘‘nationally applicable’’ final action,
‘‘may be filed only in the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia.’’
The EPA has determined that its
action denying the petitions for
reconsideration is nationally applicable
for purposes of CAA section 307(b)(1)
because the action directly affects the
Standards of Performance for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New,
Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary
Sources: Electric Utility Generating
Units, which are nationally applicable
section 111 standards. Thus, any
petitions for review of the EPA’s
decision to deny petitioners’ requests
for reconsideration must be filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia by July 5, 2016.
III. Background and Summary of the
Action
On October 23, 2015, pursuant to
section 111(b) of the CAA, the EPA
published the final rule titled
‘‘Standards of Performance for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New,
Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary
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Sources: Electric Utility Generating
Units.’’ (‘‘section 111(b) greenhouse gas
(GHG) new source performance
standards (NSPS)’’) 80 FR 64510.1
Following publication of the final rule,
the Administrator received petitions for
reconsideration of certain provisions of
the final rule pursuant to CAA section
307(d)(7)(B).
CAA section 307(d)(7)(B) requires the
EPA to convene a proceeding for
reconsideration of a rule if a party
raising an objection to the rule ‘‘can
demonstrate to the Administrator that it
was impracticable to raise such
objection within [the public comment
period] or if the grounds for such
objection arose after the period for
public comment (but within the time
specified for judicial review) and if such
objection is of central relevance to the
outcome of the rule.’’ The requirement
to convene a proceeding to reconsider a
rule is, thus, based on the petitioner
demonstrating to the EPA both: (1) That
it was impracticable to raise the
objection during the comment period, or
that the grounds for such objection arose
after the comment period but within the
time specified for judicial review (i.e.,
within 60 days after publication of the
final rulemaking notice in the Federal
Register, see CAA section 307(b)(1));
and (2) that the objection is of central
relevance to the outcome of the rule.
The EPA received six petitions for
reconsideration of the CAA section
111(b) greenhouse gas (GHG) new
source performance standard (NSPS)
from the following entities: the Utility
Air Regulatory Group (UARG);
American Electric Power (AEP); Ameren
Corp. (Ameren); the Energy and
Environmental Legal Institute (EELI);
State of Wisconsin; and the Biogenic
CO2 Coalition. The EPA is denying all
but the last of these petitions as not
satisfying one or both of the statutory
conditions for compelled
reconsideration. The EPA is deferring
action on the petition of the Biogenic
CO2 Coalition pending our further ongoing consideration of the underlying
issue of whether and how to account for
biomass when co-firing with fossil
fuels.2
We discuss each of the five petitions
we are denying and the basis for those
denials in a separate, docketed
memorandum titled ‘‘Basis for Denial of
1 The rule is also often referred to as the ‘‘Carbon
Pollution Standards.’’
2 The State of Wisconsin, in its petition, also
raises the issue of whether and how to account for
biomass fuels for purposes of determining
compliance with applicable standards when
biomass is co-fired with fossil fuels. The EPA is
likewise not acting at this time on this portion of
the State’s petition.
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Petitions to Reconsider the CAA section
111(b) Standards of Performance for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New,
Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil
Fuel-Fired Electric Utility Generating
Units.’’ For reasons set out in the
memorandum, the petitions for review
of UARG, AEP, Ameren, EELI, and the
State of Wisconsin (with the exception
of the issue regarding treatment of
biomass) are denied.3
Dated: April 29, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
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3 The Administrator is also sending an individual
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decision on their petition.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495; EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0603; FRL-9946-09-OAR]
Reconsideration of Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas
Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources:
Electric Utility Generating Units
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action denying petitions for reconsideration.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received six
petitions for reconsideration of the final Standards of Performance for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed
Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, published in the
Federal Register on October 23, 2015. The agency is providing notice
that it is denying five of these petitions, and deferring action on the
issue of treatment of biomass raised in the petitions of both the
Biogenic CO2 Coalition and the State of Wisconsin. The basis
for the EPA's action is set out fully in a separate memorandum
available in the rulemaking docket.
DATES: Effective May 6, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Nick Hutson, Energy Strategies
Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-01), U.S. EPA,
Research Triangle
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Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-2968; facsimile number:
(919) 541-5450; email address: hutson.nick@epa.gov or Mr. Christian
Fellner, Energy Strategies Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division
(D243-01), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541-4003; facsimile number: (919) 541-5450; email
address: fellner.christian@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Where can I get a copy of this document and other related
information?
A copy of this Federal Register notice, the petitions for
reconsideration, and the separate memorandum describing the full basis
for this action is available in the rulemaking dockets (Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0495 and Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0603). In
addition, following signature, an electronic copy of this final action
and the memorandum will be available on the World Wide Web (WWW) at the
following address: https://www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan.
II. Judicial Review
Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) specifies which
Federal Courts of Appeal have venue over petitions for review of final
EPA actions. This section provides, in part, that ``a petition for
review of action of the Administrator in promulgating . . . any
standard of performance or requirement under section [111] of [the
CAA],'' or any other ``nationally applicable'' final action, ``may be
filed only in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia.''
The EPA has determined that its action denying the petitions for
reconsideration is nationally applicable for purposes of CAA section
307(b)(1) because the action directly affects the Standards of
Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and
Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units,
which are nationally applicable section 111 standards. Thus, any
petitions for review of the EPA's decision to deny petitioners'
requests for reconsideration must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia by July 5, 2016.
III. Background and Summary of the Action
On October 23, 2015, pursuant to section 111(b) of the CAA, the EPA
published the final rule titled ``Standards of Performance for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed
Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units.'' (``section
111(b) greenhouse gas (GHG) new source performance standards (NSPS)'')
80 FR 64510.\1\ Following publication of the final rule, the
Administrator received petitions for reconsideration of certain
provisions of the final rule pursuant to CAA section 307(d)(7)(B).
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\1\ The rule is also often referred to as the ``Carbon Pollution
Standards.''
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CAA section 307(d)(7)(B) requires the EPA to convene a proceeding
for reconsideration of a rule if a party raising an objection to the
rule ``can demonstrate to the Administrator that it was impracticable
to raise such objection within [the public comment period] or if the
grounds for such objection arose after the period for public comment
(but within the time specified for judicial review) and if such
objection is of central relevance to the outcome of the rule.'' The
requirement to convene a proceeding to reconsider a rule is, thus,
based on the petitioner demonstrating to the EPA both: (1) That it was
impracticable to raise the objection during the comment period, or that
the grounds for such objection arose after the comment period but
within the time specified for judicial review (i.e., within 60 days
after publication of the final rulemaking notice in the Federal
Register, see CAA section 307(b)(1)); and (2) that the objection is of
central relevance to the outcome of the rule.
The EPA received six petitions for reconsideration of the CAA
section 111(b) greenhouse gas (GHG) new source performance standard
(NSPS) from the following entities: the Utility Air Regulatory Group
(UARG); American Electric Power (AEP); Ameren Corp. (Ameren); the
Energy and Environmental Legal Institute (EELI); State of Wisconsin;
and the Biogenic CO2 Coalition. The EPA is denying all but
the last of these petitions as not satisfying one or both of the
statutory conditions for compelled reconsideration. The EPA is
deferring action on the petition of the Biogenic CO2
Coalition pending our further on-going consideration of the underlying
issue of whether and how to account for biomass when co-firing with
fossil fuels.\2\
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\2\ The State of Wisconsin, in its petition, also raises the
issue of whether and how to account for biomass fuels for purposes
of determining compliance with applicable standards when biomass is
co-fired with fossil fuels. The EPA is likewise not acting at this
time on this portion of the State's petition.
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We discuss each of the five petitions we are denying and the basis
for those denials in a separate, docketed memorandum titled ``Basis for
Denial of Petitions to Reconsider the CAA section 111(b) Standards of
Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and
Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Utility Generating Units.''
For reasons set out in the memorandum, the petitions for review of
UARG, AEP, Ameren, EELI, and the State of Wisconsin (with the exception
of the issue regarding treatment of biomass) are denied.\3\
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\3\ The Administrator is also sending an individual letter to
each of the petitioners announcing her decision on their petition.
Dated: April 29, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
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