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comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214,
respectively. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
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Rules may become a party to the
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motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
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o. Filing and Service of Documents:
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the name of the applicant and the
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otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
All comments, motions to intervene, or
protests must set forth their evidentiary
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must be accompanied by proof of
service on all persons listed in the
service list prepared by the Commission
in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 385.2010.
Dated: February 21, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for Suncor
Energy, Commerce City, Colorado
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on a
petition to object to a state operating
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AGENCY:
The EPA Administrator
signed an order, dated December 20,
2018, denying the petition dated April
17, 2018, submitted by the Colorado
Latino Forum, Colorado People’s
Alliance, Cross Community Coalition,
Elyria and Swansea Neighborhood
Association, the Sierra Club, and
Western Resource Advocates
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(Petitioners). The Petition requested that
the EPA object to the Clean Air Act
(CAA) title V operating permit no.
96OPAD120 (Permit) issued by the
Colorado Air Pollution Control Division
(the Division) of the Colorado
Department of Public Health and
Environment for the Suncor Energy
(U.S.A.) Inc., (Suncor) Commerce City
Refinery, Plants 1 and 3 (the Refinery)
in Adams County, Colorado. The Order
constitutes a final action of the Petition.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of
the final Order, the Petition, and other
supporting information at the EPA
Region 8 Office, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. The EPA
requests that if at all possible, you
contact the individual listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
view these documents. You may view
the hard copies Monday through Friday,
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding
federal holidays. The final Order and
Petition are also available electronically
at: https://www.epa.gov/title-voperating-permits/title-v-petitiondatabase.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Law, Air Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Region 8, Mail Code 8P–AR, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129, (303) 312–7015,
law.donald@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA
affords the EPA a 45-day period to
review and, as appropriate, the
authority to object to, a title V operating
permit proposed by state permitting
authorities. 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 the EPA’s 45-day
review period if the 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 portions 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
appears in the Federal Register.
The EPA received a petition from the
Petitioners dated April 17, 2018,
requesting that the EPA object to the
issuance of the Permit to Suncor for the
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Refinery located in Commerce City,
Colorado. The Petition alleges that the
Permit fails to ensure compliance with
applicable requirements under the CAA
in that: (I) The Division cannot lawfully
establish a federally enforceable
hydrogen cyanide (HCN) emissions
limit solely to abet Suncor in avoiding
its Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act and Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
obligations; (II) the Division set an
unlawful and arbitrarily high HCN
emissions limit; (IIa) the HCN limit is
based on an arbitrary estimate, rather
than actual emission data; (IIb) the
Division has not demonstrated that the
HCN limit is at least as stringent as
federal requirements; (IIc) Suncor’s HCN
emissions limit does not protect public
health; and (III) the HCN emissions limit
lacks adequate provisions to assure
compliance.
On December 20, 2018, the
Administrator issued an Order denying
the Petition. The Order explains the
EPA’s basis for denying the petition.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the
CAA provide that a petitioner may ask
for judicial review of those portions of
an order that deny issues raised in a
petition. Any petition for review shall
be filed in the United States Court of
Appeals for the appropriate circuit no
later than April 29, 2019.
Dated: February 22, 2019.
Douglas Benevento,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0529; FRL–9988–
65–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Mercury (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NESHAP for Mercury (EPA ICR Number
0113.13, OMB Control Number 2060–
0097), to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through March 31, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register on
June 29, 2017, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An agency may
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2012–0529, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Mercury (40 CFR part 61,
subpart E) apply to the new and existing
facilities which process mercury ore to
recover mercury, use mercury chloralkali cells to produce chlorine gas and
alkali metal hydroxide, and incinerate
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or dry wastewater treatment plant
sludge.
In general, all NESHAP standards
require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports
by the owners/operators of the affected
facilities. They are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. These notifications, reports,
and records are essential in determining
compliance with 40 CFR part 61,
subpart E.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Mercury ore processing facilities,
mercury cell chlor-alkali plants, sludge
incineration plants, and sludge drying
plants.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, subpart E).
Estimated number of respondents:
107 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, semiannually and
annually.
Total estimated burden: 20,600 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,260,000 (per
year), which includes $00.00 for
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no
change in the burden in this ICR
compared to the previous ICR. This is
due to two considerations: (1) The
regulations have not changed over the
past three years and are not anticipated
to change over the next three years; and
(2) the growth rate for the industry is
very low, negative or non-existent, so
there is no significant change in the
overall burden.
meeting. Location, agenda topics and
supplementary information can be
found in the original notice published
in the Federal Register, of December 28,
2018 (83 FR 67282) (FRL–9987–26). The
EMPM provides a public forum for EPA
and its stakeholders to discuss current
issues related to modeling pesticide fate,
transport, exposure, and ecotoxicity for
pesticide risk assessments in a
regulatory context.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
March 27, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Requests to participate in the
meeting must be received on or before
March 11, 2019.
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON
CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One
Potomac Yard (South Building), First
Floor Conference Center (S–1200), 2777
S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Lazarus or Andrew Shelby,
Environmental Fate and Effects Division
(7507P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001; telephone number: (703)
347–0520 and (703) 347–0119; fax
number: (703) 305–0204; email address:
lazarus.rebecca@epa.gov and
shelby.andrew@epa.gov.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
An Environmental Modeling
Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held on
Wednesday, March 27, 2019. This
Notice announces the new time for the
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: February 14, 2019,
Marietta Echeverria,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0064; FRL–9987–
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Steel Pickling, HCl Process
Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid
Regeneration Plants (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0529; FRL-9988-65-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Mercury (EPA ICR
Number 0113.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0097), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2019.
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Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register on
June 29, 2017, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the
public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0529, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) apply to
the new and existing facilities which process mercury ore to recover
mercury, use mercury chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas and
alkali metal hydroxide, and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment
plant sludge.
In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and
records are essential in determining compliance with 40 CFR part 61,
subpart E.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Mercury ore processing facilities,
mercury cell chlor-alkali plants, sludge incineration plants, and
sludge drying plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart E).
Estimated number of respondents: 107 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and
annually.
Total estimated burden: 20,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,260,000 (per year), which includes $00.00
for annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no change in the burden in this
ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two considerations:
(1) The regulations have not changed over the past three years and are
not anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth
rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there
is no significant change in the overall burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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