Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for BP Amoco Chemical Company, Texas City Chemical Plant, Galveston County, Texas, 44355-44356 [2021-17231]

Download as PDF 44355 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 153 / Thursday, August 12, 2021 / Notices Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/21. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: August 6, 2021. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–17209 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 3133–033] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Errol Hydro Co., LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 3133–033. c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021. d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC and Errol Hydroelectric Co., LLC (licensees). e. Name of Project: Errol Hydroelectric Project (Errol Project). f. Location: The Errol Project is located on the Androscoggin River and Umbagog Lake, near the Town of Errol, and Township of Cambridge, NH, in Coos Wing County, New Hampshire and the Towns of Magalloway Plantation and Upton in Oxford County, Maine. The project occupies 3,285 acres federal land in the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:11 Aug 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom Uncher, Vice President, Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC, Errol Hydroelectric Co., LLC, 339B Big Bay Rd., Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone at: (518) 743–2018 Thomas.Uncher@ brookfieldrenewable.com. i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott at (202) 502–6480 or email at kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. The Errol Project consists of: (1) An existing dam consisting of a 25-foothigh, 202.5- foot-long gated section separated by rock-filled timber or concrete crib piers supporting five sluice gates and seven deep gates, and an earthen dike with a sheet steel cutoff wall on the upstream side, extending approximately 50 feet from the end of the gated section of the dam to the northwestern wall of the powerhouse and then extending another approximately 70 feet from the southeastern powerhouse wall to the eastern embankment; (2) an approximately 9,098-acre project impoundment with a storage capacity of 89,568 acre-feet at a normal pond elevation of 1,247 feet, which includes an approximately 3-mile-long reach of the Androscoggin River above Errol Dam, Umbagog Lake, and approximately 4.3 miles of the Magalloway River; (3) a reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one horizontal double regulated bulb turbine-generator unit with a hydraulic capacity of 2,600 cubic feet per second and an authorized installed generating capacity of 2,031 kilowatts (kW); (4) an approximately 80foot-long tailrace; (5) a 3,333-kilovoltampere substation power transformer; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The Errol Project is operated in accordance with the current license, and three water agreements that dictate operational flows in the watershed for other hydropower developments and for waterfowl nesting, with an estimated annual energy production of approximately 15,944 megawatt hours. The licensees propose to operate the project allowing for seasonal flows necessary for waterfowl nesting in Umbagog Lake and spring runoff and does not propose any new construction to the project. A license amendment was issued for the project in 2016 (156 FERC ¶ 62,045 (2016)), which approved the installation of a sixth turbine generator unit, which would increase the total installed capacity to 3,542.5 kW; however, the additional generator unit has not yet been installed. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 l. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission’s website at https://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) issued on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 8659 (TTY). m. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Milestone Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary). Request Additional Information. Notice of Acceptance December. Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis TBD. Target date September 2021. September 2021. 2021. o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis. Dated: August 6, 2021. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–17240 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8819–01–R6] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for BP Amoco Chemical Company, Texas City Chemical Plant, Galveston County, Texas Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1 44356 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 153 / Thursday, August 12, 2021 / Notices Notice of final Order on Petition for objection to Clean Air Act Title V operating permit. ACTION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated July 20, 2021, granting in part and denying in part a Petition dated April 4, 2017 from the Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to BP Amoco Chemical Company (BP Amoco) for its Texas City Chemical Plant located in Galveston County, Texas. ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final Order, the Petition, and other supporting information. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA Region 6 office is currently closed to the public to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID–19. Please call or email the contact listed below if you need alternative access to the final Order and Petition, which are available electronically at: https:// www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ title-v-petition-database. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air Permits Section, (214) 665–7596, wilson.aimee@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes 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 unless the grounds for the issue arose after this period. The EPA received the Petition from the Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club dated April 4, 2017, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no. O1513, issued by TCEQ to the Texas City Chemical Plant in Galveston County, Texas. The Petition claims the proposed permit failed to establish a compliance schedule for BP Amoco to obtain a lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:11 Aug 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 federally approved major source permit, failed to assure compliance with emission limits and operating requirements established by BP Amoco’s New Source Review (NSR) permits, and failed to incorporate permits by rule (PBR) to assure compliance with applicable requirements. On July 20, 2021, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting in part and denying in part the Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA’s decision. Dated: August 5, 2021. David Garcia, Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6. [FR Doc. 2021–17231 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8772–01–R9] Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Hawaii (State) revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting regulations to implement the federal Radionuclides Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the State’s revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations and otherwise meet applicable SDWA primacy requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve the stated revisions as part of the State’s PWSS Program. DATES: A request for a public hearing must be received or postmarked before September 13, 2021. ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available for inspection online at https:// health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/public-notices/. In addition, documents relating to this determination are available between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except official State holidays, at the following address: Hawaii Department of Health, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 2385 Waimano Home Road, Uluakupu Building 4, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Yen, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Drinking SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Water Section, via telephone number: (415) 972–3976 or email address: yen.anna@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. EPA approved the State’s initial application for PWSS Program primary enforcement authority (‘‘primacy’’) on October 20, 1977 (42 FR 47244). Since initial approval, EPA has approved various revisions to Hawaii’s PWSS Program. For the revisions covered by this action, the EPA revised the Radionuclides Rule on December 7, 2000 (66 FR 76708), which had been in effect since 1977. The revisions set new monitoring provisions for community water systems; retain the existing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for combined radium-226 and radium228, gross alpha particle radioactivity, and beta particle and photon activity; and regulate uranium for the first time. EPA has determined that the Radionuclides Rule was adopted verbatim into the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), Title 11, Chapter 20, in a manner that Hawaii’s regulations are comparable to and no less stringent than federal requirements. EPA has also determined that the State’s primacy revision application meets all of the regulatory requirements for approval, as set forth in 40 CFR 142.12, including a side-by-side comparison of the Federal requirements and the corresponding State authorities, additional materials to support special primacy requirements of 40 CFR 142.16, and a statement by the Hawaii Attorney General certifying that Hawaii’s laws and regulations to carry out the program revisions were duly adopted and are enforceable. Therefore, EPA is tentatively approving the State’s revisions as part of Hawaii’s PWSS Program. Public Process. Any interested party may request a public hearing on this determination. A request for a public hearing must be received or postmarked before September 13, 2021, and addressed to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 9, via the following email address: R9dw-program@epa.gov. Please note, ‘‘State Primacy Rule Determination’’ in the subject line of the email. The Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. If a substantial request for a public hearing is made before September 13, 2021, EPA Region 9 will hold a public hearing. Any request for a public hearing shall include the following information: 1. The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; 2. A brief statement of the requesting person’s interest in the Regional Administrator’s E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44355-44356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17231]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8819-01-R6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for BP Amoco Chemical Company, Texas City 
Chemical Plant, Galveston County, Texas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

[[Page 44356]]


ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petition for objection to Clean Air 
Act Title V operating permit.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an Order dated July 20, 2021, granting in part and denying in part a 
Petition dated April 4, 2017 from the Environmental Integrity Project 
and Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean 
Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Texas Commission 
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to BP Amoco Chemical Company (BP Amoco) 
for its Texas City Chemical Plant located in Galveston County, Texas.

ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final 
Order, the Petition, and other supporting information. Out of an 
abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA 
Region 6 office is currently closed to the public to reduce the risk of 
transmitting COVID-19. Please call or email the contact listed below if 
you need alternative access to the final Order and Petition, which are 
available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air 
Permits Section, (214) 665-7596, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to 
review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by 
state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section 
505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes 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 unless the grounds for the issue arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received the Petition from the Environmental Integrity 
Project and Sierra Club dated April 4, 2017, requesting that the EPA 
object to the issuance of operating permit no. O1513, issued by TCEQ to 
the Texas City Chemical Plant in Galveston County, Texas. The Petition 
claims the proposed permit failed to establish a compliance schedule 
for BP Amoco to obtain a federally approved major source permit, failed 
to assure compliance with emission limits and operating requirements 
established by BP Amoco's New Source Review (NSR) permits, and failed 
to incorporate permits by rule (PBR) to assure compliance with 
applicable requirements.
    On July 20, 2021, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting in 
part and denying in part the Petition. The Order explains the basis for 
EPA's decision.

    Dated: August 5, 2021.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2021-17231 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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