Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Blanchard Refining Company, Galveston Bay Refinery, Galveston County, Texas, 49330 [2021-18933]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 49330 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 168 / Thursday, September 2, 2021 / Notices V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products that are currently in the United States and that were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register. In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations and amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. 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[FR Doc. 2021–19002 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 Sep 01, 2021 Jkt 253001 Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Blanchard Refining Company, Galveston Bay Refinery, Galveston County, Texas Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final order on petition for objection to Clean Air Act Title V operating permit. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated August 9, 2021, granting in part and denying in part a Petition dated April 11, 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 Blanchard Refining Company (Blanchard) for its Galveston Bay Refinery 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 11, 2017, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no. O1541, issued by TCEQ to the Galveston Bay Refinery in Galveston County, Texas. The Petition claims the proposed permit improperly incorporated a State-only major source flexible permit, failed to establish a compliance schedule for Blanchard to obtain a federally approved major source permit, failed to identify, incorporate, and assure compliance with permits by rule (PBR) claimed by Blanchard, and failed to assure compliance with emission limits and operating requirements established by Blanchard’s New Source Review (NSR) permits, including permits by rule. On August 9, 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 23, 2021. David Garcia, Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6. [FR Doc. 2021–18933 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review of Information Collection Reinstatement; Comment Request [OMB No. 3064–0203] Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request. AGENCY: The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of a previously approved and subsequently discontinued information collection for the Small Business Lending Survey, a survey of banks that the FDIC has proposed to field in May 2022. On April 21, 2021, the FDIC published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comment for 60 days on the proposed reinstatement of this information collection. No comments were received. 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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 168 (Thursday, September 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 49330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18933]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8875-01-R6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permit for Blanchard Refining Company, Galveston Bay 
Refinery, Galveston County, Texas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 August 9, 2021, granting in part and denying in part a 
Petition dated April 11, 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 Blanchard Refining Company 
(Blanchard) for its Galveston Bay Refinery 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 11, 2017, requesting that the EPA 
object to the issuance of operating permit no. O1541, issued by TCEQ to 
the Galveston Bay Refinery in Galveston County, Texas. The Petition 
claims the proposed permit improperly incorporated a State-only major 
source flexible permit, failed to establish a compliance schedule for 
Blanchard to obtain a federally approved major source permit, failed to 
identify, incorporate, and assure compliance with permits by rule (PBR) 
claimed by Blanchard, and failed to assure compliance with emission 
limits and operating requirements established by Blanchard's New Source 
Review (NSR) permits, including permits by rule.
    On August 9, 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 23, 2021.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2021-18933 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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