[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66013-66014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23170]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0026; FRL-9953-02-Region 9]
Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Permit for Navajo Generating
Station
AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final agency action.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) issued a final permit decision for a Clean Air Act Minor New
Source Review (NSR) Permit in Indian Country to the Salt River Project
Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) for the construction
of a refined coal treatment system (RCTS) at Navajo Generating Station
(NGS). The permit authorizes SRP to construct and operate the RCTS,
including ancillary equipment, to treat coal with cement kiln dust and
calcium bromide so as to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen
(NOX) and mercury.
DATES: The EPA issued a final minor NSR permit decision for the NGS
RCTS Project on August 31, 2016. The permit became effective on that
date. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final permit decision, to the
extent it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for review
in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit within 60
days of September 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the above-referenced permit are
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901. To arrange for viewing
of these documents, call Larry Maurin at (415) 972-3943. Due to
building security procedures, at least 48 hours advance notice is
required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Maurin, EPA Region 9, (415) 972-
3943, [email protected]. Anyone who wishes to review the EPA
Environmental Appeals Board's (EAB) decision described below or
documents in the EAB's electronic docket for its decision can obtain
them at http://www.epa.gov/eab/. Key portions of the administrative
record for this decision (including the final permit, all public
comments, the EPA's responses to the public comments, and additional
supporting information) are available through a link at Region 9's Web
site, http://www2.epa.gov/caa-permitting/tribal-nsr-permits-region-9,
or at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID # EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0026).
NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA issued a
final permit to SRP authorizing the construction and operation of the
RCTS at NGS--Tribal Minor NSR Permit T-0004-NN. The permit for the RCTS
was initially issued by the EPA on April 20, 2016. The EPA regulations
at 40 CFR 49.159(d) provided an opportunity for administrative review
by the EPA's EAB of this initial permit decision.
The EPA's EAB received one petition for review of the permit, and
on August 30, 2016, the EAB issued an Order denying the petition for
review. See In re Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power
District--Navajo Generating Station, NSR Appeal No. 16-01 (EAB, Aug.
30, 2016) (Order Denying Petition for Review). Following the EAB's
action, pursuant to 40 CFR 49.159(d)(8), the EPA issued a final permit
decision on August 31, 2016. All conditions of the NGS RCTS permit, as
initially issued by
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the EPA on April 20, 2016, are final and effective as of August 31,
2016.
Dated: September 8, 2016.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016-23170 Filed 9-23-16; 8:45 am]
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