[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26096-26097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11691]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0785; FRL-9961-27-Region 9]
Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Permit for the McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility
(PSD Permit No. NU 05-01)
AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final agency action.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that on September 30, 2016, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, issued a final permit
decision to Resolute Natural Resources Company to amend the Prevention
of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit for the McElmo Creek Unit Oil
Production Facility (MCU Facility) (PSD Permit No. NU 05-01), an
existing oil and gas production operation. The final permit decision
was issued pursuant to the PSD regulations.
DATES: In accordance with 40 CFR 124.15(b), the final permit decision
became effective on November 30, 2016.
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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 June 6, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0785
for this action. Key portions of the administrative record for this PSD
permit decision (including the final PSD permit decision, all public
comments, the EPA's responses to the public comments, and additional
supporting information) are available through a link at our Web site,
http://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/prevention-significant-deterioration-psd-permits-issued-region-9, or at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket
ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0785). Documents are also available for public
inspection during normal business hours at the following address: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Air Division (AIR-3), 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. To arrange for
viewing of these documents, please schedule an appointment during
normal business hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Due to building security procedures, at
least 48 hours advance notice is required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaheerah Kelly, EPA Region 9, Air
Division (AIR-3), (415) 947-4156, [email protected].
NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30,
2016, the EPA Region 9 issued a final permit decision to Resolute
Natural Resources Company to amend the PSD permit for the MCU Facility
(PSD Permit No. NU 05-01). The MCU Facility is an existing oil and gas
production operation located within the Four Corners Area on the Navajo
Nation Indian Reservation near the town of Aneth, San Juan County,
Utah.
The EPA amended the PSD permit, in accordance with PSD regulations
(40 CFR 52.21), to incorporate pollution limits, terms, and conditions
for the already existing Main Flare at the MCU Facility pursuant to a
federal Consent Decree (United States v. Mobil Exploration and
Producing U.S. Inc., Case No. 2:05-CV-319, filed June 8, 2005). These
pollution limits, terms, and conditions include best available control
technology emission limitations for nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide,
sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds.
Additionally, the EPA amended the PSD permit to remove and update
other applicable requirements in the MCU Facility's PSD permit due to
equipment that has been shut down and removed from the site. Air
pollution emissions as a result of this permit action would not cause
or contribute to violations of any National Ambient Air Quality
Standards or any applicable PSD increments. This permit action does not
authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at
the MCU Facility.
EPA received comments from eight commenters, including the Resolute
Natural Resources Company. In accordance with 40 CFR 124.15(b), the
final PSD permit decision issued on September 30, 2016, became
effective on November 30, 2016. Pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l)(1), a
petition to EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) under 40 CFR
124.19(a) is a prerequisite to seeking judicial review of this final
agency action. No petition for review was properly and timely filed
with EAB under 40 CFR 124.19(a).
Dated: March 23, 2017.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region IX.
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