[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 134 (Friday, July 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 32542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14840]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Regional Docket Nos. V-2016-21, FRL-9964-48-Region 5]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Action on Petition for
Objection to State Operating Permit for Waupaca Foundry Plants 2/3
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final Order on petition to object to Clean Air Act
Title V operating permit.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator has denied a petition from Philip Nolan
asking EPA to object to a Title V operating permit issued by the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to Waupaca Foundry
Plants 2/3 (Waupaca). Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(32) of the Clean Air
Act (Act) provide that a petitioner may ask for judicial review of
those portions of the petition that EPA denies in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit. Any petition for review
shall be filed within 60 days from the date this notice appears in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section 307 of the Act.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of the final Order, the petition, and
other supporting information at the EPA Region 5 Office, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. If you wish to examine
these documents, you should make an appointment at least 24 hours
before the day you would like to visit. Additionally, the final Order
for the Waupaca petition is available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Genevieve Damico, Chief, Air Permits
Section, Air Programs Branch, Air and Radiation Division, EPA, Region
5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard AR-18J, Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone
(312) 353-4761.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act affords EPA a 45-day period to
review and object, as appropriate, to Title V operating permits
proposed by state permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act
authorizes any person to petition the EPA Administrator within 60 days
after the expiration of the EPA review period to object to a Title V
operating permit if EPA has not done so. A petition 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
issues during the comment period, or the grounds for the issues arose
after this period.
EPA received a petition dated December 1, 2016, from Philip Nolan
(Petitioner) requesting that EPA object to the Title V operating permit
for Waupaca. The Petitioner alleged that the permit is not in
compliance with the requirements of the Act. Specifically, the
Petitioner alleged that: (1) The permit does not comply with Section
112 of the Act and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for the iron and steel foundry industry and the definition
of benzene, (2) actual emissions from the facility have created and
sustained lethal hazardous air pollutant (HAP) concentrations in
Waupaca County, (3) the WDNR mistakenly applied Chapter NR 445
requirements (Wisconsin's state HAP program), (4) the modeling
procedures were not correct.
On June 7, 2017, the Administrator issued an Order denying the
petition. The Order explains the reasons behind EPA's conclusion.
Dated: June 19, 2017.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2017-14840 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am]
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