[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33909-33910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15324]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9963-99-Region 6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit for Bunge North America, Inc. Destrehan Grain
Elevator, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA Administrator
signed an Order, dated June 7, 2017, denying a petition asking EPA to
object to the operating permit issued by the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to Bunge North America, Inc. (Bunge) for
its Destrehan Grain Elevator. Title V operating permit number 2520-
00048-V5 was issued on December 18, 2015 by the LDEQ to Bunge for
modifications to the Destrehan Grain Elevator located in St. Charles
Parish, Louisiana. EPA's June 7, 2017 Order responds to a petition
submitted on January 24, 2016 by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic on
behalf of Petitioners Ms. Cynthia Portera and Ms. Toni Offerman.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the Act provide that a petitioner may
ask for judicial review of those portions of the Orders that deny
objections raised in the petitions in the appropriate United States
Court of Appeals. Any petition for review shall be filed within 60 days
from the date this notice appears in the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 307(b) of the Act.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of the final Order, the petition, and
other supporting information at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,
Texas 75202-2733.
EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of
the final Order, petition, and other supporting information. You may
view the hard copies Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m., excluding Federal holidays. If you wish to examine these
documents, you should make an appointment at least 24 hours before the
visiting day. Additionally, the final June 7, 2017 Order is available
electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-06/documents/bunge_response2016.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Toups at (214) 665-7258, email
address: [email protected] or the above EPA, Region 6 address.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to
review, and object, as appropriate, to a title V operating permit
proposed by a state permitting authority. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA
and 40 CFR 70.8(d) authorizes any person to petition the EPA
Administrator, within 60 days after the expiration of this review
period, to object to a title V operating permit if EPA has not done so.
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.
EPA received the petition from the Petitioners on January 24, 2016
for the operating permit issued on December 18, 2015 to Bunge North
America, Inc. Destrehan Grain Elevator, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish,
Louisiana.
The Petitioner requests that the Administrator object to the
proposed operating permit issued by the LDEQ to Bunge based on two
claims. The claims are described in detail in Section IV of the Order.
In summary, the issues raised are that: (1) The permit fails to comply
with the Act's requirements for inclusion of a compliance plan and
schedule in an issued permit; and, (2) the permit should have addressed
the state `Environmental Assessment' as mandated under Louisiana
Revised Statute R.S. 30:2018(C) for any source undergoing a
`substantial modification.' The Order issued on June 7, 2017 responds
to the Petition and explains the basis for EPA's decision.
Dated: June 29, 2017.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2017-15324 Filed 7-20-17; 8:45 am]
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