[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 41016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18286]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9966-77-Region 9]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection To
Proposed Permit for Chevron USA Inc.--7Z Steam Plant, San Joaquin
Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator has responded to a citizen petition asking
the EPA to object to the proposed issuance of an Authority to
Construct/Certificate of Conformity (Permit) issued by the San Joaquin
Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD). Specifically,
the Administrator has denied the July 7, 2016 petition (Petition),
submitted by the Climate Change Law Foundation, Association of
Irritated Residents, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club
to object to SJVUAPCD's proposed issuance of the Permit for the Chevron
USA Inc.--7Z Steam Plant in Kern County, California.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, the Petition, and other
supporting information is available electronically at the following Web
site: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
The EPA requests that 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 a.m. to 3 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 Order is available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-04/documents/chevron_response2016_0.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Yannayon, EPA Region IX, (415)
972-3534, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SJVUAPCD Rule 2201 affords the EPA a 45-day
period to review and object to, as appropriate, a proposed permit. Rule
2201 Sec. 5.9.1. If the EPA does not object, Rule 2201 allows any
person to petition the EPA, within 60 days, to object to the proposed
permit. Petitions must be based only on objections to the permit that
were raised with reasonable specificity during the public comment
period, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to
raise these issues during the comment period, or the grounds for the
issue arose after this period.
The EPA received the Petition dated July 7, 2016, requesting that
the EPA object to the proposed issuance of the Permit to Chevron USA
Inc., for modifications to its 7Z Steam Plant, located in Kern County,
California. In summary, the Petition claimed that certain emission
reduction credits used in the permitting process were invalid.
On April 24, 2017, the Administrator issued an order denying the
Petition. The EPA's rationale for denying the claims raised in the
petition are described in the Order.
Dated: August 11, 2017.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2017-18286 Filed 8-28-17; 8:45 am]
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