[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 23459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10761]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9977-98--Region 6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit for Pasadena Refining System, Pasadena
Refinery, Harris County, Texas
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petition for objection to Clean Air
Act title V operating permit.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order dated May 1, 2018, granting in part and denying in part a
Petition dated November 8, 2016 from the Environmental Integrity
Project, Sierra Club, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services,
and Air Alliance Houston. The Petition requested that the EPA object to
a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to Pasadena Refining System
(Pasadena) for its Pasadena Refinery located in Harris County, Texas.
ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final
Order, the Petition, and other supporting information. You may review
copies of the final Order, the Petition, and other supporting
information at the EPA Region 6 Office, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas
75202-2733. 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 and Petition are
available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6, (214) 665-
7596, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to
review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by
state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section
505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any person to petition the EPA
Administrator to object to a title V operating permit within 60 days
after the expiration of the EPA's 45-day review period if the EPA has
not objected on its own initiative. 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.
The EPA received the Petition from the Environmental Integrity
Project, Sierra Club, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services,
and Air Alliance Houston dated November 8, 2016, requesting that the
EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no. O3711, issued by
TCEQ to Pasadena Refinery in Harris County, Texas. The Petition claims
that: (1) The proposed permits' incorporation by reference of minor NSR
authorizations fails to assure compliance with applicable requirements,
(2) the proposed permits' incorporation by reference of Permit by Rule
(PBR) and Standard Exemption authorizations fails to assure compliance
with applicable requirements, (3) the proposed permits' incorporation
by reference of minor NSR permits and PBRs that apply to the same
emission unit makes it impossible to determine the emission limits that
apply to such units, (4) the proposed permit fails to require
monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements that assure
compliance with applicable limits (PBRs and Standard Exemptions), (5)
the proposed permit fails to establish monitoring, recordkeeping, and
reporting requirements that assure compliance with emission limits for
multiple emission units (Claims C, D, E, F, and G), (6) the proposed
permit fails to require monitoring that assures compliance with the
emission limits for Pasadena Refining's flares, (7) the proposed permit
fails to require monitoring that assures compliance with the 90%
removal efficiency requirement for the acid relief neutralization
system, and (8) the proposed permit fails to specify and assure
compliance with planned maintenance, startup, and shutdown emission
limits and operating requirements for boiler #6.
On May 1, 2018, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting in
part and denying in part the Petition. The Order explains the basis for
EPA's decision.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later
than July 20, 2018.
Dated: May 14, 2018.
Anne L. Idsal,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2018-10761 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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