[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33220-33221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15205]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9980-10--Region 6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit for Motiva Enterprises LLC, Port Arthur
Refinery, Jefferson 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 31, 2018, granting in part and denying in part a
Petition dated November 8, 2016 from the Environmental Integrity
Project, Sierra Club, 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
Motiva Enterprises LLC (Motiva) for its Port Arthur Refinery located in
Jefferson 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
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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: Kyndall Cox, EPA Region 6, (214) 665-
8567, [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, and Air Alliance Houston dated November 8, 2016,
requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no.
O1386, issued by TCEQ to Motiva's Port Arthur Refinery in Jefferson
County, Texas. The Petition has six claims (1-6) that the proposed
permit fails to require monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting
sufficient to assure compliance with various emission limits and
operational requirements for units authorized by New Source Review
(NSR) permits and permits by rule (PBRs); one claim (7) that the
proposed permit's incorporation by reference of permit by rule
requirements fails to assure compliance with applicable requirements;
and one claim (8) that the proposed permit fails to identify
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting for emission units subject to
NSPS and NESHAP federal rules.
On May 31, 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 September 17, 2018.
Dated: July 3, 2018.
Anne L. Idsal,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2018-15205 Filed 7-16-18; 8:45 am]
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