[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-485]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6520-8]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc., Apex, 
Nevada

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition to object to State operating 
permit.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 
70.8(d), the EPA Administrator is hereby denying a petition to object 
to a State operating permit issued by the Clark County Health District 
to Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc. (``PABCO''), Apex, Nevada. 
This order constitutes final action on the petition submitted by Robert 
W. Hall. Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 
petitioner may seek judicial review in the United States Court of 
Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days of this decision 
under section 307 of the Act.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final order, the petition and all pertinent 
information relating thereto are on file at the following location: 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Air Division, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The final order is also available 
electronically at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/
t5sn.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Branoff, Air Division, EPA Region IX, telephone (415) 744-1290, 
e-mail [email protected]. Interested parties may also contact the 
Clark County Health District, Air Pollution Control Division, 625 
Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act affords EPA the 
opportunity for a 45-day period to review, and object to, as 
appropriate, 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 
this review period to object to State operating permits 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 
the grounds for the issues arose after this period.
    Robert W. Hall submitted a petition to the Administrator on June 6, 
1999, seeking EPA's objection to the operating permit issued to PABCO. 
The petitioner maintains that PABCO operating permit is inconsistent 
with the Act because in issuing the permit, the Clark County Health 
District failed to: (1) Cite and issue the part 70 permit according to 
the applicable State Implementation Plan (``SIP''); (2) require 
implementation of appropriate pollution control technology; (3) require 
PABCO to conduct post-construction ambient monitoring as required by 
the SIP and a previously-issued permit; (4) comply with the compliance 
schedule requirements of section 10 of the SIP; and (5) maintain an 
EPA-approved part 70 program. The order denying this petition explains 
the reasons behind EPA's conclusion that petitioner has failed to 
demonstrate that the PABCO permit does not assure compliance with the 
Clean Air Act on the grounds raised.

    Dated: December 30, 1999.
John Wise,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 00-485 Filed 1-7-00; 8:45 am]
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