[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 67579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25623]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Petition IV-2003-7; FRL-7838-5]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for Cargill, Inc.--Soybean Oil Mill; Gainesville 
(Hall County), GA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of amended final order on petition to object to a state 
operating permit.

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SUMMARY: On October 19, 2004, EPA amended an order signed by the 
Administrator on July 16, 2004, partially granting and partially 
denying a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the 
Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to Cargill, Inc.--
Soybean Oil Mill (Cargill) located in Gainesville, Hall County, 
Georgia, pursuant to title V of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-
7661f. The July 16, 2004 Order was amended to delete two references to 
a cement kiln in Section IV.A. The deletions were made because:
    (1) The citation for the cement kiln reference on page 6 of the 
original Order was incorrect. The reference originally cited to 
Petitioners' Consultant's Report: the Letter from Bill Powers, P.E. of 
Powers Engineering to Curtis Cox of Georgia Center for Law in the 
Public Interest (GCLPI) (October 3, 2002). While the actual date for 
the Powers Report was October 3, 2003, the correct citation to the 
cement kiln reference should have been to Cargill's Consultant's July 
17, 2002 Report: Letter from Todd Cloud of Trinity Consultants to Mr. 
James Capp of EPD (July 17, 2002); and
    (2) In re-reviewing the correct permit record document relating to 
the cement kiln reference on page 6 of the original Order, EPA has 
become concerned that the cement kiln information contained in the July 
17, 2002 Letter from Todd Cloud of Trinity Consultants to Mr. James 
Capp of EPD may have been erroneously included in Trinity's Report and 
may not be accurate as applied to Cargill's Gainesville, Georgia 
facility.

The deletion of the two references to a cement kiln in Section IV.A 
does not impact or alter EPA's original finding that the permit 
narrative and permit record provided little explanation for the 
numerical reasonable available control technology (RACT) limit chosen 
for boiler B001, nor does it impact or alter EPA's original grant of 
the Petitioners' claim that the narrative and permit record are 
inadequate on the numerical RACT limit for boiler B001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the amended final order, the petition, and all 
pertinent information relating thereto are on file at the following 
location: EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The amended final 
order is also available electronically at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/region7/programs/artd/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/cargillamendment_decision2003 decision2003(amended).pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section, 
EPA Region 4, at (404) 562-9115 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GCLPI originally submitted a petition on 
behalf of the Sierra Club to the Administrator on October 7, 2003, 
requesting that EPA object to a state title V operating permit issued 
by EPD to Cargill. The Petitioner maintains that the Cargill permit is 
inconsistent with the Act due to: (1) The inadequacy of EPD's RACT 
determinations for various emission units; (2) the inadequacy of 
various monitoring and reporting requirements; (3) the inadequacy of 
the statement of basis; and (4) the permit's inability to assure 
compliance.

    Dated: November 10, 2004.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 04-25623 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
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