[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71136-71137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23231]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8001-9; NV-TV-001]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for El Dorado Energy, LLC in Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the EPA Administrator has responded 
to a citizen petition requesting that EPA object to an operating permit 
issued by the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental 
Management (DAQEM). The Administrator has denied in full a petition 
submitted by Robert Hall requesting that the Administrator object to 
the state operating permit issued to El Dorado Energy in Boulder City, 
Nevada.

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    Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (Act), the 
petitioner may seek judicial review of any portion of the petition 
which EPA denied in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 
Circuit. Any petitions for review shall be filed within 60 days from 
the date this notice appears in the Federal Register, pursuant to 
section 307 of the Act.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final order, petition, and other supporting 
information are available at the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region IX, AIr Division, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. 
The final order is also available electronically at: http://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/el_dorado_decision 2003.pdf

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerardo Rios, Chief, Air Permits 
Office, EPA Region IX, telephone (415) 972-3964, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA approves state and local permitting 
authorities to administer the operating permit program set forth in 
title V of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f. DAQEM administers a 
fully approved title V operating permit program. The Clean Air Act 
affords EPA the opportunity for a 45-day period to review, and object 
to as appropriate, operating permits proposed by 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 a state operating permit if EPA has not 
done so. Petitions must be based 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.
    DAQEM submitted the proposed permit to EPA on June 3, 2003. EPA 
received the petition to object to the permit on August 29, 2003, prior 
to the deadline for section 505(b)(2) petitions.
    On September 22, 2005, the Administrator issued an order denying in 
full the petition submitted by Robert Hall. The order explains the 
reasons behind EPA's decisions to grant or deny each issue.

    Dated: November 10, 2005.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 05-23231 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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