[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 95 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 27811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2439]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8315-6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition To Object to 
Title V Permits for Potlatch Corporation's Clearwater Wood Products 
Facility, Idaho Pulp and Paperboard Division, and Consumer Products 
Division, Lewiston, ID

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act (CAA) section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 
70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an order dated May 7, 2007, 
denying a petition to object to state operating permits issued by the 
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to Potlatch Corporation's 
Clearwater Wood Products Facility, Idaho Pulp and Paperboard Division, 
and Consumer Products Division, all located in Lewiston, Idaho 
(Potlatch permits). This order constitutes final action on the petition 
submitted by Mr. Mark Solomon, representing the Idaho Conservation 
League, Friends of the Clearwater, and himself, on February 7, 2003, 
requesting that EPA object to the issuance of the Potlatch permits. 
Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the CAA, any person may seek judicial 
review in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate 
circuit within 60 days of this notice under section 307 of the CAA.

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 10, Office of Air, Waste, and 
Toxics (AWT-107), 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. The 
final order is also available electronically at the following Web site: 
http://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/air/title5/petitiondb/petitiondb.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Hardesty, Office of Air, Waste 
and Toxics, EPA Region 10, telephone (208) 378-5759, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act affords EPA a 45-day 
period to review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits 
proposed by state permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA 
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 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 that the grounds for the 
objection or other issue arose after the comment period.
    On February 7, 2003, EPA received a petition from Mr. Mark Solomon, 
representing the Idaho Conservation League, Friends of the Clearwater, 
and himself, requesting that EPA object to the issuance of the Potlatch 
permits. The petition alleged that: (1) The three Potlatch divisions 
should be covered by a single Title V operating permit; and (2) IDEQ 
used the wrong model in determining the ambient air quality impacts of 
the Potlatch facilities. The order explains the reasons behind EPA's 
decision to deny the petition for objection on all grounds.

Ronald Kreizenbeck,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 07-2439 Filed 5-16-07; 8:45 am]
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