[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48544-48545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22907]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R05-OAR-2008-0235; FRL-8960-4]


Notice of Issuance of Part 71 Federal Operating Permit to Veolia 
Environmental Services

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that, on September 12, 2008, pursuant to 
Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA issued a Title V Permit to 
Operate (Title V permit) to Veolia Environmental Services (Veolia). 
This permit authorizes Veolia to operate its facility in Sauget, 
Illinois. Veolia's Sauget facility is a treatment, storage and disposal 
facility, which accepts offsite waste for further disposal through 
incineration. Containers and bulk shipments of hazardous and solid 
wastes are received, analyzed and transferred to temporary storage 
facilities, processed and incinerated in one of three combustion units.

DATES: During the public comment period, which ended July 18, 2008, EPA 
received comments on the draft Title V permit. EPA responded to the 
comments and issued the final permit on September 12, 2008. No one 
appealed the permit to the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). 
Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR 71.11 the permit became effective 
30 days after permit issuance, October 12, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The final signed permit is available for public inspection 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, docket ID EPA-R05-OAR-2008-0235, 
or during normal business hours at the following address: EPA, Region 
5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (AR-18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Genevieve Damico, Environmental 
Engineer, EPA, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard (AR-18J), Chicago, 
Illinois 60604, (312) 353-4761, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplemental information is organized 
as follows:

A. What Is the Background Information?
B. What Is the Purpose of This Notice?

A. What Is the Background Information?

    Veolia (formerly Onyx Environmental Services) submitted to Illinois 
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on September 7, 1995, an 
application for a Title V permit for its facility in Sauget, Illinois. 
IEPA issued a draft Title V permit on June 6, 2003, and the public 
comment period for the permit ended September 12, 2003. During the 
public comment period, IEPA received comments on the draft permit. IEPA 
revised the permit and submitted the proposed permit to EPA on November 
6, 2003. EPA did not object to the proposed permit within its 45-day 
review period, which ended December 21, 2003.
    On February 18, 2004, EPA received a petition from the Sierra Club 
and American Bottom Conservancy requesting that EPA object to issuance 
of the Veolia Title V permit, pursuant to Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA 
and 40 CFR 70.8(d). On February 1, 2005, EPA issued an order granting 
the petition in

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part and denying it in part. Pursuant to 40 CFR 70.8(c), this action 
started a 90-day period during which IEPA was required to issue a 
revised Title V permit that addressed the issues raised in the February 
1, 2005 order. IEPA did not issue the permit within the 90-day window. 
The Sierra Club and the American Bottom Conservancy sued EPA, alleging 
that EPA had a duty to issue the permit following the State of 
Illinois' failure to timely issue the revised permit.
    On September 29, 2006, EPA announced its intent to issue or deny a 
Federal Title V permit. Veolia submitted a Part 71 permit application 
to EPA on May 2, 2007. EPA deemed the application administratively 
complete on June 13, 2007. EPA issued a draft permit for public comment 
on June 5, 2008, and held a public hearing on July 8, 2008. We received 
both oral and written comment on the draft permit. We issued a final 
permit on September 12, 2008, after considering all the comments we 
received.
    On September 12, 2008, EPA notified by letter all parties that 
participated in the public comment process of the issuance of the final 
permit. The letter also explained the commenters' right to petition the 
EAB to review any condition of the permit decision pursuant to 40 CFR 
71.11(l)(1).

B. What Is the Purpose of This Notice?

    EPA is notifying the public of the issuance of the Title V permit 
to Veolia on September 12, 2008. Pursuant to 40 CFR 71.11(l)(4), 
because no one appealed the permit to the EAB following EPA's September 
12, 2008, letter notification of the final permit, no one may seek 
judicial review of this final Agency action. The permit became 
effective on October 12, 2008.

    Dated: September 11, 2009.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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