[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20213]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OCS-EPA-R4005; FRL-9449-7]


Notice of Issuance of Final Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit 
for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to announce that on June 15, 2011, EPA issued a 
final Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) air permit for Anadarko Petroleum 
Corporation (Anadarko). The permit authorizes Anadarko to mobilize the 
Transocean Discoverer Spirit drill ship and support vessels to drill a 
single exploration well in the Gulf of Mexico, at Lloyd Ridge Lease 
Block 410, to determine if natural gas reserves are present in this 
location. The drill site is located approximately 200 miles southwest 
of Panama City, Florida. The operation will last less than 92 days, and 
based on applicable permitting regulations, is a ``temporary source'' 
for permitting purposes.

DATES: Effective Date: This permit became effective on July 15, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The final permit, EPA's responses to the public comments and 
additional supporting information are available at http://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/OCSPermits/AnadarkoOCS.html. Copies of the final 
permit and EPA's responses to comments are also available upon request 
in writing. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 
schedule your inspection. The Regional Office's official hours of 
business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30 excluding Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregg Worley, Air Permits Section, Air 
Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Region 
4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number is (404) 562-9141. 
Mr. Worley can also be reached via electronic mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 25, 2011, the EPA Region 4 Office 
requested public comments on a proposal to issue an OCS air permit for 
Anadarko. During the public comment period, which ended on April 25, 
2011, EPA received comments from Offshore Operators Committee and 
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation regarding the project. EPA carefully 
reviewed each of the comments submitted and, after consideration of the 
expressed view of all interested persons, the pertinent federal 
statutes and regulations, and additional material relevant to the 
application and contained in the administrative record, EPA made a 
decision in accordance with title 40 CFR 52.21 and 40 CFR part 55 to 
issue a final OCS permit.
    40 CFR 124.19(f)(2) requires notice of any final Agency action 
regarding a prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit to be 
published in the Federal Register. Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA) provides for review of final Agency action that is locally or 
regionally applicable in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
appropriate circuit. Such a petition for review of final Agency action 
must be filed within 60 days from the date of notice of such action in 
the Federal Register. (However, 40 CFR 124.19(f)(1) provides that, for 
purposes of judicial review under the CAA, final Agency action occurs 
when a final PSD permit is issued or denied by EPA and agency review 
procedures are exhausted.) Any person who filed comments on the draft 
permit was provided the opportunity to petition the Environmental 
Appeals Board by July 15, 2011. No petitions were submitted, therefore 
the permit became effective on July 15, 2011.

    Dated: July 29, 2011.
Beverly H. Banister,
Director, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2011-20213 Filed 8-8-11; 8:45 am]
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