[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77827-77828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32061]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9506-2]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Meraux Refinery in St. 
Bernard Parish, LA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the EPA Administrator has 
responded to a citizen petition asking EPA to object to an operating 
permit (Permit Number 2500-00001-V5) issued by the Louisiana Department 
of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). Specifically, the Administrator has 
granted in part and denied in part the December 10, 2009 petition, 
submitted by Tulane Environmental Law Clinic on behalf of Concerned 
Citizens Around Murphy (Petitioners). The petition asked the 
Administrator to object to the October 15, 2009 operating permit that 
LDEQ issued to Murphy Oil, USA, Inc. (Murphy Oil) for the Meraux 
Refinery. Pursuant to sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA), a petition for judicial review of those parts of the Order 
that deny issues in the petition may be filed in the United States 
Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the 
date this notice appears in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of the final Order, the petition, and 
other supporting information at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, 
Texas 75202-2733.
    EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of 
the final Order, petition, and other supporting information. You may 
view the hard copies Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 
excluding Federal holidays. If you wish to examine these documents, you 
should make an appointment at least 24 hours before visiting day. 
Additionally the final order for the Murphy Oil, Meraux Refinery is 
available electronically at: http://www.epa.gov/region07/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/murphy_response2011.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Braganza at (214) 665-7340, 
email address braganza.bonnie @epa.gov, or the above EPA, Region 6 
address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to 
review, and object to as appropriate, a Title V operating permit 
proposed by State 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 Title V 
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 the grounds for the issue 
arose after this period.
    EPA received a petition from the Petitioners dated December 10, 
2009, requesting that EPA object to the issuance of the Title V 
operating permit to Murphy Oil, for the operation of the

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Meraux Refinery in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for the following 
reasons: (1) Murphy Oil did not provide information sufficient to 
evaluate the source and its application and to determine applicable 
requirements; (2) the netting analysis fails to include emergency 
flaring emissions; (3) the project triggers NSR review for sulfur 
dioxide and volatile organic compounds; and (4) the netting analyses 
relies on limitations that are not practically enforceable.
    On September 21, 2011, the Administrator issued an order granting 
in part and denying in part the petition. The order explains the 
reasons behind EPA's decisions.

    Dated: December 5, 2011.
Al Armendariz,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2011-32061 Filed 12-13-11; 8:45 am]
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