[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28919-28920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11698]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9911-18-Region-4; EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0647 and EPA-R04-OAR-2014-0023]


Notice of Issuance of Final Air Permits for EFS Shady Hills, 
LLC--Shady Hills Generating Station, and New Hope Power Company--
Okeelanta Cogeneration Station.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that 
on January 14, 2014, and March 17, 2014, the agency issued final 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality permits 
numbered PSD-EPA-R4013 and PSD-EPA-R4016 for the EFS Shady Hills, LLC 
(Shady Hills)--Shady Hills Generating Station (SHGS) and New Hope Power 
Company (NHPC)--Okeelanta Cogeneration Station (Okeelanta), 
respectively.

ADDRESSES: The final permits, the EPA's response to public comments for 
these permits, and supporting information are available at http://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/index.htm. Copies of the final permits 
and the EPA's response to comments are also available for review at the 
EPA Regional Office and upon request in writing. The EPA requests that 
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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Ms. Heather Ceron, Air 
Permits Section Chief, 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) 562-9185. Ms. Ceron can also be reached via electronic mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 24, 2013, EPA Region 4 
requested public comments on a preliminary determination to issue a

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PSD air quality permit for the Shady Hills SHGS project. A total of 60 
comments from 2 commenters were received (via email and the 
regulations.com site) during the public comment period, which closed on 
October 24, 2013.
    On January 23, 2014, EPA Region 4 requested public comments on a 
preliminary determination to issue a PSD air quality permit for the 
NHPC Okeelanta project. A total of 9 comments from one commenter were 
received (via email) during the public comment period, which closed on 
February 24, 2014.
    The EPA reviewed each comment received and prepared a Response to 
Comments document for each of the two projects. After consideration of 
the expressed view of all interested persons, the pertinent Federal 
statutes and regulations, the applications and supplemental information 
submitted by the applicants, and additional material relevant to the 
applications and contained in the Administrative Records, the EPA made 
final determinations in accordance with title 40 CFR part 52 to issue 
final air permits.
    Under 40 CFR 124.19(f)(2), notice of any final Agency action 
regarding a PSD permit must 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. For 
purposes of judicial review under the CAA, final Agency action occurs 
when a final PSD permit is issued or denied by the EPA and Agency 
review procedures are exhausted, per 40 CFR 124.19(f)(1).
    Any person who filed comments on the draft permits was provided the 
opportunity to petition the Environmental Appeals Board by the end of 
February 14, 2014, for the Shady Hills permit, or by the end of April 
17, 2014, for the NHPC permit. No petitions were submitted for either 
of these permits. Therefore, the Shady Hills permit became effective on 
February 15, 2014. The NHPC permit became effective on April 18, 2014.

    Dated: May 2, 2014.
Beverly H. Banister,
Director, Air, Pesticides and Toxics, Management Division, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2014-11698 Filed 5-19-14; 8:45 am]
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