[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32283-32284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12930]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[[FRL-9911-74-Region 6]


Notice of Decision To Issue Clean Air Act Greenhouse Gas PSD 
Permit for the ExxonMobil Chemical Company Baytown Olefins Plant

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency Action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that EPA Region 6 issued a final permit 
decision for a Clean Air Act Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit (PSD-TX-102982-GHG) for the 
ExxonMobil Chemical Company (ExxonMobil) to authorize a construction 
project at ExxonMobil's existing Baytown Olefins Plant (BOP).

DATES: EPA Region 6 issued a final PSD permit decision to ExxonMobil 
for the BOP on May 14, 2014. The PSD permit for the BOP became final 
and effective on May 14, 2014. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final 
permit decision, to the extent it is available, may be sought by filing 
a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Fifth Circuit by August 4, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the above-referenced permit are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Wilson, Air Permits Section 
(6PD-R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, (214) 665-
7596, [email protected]. Key portions of the administrative record 
for this decision (including the final permit, all public comments, 
EPA's responses to the public comments, and additional supporting 
information) are available through a link at Region 6's Web site, 
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r6/Apermit.nsf/AirP. Anyone who wishes to 
review the EPA Environmental Appeals Board (EAB or the Board) decision 
described below or documents in the Board's electronic docket for its 
decision related to this matter can obtain them at http://www.epa.gov/eab/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA Region 6 issued its final permit 
decision to ExxonMobil authorizing construction of a major modification 
at the ExxonMobil BOP, PSD Permit No. PSD-TX-102982-GHG, on May 14, 
2014. EPA Region 6 initially issued a final

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PSD permit decision to ExxonMobil on November 25, 2013. A commenter 
filed a petition for review of the Region's November 25, 2013, permit 
decision for the ExxonMobil BOP with the Board. On May 14, 2014, the 
Board issued an order denying review. See In re ExxonMobil Chemical 
Company (Baytown Olefins Plant), PSD Appeal No. 13-11, slip op. at 35 
(EAB May 14, 2014), 16 E.A.D. --. Following denial of review, pursuant 
to 40 CFR 124.19(l)(2), EPA Region 6 issued a final permit decision to 
ExxonMobil on May 14, 2014. All conditions of the BOP GHG PSD permit, 
Permit No. PSD-TX-102982-GHG, became final and effective on May 14, 
2014.

    Dated: May 23, 2014.
Wren Stenger,
Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2014-12930 Filed 6-3-14; 8:45 am]
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