[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 59489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23539]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[A-1-FRL-9917-37-Region-1]


Notice of Decision To Issue a Clean Air Act PSD Permit for Salem 
Harbor Redevelopment Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Massachusetts Department of 
Environmental Protection (MassDEP) issued a final permit decision for a 
Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit 
(Transmittal Number X254064) to Footprint Power Salem Harbor 
Development, LP for the construction of the Salem Harbor Redevelopment 
(SHR) Project.

DATES: MassDEP issued a final PSD permit decision for the SHR on 
September 11, 2014. The PSD permit for SHR became final and effective 
on September 11, 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 First 
Circuit within 60 days of October 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the above-referenced permit are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
following address: Massachusetts Department of Environmental 
Protection, Northeast Regional Office, 205B Lowell Street, Wilmington, 
MA 01887.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida E. McDonnell, Manager, Air 
Permits, Toxics and Indoor Programs Unit, Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, (617) 918-1653, 
[email protected]. Key portions of the administrative record for 
this permit decision (including the final permit, all public comments, 
MassDEP's responses to the public comments, and additional supporting 
information) are available through a link at MassDEP's Web site at: 
http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/air/approvals/footprint.html. 
Anyone who wishes to review the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB or 
Board) decisions described below or the documents in the EAB's 
electronic docket for its decision related to this matter can obtain 
them at http://www.epa.gov/eab/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MassDEP, acting under authority of an 
April 11, 2011 PSD delegation agreement with EPA Region 1, issued a 
final PSD permit decision on January 30, 2014 to the Footprint Power 
Salem Harbor Development, LP authorizing construction and operation of 
the SHR project. Four commenters jointly filed a petition seeking 
review of MassDEP's January 30, 2014 permit decision for the SHR 
project with the EPA EAB. On September 2, 2014, the Board issued an 
order denying review. See In re Footprint Power Salem Harbor 
Development, LP, PSD Appeal No. 14-02, Slip opinion (EAB September 2, 
2014), 16E.A.D_. Following denial of review, pursuant to 40 CFR 
124.19(l)(2), MassDEP issued a final permit decision to the SHR project 
on September 11, 2014. All conditions of the SHR PSD permit, 
Transmittal No. X254064, became final and effective on September 11, 
2014.

    Dated: September 18, 2014.
Deborah A. Szaro,
 Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
[FR Doc. 2014-23539 Filed 10-1-14; 8:45 am]
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