[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 90 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 21993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09509]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Regional Docket No. II-2016-02; FRL-9958-76-Region 2]


Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit; NY; Seneca 
Energy II, LLC

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act (CAA) section 505(b)(2) and Agency 
regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator 
signed an Order, dated December 9, 2016, denying a petition filed by 
the Concerned Citizens of Seneca County, Inc. (September 9, 2013) 
asking the EPA to object to the Title V operating permit issued by the 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to Seneca 
Energy II, LLC for the Seneca Energy Landfill Gas-to-Energy facility 
(Energy Facility) located in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York; 
(Permit No. 8-4532-00075-00029). Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the 
CAA provide that the petitioner may ask for judicial review by the 
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit of those 
portions of the Order that deny objections raised in the petition.

DATES: Any such petition for review of this Order must be received by 
July 10, 2017 pursuant to section 307(b) of the CAA.

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of the final Order, the petition, and 
other supporting information during normal business hours at EPA Region 
2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York. If you wish to examine these 
documents, you should make an appointment at least 24 hours before the 
visiting day. Additionally, the final Order is available electronically 
at: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-12/documents/seneca_meadows_response2013_0.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suilin Chan, Chief, Permitting 
Section, Air Programs Branch, Clean Air and Sustainability Division, 
EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10007, 
telephone (212) 637-4019, email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the EPA a 45-day period to 
review, and object to, as appropriate, a Title V operating permit 
proposed by a state permitting authority. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA 
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 the 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 that the grounds for the 
objection or other issues arose after this period. The claims are 
described in detail in Section IV of the Order. In summary, the issues 
raised are that: (1) The Seneca Meadows Landfill and the Energy 
Facility together constitute a single major stationary source of 
emissions; and (2) the Energy Facility's Title V permit is a ``sham 
permit.'' The EPA's rationale for denying the claims raised in the 
petition are described in the Order.

    Dated: March 15, 2017.
Catherine R. McCabe,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2017-09509 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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