[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26096-26097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11691]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0785; FRL-9961-27-Region 9]


Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Permit for the McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility 
(PSD Permit No. NU 05-01)

AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final agency action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that on September 30, 2016, the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, issued a final permit 
decision to Resolute Natural Resources Company to amend the Prevention 
of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit for the McElmo Creek Unit Oil 
Production Facility (MCU Facility) (PSD Permit No. NU 05-01), an 
existing oil and gas production operation. The final permit decision 
was issued pursuant to the PSD regulations.

DATES: In accordance with 40 CFR 124.15(b), the final permit decision 
became effective on November 30, 2016.

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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 Ninth Circuit within 60 
days of June 6, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established docket number EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0785 
for this action. Key portions of the administrative record for this PSD 
permit decision (including the final PSD permit decision, all public 
comments, the EPA's responses to the public comments, and additional 
supporting information) are available through a link at our Web site, 
http://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/prevention-significant-deterioration-psd-permits-issued-region-9, or at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket 
ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0785). Documents are also available for public 
inspection during normal business hours at the following address: U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Air Division (AIR-3), 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901. To arrange for 
viewing of these documents, please schedule an appointment during 
normal business hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Due to building security procedures, at 
least 48 hours advance notice is required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaheerah Kelly, EPA Region 9, Air 
Division (AIR-3), (415) 947-4156, [email protected].

NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 
2016, the EPA Region 9 issued a final permit decision to Resolute 
Natural Resources Company to amend the PSD permit for the MCU Facility 
(PSD Permit No. NU 05-01). The MCU Facility is an existing oil and gas 
production operation located within the Four Corners Area on the Navajo 
Nation Indian Reservation near the town of Aneth, San Juan County, 
Utah.
    The EPA amended the PSD permit, in accordance with PSD regulations 
(40 CFR 52.21), to incorporate pollution limits, terms, and conditions 
for the already existing Main Flare at the MCU Facility pursuant to a 
federal Consent Decree (United States v. Mobil Exploration and 
Producing U.S. Inc., Case No. 2:05-CV-319, filed June 8, 2005). These 
pollution limits, terms, and conditions include best available control 
technology emission limitations for nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, 
sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds.
    Additionally, the EPA amended the PSD permit to remove and update 
other applicable requirements in the MCU Facility's PSD permit due to 
equipment that has been shut down and removed from the site. Air 
pollution emissions as a result of this permit action would not cause 
or contribute to violations of any National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards or any applicable PSD increments. This permit action does not 
authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at 
the MCU Facility.
    EPA received comments from eight commenters, including the Resolute 
Natural Resources Company. In accordance with 40 CFR 124.15(b), the 
final PSD permit decision issued on September 30, 2016, became 
effective on November 30, 2016. Pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l)(1), a 
petition to EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) under 40 CFR 
124.19(a) is a prerequisite to seeking judicial review of this final 
agency action. No petition for review was properly and timely filed 
with EAB under 40 CFR 124.19(a).

    Dated: March 23, 2017.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region IX.
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