[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 41016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18286]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9966-77-Region 9]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection To 
Proposed Permit for Chevron USA Inc.--7Z Steam Plant, San Joaquin 
Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) Administrator has responded to a citizen petition asking 
the EPA to object to the proposed issuance of an Authority to 
Construct/Certificate of Conformity (Permit) issued by the San Joaquin 
Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD). Specifically, 
the Administrator has denied the July 7, 2016 petition (Petition), 
submitted by the Climate Change Law Foundation, Association of 
Irritated Residents, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club 
to object to SJVUAPCD's proposed issuance of the Permit for the Chevron 
USA Inc.--7Z Steam Plant in Kern County, California.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, the Petition, and other 
supporting information is available electronically at the following Web 
site: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
    The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final Order, 
Petition, and other supporting information. You may view the hard 
copies Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding Federal 
holidays. 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/2017-04/documents/chevron_response2016_0.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Yannayon, EPA Region IX, (415) 
972-3534, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SJVUAPCD Rule 2201 affords the EPA a 45-day 
period to review and object to, as appropriate, a proposed permit. Rule 
2201 Sec.  5.9.1. If the EPA does not object, Rule 2201 allows any 
person to petition the EPA, within 60 days, to object to the proposed 
permit. Petitions must be based only on objections to the permit that 
were raised with reasonable specificity during the public comment 
period, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to 
raise these issues during the comment period, or the grounds for the 
issue arose after this period.
    The EPA received the Petition dated July 7, 2016, requesting that 
the EPA object to the proposed issuance of the Permit to Chevron USA 
Inc., for modifications to its 7Z Steam Plant, located in Kern County, 
California. In summary, the Petition claimed that certain emission 
reduction credits used in the permitting process were invalid.
    On April 24, 2017, the Administrator issued an order denying the 
Petition. The EPA's rationale for denying the claims raised in the 
petition are described in the Order.

    Dated: August 11, 2017.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2017-18286 Filed 8-28-17; 8:45 am]
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