[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8665-8666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04093]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Petitions IV-2016-11 and IV-2017-17; FRL-9974-65--Region 4]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permits for Tennessee Valley Authority--Gallatin 
Fossil Plant (Sumner County, Tennessee)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order on petitions to object to state operating 
permits.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an Order, dated January 30, 2018, denying the petitions submitted by 
Sierra Club (Petitioner) objecting to a proposed Clean Air Act (CAA) 
title V operating permit issued to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for 
its Gallatin Fossil Fuel Plant located in Gallatin, Sumner County, 
Tennessee. The Order responds to two petitions: The first, dated August 
8, 2016, requested that the EPA object to the proposed renewal permit 
no. 561209; the second, dated November 20, 2017, requested that the EPA 
object to the proposed significant modification to permit no. 561209. 
Both permitting actions were issued by the Tennessee Department of 
Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The Order constitutes a final 
action on the petitions addressed therein.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order, the petitions, and all pertinent 
information relating thereto are on file at the following location: EPA 
Region 4; Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division; 61 Forsyth 
Street SW; Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The Order is also available 
electronically at the following address: https://wcms.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-02/documents/tvagallatinorder2018.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section, 
EPA Region 4, at (404) 562-9115 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the EPA a 45-day period to 
review and, as appropriate, the authority to object to operating 
permits proposed by state permitting authorities under title V of the 
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA and 40 CFR 
70.8(d) authorize any person to petition the EPA Administrator to 
object to a title V operating permit within 60 days after the 
expiration of the EPA's 45-day review period if EPA has not objected on 
its own initiative. 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 the grounds for the issues arose after this period. 
Pursuant to sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA, a petition for 
judicial review of those parts of the Order that deny issues in the 
petition may be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date this notice is 
published in the Federal Register.
    Petitioner submitted petitions requesting that the EPA object to 
the proposed CAA title V operating permit no. 561209 and the subsequent 
significant modification to this permit., both issued by TDEC to TVA. 
Petitioner claims that these permitting actions: Fail to include 
monitoring requirements adequate to ensure compliance with opacity, 
particulate matter, and fugitive dust requirements; fail to include 
reporting requirements to ensure compliance with a previous consent 
decree; include startup/shutdown provisions that are inconsistent with 
the CAA; impose an unreasonably permissive limit for sulfur dioxide 
(SO2); and include a limit that fails to protect the one-
hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard for SO2.
    On January 30, 2018, the Administrator issued an Order denying

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the petitions. The Order explains EPA's basis for denying the 
petitions.

    Dated: February 8, 2018.
Onis ``Trey'' Glenn, III,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2018-04093 Filed 2-27-18; 8:45 am]
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