[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21085]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9984-26--Region 9]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for the Phillips 66 San Francisco Refinery
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petition for objection to Clean Air
Act title V operating permit.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order dated August 8, 2018, denying a Petition dated March 19, 2018,
from Communities for a Better Environment, San Francisco Baykeeper,
Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Stand.earth, and
Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air
Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District (BAAQMD or the District) to Facility No. A0016, the
Phillips 66 San Francisco Refinery (Phillips 66 or the facility),
located in Contra Costa County, California.
ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final
Order, the Petition, and other supporting information. You may review
copies of the final Order, the Petition, and other supporting
information at the EPA Region IX Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, California 94105. 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
and Petition are available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaheerah Kelly, EPA Region IX, (415)
947-4156, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the EPA a 45-day period to
review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by
state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section
505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes 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 the 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 such
objections during the comment period or unless the grounds for such
objections arose after this period.
The EPA received the Petition from Communities for a Better
Environment, San Francisco Baykeeper, Center for Biological Diversity,
Friends of the Earth, Stand.earth, and Sierra Club dated March 19,
2018, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating
permit for Facility No. A0016, issued by the BAAQMD to Phillips 66 in
Contra Costa County, California. The Petition raised various claims
centered around the allegation that the District improperly and
unlawfully issued a title V permit renewal because it included an
approval of permitted capacity increases for two hydrocracking emission
units without providing adequate notice to the public and without a
legal or factual basis for the approval.
On August 8, 2018, the EPA Administrator issued an Order denying
the Petition. The Order explains the basis for the EPA's decision.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later
than November 26, 2018.
Dated: September 6, 2018.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2018-21085 Filed 9-26-18; 8:45 am]
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