[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 62860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26482]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9987-44-Region 10]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection To 
State Operating Permit for the U.S. Department of Energy-Hanford 
Operations, Benton County, Washington

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 October 15, 2018, granting a petition dated September 
1, 2016, filed by Bill Green of Richland, Washington. The Petition 
requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V 
operating permit (Permit No. 00-05-006, Renewal 2, Revision B) issued 
by the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) to the U.S. 
Department of Energy-Hanford Operations (DOE) for the Hanford site 
located in Benton County, Washington.

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 view 
hard copies of these documents Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 
p.m., excluding federal holidays, at EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington. 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: http://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly McFadden, EPA Region 10, (206) 
553-1679, [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 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 these issues 
during the comment period or unless the grounds for the issue arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received the Petition from Bill Green of Richland, 
Washington, dated September 1, 2016, requesting that the EPA object to 
the issuance of title V operating permit no. 00-05-006, Renewal 2, 
Revision B, issued by Ecology to DOE for the Hanford site in Benton 
County, Washington.
    The Petition claims that Ecology did not, as required by 40 CFR 
70.7(h)(2), make available during the public comment process all of the 
information that the permitting authority had deemed to be relevant by 
using it in the permitting process.
    On October 15, 2018, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting 
the Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA's decision.
    Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner 
may ask for judicial review of those portions of an order that deny 
issues raised in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in 
the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later 
than February 4, 2019.

    Dated: November 21, 2018.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2018-26482 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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