[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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