[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3159-3160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01921]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9989-26--Region 9]


Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit 
Issued to Tucson Electric Power for the Irvington Generating Station 
Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Pima County Department of 
Environmental Quality (PDEQ) issued a final permit decision to Tucson 
Electric Power for a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (PSD) permit (Permit No. 1052) for the Irvington 
Generating Station Project (Project). The PDEQ is authorized to issue 
PSD permit decisions pursuant to a delegation agreement with the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX (EPA Region IX), in 
which the PDEQ ``stands in the shoes'' of the EPA when administering 
certain elements of the PSD permitting program. The PDEQ's final permit 
decision is a federally-issued PSD permit decision and serves as a 
final agency action by the EPA.

DATES: The final PSD permit decision for the Project was issued and 
became effective on December 3, 2018. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final 
permit decision, to the extent it is available, may be sought by filing 
a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit within 60 days of April 12, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The PDEQ established a web page for this action at http://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=363558, where 
documents associated with this action, including the final PSD permit, 
is available. Please contact the PDEQ contact identified in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional information about 
accessing materials for this action. Additionally, anyone who wishes to 
review the EPA's Environmental Appeal Board's (EAB) decision described 
below or documents in the EAB's electronic docket for its decision can 
obtain them at http://www.epa.gov/eab.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rupesh Patel, Air Quality Program 
Manager, PDEQ, (520) 724-7341, [email protected] or Lisa Beckham, 
Air Permits Office, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-3811, 
[email protected].
    Notice of Final Action And Supplementary Information: On August

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8, 2018, the PDEQ issued PSD Permit No. 1052 to Tucson Electric Power 
under 40 CFR 124.15, authorizing the construction and operation of the 
Project. EPA regulations at 40 CFR 124.19 provided an opportunity for 
administrative review by the EPA's EAB of this initial permit decision. 
The EPA's EAB received one petition for review of the permit. By its 
own terms, and consistent with 40 CFR 124.15(b), the effective date of 
the permit was delayed as the result of the filing of a petition for 
review of the PDEQ's permit decision with the EAB.
    On December 3, 2018, the EAB denied review of the permit decision. 
See In re Tucson Electric Power, PSD Appeal No. 18-02 (EAB Dec. 3, 
2018) (Order Denying Review). Following the EAB's action, pursuant to 
40 CFR 124.19(l)(2), the PDEQ issued a final permit decision on 
December 3, 2018. All conditions of the PSD permit, as initially issued 
by the PDEQ on August 8, 2018, were final and effective as of December 
3, 2018.

    Dated: December 26, 2018.
Elizabeth J. Adams,
 Division Director, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2019-01921 Filed 2-8-19; 8:45 am]
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