[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3443-3444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01978]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0310, EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0311, EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0324,
EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0328, EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0329, EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0331;
FRL-9988-34--Region 8]
Notice of Final Decision to Issue Federal Minor New Source Review
Permits to Six Sources on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation Owned
and Operated by Anadarko Uintah Midstream, LLC
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final agency action.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) issued final permit decisions for six Clean Air Act Minor New
Source Review (MNSR) Permits in Indian country to Anadarko Uintah
Midstream, LLC, (Anadarko) for the Archie Bench Compressor Station, the
Bitter Creek Compressor Station, the East Bench Compressor Station, the
North Compressor Station, the North East Compressor Station and the
Sage Grouse Compressor Station. These permits incorporate emissions
control requirements originally established in a 2008 federal consent
decree into federally enforceable permits, which is a step toward
allowing the consent decree to be terminated. Consistent with the
federal consent decree, the permits include enforceable carbon monoxide
emissions control efficiency requirements for the 4-stroke lean-burn
compressor engines using catalytic emissions control systems and
enforceable requirements to install and operate only instrument air-
driven or low-bleed pneumatic controllers. The permit for the Bitter
Creek Compressor Station also includes enforceable requirements for the
installation and operation of low-emission tri-ethylene glycol (TEG)
dehydration systems for control of volatile organic compound emissions.
DATES: The EPA issued final MNSR permit decisions for the six
compressor stations on December 7, 2018. The permits became effective
on that date. 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 Appeal for the Tenth Circuit by
April 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air
Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. The EPA requests that if at all
possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the dockets. You
may view the hard copy of the dockets Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays.
Anyone who wishes to review the EPA Environmental Appeals Board
(EAB) decision described below or documents in the EAB's electronic
docket for its decision can obtain them at https://www.epa.gov/eab/.
Key portions of the administrative record for this decision (including
the final permits, all public comments, the EPA's responses to the
public comments, and additional supporting information) are available
through a link at Region 8's website, https://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/caa-permits-issued-epa-region-8, or at https://www.regulations.gov. (Docket ID Nos. EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0310, EPA-R08-
OAR-2018-0311, EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0324, EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0328, EPA-R08-
OAR-2018-0329, and EPA-R08-OAR-2018-0331).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudia Smith, Air Program, EPA Region
8, Mailcode 8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129,
(303) 312-6520, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA initially issued final permits on
June 7, 2018, to Anadarko for the Archie Bench Compressor Station
(Tribal Minor NSR Permit SMNSR-UO-000817-2016.001), the Bitter Creek
Compressor Station (Tribal Minor NSR Permit SMNSR-UO-000818-2016.001),
the East Bench Compressor Station (Tribal Minor NSR Permit SMNSR-UO-
000824-2016.001), the North Compressor Station (Tribal Minor NSR Permit
SMNSR-UO-000071-2016.001), the North East Compressor Station (Tribal
Minor NSR Permit SMNSR-UO-001874-2016.001),
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and the Sage Grouse Compressor Station (Tribal Minor NSR Permit SMNSR-
UO-001875-2016.001). The EPA regulations at 40 CFR 49.159(d) provided
an opportunity for administrative review by the EPA's EAB of these
initial permit decisions.
The EPA's EAB received one petition for review of the permits, and
on November 15, 2018, the EAB issued an Order denying the petition for
review. See In re Anadarko Uintah Midstream, LLC, NSR Appeal No. 18-01
(EAB, Nov. 15, 2018) (Order Denying Review). Following the EAB's
action, pursuant to 40 CFR 49.159(d)(8), the EPA issued final permit
decisions on December 7, 2018. All conditions of the Anadarko permits,
as initially issued by the EPA on June 7, 2018, are final and effective
as of December 7, 2018.
Dated: February 6, 2019.
Douglas Benevento,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2019-01978 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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