[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 26675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12062]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Regional Docket No. II-2015-3

[FRL-9994-64-Region 2]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions on State 
Operating Permits for Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petitions on Clean Air Act title V 
operating permits.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an Order dated April 30, 2019, responding to eight petitions and two 
other submittals related to two Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating 
permits issued by the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (NYSDEC) to Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC for two of its 
facilities, namely the Southeast Compressor Station located in Putnam 
County, New York, Operating Permit NO. 3-3730-00060/00013 and the Stony 
Point Compressor Station located in Rockland County, New York, 
Operating Permit NO. 3-3928-00001/00027.

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 Petitions, and other supporting information. You may review 
copies of the final Order, the Petitions, and other supporting 
information at the EPA Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New 
York, New York 10007-1866. You may view the hard copies Monday through 
Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 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 Petitions are available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suilin Chan, EPA Region 2, 212-637-
4019, [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 these issues 
during the comment period or unless the grounds for the issues arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received eight petitions from: (1) The Westchester County 
Board of Legislators, dated September 4, 2015; (2) Grassroots 
Environmental Education, dated September 4, 2015; (3) Suzannah Glidden, 
dated September 4, 2015; (4) Berty Barranco-Feero, dated September 4, 
2015; (5) Paola Dalle Carbonare, dated September 4, 2015; (6) Lorenzo 
Auslander, dated September 4, 2015; (7) Simone Auslander, dated 
September 4, 2015; and (8) Cari Gardner, dated September 3, 2015. EPA 
also received an email message from Paula Clair dated September 3, 2015 
and a letter from Susan Van Dolsen dated September 3, 2015 relating to 
the Permits. The Clair and Van Dolsen Submittals do not appear to be 
petitions submitted under CAA Sec.  505(b)(2) asking EPA to object to 
the Permits. Nonetheless, without waiving any claim that the Clair and 
Van Dolsen Submittals were not properly filed, EPA responded to those 
Submittals, in connection with its response to the eight Petitions, as 
if the Clair and Van Dolsen Submittals were petitions to object under 
CAA Sec.  505(b)(2).
    On April 30, 2019, the EPA Administrator issued an Order denying 
the ten submittals, to the extent that these submittals are or could be 
considered petitions requesting an EPA objection. 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 title V petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in 
the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later 
than August 6, 2019.

    Dated: May 15, 2019.
 Peter Lopez,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2019-12062 Filed 6-6-19; 8:45 am]
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