[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 54899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22328]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Regional Docket No. II-2019-4; FRL-10001-06-Region 2]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition on State
Operating Permit for Newark Bay Cogeneration Partnership LP
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Final Order on Petition on Clean Air Act Title V
Operating Permit.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order dated August 16, 2019, responding to a petition related to a
Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to Newark Bay
Cogeneration Partnership LP for the Newark Bay Cogeneration facility
located in Essex County, New Jersey, Operating Permit No. BOP160001, PI
No. 07617.
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 review
copies of the final Order, the Petition, 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 Petition 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: Section 505(b)(1) of 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 a petition from the Ironbound Community
Corporation dated March 18, 2019 relating to the Permit. The petition
was submitted under CAA Sec. 505(b)(2) asking EPA to object to the
Permit.
On August 16, 2019, the EPA Administrator issued an Order denying
the Petition. 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 December 10, 2019.
Dated: September 23, 2019.
Peter Lopez,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2019-22328 Filed 10-10-19; 8:45 am]
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