    [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 53366-53367]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2020-18956]

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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    [EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0280; FRL-10013-84-Region 5]

    Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Notice of Issuance of
    Title V Federal Operating Permit to Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC

    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

    ACTION: Notice of final action.

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    SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency
    issued a final permit decision under Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
    to Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC (Veolia) for the operation of
    Veolia's Sauget, Illinois, hazardous waste treatment, storage and
    disposal facility.

    DATES: EPA issued Title V Permit to Operate No. V-IL-1716300103-2014-10
    to Veolia on June 17, 2019 under 40 CFR part 71. EPA issued the final
    permit decision as to the contested portions of this permit on August
    10, 2020. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, judicial review of
    EPA's 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 Seventh Circuit by October 27, 2020.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Ogulei, Environmental Engineer,
    Air Permits Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), Environmental
    Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
    Illinois 60604, (312) 353-0987, Ogulei.david@epa.gov.

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
    ``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information
    section is arranged as follows:

    I. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

        Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
    ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0280. Publicly available docket materials are
    available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard
    copy at

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    the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation
    Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This
    facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
    excluding Federal holidays and facility closures due to COVID 19. We
    recommend that you telephone David Ogulei, Environmental Engineer, at
    (312) 353-0987 before visiting the Region 5 office.

    II. What is the background information?

        The 1990 amendments to the CAA established a comprehensive air
    quality permit program under the authority of Title V of the CAA. Title
    V requires certain facilities that emit large amounts of air pollution,
    or that meet other specified criteria, to obtain an operating permit,
    known as a Title V permit, after the source has begun to operate. This
    permit is an enforceable compilation of all enforceable terms,
    conditions and limitations that are applicable to the source and is
    designed to improve compliance by clarifying what facilities must do to
    control air pollution. EPA regulations implementing Title V are
    codified at 40 CFR part 71 for permits issued by EPA or its delegatees
    and at 40 CFR part 70 for permits issued by states and local agencies
    pursuant to approved programs. A Title V permit is valid for no more
    than five years and may be renewed in five-year term increments.
        EPA issued the initial Title V permit to Veolia on September 12,
    2008 pursuant to 40 CFR part 71. Veolia operates a hazardous waste
    treatment, storage and disposal facility in Sauget, Illinois. At the
    facility, containers and bulk shipments of hazardous and solid wastes
    are received, analyzed and transferred to temporary storage facilities,
    processed and incinerated in one of three combustion units.
        On June 17, 2019, EPA renewed Veolia's Title V permit for a new
    five-year term. See Title V Permit to Operate No. V-IL-1716300103-2014-
    10, Docket ID. EPAR05OAR2014-0280 to Veolia on June 17, 2019 under 40
    CFR part 71. By its own terms, and consistent with 40 CFR 71.11(i)(2),
    most provisions of the renewal permit became effective on July 18,
    2019.
        On July 17, 2019, the American Bottom Conservancy petitioned the
    EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) to review certain terms and
    conditions of the June 2019 Title V permit. Consequently, consistent
    with 40 CFR 71.11(i)(2)(ii), the effective date of the contested terms
    and conditions of the permit was delayed. On July 21, 2020, the EAB
    denied the petition for review. See In re Veolia ES Technical
    Solutions, L.L.C., CAA Appeal No. 19-01 (EAB, July 21, 2020), 18 E.A.D.
    (Order Denying Review).
        Following the EAB's action, pursuant to 40 CFR 71.11(l)(5)(i), EPA
    issued a final permit decision as to the contested portions of the
    permit on August 10, 2020. All contested conditions of Title V Permit
    No. V-IL-1716300103-2014-10, as issued by EPA on June 17, 2019, were
    therefore final and effective as of August 10, 2020. Except as provided
    in the permit, the final Title V permit will expire on July 18, 2024.

        Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

        Dated: August 24, 2020.
    Kurt Thiede,
    Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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