[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 28 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 9339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02835]


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ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10020-17-Region 3]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition To Object to the 
Title V Permit for Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority; 
Maryland

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed an Order, dated December 
11, 2020, granting a petition to object to a state operating permit 
issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). The Order 
responds to a February 4, 2019 petition, relating to the Northeast 
Maryland Waste Disposal Authority's Montgomery County Resource Recovery 
Facility (MCRRF), a municipal solid waste resource recovery facility 
located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The petition was submitted by 
the Environmental Integrity Project and the Chesapeake Climate Action 
Network (the Petitioners). This Order constitutes final action on that 
petition requesting that the Administrator object to the issuance of 
the proposed CAA title V permit.

DATES: February 12, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, the petition, and all pertinent 
information relating thereto can be requested by electronic mail to the 
address set forth below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 
The final Order is also available electronically at the following 
website: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Stahl, Permits Branch, Air & 
Radiation Division, EPA Region III, (215) 814-2180, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to 
review and object to, as appropriate, title V operating permits 
proposed by state permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA 
authorizes any person to petition the EPA Administrator within 60 days 
after the expiration of this review period to object to a state title V 
operating permit if EPA has not done so. Petitions must be based only 
on objections raised with reasonable specificity during the public 
comment period, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was 
impracticable to raise these issues during the comment period or that 
the grounds for objection or other issue arose after the comment 
period.
    MDE issued the final MCRRF renewal operating permit (permit no. 24-
031-1718) on January 1, 2019. In the MCRRF petition (numbered III-2019-
2), the Petitioners sought EPA objection on the basis that the title V 
permit failed to set forth monitoring requirements that assured 
continuous compliance with the 1-hour Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration emission limit for hydrogen chloride. The Order explains 
the reasons behind EPA's decision to grant the petition for objection.

    Dated: February 4, 2021.
Cristina Fernandez,
Air and Radiation Division, US EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 2021-02835 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
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