[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 72 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20145-20146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07855]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10021-42-Region 9]


Delegations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Air 
Permitting Program to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 
and the Washoe County Health District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of delegations of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), Region 9, has revised its delegation agreements with the Nevada 
Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) and the Washoe County 
Health District (WCHD) for implementation of the Federal Clean Air Act 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting program. The 
revised and updated delegation agreements authorize the NDEP and the 
WCHD to continue to conduct PSD review for proposed new and modified 
major stationary sources, to issue initial federal PSD permits, and to 
revise existing federal PSD permits, subject to the terms and 
conditions of the applicable delegation agreement.

DATES: The revised delegation agreement with the NDEP became effective 
on January 21, 2020, and the revised delegation agreement with the WCHD 
became effective on March 22, 2021. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of these final 
agency actions, to the extent it is available, may be sought by filing 
a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit within 60 days of April 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The revised delegation agreements are available on Region 
9's website at https://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/air-permit-delegation-and-psd-sip-approval-status-epas-pacific-southwest-region-9. 
For additional information, please contact the person identified in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Yannayon, EPA Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street (AIR-3-1), San Francisco, California 94105. By phone 
at (415) 972-3534, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 40 CFR 52.21(u), on April 23, 
2014 and March 13, 2008, EPA Region 9 signed PSD delegation agreements 
with the NDEP and the WCHD, respectively. The delegation agreements 
authorized the NDEP and the WCHD to implement the PSD program under 
sections 160-169 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and 40 CFR 52.21, including 
conducting PSD review and the issuance and revision of PSD permits.
    On January 21, 2020 and March 22, 2021, EPA Region 9 signed the 
revised and updated delegation agreements with the NDEP and the WCHD, 
respectively. Both agreements set forth the terms and conditions 
according to which the agencies will implement the PSD regulations at 
40 CFR 52.21. Under the PSD program, major stationary sources of air 
pollutants must apply for and receive a permit prior to construction of 
new facilities or certain modifications to existing facilities.

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    While the NDEP and the WCHD have been delegated the authority to 
implement and enforce the PSD program, nothing in the delegation 
agreements prohibits the EPA from enforcing the PSD provisions of the 
CAA, the PSD regulations, or the conditions of any PSD permit issued by 
the NDEP or the WCHD.

    Dated: April 12, 2021.
Elizabeth J. Adams,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, EPA Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2021-07855 Filed 4-15-21; 8:45 am]
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