[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16005-16006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05261]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10768-01-R6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, 
Crossett Paper Operations, Ashley County, Arkansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petition for objection to Clean Air 
Act title V operating permit.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an Order dated February 22, 2023, granting in part and denying in part 
two Petitions dated February 19, 2018 and October 30, 2019 
(collectively the Petitions) from Crossett Concerned Citizens for 
Environmental Justice (the Petitioners). The Petitions requested that 
the EPA Administrator object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating 
permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality 
(ADEQ) to Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC (Georgia-Pacific) for 
its Crossett Paper Operations located in Ashley County, Arkansas.

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. Out of an 
abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA 
Region 6 office may be closed to the public to reduce the risk of 
transmitting COVID-19. Please call or email the contact listed below if 
you need alternative access to the final Order and Petition, which are 
available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Ehrhart, EPA Region 6 Office, 
Air Permits Section, (214) 665-2295, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords 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 issue arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received two petitions from Crossett Concerned Citizens for 
Environmental Justice dated February 19, 2018 and October 30, 2019 
(collectively the Petitions), requesting that the EPA Administrator 
object to the issuance of operating permit No. 0597-AOP-R19, issued by 
ADEQ to the Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC for its Crossett 
Paper Operations located in Ashley County, Arkansas. The Petitions 
claim that the ADEQ unlawfully circumvented the public's right to a 
full 60-day petition period, that ADEQ's permit does not comply with 
the CAA's substantive requirements, and that the permit fails to 
incorporate a compliance schedule as the CAA requires.
    On February 22, 2023, the EPA Administrator issued an Order 
granting in part and denying in part the Petitions. The Order explains 
the basis for 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 petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later 
than May 15, 2023.


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    Dated: March 8, 2023.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2023-05261 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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