Notice2021-18933
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Blanchard Refining Company, Galveston Bay Refinery, Galveston County, Texas
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Published
September 2, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated August 9, 2021, granting in part and denying in part a Petition dated April 11, 2017 from the Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to Blanchard Refining Company (Blanchard) for its Galveston Bay Refinery located in Galveston County, Texas.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 168 (Thursday, September 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 49330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18933]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8875-01-R6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit for Blanchard Refining Company, Galveston Bay
Refinery, Galveston County, Texas
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 August 9, 2021, granting in part and denying in part a
Petition dated April 11, 2017 from the Environmental Integrity Project
and Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean
Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to Blanchard Refining Company
(Blanchard) for its Galveston Bay Refinery located in Galveston County,
Texas.
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 is currently 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: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database">https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air
Permits Section, (214) 665-7596, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2057494c534f4e0e41494d4545604550410e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cfbe5e0ffe3e2a2ede5e1e9e9cce9fceda2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 the Petition from the Environmental Integrity
Project and Sierra Club dated April 11, 2017, requesting that the EPA
object to the issuance of operating permit no. O1541, issued by TCEQ to
the Galveston Bay Refinery in Galveston County, Texas. The Petition
claims the proposed permit improperly incorporated a State-only major
source flexible permit, failed to establish a compliance schedule for
Blanchard to obtain a federally approved major source permit, failed to
identify, incorporate, and assure compliance with permits by rule (PBR)
claimed by Blanchard, and failed to assure compliance with emission
limits and operating requirements established by Blanchard's New Source
Review (NSR) permits, including permits by rule.
On August 9, 2021, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting
in part and denying in part the Petition. The Order explains the basis
for EPA's decision.
Dated: August 23, 2021.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2021-18933 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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