Notice2022-03265
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd, Waha Gas Plant, Pecos County, Texas
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Published
February 16, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated January 28, 2022, granting a Petition dated March 10, 2020 from the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Environment Texas, and Texas Campaign for the Environment (the Petitioners). 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 ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd (ETC) for its Waha Gas Plant located in Pecos County, Texas.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 8836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03265]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9564-01-R6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit for ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd, Waha Gas Plant,
Pecos 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 January 28, 2022, granting a Petition dated March 10,
2020 from the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Environment
Texas, and Texas Campaign for the Environment (the Petitioners). 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 ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd (ETC) for its Waha Gas Plant
located in Pecos 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#76011f1a05191858171f1b13133613061758111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="55223c39263a3b7b343c383030153025347b323a23">[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 Petitioners dated March 10,
2020, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating
permit no. O2546, issued by TCEQ to the Waha Gas Plant in Pecos County,
Texas. The Petition claims the proposed permit must include a schedule
addressing noncompliance at the Waha Gas Plant, fails to identify any
emission unit(s) authorized by one Permit by Rule (PBR) and three
Standard Exemptions incorporated as applicable requirements, fails to
establish monitoring, testing, and recordkeeping provisions that assure
compliance with PBR and Standard Exemption requirements, fails to
include specific enforceable terms and conditions for applicable NSPS
requirements, and the proposed permit's incorporation of ETC's PBR
registrations is deficient.
On January 28, 2022, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting
the Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA's decision.
Dated: February 9, 2022.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2022-03265 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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