Notice2022-14947
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Oxbow Calcining, LLC, Jefferson County, Texas
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Published
July 13, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated June 14, 2022, granting a Petition dated October 28, 2020, from the Environmental Integrity Project, Port Arthur Community Action Network, Lone Star Legal Aid, and the Lone Star Chapter of the 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 Oxbow Calcining located in Jefferson County, Texas.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 41712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14947]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9990-01-R6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection
to State Operating Permit for Oxbow Calcining, LLC, Jefferson 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 June 14, 2022, granting a Petition dated October 28,
2020, from the Environmental Integrity Project, Port Arthur Community
Action Network, Lone Star Legal Aid, and the Lone Star Chapter of the
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 Oxbow Calcining located in Jefferson
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 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: <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#fa8d9396899594d49b93979f9fba9f8a9bd49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7d0cecbd4c8c989c6cecac2c2e7c2d7c689c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the 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, Port Arthur Community Action Network, Lone Star Legal Aid, and
the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club dated October 28, 2020,
requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no.
O1493, issued by TCEQ to Oxbow Calcining in Jefferson County, Texas.
The Petition claims the proposed permit fails to include monitoring and
recordkeeping provisions sufficient to ensure compliance with Sulfur
Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards and fails to establish
monitoring, testing, and recordkeeping provisions that assure
compliance with Lead and Volatile Organic Compound limits from kiln
stacks 2, 3, 4, and 5 in NSR Permit No. 45622.
On June 14, 2022, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting in
part and denying in part the Petition. The Order explains the basis for
the EPA's decision.
Dated: July 8, 2022.
Dzung Ngo Kidd,
Acting Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2022-14947 Filed 7-12-22; 8:45 am]
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