Notice2022-27900
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Orange County, North Carolina)
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Published
December 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order, dated November 8, 2022, denying the petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and the Town of Carrboro, North Carolina (Petitioners), objecting to a proposed Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Permittee) located in Orange County, North Carolina. The Order responds to an October 1, 2021, petition requesting that the EPA object to the final operating permit no. 03069T36. The title V permit was issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ). The Order constitutes a final action on the petition addressed therein.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 78960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27900]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Petition IV-2021-11; FRL-10424-01-R4]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Orange County, North Carolina)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition to object to state operating
permit.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order, dated November 8, 2022, denying the petition submitted by the
Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and the Town of Carrboro,
North Carolina (Petitioners), objecting to a proposed Clean Air Act
(CAA) title V operating permit issued to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill (Permittee) located in Orange County, North
Carolina. The Order responds to an October 1, 2021, petition requesting
that the EPA object to the final operating permit no. 03069T36. The
title V permit was issued by the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ). The Order
constitutes a final action on the petition addressed therein.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order, the petition, and all pertinent
information relating thereto are on file at the following location: EPA
Region 4; Air and Radiation Division; 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303-8960. The Order is also available electronically at the
following address: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/202211/UNC%20Cogeneration%20Order_11-8-22.pdf">https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/202211/UNC%20Cogeneration%20Order_11-8-22.pdf</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section,
EPA Region 4, at (404) 562-9115 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9b1b6bfb4bcb0aaadbcabf7b8abad99bca9b8f7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90f8fff6fdf5f9e3e4f5e2bef1e2e4d0f5e0f1bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the EPA a 45-day period to
review and, as appropriate, the authority to object to operating
permits proposed by state permitting authorities under title V of the
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA and 40 CFR
70.8(d) authorize 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 the grounds for the issues arose after
this period. Pursuant to sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA, a
petition for judicial review of those parts of the Order that deny
issues in the petition may be filed in the United States Court of
Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date this
notice is published in the Federal Register.
Petitioners submitted a petition requesting that the EPA object to
the proposed CAA title V operating permit no. 03069T36 issued by DAQ to
the Permittee. Petitioners' claims include that the permit: fails to
include emission limits that assure compliance with the national
ambient air quality standards for sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) and
nitrogen dioxide; and fails to include monitoring, recordkeeping, and
reporting provisions to assure compliance with SO<INF>2</INF>,
particulate matter, and visible emissions limits.
On November 8, 2022, the Administrator issued an Order denying the
petition. The Order explains the EPA's bases for denying the petition.
Dated: December 16, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2022-27900 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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