Notice2023-04391
Clean Air Act Operating Permit; Apache County, Arizona; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Springerville Generating Station
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Published
March 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order, dated January 19, 2023, denying the petition to object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued to the Tuscon Electric Power Company Springerville Generating Station located in Apache County, Arizona. The Order responds to a June 20, 2022 petition submitted by the Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association (the "Petitioners") requesting that the EPA object to the final operating permit No. 65614 issued by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The Order constitutes a final action on the petition addressed therein.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04391]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10635-01-R9]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit; Apache County, Arizona; Petition
for Objection to State Operating Permit for Springerville Generating
Station
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order, dated January 19, 2023, denying the petition to object to a
Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued to the Tuscon
Electric Power Company Springerville Generating Station located in
Apache County, Arizona. The Order responds to a June 20, 2022 petition
submitted by the Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation
Association (the ``Petitioners'') requesting that the EPA object to the
final operating permit No. 65614 issued by the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The Order constitutes a final action on
the petition addressed therein.
DATES: Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final agency action, to the extent
it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for review in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit within 60 days of
March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the petitions and Orders are available 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
additional information, please contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Beckham, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street (AIR-3-1), San Francisco, California 94105. By phone
at (415) 972-3811, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfadaaaca4a7aea2e1a3a6bcae8faabfaee1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="355750565e5d54581b595c4654755045541b525a43">[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 and local 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 permitting authority,
unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise
these issues during the comment period or the grounds for the issues
arose after the comment period closed.
On June 20, 2022, the Petitioners submitted a petition to the EPA
pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the CAA and 40 CFR 70.8(d). The
petition requested that the EPA object to significant permit revision
No. 91093 to the CAA title V operating permit issued by the ADEQ for
Tuscon Electric Power Company Springerville Generating Station (Permit
No. 65614) in Apache County, Arizona. On January 19, 2023, the
Administrator issued an Order denying the petition.
The Order provides additional information, including a summary of
the claims raised and the EPA's bases for denying the claims raised by
the Petitioners. Please see the ADDRESSES section above to access a
copy of the Order.
Dated: February 23, 2023.
Martha Guzman Aceves,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2023-04391 Filed 3-2-23; 8:45 am]
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