Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for United States Steel Corporation, Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated September 18, 2023, on two petitions, each dated March 6, 2023, granting in part and denying in part a petition from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), the Clean Air Council (CAC), and Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) (the EIP Petition), and granting in full a separate petition from the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) (the GASP Petition). The petitions requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant (U.S. Steel, Clairton) for its by-products coke plant located in Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 71550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22877]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-11457-01-R3]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petitions for
Objection to State Operating Permit for United States Steel
Corporation, Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an order dated September 18, 2023, on two petitions, each dated March
6, 2023, granting in part and denying in part a petition from the
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), the Clean Air Council (CAC), and
Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) (the EIP Petition), and granting in
full a separate petition from the Group Against Smog and Pollution
(GASP) (the GASP Petition). The petitions requested that the EPA object
to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to the U.S. Steel Mon Valley
Works Clairton Plant (U.S. Steel, Clairton) for its by-products coke
plant located in Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Talley, EPA Region III, (215)
814-2117, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80f4e1ecece5f9aee4e1f6e9e4c0e5f0e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa8e9b96969f83d49e9b8c939eba9f8a9bd49d958c">[email protected]</span></a>. The final order and petition are
available electronically at: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database">www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA received the EIP Petition and the GASP
Petition, each dated March 6, 2023, requesting that the EPA object to
the issuance of operating permit no. 0052-OP22, issued by ACHD to U.S.
Steel, Clairton in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. On September 18,
2023, the EPA Administrator issued an order granting in part and
denying in part the EIP petition and granting in full the GASP
petition. The order itself explains the basis for the EPA's decision.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later
than December 18, 2023.
Cristina Fern[aacute]ndez,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2023-22877 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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