Notice2026-18285
Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage for New or Modified Minor Source Concrete Batch Plants in Indian Country
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Published
September 9, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
On various dates, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued approvals to Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., FNF Construction, Inc., CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC, and Core Ready Mix, LLC, ("Permittees") under the Clean Air Act's Tribal Minor New Source Review (NSR) Program. The EPA approved these Requests for Coverage under the General Air Quality Permit for New or Modified Minor Source Concrete Batch Plants in Indian Country ("Concrete Batch Plants General Permit") for Window Rock Airport, Navajo Nation Crushing/Screening Operation, CEMEX--Higley Plant, Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., Portable Concrete Batch Plant Facility, and Core Ready Mix Higley Plant ("Sources"). These approvals authorized the construction and operation of these Sources under the Tribal Minor NSR Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57336-57337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18285]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0095, EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0118, EPA-R09-OAR-2018-0699,
EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0598, EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0366, EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0654,
and EPA-R09-2025-0301; FRL-13549-01-R9]
Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage
for New or Modified Minor Source Concrete Batch Plants in Indian
Country
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: On various dates, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) issued approvals to Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., FNF
Construction, Inc., CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC, and Core
Ready Mix, LLC, (``Permittees'') under the Clean Air Act's Tribal Minor
New Source Review (NSR) Program. The EPA approved these Requests for
Coverage under the General
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Air Quality Permit for New or Modified Minor Source Concrete Batch
Plants in Indian Country (``Concrete Batch Plants General Permit'') for
Window Rock Airport, Navajo Nation Crushing/Screening Operation,
CEMEX--Higley Plant, Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., Portable Concrete
Batch Plant Facility, and Core Ready Mix Higley Plant (``Sources'').
These approvals authorized the construction and operation of these
Sources under the Tribal Minor NSR Program.
DATES: The Requests for Coverage were approved by the EPA on various
dates. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Pursuant to section
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, judicial review of this final agency
decision, 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 no later than November 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established dockets for these actions under
Docket ID Nos. EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0095, EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0118, EPA-R09-
OAR-2018-0699, EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0598, EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0366, EPA-R09-
OAR-2022-0654, and EPA-R09-2025-0301. All documents in the dockets are
listed on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website. Although listed in
an index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or please
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability information. If you need assistance
in a language other than English or if you are a person with a
disability who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you,
please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Valladolid, EPA Region 9;
telephone number: (415) 947-4103; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85f3e4e9e9e4e1eae9ece1abe6e4f1ede0f7ecebe0c5e0f5e4abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd8b9c91919c9992919499d39e9c8995988f949398bd988d9cd39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>. The EPA's final approval decisions, the
Technical Support Documents for these actions, and all other supporting
information are available through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under the Docket
ID Nos listed in the ADDRESSES section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Action
The EPA approved seven Requests for Coverage under the Concrete
Batch Plants General Permit \1\ submitted by the Permittees. The
Requests for Coverage under the Concrete Batch Plants General Permit
were approved on the dates listed in Table 1. These approvals pertain
to the construction and operation of the Sources, all of which are or
were concrete batch plants, located in Indian Country. The EPA issued
the approvals pursuant to the provisions of Clean Air Act sections
110(a) and 301(d) and the EPA's Tribal Minor NSR Program at 40 CFR
49.151 through 49.165. The EPA based its approvals on its
determinations that the Sources met the criteria qualifying them for
coverage and that the Sources were eligible for coverage under the
Concrete Batch Plants General Permit.
Table 1--Source Approvals Under the Concrete Batch Plants General Permit
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Source Location Docket ID Approval date
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Navajo Nation Crushing/Screening McKinley and San Juan EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0095 April 18, 2018.
Operation. Counties, NM.
Window Rock Airport \2\............... Window Rock, AZ......... EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0118 April 18, 2018.
CEMEX--Higley Plant................... Mesa, AZ................ EPA-R09-OAR-2018-0699 December 26, 2018.
Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. Portable Near Newcomb, AZ........ EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0598 December 30, 2019.
Concrete Batch Plant Facility.
Window Rock Airport \3\............... Window Rock, AZ......... EPA-R09-OAR-2020-0366 September 17, 2020.
Window Rock Airport \4\............... Window Rock, AZ......... EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0654 October 10, 2022.
Core Ready Mix Higley Plant........... Near Mesa, AZ........... EPA-R09-OAR-2025-0301 November 21, 2025.
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The EPA's Clean Air Act approvals for these Sources are final
agency actions for purposes of judicial review only for the issue of
whether the Sources qualify for coverage under the Concrete Batch
Plants General Permit (40 CFR 49.156(e)(6)).
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\1\ The Concrete Batch Plants General Permit was issued by the
EPA under the Tribal Minor NSR Program on October 14, 2016, and the
permit became effective November 14, 2016 (81 FR 70944, October 14,
2016). This permit is available on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> under
Document ID EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0151-0156.
\2\ EPA has approved three Requests for Coverage under the
Concrete Batch Plants General Permit for Window Rock Airport. This
first action approved the temporary operation of a concrete batch
plant for a period of 30 days for ``Phase I'' of modifications
planned at the Window Rock Airport.
\3\ This action approved the temporary operation of a concrete
batch plant for a period of 45 days for ``Phase II'' of
modifications planned at the Window Rock Airport.
\4\ This action re-approved the temporary operation of a
concrete batch plant for a period of 45 days for the ``Phase II'' of
modifications at the Window Rock Airport. Phase II had been
previously approved on September 17, 2020; however, because FNF
Construction, Inc. failed to commence construction at Window Rock
Airport within 18 months of the approval date, the approval expired
on March 17, 2022. FNF Construction, Inc. applied for a new approval
of Phase II on July 26, 2022.
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(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)
Dated: August 26, 2026.
Anita Lee,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2026-18285 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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