87 FR 115 pg. 36123 - Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, LLC, Olefins, Derivative, and Utilities Plant, San Patricio County, Texas
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 115Page: 36123
Page: 36123Docket number: [FRL-9877-01-R6]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-12891 Filed 6-14-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9877-01-R6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, LLC, Olefins, Derivative, and Utilities Plant, San Patricio County, Texas
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice of final Order on Petition for objection to Clean Air Act title V operating permit.
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated May 12, 2022, granting in part and denying in part a Petition dated February 24, 2021 from the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Coastal Alliance to Protect our Environment, and Texas Campaign for the Environment. 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 Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), LLC. for its Olefins, Derivative, and Utilities Plant located in San Patricio 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: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air Permits Section, (214) 665-7596, wilson.aimee@epa.gov.
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, Sierra Club, Coastal Alliance to Protect our Environment, and Texas Campaign for the Environment dated February 24, 2021, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no. O4169, issued by TCEQ to the Olefins, Derivative, and Utilities Plant in San Patricio County, Texas. The Petition claims the proposed permit was issued before GCGV complied with applicable public participation requirements and fails to include and assure compliance with all applicable requirements.
On May 12, 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: June 9, 2022.
Dzung Ngo Kidd,
Acting Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2022-12891 Filed 6-14-22; 8:45 am]
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