[Federal Register: July 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 137)]
[Notices]
[Page 39414-39415]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8441-3]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition to Object to
Title V Permit for Reliant Portland Generating Station, Upper Mount
Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition to object to state operating
permit.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and
40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an order dated June 20,
2007, denying a petition to object to a state operating permit proposed
to be issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) to Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC for its
Portland Generating Station in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. This
order constitutes final action on the petition filed by the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), dated July 21, 2006,
requesting that the Administrator object to the issuance of the
proposed title V permit. Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the CAA, any
person may seek judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals
for the appropriate circuit within 60 days of this notice under section
307 of the CAA.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final order, the petition, and all pertinent
information relating thereto are on file at the following location:
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Air Protection Division
(APD), 1650 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. The final order
is also available electronically at the following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/air/title5/petitionb/petitiondb.htm
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Campbell, Air Protection
Division, EPA Region III; telephone (215) 814-2196, or by e-mail at
campbell.dave@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean Air Act (CAA) affords EPA a 45-day
period to review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits
proposed by state permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA
authorizes any person to petition the EPA Administrator within 60 days
after the expiration of this review period to object to a state
operating permit if EPA has not done so. Petitions must be based only
on objections raised with reasonable specificity during the public
comment period, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was
impracticable to raise these issues during the comment period or that
the grounds for objection or other issue arose after the comment
period.
EPA received a petition from the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (NJDEP), dated July 21, 2006, requesting that
EPA object to the issuance of the proposed title V permit for the
Reliant Portland Generating Station because, (1) the plant was modified
in violation of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
requirements of the Clean Air Act but had not installed the Best
Available Control Technology (BACT); (2) modifications increased the
hourly emission rate at the plant, triggering unnamed New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS); and (3) the permit must contain maximum
hourly heat input limits for the boilers in order to prevent NAAQS
exceedances, avoid triggering NSPS, and to assure compliance with
limits derived from the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP).
The order explains the reasons behind EPA's decision to deny NJDEP's
petition for objection on all grounds.
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Dated: July 9, 2007.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. E7-13896 Filed 7-17-07; 8:45 am]
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