[Federal Register: July 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 130)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6371-9]
Notice of Approval of Extension of Prevention of Significant Air
Quality Deterioration (PSD) and New Source Review (NSR) Permit to Muht-
Hei, Inc. (NSR 4-4-10, SD 92-02)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on May 3, 1999 the Environmental
Protection Agency issued an extension of the prevention of significant
deterioration/new source review (PSD/NSR) permit to the applicant named
above. Extension of the PSD/NSR permit grants approval to Muht-Hei,
Inc. to construct and operate a solid waste landfill on the tribal
lands of the Campo Band of Mission Indians.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the permit are available for
public inspection upon request; please address the request to: Steve
Branoff (AIR-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744-1290.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 18, 1996, EPA issued a PSD/NSR
permit to Mid-American Waste Systems, Inc. for the construction and
operation of a solid waste landfill on the tribal lands of the Campo
Band of Mission Indians. The 1996 permit specified that this permit
would expire if construction did not commence within 18 months after
its issuance. Prior to the date of permit expiration, Muht-Hei, Inc.
applied to EPA for a transfer of ownership of the proposed project, and
for an extension of the PSD/NSR permit. EPA has extended the approval
to construct and operate the proposed landfill to the new owners for a
period of 18 months from May 3, 1999 until November 2, 2000.
The PSD/NSR permit requires the application of Lowest Achievable
Emission Rate (LAER) for emissions of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), and Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for fine
particulate matter (PM10). The permit also requires Muht-Hei
to provide emission offsets for all direct and fugitive emissions of
VOCs. LAER requirements for this permit include construction of the
landfill with low permeability composite liners, installation and
maintenance of a landfill gas (LFG) collection system, and destruction
of all collected LFG in a flaring system that will achieve a minimum
VOC destruction removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.6% by weight.
BACT requirements for particulate emissions include paving, vacuum-
sweeping, and watering of roads. In addition, the LFG flare is subject
to certain emission limits, including allowable emission rates as
follows: 0.06 lbs/mmBtu of NOX, 0.15 lbs/mmBtu of CO, and
0.005 lbs/mmBtu of PM10.
DATES: The issuance of a PSD/NSR permit is reviewable under section
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR 124.19(f)(1) in the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals. A petition for review must be filed by
September 7, 1999. EPA did not receive an appeal to the Administrator
or the Environmental Appeals Board for review of this permit decision
within thirty (30) days from the date the final permit was issued.
Dated: June 28, 1999.
Kenneth Bigos,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 99-17209 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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