[Federal Register: November 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 222)]
[Notices]
[Page 67579]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Petition IV-2003-7; FRL-7838-5]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for Cargill, Inc.--Soybean Oil Mill; Gainesville
(Hall County), GA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of amended final order on petition to object to a state
operating permit.
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SUMMARY: On October 19, 2004, EPA amended an order signed by the
Administrator on July 16, 2004, partially granting and partially
denying a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the
Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to Cargill, Inc.--
Soybean Oil Mill (Cargill) located in Gainesville, Hall County,
Georgia, pursuant to title V of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-
7661f. The July 16, 2004 Order was amended to delete two references to
a cement kiln in Section IV.A. The deletions were made because:
(1) The citation for the cement kiln reference on page 6 of the
original Order was incorrect. The reference originally cited to
Petitioners' Consultant's Report: the Letter from Bill Powers, P.E. of
Powers Engineering to Curtis Cox of Georgia Center for Law in the
Public Interest (GCLPI) (October 3, 2002). While the actual date for
the Powers Report was October 3, 2003, the correct citation to the
cement kiln reference should have been to Cargill's Consultant's July
17, 2002 Report: Letter from Todd Cloud of Trinity Consultants to Mr.
James Capp of EPD (July 17, 2002); and
(2) In re-reviewing the correct permit record document relating to
the cement kiln reference on page 6 of the original Order, EPA has
become concerned that the cement kiln information contained in the July
17, 2002 Letter from Todd Cloud of Trinity Consultants to Mr. James
Capp of EPD may have been erroneously included in Trinity's Report and
may not be accurate as applied to Cargill's Gainesville, Georgia
facility.
The deletion of the two references to a cement kiln in Section IV.A
does not impact or alter EPA's original finding that the permit
narrative and permit record provided little explanation for the
numerical reasonable available control technology (RACT) limit chosen
for boiler B001, nor does it impact or alter EPA's original grant of
the Petitioners' claim that the narrative and permit record are
inadequate on the numerical RACT limit for boiler B001.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the amended final order, the petition, and all
pertinent information relating thereto are on file at the following
location: EPA Region 4, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The amended final
order is also available electronically at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/region7/programs/
artd/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/
cargillamendment-- decision2003(amended).pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section,
EPA Region 4, at (404) 562-9115 or hofmeister.art@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GCLPI originally submitted a petition on
behalf of the Sierra Club to the Administrator on October 7, 2003,
requesting that EPA object to a state title V operating permit issued
by EPD to Cargill. The Petitioner maintains that the Cargill permit is
inconsistent with the Act due to: (1) The inadequacy of EPD's RACT
determinations for various emission units; (2) the inadequacy of
various monitoring and reporting requirements; (3) the inadequacy of
the statement of basis; and (4) the permit's inability to assure
compliance.
Dated: November 10, 2004.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 04-25623 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
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