[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71136-71137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23231]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8001-9; NV-TV-001]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for El Dorado Energy, LLC in Clark County, NV
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition to object to state operating
permit.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the EPA Administrator has responded
to a citizen petition requesting that EPA object to an operating permit
issued by the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental
Management (DAQEM). The Administrator has denied in full a petition
submitted by Robert Hall requesting that the Administrator object to
the state operating permit issued to El Dorado Energy in Boulder City,
Nevada.
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Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (Act), the
petitioner may seek judicial review of any portion of the petition
which EPA denied in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit. Any petitions for review shall be filed within 60 days from
the date this notice appears in the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 307 of the Act.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final order, petition, and other supporting
information are available at the Environmental Protection Agency,
Region IX, AIr Division, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
The final order is also available electronically at: http://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/el_dorado_decision 2003.pdf
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerardo Rios, Chief, Air Permits
Office, EPA Region IX, telephone (415) 972-3964, e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA approves state and local permitting
authorities to administer the operating permit program set forth in
title V of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f. DAQEM administers a
fully approved title V operating permit program. The Clean Air Act
affords EPA the opportunity for a 45-day period to review, and object
to as appropriate, operating permits proposed by permitting
authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the act 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 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 the
grounds for the issues arose after this period.
DAQEM submitted the proposed permit to EPA on June 3, 2003. EPA
received the petition to object to the permit on August 29, 2003, prior
to the deadline for section 505(b)(2) petitions.
On September 22, 2005, the Administrator issued an order denying in
full the petition submitted by Robert Hall. The order explains the
reasons behind EPA's decisions to grant or deny each issue.
Dated: November 10, 2005.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 05-23231 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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