[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 22400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9825]
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ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition To Object to
Title V Permit for Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P., Baltimore City, MD
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the
EPA Administrator signed an order, dated April 14, 2010, partially
granting and partially denying a petition to object to a state
operating permit proposed to be issued by the Maryland Department of
the Environment (MDE) to Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. for its facility
located in Baltimore City, Maryland. This order constitutes final
action on the petition filed by the Environmental Integrity Project,
the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, Inc., and Clean Water Action
(Petitioners), dated May 21, 2009, requesting that the Administrator
object to the issuance of the proposed title V permit.
Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the CAA, the petitioner may seek
judicial review of those portions of the petition which EPA denied in
the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit. Any
petition for review shall be filed within 60 days of this notice in
accordance with the requirements of 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Caprio, Air Protection Division,
EPA Region III, telephone (215) 814-2156, or by e-mail at
[email protected].
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 Petitioners, dated May 21, 2009,
requesting that EPA object to the issuance of the proposed title V
permit for Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. because: (1) Of illegal
weakening of the title V permit conditions; (2) inadequate monitoring
methodology; and (3) inadequate monitoring requirements for particulate
matter, mercury, lead, hydrogen chloride and dioxins/furans. The order
explains the reasons behind EPA's decision to partially grant and
partially deny the petition for objection.
Dated: April 19, 2010.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2010-9825 Filed 4-27-10; 8:45 am]
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