[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37944-37945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13634]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10010-92-Region 5]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for Riverview Energy Corporation; Petition for
Objection to State Operating Permit for ESSROC Cement Corporation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final orders on petitions for objection to two Clean
Air Act title V operating permits.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed
an Order dated March 26, 2020, denying a Petition dated August 6, 2019
from Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life, Inc. and Valley
Watch, Inc. The Petition requested that EPA object to a Clean Air Act
(CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management (IDEM) to Riverview Energy Corporation for its
direct coal hydrogenation facility located in Dale, Spencer County,
Indiana. The EPA Administrator also signed an Order dated April 1,
2020, denying a Petition dated January 4, 2017 from Vicki L.
Whittinghill. The Petition requested that EPA object to a CAA title V
operating permit issued by IDEM to ESSROC Cement Corporation for its
Portland cement manufacturing plant located in Clark County, Indiana.
ADDRESSES: The final Orders, the Petitions, and other supporting
information are available for public inspection during normal business
hours at the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays and facility
closures due to COVID-19. We recommend that you telephone Michael
Langman, Environmental Scientist, at (312) 886-6867 before visiting the
Region 5 office. Additionally, the final Orders and Petitions are
available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Langman, Environmental
Scientist, Air Permits Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6867, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to
review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by
state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section
505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any person to petition the EPA
Administrator to object to a title V operating permit within 60 days
after the expiration of EPA's 45-day review period if EPA has not
objected on its own initiative. Petitions must be based only 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 unless the grounds for the issues arose
after this period.
Riverview Energy Corporation
EPA received the Petition from Southwestern Citizens for Quality of
Life, Inc. and Valley Watch, Inc., dated August 6, 2019, requesting
that EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no. 147-39554-00065
issued by IDEM to Riverview Energy Corporation in Dale, Spencer County,
Indiana. The Petition alleged that the permit does not correct issues
identified in EPA Region 5's comments on the draft permit, that IDEM
issued the permit without sufficient information to evaluate the
source's air pollution consequences, that the permit is based on
deficient and incorrect emissions calculations that preclude accurate
modeling results, that the permit's air quality modeling is deficient
and inaccurate, that the permit does not require best available control
technology for certain regulated pollutants, that flaring monitoring
and reporting requirements do not comply with title V requirements, and
that the permit violated public participation requirements.
On March 26, 2020, the EPA Administrator issued an Order denying
the Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA's decision.
ESSROC Cement Corporation
EPA received the Petition from Vicki L. Whittinghill dated January
4, 2017, requesting that EPA object to the issuance of operating permit
no. 019-35535-00008, issued by IDEM to ESSROC Cement Corporation in
Clark County, Indiana. The Petition presented concerns regarding the
use of liquid waste derived fuel in the combustion zone of the
facility's cement kiln.
On April 1, 2020, the EPA Administrator issued an Order denying the
Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA's decision.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later
than August 24, 2020.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 18, 2020.
Kurt Thiede,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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