80 FR 55113 - Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 177 (September 14, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 177 (September 14, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-23061 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 55113-55114] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-23061] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OGC-2015-0612; FRL 9933-93-OGC] Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement to settle lawsuits filed by Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company and Sinclair Casper Refining Company (``Petitioners''), in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits: Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14-9594 (10th Cir.) and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14- 1209 (D.C. Cir.). On October 24, 2014, Petitioners filed petitions for review challenging EPA's August 29, 2014 denials of Sinclair's requests for extensions of its small refinery temporary exemptions for its refineries in Evansville and Sinclair, Wyoming (collectively, the ``Small Refinery Temporary Exemptions''). Under the terms of the proposed settlement agreement, Petitioners may submit a request for an extension of their Small Refinery Temporary Exemptions with respect to Petitioners' 2014 obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standards (``RFS'') Program (the ``2014 Exemption Request''). After EPA determines that the 2014 Exemption Request is complete, EPA will issue its decision to Petitioners on the 2014 Extension Request within 90 calendar days. DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be received by October 14, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ- OGC-2015-0612, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method); by email to oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564-1272; fax number (202) 564-5603; email address: stahle.susan@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree The proposed settlement agreement would settle Petitioners' petitions for review in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits challenging, under [[Page 55114]] section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, EPA's August 29, 2014 denials of Petitioners' requests for extensions of their Small Refinery Temporary Exemptions (see Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14-9594 (10th Cir.) and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14-1209 (D.C. Cir.) (jointly, the ``Pending Cases''). The proposed settlement agreement provides that after Petitioners submit their 2014 Exemption Request, EPA will, within 14 business days after receiving the 2014 Exemption Request, either make a determination that the Request is complete or advise Sinclair in writing of any additional information needed to make the Request complete (an Incompleteness Determination). After EPA determines that the 2014 Exemption Request is complete, EPA will issue its decision to Petitioners on the 2014 Exemption Request within 90 calendar days. Within five business days of EPA issuing its decision on the 2014 Exemption Request, Petitioners will (1) voluntarily dismiss the Pending Cases with prejudice and (2) send a letter to EPA withdrawing its January 13, 2015 ``Request for Reconsideration of Petition for Partial Extension of Small Refinery RFS Exemptions'' regarding EPA's August 29, 2014 denials of Petitioners' requests for extensions of the Small Refinery Temporary Exemptions. For a period of 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the proposed settlement agreement from persons who were not named as parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed settlement agreement if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of Justice determines that consent to the agreement should be withdrawn, the terms of the agreement will be affirmed. II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent Decree A. How can I get a copy of the consent decree? Direct your comments to the official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2015-0612 which contains a copy of the settlement agreement. The official public docket is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566- 1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available through www.regulations.gov. You may use the www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select ``search''. It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official public docket or in the electronic public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket Center. B. How and to whom do I submit comments? You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late comments. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. The electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail (email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an email comment directly to the Docket without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. Dated: September 3, 2015. Gautam Srinivasan, Acting Associate General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015-23061 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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Any person desiring to intervene or Description: Compliance filing Order Refining Company (‘‘Petitioners’’), in
protest in any of the above proceedings No. 801 System Map Compliance the United States Courts of Appeal for
must file in accordance with Rules 211 Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. the Tenth and District of Columbia
and 214 of the Commission’s Filed Date: 9/4/15. Circuits: Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co.
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and Accession Number: 20150904–5367. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–9594 (10th Cir.)
§ 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. et al.
time on the specified comment date. Docket Numbers: RP15–763–001. v. EPA, No. 14–1209 (D.C. Cir.). On
Protests may be considered, but Applicants: TransColorado Gas October 24, 2014, Petitioners filed
intervention is necessary to become a Transmission Company L. petitions for review challenging EPA’s
party to the proceeding. Description: Compliance filing Order August 29, 2014 denials of Sinclair’s
No. 801 System Map Compliance requests for extensions of its small
Filings in Existing Proceedings refinery temporary exemptions for its
Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015.
Docket Numbers: RP15–755–001. Filed Date: 9/4/15. refineries in Evansville and Sinclair,
Applicants: Cheyenne Plains Gas Accession Number: 20150904–5326. Wyoming (collectively, the ‘‘Small
Pipeline Company, L. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. Refinery Temporary Exemptions’’).
Description: Compliance filing Order Under the terms of the proposed
No. 801 System Map Compliance Docket Numbers: RP15–764–001. settlement agreement, Petitioners may
Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. Applicants: Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC. submit a request for an extension of
Filed Date: 9/4/15. Description: Compliance filing Order their Small Refinery Temporary
Accession Number: 20150904–5345. No. 801 System Map Compliance Exemptions with respect to Petitioners’
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. 2014 obligations under the Renewable
Filed Date: 9/4/15. Fuel Standards (‘‘RFS’’) Program (the
Docket Numbers: RP15–756–001.
Accession Number: 20150904–5332. ‘‘2014 Exemption Request’’). After EPA
Applicants: Colorado Interstate Gas
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. determines that the 2014 Exemption
Company, L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing Order Any person desiring to protest in any Request is complete, EPA will issue its
No. 801 System Map Compliance of the above proceedings must file in decision to Petitioners on the 2014
Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. accordance with Rule 211 of the Extension Request within 90 calendar
Filed Date: 9/4/15. Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR days.
Accession Number: 20150904–5343. 385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
DATES: Written comments on the
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. time on the specified comment date. proposed settlement agreement must be
Docket Numbers: RP15–757–001. The filings are accessible in the received by October 14, 2015.
Applicants: Wyoming Interstate Commission’s eLibrary system by
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
Company, L.L.C. clicking on the links or querying the
docket number. identified by Docket ID number EPA–
Description: Compliance filing Order HQ–OGC–2015–0612, online at
No. 801 System Map Compliance eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. method); by email to oei.docket@
Filed Date: 9/4/15. requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket Center,
Accession Number: 20150904–5334. Environmental Protection Agency,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Docket Numbers: RP15–758–001. Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001;
Applicants: Young Gas Storage other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. or by hand delivery or courier to EPA
Company, Ltd. Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334,
Description: Compliance filing Order Dated: September 8, 2015. 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
No. 801 System Map Compliance Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and
Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. Deputy Secretary. 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
Filed Date: 9/4/15. [FR Doc. 2015–23020 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] excluding legal holidays. Comments on
Accession Number: 20150904–5328. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use
Docket Numbers: RP15–760–001. of special characters and any form of
Applicants: Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION encryption, and may be mailed to the
Description: Compliance filing Order AGENCY mailing address above.
No. 801 System Map Compliance FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015. [EPA–HQ–OGC–2015–0612; FRL 9933–93– Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law
Filed Date: 9/4/15. OGC]
Office (2344A), Office of General
Accession Number: 20150904–5340. Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Docket Numbers: RP15–761–001. Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas AGENCY: Environmental Protection 564–1272; fax number (202) 564–5603;
Company, L.L.C. Agency (EPA). email address: stahle.susan@epa.gov.
Description: Compliance filing Order ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
No. 801 System Map Compliance agreement; request for public comment. I. Additional Information About the
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Update Filing to be effective 5/1/2015.
Filed Date: 9/4/15. SUMMARY: In accordance with section Proposed Consent Decree
Accession Number: 20150904–5352. 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended The proposed settlement agreement
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/15. (‘‘CAA’’), notice is hereby given of a would settle Petitioners’ petitions for
Docket Numbers: RP15–762–001. proposed settlement agreement to settle review in the United States Courts of
Applicants: Mojave Pipeline lawsuits filed by Sinclair Wyoming Appeal for the Tenth and District of
Company, L.L.C. Refining Company and Sinclair Casper Columbia Circuits challenging, under
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section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, on the substance of your comment. Any
EPA’s August 29, 2014 denials of 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., identifying or contact information
Petitioners’ requests for extensions of Washington, DC. The EPA Docket provided in the body of a comment will
their Small Refinery Temporary Center Public Reading Room is open be included as part of the comment that
Exemptions (see Sinclair Wyoming from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday is placed in the official public docket,
Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–9594 through Friday, excluding legal and made available in EPA’s electronic
(10th Cir.) and Sinclair Wyoming holidays. The telephone number for the public docket. If EPA cannot read your
Refining Co. et al. v. EPA, No. 14–1209 Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, comment due to technical difficulties
(D.C. Cir.) (jointly, the ‘‘Pending and the telephone number for the OEI and cannot contact you for clarification,
Cases’’). The proposed settlement Docket is (202) 566–1752. EPA may not be able to consider your
agreement provides that after Petitioners An electronic version of the public comment.
submit their 2014 Exemption Request, docket is available through Use of the www.regulations.gov Web
EPA will, within 14 business days after www.regulations.gov. You may use the site to submit comments to EPA
receiving the 2014 Exemption Request, www.regulations.gov to submit or view electronically is EPA’s preferred method
either make a determination that the public comments, access the index for receiving comments. The electronic
Request is complete or advise Sinclair listing of the contents of the official public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous
in writing of any additional information public docket, and to access those access’’ system, which means EPA will
needed to make the Request complete documents in the public docket that are not know your identity, email address,
(an Incompleteness Determination). available electronically. Once in the or other contact information unless you
After EPA determines that the 2014 system, key in the appropriate docket provide it in the body of your comment.
Exemption Request is complete, EPA identification number then select In contrast to EPA’s electronic public
will issue its decision to Petitioners on ‘‘search’’. docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email)
the 2014 Exemption Request within 90 It is important to note that EPA’s system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
calendar days. Within five business policy is that public comments, whether system. If you send an email comment
days of EPA issuing its decision on the submitted electronically or in paper, directly to the Docket without going
2014 Exemption Request, Petitioners will be made available for public through www.regulations.gov, your
will (1) voluntarily dismiss the Pending viewing online at www.regulations.gov email address is automatically captured
Cases with prejudice and (2) send a without change, unless the comment and included as part of the comment
letter to EPA withdrawing its January contains copyrighted material, CBI, or that is placed in the official public
13, 2015 ‘‘Request for Reconsideration other information whose disclosure is docket, and made available in EPA’s
of Petition for Partial Extension of Small restricted by statute. Information electronic public docket.
claimed as CBI and other information
Refinery RFS Exemptions’’ regarding Dated: September 3, 2015.
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
EPA’s August 29, 2014 denials of Gautam Srinivasan,
is not included in the official public
Petitioners’ requests for extensions of
docket or in the electronic public Acting Associate General Counsel.
the Small Refinery Temporary
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted [FR Doc. 2015–23061 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am]
Exemptions.
For a period of 30 days following the material, including copyrighted material BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
date of publication of this notice, the contained in a public comment, will not
Agency will receive written comments be placed in EPA’s electronic public
relating to the proposed settlement docket but will be available only in ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
agreement from persons who were not printed, paper form in the official public AGENCY
named as parties or intervenors to the docket. Although not all docket
[FRL–9933–83–Region 9]
litigation in question. EPA or the materials may be available
Department of Justice may withdraw or electronically, you may still access any Samoa Pulp Mill Removal Site, Samoa,
withhold consent to the proposed of the publicly available docket CA; Notice of Proposed CERCLA
settlement agreement if the comments materials through the EPA Docket Settlement Agreement for Recovery of
disclose facts or considerations that Center. Past Response Costs
indicate that such consent is B. How and to whom do I submit AGENCY: Environmental Protection
inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or comments? Agency (EPA).
inconsistent with the requirements of You may submit comments as ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
the Act. Unless EPA or the Department provided in the ADDRESSES section.
of Justice determines that consent to the Please ensure that your comments are SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
agreement should be withdrawn, the submitted within the specified comment 122(i) of the Comprehensive
terms of the agreement will be affirmed. period. Comments received after the Environmental Response, Compensation
II. Additional Information About close of the comment period will be and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
Commenting on the Proposed Consent marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is
Decree consider these late comments. hereby given of a proposed
If you submit an electronic comment, administrative settlement with
A. How can I get a copy of the consent EPA recommends that you include your Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation
decree? name, mailing address, and an email and Recreation District for recovery of
Direct your comments to the official address or other contact information in response costs concerning the Samoa
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public docket for this action under the body of your comment and with any Pulp Mill Superfund Site in Samoa,
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2015– disk or CD ROM you submit. This California. The settlement is entered
0612 which contains a copy of the ensures that you can be identified as the into pursuant to Section 122(h)(1) of
settlement agreement. The official submitter of the comment and allows CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), and it
public docket is available for public EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot requires the settling party to reimburse
viewing at the Office of Environmental read your comment due to technical EPA based on any salvage of fixtures at
Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA difficulties or needs further information the site, including the pulp mill boiler,
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| Action | Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. | |
| Dates | Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be received by October 14, 2015. | |
| Contact | Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 55113 |
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