81 FR 66013 - Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Permit for Navajo Generating Station

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 186 (September 26, 2016)

This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final permit decision for a Clean Air Act Minor New Source Review (NSR) Permit in Indian Country to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) for the construction of a refined coal treatment system (RCTS) at Navajo Generating Station (NGS). The permit authorizes SRP to construct and operate the RCTS, including ancillary equipment, to treat coal with cement kiln dust and calcium bromide so as to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and mercury.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66013-66014]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23170]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0026; FRL-9953-02-Region 9]


Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Permit for Navajo Generating 
Station

AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final agency action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) issued a final permit decision for a Clean Air Act Minor New 
Source Review (NSR) Permit in Indian Country to the Salt River Project 
Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) for the construction 
of a refined coal treatment system (RCTS) at Navajo Generating Station 
(NGS). The permit authorizes SRP to construct and operate the RCTS, 
including ancillary equipment, to treat coal with cement kiln dust and 
calcium bromide so as to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen 
(NOX) and mercury.

DATES: The EPA issued a final minor NSR permit decision for the NGS 
RCTS Project on August 31, 2016. The permit became effective on that 
date. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final permit decision, to the 
extent it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for review 
in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit within 60 
days of September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the above-referenced permit are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901. To arrange for viewing 
of these documents, call Larry Maurin at (415) 972-3943. Due to 
building security procedures, at least 48 hours advance notice is 
required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Maurin, EPA Region 9, (415) 972-
3943, [email protected]. Anyone who wishes to review the EPA 
Environmental Appeals Board's (EAB) decision described below or 
documents in the EAB's electronic docket for its decision can obtain 
them at http://www.epa.gov/eab/. Key portions of the administrative 
record for this decision (including the final permit, all public 
comments, the EPA's responses to the public comments, and additional 
supporting information) are available through a link at Region 9's Web 
site, http://www2.epa.gov/caa-permitting/tribal-nsr-permits-region-9, 
or at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID # EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0026).

NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA issued a 
final permit to SRP authorizing the construction and operation of the 
RCTS at NGS--Tribal Minor NSR Permit T-0004-NN. The permit for the RCTS 
was initially issued by the EPA on April 20, 2016. The EPA regulations 
at 40 CFR 49.159(d) provided an opportunity for administrative review 
by the EPA's EAB of this initial permit decision.
    The EPA's EAB received one petition for review of the permit, and 
on August 30, 2016, the EAB issued an Order denying the petition for 
review. See In re Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power 
District--Navajo Generating Station, NSR Appeal No. 16-01 (EAB, Aug. 
30, 2016) (Order Denying Petition for Review). Following the EAB's 
action, pursuant to 40 CFR 49.159(d)(8), the EPA issued a final permit 
decision on August 31, 2016. All conditions of the NGS RCTS permit, as 
initially issued by

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the EPA on April 20, 2016, are final and effective as of August 31, 
2016.

    Dated: September 8, 2016.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016-23170 Filed 9-23-16; 8:45 am]
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