81 FR 85950 - Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Tennessee Valley Authority-Bull Run (Anderson County, Tennessee)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 229 (November 29, 2016)

The EPA Administrator signed an Order, dated November 10, 2016, granting petition to object to Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Bull Run facility located in Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee. This Order constitutes a final action on the petition submitted by Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (Petitioners) and received by EPA on September 29, 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 85950]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Petition IV-2015-3; FRL-9955-79-Region 4]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for Tennessee Valley Authority--Bull Run 
(Anderson County, Tennessee)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition to object to state operating 
permit.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Administrator signed an Order, dated November 10, 
2016, granting petition to object to Clean Air Act (CAA) title V 
operating permit issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment and 
Conservation (TDEC) to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Bull Run 
facility located in Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee. This Order 
constitutes a final action on the petition submitted by Sierra Club and 
Environmental Integrity Project (Petitioners) and received by EPA on 
September 29, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order, the petition, and all pertinent 
information relating thereto are on file at the following location: EPA 
Region 4; Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division; 61 Forsyth 
Street SW.; Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The Order is also available 
electronically at the following address: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-11/documents/tva_bull_run_order_granting_petition_to_object_to_permit_.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Art Hofmeister, Air Permits Section, 
EPA Region 4, at (404) 562-9115 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords EPA a 45-day period to 
review and, as appropriate, the authority to object to operating 
permits proposed by state permitting authorities under title V of the 
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f. Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA and 40 CFR 
70.8(d) authorize 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 the grounds for the issues arose after this period.
    Petitioners submitted a petition regarding the aforementioned TVA 
Bull Run facility, requesting that EPA object to the CAA title V 
operating permit (#01-0009/567519). Petitioners alleged that the permit 
was not consistent with the CAA because it lacks sufficient monitoring 
to assure compliance with the opacity limit established pursuant to 
Tennessee Comprehensive Rules & Regulations 1200-03-05-.01.
    On November 10, 2016, the Administrator issued an Order granting 
the petition. The Order explains EPA's rationale for granting the 
petition.

    Dated: November 18, 2016.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2016-28742 Filed 11-28-16; 8:45 am]
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