81 FR 86711 - Comment Period Extended: General Permit Under the Federal Indian Country Minor NSR Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 231 (December 1, 2016)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) previously provided notice of, and requested public comment on, the EPA's draft general permit for gasoline dispensing facilities for use in Indian country within California pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Federal Indian Country Minor New Source Review (NSR) program for new and modified minor sources. The EPA is extending the deadline for submitting comments on this action until January 31, 2017. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit during the public comment period.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86711-86712]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28883]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0580; FRL-9955-86-Region 9]


Comment Period Extended: General Permit Under the Federal Indian 
Country Minor NSR Program

AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; comment period extended.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) previously provided 
notice of, and requested public comment on, the EPA's draft general 
permit for gasoline dispensing facilities for use in Indian country 
within California pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Federal Indian 
Country Minor New Source Review (NSR) program for new and modified 
minor sources. The EPA is extending the deadline for submitting 
comments on this action until January 31, 2017. Any person may submit 
written comments on the draft permit during the public comment period.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until January 31, 2017.

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 Lisa Beckham at (415) 972-3811. Due to 
building security procedures, at least 24 hours advance notice is 
required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Beckham, EPA Region 9, (415) 972-
3811, [email protected]. Key portions of the administrative record 
for this decision are available through a link at Region 9's Web site, 
https://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/california-tribal-gasoline-permits, 
or at www.regulations.gov (Docket ID # EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0580).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Extension of Comment Period

    On September 30, 2016, the EPA provided notice of, and requested 
public comment on, the EPA's draft general permit for gasoline 
dispensing facilities for use in Indian country within California 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Federal Indian Country Minor New 
Source Review (NSR) program for new and modified minor sources at 40 
CFR 49.151 through 49.161. See also 81 FR 69814 (Oct. 7, 2016).
    The EPA is extending the deadline for submitting comments on this 
action until January 31, 2017. Any person may submit written comments 
on the draft permit during the public comment period. These comments 
must raise any reasonably ascertainable issue with supporting arguments 
by the close of the public comment period. All written comments on the 
draft general permit must be received or postmarked by January 31, 
2017. Comments must be sent or delivered in writing to Lisa Beckham at 
one of the following addresses:
    Email: [email protected].
    Online Docket: www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2016-
0580.
    U.S. Mail: Lisa Beckham (AIR-3), U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901.
    Please see our previous notice for additional information about 
this action, which is available through the online docket here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0580-0005.
    As detailed in our previous notice, the EPA has scheduled a public 
hearing for this action on November 30, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at 
U.S. EPA Region 9, 1st Floor Conference Center, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, California. Please note that our previous notice for 
this action announced a deadline of November 16, 2016 for requesting an 
additional public hearing; this deadline has passed and is not being 
extended.
    The draft general permit and other supporting information about 
this action are available through this Web page: https://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/california-tribal-gasoline-permits. If you have 
questions, or if you wish to obtain further information, please contact 
Lisa Beckham at (415) 972-3811, toll-free at (866) 372-9378, via email 
at [email protected], or at the mailing address above. If you would 
like to be added to our mailing list to receive future information 
about this draft permit decision or other permit decisions issued by 
the EPA Region 9, please contact Lisa Beckham, or visit the EPA Region 
9's Web site at http://www2.epa.gov/caa-permitting/tribal-nsr-permits-region-9.

Summary of Proposed Action

    The draft general permit is for a single source category, gasoline 
dispensing facilities (GDFs), and would be available in certain areas 
of Indian country that are within the geographical boundaries of 
California. This includes areas located in an Indian reservation or in 
another area of Indian country (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151) over 
which an Indian tribe, or the EPA, has demonstrated that the tribe has 
jurisdiction and where there is no EPA-approved minor NSR program in 
place. The EPA is proposing this general permit as an option for CAA 
minor NSR preconstruction permitting to help streamline the EPA's 
permitting of certain minor sources that construct or modify in Indian 
country and belong to the GDF source category.
    The primary pollutant of concern for GDFs that may use this general 
permit is volatile organic compounds (VOC), which are emitted from 
storage tanks and gasoline dispensing units at GDFs. Some GDFs may also 
have emergency engines, but only those sources with emergency engines 
that are exempt from minor NSR permitting requirements may use this 
general permit. Emissions of all other regulated NSR pollutants from 
new or modified GDF sources that may use the general permit are 
expected to be below the minor NSR permitting thresholds in 40 CFR 
49.153.
    This draft general permit regulates VOC emissions from GDFs, and 
includes emission limitations that require each GDF to control 
emissions from storage tanks during unloading of the gasoline cargo 
from the tanker truck, using what are known as Stage I controls. In 
addition, the draft general permit requires GDFs in ozone nonattainment 
areas to limit VOC emissions resulting from vehicle refueling by 
recovering vapors displaced from the vehicle fuel tank, using pump-
based controls known as Stage II controls. There are also limits on the 
amount of gasoline each GDF can

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dispense in a 12-month period: 25,000,000 million gallons in ozone 
attainment areas, and marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas; 
and 15,000,000 gallons in serious, severe, and extreme ozone 
nonattainment areas. The emission limitations in the draft general 
permit are expected to limit emissions of VOC from a new or modified 
GDF to less than 30 tons per year (tpy) in attainment areas and 
marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas and 8 tpy in serious, 
severe, and extreme ozone nonattainment areas. The detailed emission 
limitations are included in the draft permit and discussed in detail in 
our Technical Support Document for this draft permit, and are available 
for review here: https://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/california-tribal-gasoline-permits.
    Please bring the foregoing notice to the attention of all persons 
who would be interested in this matter.

    Dated: November 22, 2106.
Elizabeth J. Adams,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016-28883 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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