81 FR 95992 - Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Piedmont Green Power (Lamar County, Georgia)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 250 (December 29, 2016)

The EPA Administrator signed an Order, dated December 13, 2016, granting in part and denying in part the petition to object to Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Georgia EPD) to the Piedmont Green Power (PGP) facility located in Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia. This Order constitutes a final action on the petition submitted by the Partnership for Policy Integrity (Petitioner) and received by EPA on May 26, 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95992-95993]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31639]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Petition IV-2015-2; FRL-9957-62-Region 4]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to 
State Operating Permit for Piedmont Green Power (Lamar County, Georgia)

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 December 13, 
2016, granting in part and denying in part the petition to object to 
Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Georgia 
Environmental Protection Division (Georgia EPD) to the Piedmont Green 
Power (PGP) facility located in Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia. 
This Order constitutes a final action on the petition submitted by the 
Partnership for Policy Integrity (Petitioner) and received by EPA on 
May 26, 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/title-v-operating-permits/2016-order-responding-2015-petition-object-piedmont-green-power-operating.

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. 
Pursuant to sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA, a petition for 
judicial review of those parts of the

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Order that deny issues in the petition may be filed in the United 
States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from 
the date this notice is published in the Federal Register.
    Petitioner submitted a petition regarding the aforementioned PGP 
facility, requesting that EPA object to the CAA title V operating 
permit (#4911-171-0014-V-02-0). Petitioner alleged that the permit was 
not consistent with the CAA because: (1) It lacks adequate fuel testing 
to assure compliance with the burning of only ``clean cellulosic 
biomass''; (2) it includes synthetic minor limits for hazardous air 
pollutants that are unenforceable; (3) it includes synthetic minor 
limits for oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide that are 
unenforceable; (4) it includes other specific conditions that are 
unenforceable; (5) it failed to include best available control 
technology requirements related to greenhouse gas emissions; and (6) 
the potential to emit calculation for the facility impermissibly 
excluded emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction.
    On December 16, 2016, the Administrator issued an Order granting in 
part and denying in part the petition. The Order explains EPA's 
rationale for granting in part and denying in part the petition.

    Dated: December 16, 2016.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2016-31639 Filed 12-28-16; 8:45 am]
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