83 FR 23457 - Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Yuhuang Chemical Company, Inc. Methanol Plant, St James Parish Louisiana

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 98 (May 21, 2018)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an Order dated April 2, 2018 denying Petitions dated March 30, 2017 and August 3, 2017 from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Sierra Club (collectively, the Petitions and Petitioners, respectively). The Petitions requested that the EPA object to the Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit 1560-00295-V1 issued on June 30, 2017 by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (the LDEQ) to Yuhuang Chemical Company, Inc. (YCI) for its Methanol Plant located in St. James, St. James Parish, Louisiana.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23457-23458]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10774]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9976-69--Region 6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permit for Yuhuang Chemical Company, Inc. Methanol 
Plant, St James Parish Louisiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petitions for objection to Clean Air 
Act title V operating permit.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an Order dated April 2, 2018 denying Petitions dated March 30, 2017 and 
August 3, 2017 from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the 
Sierra Club (collectively, the Petitions and Petitioners, 
respectively). The Petitions requested that the EPA object to the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit 1560-00295-V1 issued on June 30, 
2017 by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (the LDEQ) to 
Yuhuang Chemical Company, Inc. (YCI) for its Methanol Plant located in 
St. James, St. James Parish, Louisiana.

ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you contact the individual listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final 
Order, the Petition, and other supporting information. You may review 
copies of the final Order, the Petition, and other supporting 
information at the EPA Region 6 Office, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, 
Dallas, TX 75202. You may view the hard copies Monday through Friday, 
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding federal holidays. If you wish to 
examine these documents, you should make an appointment at least 24 
hours before the visiting day. Additionally, the final Order and 
Petition are available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Toups, EPA Region 6, by phone 
(214) 665-7258, or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords the EPA a 45-day period to 
review and object to, as appropriate, operating permits proposed by 
state permitting authorities under title V of the CAA. Section 
505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any person to petition the EPA 
Administrator to object to a title V operating permit within 60 days 
after the expiration of the EPA's 45-day review period if the 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 unless the grounds for the issues arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received the Petitions from the Petitioners dated March 30, 
2017 and August 3, 2017, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance 
of operating permit no. 1560-00295-V1, issued by the LDEQ to YCI in St. 
James Parish, Louisiana. The Petitioners requested that the 
Administrator object to the proposed operating permit on several bases 
which are described in detail in Section IV of the Order. In summary, 
the issues raised include: Emissions limits for preconstruction 
purposes were not properly made (various claims, introduction to Order 
Section IV); and numerous claims concerning monitoring of emissions, 
such as the Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) carbon monoxide (CO) and 
Auxiliary Boiler CO emissions (Section IV.A.); claims concerning SMR 
volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions (Section IV.B.); claims 
concerning Auxiliary Boiler VOC emissions (Section IV.C.); claims 
concerning fugitive CO emissions (Section IV.D.), claims concerning 
truck, railcar, and marine loading VOC emissions (Section IV.E.); 
claims concerning storage tank VOC and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) 
emissions (Section IV.F.); and claims concerning flare VOC, particulate 
matter (PM), and CO emissions (Section IV.G.). The Order issued on 
April 2, 2018 responds to all claims in both petitions and explains the 
basis for the EPA's decision.
    Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner 
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny 
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later 
than June 11, 2018.

    Dated: May 14, 2018.
Anne Idsal,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2018-10774 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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