[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 25336] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-11833] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6340-5] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Roosevelt Regional Landfill Regional Disposal Company, Klickitat County, Washington
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action
Notice of final order on petition to object to state operating permit.
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Summary
Pursuant to Clean Air Act section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator is hereby denying a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the Washington Department of Ecology to Roosevelt Regional Landfill, Regional Disposal Company, Klickitat County, Washington. This order constitutes final action on the petition submitted by TPS Technologies, Inc. Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), petitioner may seek judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days of this decision under section 307 of the Act.
Addresses
Copies of the final order, the petition and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file at the following location: Environmental Protection Agency, Region X, Office of Air Quality, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98101. The final order is also available electronically at the following address: www.epa.gov/ ttn/oarpg/t5sn.html
www.epa.gov/For Further Information Contact
Elizabeth Waddell, Office of Air Quality, EPA Region X, telephone (206) 553-4303, e-mail waddell.elizabeth@epa.gov. Interested parties may also contact the Washington Department of Ecology, Central Regional Office, 15 West Yakima, Suite 200, Yakima, Washington 98902-3401.
Supplementary Information
The Clean Air Act affords EPA the opportunity for a 45-day period to review, and object to as appropriate, operating permits proposed by State permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act authorizes any person to petition the EPA Administrator within 60 days after the expiration of this review period to object to State operating permits if EPA has not done so. 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.
TPS Technologies, Inc. submitted a petition to the Administrator on February 26, 1999, seeking EPA's objection to the operating permit issued to Roosevelt Regional Landfill, Regional Disposal Company. The petitioner maintains that the Roosevelt Landfill operating permit is inconsistent with the Act because the permit fails to: (1) Adequately identify all emissions units at this municipal solid waste landfill; (2) adequately calculate emissions of volatile organic compounds from the handling of petroleum contaminated soil and the use of such soil as daily cover; (3) explain the basis for establishing different types of controls on petroleum contaminated soil at two similar landfill facilities; and (4) reflect the comments of EPA Region X's new source review (``NSR'') personnel regarding controls on petroleum contaminated soil, to reflect that the facility is either currently out of compliance with NSR requirements or will be subject to NSR in two years. The order denying this petition explains the reasons behind EPA's conclusion that petitioner has failed to demonstrate that the Roosevelt Regional Landfill permit does not assure compliance with the Clean Air Act on the grounds raised.
Dated: May 5, 1999. Carol M. Browner, Administrator. [FR Doc. 99-11833 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P