[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95992-95993]
[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<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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

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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