
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25796]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL-9743-4]


Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Permit Issued to the City of Palmdale for the Palmdale 
Hybrid Power Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final action.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) Region 9 has issued a final permit decision issuing a Clean Air 
Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit for the City 
of Palmdale (City) for the construction of the Palmdale Hybrid Power 
Project (PHPP).

DATES: EPA Region 9 issued a final PSD permit decision for the PHPP on 
September 25, 2012. The permit also became effective on that date. 
Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final permit decision, to the 
extent it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for review 
in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit within 60 
days of October 19, 2012.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Beckham, Permits Office (Air-3), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, (415) 972-3811, 
beckham.lisa@epa.gov. Anyone who wishes to review the EPA Environmental 
Appeals Board (EAB) decision described below or documents in the EAB's 
electronic docket for its decision can obtain them at http://www.epa.gov/eab/. A copy of the PSD permit is also available at http://www.epa.gov/region9/air/permit/r9-permits-issued.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA Region 9 issued a final permit to the 
City authorizing the construction and operation of the PHPP, PSD Permit 
No. SE 09-01. The City's permit was initially issued by EPA Region 9 on 
October 18, 2011.
    The EPA's EAB received one petition for review of the PHPP permit 
from Mr. Rob Simpson. On September 17, 2012, the EAB denied review of 
Mr. Simpson's petition. See In re City of Palmdale, PSD Appeal No. 11-
07 (EAB, Sept. 17, 2012) (Order Denying Review). Following the EAB's 
action, pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(f)(1), EPA Region 9 issued a final 
permit decision on September 25, 2012. All conditions of the PHPP PSD 
permit, as initially issued by EPA Region 9 on October 18, 2011, are 
final and effective as of September 25, 2012.

    Dated: September 27, 2012.
Elizabeth Adams,
Acting Director, Air Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2012-25796 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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