[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62167-62168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24417]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9221-01-R6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permit for Oak Grove Management Company, Oak Grove 
Steam Electric Station, Robertson County, Texas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition 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 October 15, 2021, granting a Petition dated July 25, 
2017 from the Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club. The 
Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V 
operating permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality (TCEQ) to Oak Grove Management Company (Oak Grove) for its Oak 
Grove Steam Electric Station located in Robertson County, Texas.

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. Out of an 
abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA 
Region 6 office is currently closed to the public to reduce the risk of 
transmitting COVID-19. Please call or email the contact listed below if 
you need alternative access to the final Order and Petition, which are 
available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Ehrhart, EPA Region 6 Office, 
Air Permits Section, (214) 665-2295, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA affords 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

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during the comment period or unless the grounds for the issue arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received the Petition from the Environmental Integrity 
Project and Sierra Club dated July 25, 2017, requesting that the EPA 
object to the issuance of operating permit no. O2942, issued by TCEQ to 
the Oak Grove Steam Electric Station in Robertson County, Texas. The 
Petition claims the proposed permit omitted enforceable requirements in 
Oak Grove's written Maintenance, Startup, and Shutdown Plan, omitted 
limits and representations in Oak Grove's certified Permit by Rule 
registrations, and failed to assure compliance with emission limits and 
operating requirements established by Oak Grove's New Source Review 
permits, including Permits by Rule.
    On October 15, 2021, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting 
the Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA's decision.

    Dated: November 2, 2021.
Kim Ngo,
Acting Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2021-24417 Filed 11-8-21; 8:45 am]
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