[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 3106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00989]



[[Page 3106]]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9442-01-R6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permit for Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC, 
Galena Park Terminal, Harris County, Texas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an Order dated December 16, 2021, granting in part and denying in part 
a Petition dated August 29, 2017 from the Environmental Integrity 
Project, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Sierra Club, 
Environment Texas, Air Alliance Houston, and Patricia Gonzales (the 
Petitioners). 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 Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC 
(Kinder Morgan) for its Galena Park Terminal located in Harris 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: Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air 
Permits Section, (214) 665-7596, [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 
during the comment period or unless the grounds for the issue arose 
after this period.
    The EPA received the Petition from the Petitioners dated August 29, 
2017, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating 
permit no. O3764, issued by TCEQ to Kinder Morgan for its Galena Park 
Terminal in Harris County, Texas. The Petition claims the proposed 
permit failed to assure compliance with applicable requirements in 
Kinder Morgan's Nonattainment New Source Review permit, failed to 
assure compliance with emission limits and operating requirements 
established by Permits by Rule (PBRs), failed to specify how Kinder 
Morgan should quantify emissions from various units to assure 
compliance with emission limits in the nonattainment permit, and 
failure to identify and incorporate certified PBR registrations as 
applicable requirements.
    On December 16, 2021, the EPA Administrator issued an Order 
granting in part and denying in part the Petition. The Order explains 
the basis for EPA's decision.

    Dated: January 12, 2022.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2022-00989 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


