[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 8836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03265]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9564-01-R6]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection 
to State Operating Permit for ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd, Waha Gas Plant, 
Pecos 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 January 28, 2022, granting a Petition dated March 10, 
2020 from the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Environment 
Texas, and Texas Campaign for the Environment (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 ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd (ETC) for its Waha Gas Plant 
located in Pecos 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 March 10, 
2020, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating 
permit no. O2546, issued by TCEQ to the Waha Gas Plant in Pecos County, 
Texas. The Petition claims the proposed permit must include a schedule 
addressing noncompliance at the Waha Gas Plant, fails to identify any 
emission unit(s) authorized by one Permit by Rule (PBR) and three 
Standard Exemptions incorporated as applicable requirements, fails to 
establish monitoring, testing, and recordkeeping provisions that assure 
compliance with PBR and Standard Exemption requirements, fails to 
include specific enforceable terms and conditions for applicable NSPS 
requirements, and the proposed permit's incorporation of ETC's PBR 
registrations is deficient.
    On January 28, 2022, the EPA Administrator issued an Order granting 
the Petition. The Order explains the basis for EPA's decision.

    Dated: February 9, 2022.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2022-03265 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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