Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit Issued to Tucson Electric Power for the Irvington Generating Station Project
| Published date | 11 February 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 3159 |
| Record Number | 2019-01921 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 28 (Monday, February 11, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3159-3160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01921]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9989-26--Region 9]
Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit
Issued to Tucson Electric Power for the Irvington Generating Station
Project
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Pima County Department of
Environmental Quality (PDEQ) issued a final permit decision to Tucson
Electric Power for a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) permit (Permit No. 1052) for the Irvington
Generating Station Project (Project). The PDEQ is authorized to issue
PSD permit decisions pursuant to a delegation agreement with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX (EPA Region IX), in
which the PDEQ ``stands in the shoes'' of the EPA when administering
certain elements of the PSD permitting program. The PDEQ's final permit
decision is a federally-issued PSD permit decision and serves as a
final agency action by the EPA.
DATES: The final PSD permit decision for the Project was issued and
became effective on December 3, 2018. 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 April 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The PDEQ established a web page for this action at http://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=363558, where
documents associated with this action, including the final PSD permit,
is available. Please contact the PDEQ contact identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for additional information about
accessing materials for this action. Additionally, anyone who wishes to
review the EPA's Environmental Appeal Board's (EAB) decision described
below or documents in the EAB's electronic docket for its decision can
obtain them at http://www.epa.gov/eab.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rupesh Patel, Air Quality Program
Manager, PDEQ, (520) 724-7341, Rupesh.Patel@pima.gov or Lisa Beckham,
Air Permits Office, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-3811,
beckham.lisa@epa.gov.
Notice of Final Action And Supplementary Information: On August
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8, 2018, the PDEQ issued PSD Permit No. 1052 to Tucson Electric Power
under 40 CFR 124.15, authorizing the construction and operation of the
Project. EPA regulations at 40 CFR 124.19 provided an opportunity for
administrative review by the EPA's EAB of this initial permit decision.
The EPA's EAB received one petition for review of the permit. By its
own terms, and consistent with 40 CFR 124.15(b), the effective date of
the permit was delayed as the result of the filing of a petition for
review of the PDEQ's permit decision with the EAB.
On December 3, 2018, the EAB denied review of the permit decision.
See In re Tucson Electric Power, PSD Appeal No. 18-02 (EAB Dec. 3,
2018) (Order Denying Review). Following the EAB's action, pursuant to
40 CFR 124.19(l)(2), the PDEQ issued a final permit decision on
December 3, 2018. All conditions of the PSD permit, as initially issued
by the PDEQ on August 8, 2018, were final and effective as of December
3, 2018.
Dated: December 26, 2018.
Elizabeth J. Adams,
Division Director, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2019-01921 Filed 2-8-19; 8:45 am]
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