Air quality; prevention of significant deterioration (PSD): Permit determinations, etc.— Hei, Inc.; solid waste landfill construction and operation on Campo Band of Mission Indians tribal lands,

[Federal Register: July 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 130)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6371-9]

Notice of Approval of Extension of Prevention of Significant Air Quality Deterioration (PSD) and New Source Review (NSR) Permit to Muht- Hei, Inc. (NSR 4-4-10, SD 92-02)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on May 3, 1999 the Environmental Protection Agency issued an extension of the prevention of significant deterioration/new source review (PSD/NSR) permit to the applicant named above. Extension of the PSD/NSR permit grants approval to Muht-Hei, Inc. to construct and operate a solid waste landfill on the tribal lands of the Campo Band of Mission Indians.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the permit are available for public inspection upon request; please address the request to: Steve Branoff (AIR-3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 744-1290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 18, 1996, EPA issued a PSD/NSR permit to Mid-American Waste Systems, Inc. for the construction and operation of a solid waste landfill on the tribal lands of the Campo Band of Mission Indians. The 1996 permit specified that this permit would expire if construction did not commence within 18 months after its issuance. Prior to the date of permit expiration, Muht-Hei, Inc. applied to EPA for a transfer of ownership of the proposed project, and for an extension of the PSD/NSR permit. EPA has extended the approval to construct and operate the proposed landfill to the new owners for a period of 18 months from May 3, 1999 until November 2, 2000.

The PSD/NSR permit requires the application of Lowest Achievable Emission Rate (LAER) for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for fine particulate matter (PM‹INF›10‹/INF›). The permit also requires Muht-Hei to provide emission offsets for all direct and fugitive emissions of VOCs. LAER requirements for this permit include construction of the landfill with low permeability composite liners, installation and maintenance of a landfill gas (LFG) collection system, and destruction of all collected LFG in a flaring system that will achieve a minimum VOC destruction removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.6% by weight.

BACT requirements for particulate emissions include paving, vacuum- sweeping, and watering of roads. In addition, the LFG flare is subject to certain emission limits, including allowable emission rates as follows: 0.06 lbs/mmBtu of NO‹INF›X‹/INF›, 0.15 lbs/mmBtu of CO, and 0.005 lbs/mmBtu of PM‹INF›10‹/INF›.

DATES: The issuance of a PSD/NSR permit is reviewable under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR 124.19(f)(1) in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A petition for review must be filedby September 7, 1999. EPA did not receive an appeal to the Administrator or the Environmental Appeals Board for review of this permit decision within thirty (30) days from the date the final permit was issued.

Dated: June 28, 1999. Kenneth Bigos, Acting Director, Air Division, Region 9.

[FR Doc. 99-17209Filed7-7-99; 8:45 am]

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