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project-level conformity analyses, and 

decreased EPA adequacy findings. 

Dated: February 12, 2015. 

Karl Simon, 

Director, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03577 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9923–16–Region 6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petitions for Objection to 

State Operating Permits for Luminant 

Generating Company, LLC Steam 

Electric Generating Stations Martin 

Lake, Monticello, and Big Brown in 

Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act 

(CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 

70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed 

an Order, dated January 23, 2015, 

denying in part three petitions asking 

the EPA to object to operating permits 

issued by the Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to 

Luminant Generating Company, LLC 

(Luminant) relating to three coal fired 

steam electric generating stations (SES) 

located in East and Northeast Texas. 

Title V operating permit number O53 

was issued by the TCEQ to Luminant for 

the Martin Lake SES located in Rusk 

County, Texas. Title V operating permit 

number O64 was issued to Luminant for 

the Monticello SES located in Titus 

County, Texas, while title V operating 

permit number O65 was issued to 

Luminant for the Big Brown SES located 

in Freestone County, Texas. The EPA’s 

January 23, 2015 Order responds to the 

three petitions submitted by the 

Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) 

representing themselves and on behalf 

of Sierra Club (collectively, the 

Petitioners): the petition addressing the 

Martin Lake permit was received on 

February 26, 2014, while the petitions 

addressing the Monticello permit and 

Big Brown permit were both received on 

March 4, 2014. Sections 307(b) and 

505(b)(2) of the Act provide that a 

petitioner may ask for judicial review of 

those portions of the Orders that deny 

objections raised in the petitions by the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit. Any petition for 

review shall be filed within 60 days 

from the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register, pursuant to section 

307(b) of the Act. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final Orders, the petitions, and other 

supporting information at EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. 

For Information: Please contact Brad 

Toups at (214) 665–7258, email address: 

toups.brad@epa.gov or the above EPA, 

Region 6 address, to view copies of the 

final Orders, petitions, and other 

supporting information. You may view 

the hard copies Monday through Friday, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. If you wish to 

examine these documents, you should 

make an appointment at least 24 hours 

before the visiting day. Additionally, the 

final January 23, 2015 Order is available 

electronically at: http://www.epa.gov/

region07/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/

luminant_response2014.pdf. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords the EPA a 45-day period to 

review, and object, as appropriate, to a 

title V operating permit proposed by a 

state permitting authority. Section 

505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any 

person to petition the EPA 

Administrator, within 60 days after the 

expiration of this review period, to 

object to a title V operating permit if the 

EPA has not done so. 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 three petitions from 

the Petitioners, one dated February 26, 

2014 for the Martin Lake permit, and 

one each dated March 3, 2014 for the 

Monticello and Big Brown permits, to 

object to operating permits issued to 

Luminant Generating Company, LLC 

relating respectively to facilities located 

in Rusk, Titus, and Freestone counties, 

Texas. 

The Order issued on January 23, 2015 

responds to claim V.A of the Martin 

Lake Petition (pp. 5–9), the Monticello 

Petition (pp. 5–11) and the Big Brown 

Petition (pp. 7–14) raised by EIP, the 

Sierra Club having withdrawn all of 

their objections prior to the issuance of 

the order. The EIP requested that the 

Administrator object to the proposed 

operating permits issued by the TCEQ to 

Luminant on several bases. The three 

petitions did not raise identical claims; 

however, three common claims are 

addressed in the issued order. The 

remaining issues are to be withdrawn by 

the petitioner in accordance with a 

settlement agreement reached on 

January 22, 2015 between the Petitioner 

and the EPA. 

The claims are described in detail in 

Section IV of the Order. In summary, the 

issues raised are that: (1) the 

Compliance Assurance Monitoring 

(CAM) provisions in the Martin Lake, 

Monticello and Big Brown permits do 

not assure compliance with the 

applicable particulate matter (PM) 

emission limit during periods of startup, 

shutdown, maintenance and 

malfunction; (2) the record supporting 

the CAM opacity indicator ranges for 

PM for Monticello Units 1, 2 and 3 is 

deficient and not based on reliable data; 

and (3) the Big Brown permit must be 

revised to ensure that any credible 

evidence may be used to demonstrate 

noncompliance with applicable 

requirements. 

Due to significant overlap in the 

issues raised in the Petitions and the 

similarity of the relevant permit 

conditions in each of the three permits, 

the EPA is responding to the identified 

portion of all three Petitions in this 

Order on January 23, 2015. The EPA’s 

rationale for denying the addressed 

claims is described in the Order. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9923–31–Region 2] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of List Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

decision to identify certain water 

quality limited waters and the 

associated pollutant to be listed 

pursuant to the Clean Water Act Section 

303(d)(2) on New York’s list of impaired 

waters, and requests public comment. 

Section 303(d)(2) requires that States 

submit, and EPA approve or disapprove, 

lists of waters for which existing 

technology-based pollution controls are 

not stringent enough to attain or 

maintain State water quality standards 

and for which total maximum daily 

loads (TMDLs) must be prepared. 

On January 13, 2015, EPA 

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exclude Jones Inlet/Jones Bay from its 

2014 303(d) list. EPA evaluated existing 

and readily available data and 

information and concluded that the 

applicable narrative water quality 

standard for nutrients is being exceeded 

in Jones Inlet/Jones Bay. Based on this 

evaluation, EPA has determined that 

Jones Inlet/Jones Bay is not fully 

attaining the water quality standards 

established by New York State and 

should be included on the State’s 303(d) 

list of impaired waters. 

EPA is providing the public the 

opportunity to review its decision to 

add this water to New York’s 303(d) list, 

as required by 40 CFR 130.7(d)(2). EPA 

will consider public comments before 

transmitting its final listing decision to 

the State. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted to 

EPA on or before March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

decision should be sent to Dana Flint, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 

10007, email greenlee.dana@epa.gov, 

telephone (212)–637–3635. Oral 

comments will not be considered. 

Copies of EPA’s letter explaining the 

rationale for EPA’s decision concerning 

New York’s list can be obtained by 

calling or emailing Mrs. Flint at the 

address above. Underlying documents 

from the administrative record for these 

decisions are available for public 

inspection at the above address. Please 

contact Mrs. Flint to schedule an 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Flint at (212) 637–3635 or at 

greenlee.dana@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that each state identify those 

waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards. For those 

waters, states are required to establish 

TMDLs according to a priority ranking. 

EPA’s Water Quality Planning and 

Management regulations include 

requirements related to the 

implementation of section 303(d) of the 

CWA (40 CFR 130.7). The regulations 

require states to identify water quality 

limited waters still requiring TMDLs 

every two years. The lists of waters still 

needing TMDLs must also include 

priority rankings, identify the pollutants 

causing the impairment, and identify 

the waters targeted for TMDL 

development during the next two years 

(40 CFR 130.7). 

Consistent with EPA’s regulations, 

New York submitted its listing decisions 

under Section 303(d)(2) to EPA in 

correspondence dated November 3, 

2014, January 5, 2015 and January 7, 

2015. On January 13, 2015, EPA 

partially approved New York’s 

submittal of the 303(d) list, and 

disapproved New York’s decision to 

exclude Jones Inlet/Jones Bay from the 

2014 list. EPA is soliciting public 

comment on the addition of this water 

to the State’s list, as required by 40 CFR 

130.7(d)(2). 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: January 26, 2015. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 2. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03578 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9923–33–OA] 

Meetings of the Small Community 

Advisory Subcommittee and the Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; announcement of 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Small Community 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will 

meet via teleconference on Tuesday, 

March 10, 2015, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. 

(EST). The Subcommittee will discuss 

an EPA Rural Strategy and other small 

community issues. This is an open 

meeting. Individuals or organizations 

wishing to address the Subcommittee 

meeting will be allowed a maximum of 

five minutes to present their point of 

view on issues pertaining to small 

communities. 

The Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) will meet via 

teleconference on Tuesday, March 10, 

2015, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (EST). The 

Committee meeting will focus on the 

Small Community Advisory 

Subcommittee’s action on an EPA Rural 

Strategy and other LGAC Workgroup 

actions such as a Water Infrastructure 

and Resiliency Finance Center, and 

other LGAC actions. 

These are open meetings, and all 

interested persons are invited to 

participate. The Subcommittee will hear 

comments from the public on Tuesday, 

March 10, 2015, 1:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

(EST) and the Committee will hear 

comments from the public 2:15 p.m.– 

2:30 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, March 10, 

2015. Individuals or organizations 

wishing to address the Subcommittee or 

the Committee will be allowed a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. Also, written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically to eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the number listed 

below to schedule a time on the agenda. 

Time will be allotted on a first-come 

first-serve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for appearances 

requires it. 

ADDRESSES: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee and Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

meetings will meet via teleconference. 

Meeting summaries will be available 

after the meeting online at 

www.epa.gov/ocir/scas_lgac/lgac_

index.htm and can be obtained by 

written request to the DFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Local Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) and Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), contact 

Frances Eargle, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Information on Services for Those 

with Disabilities: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: February 10, 2015. 

Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer. Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03563 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1196; FRL–9923–36– 

OAR] 

Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable 

Alternative Test Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

broadly applicable alternative test 

method approval decisions the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has made under and in support of New 

Source Performance Standards (NSPS), 

the National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), 


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