Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2012 / Notices 76479 

using dry-cooling technology and a new 

1.5 mile long 161/230-kV generator tieline, switchyard, and access road along 

with approval of the PRMPA to change 

the Project area to VRM Class IV. 

Protest Information 

Instructions for filing a protest with 

the BLM Director regarding the Yuma 

PRMPA may also be found at 43 CFR 

1610.5–2. Email and faxed protests will 

not be accepted as valid protests unless 

the protesting party also provides the 

original letter by either regular or 

overnight mail postmarked by the close 

of the protest period. Under these 

conditions, the BLM will consider the 

email or faxed protest as an advance 

copy and it will receive full 

consideration. If you wish to provide 

the BLM with such advance 

notification, please direct faxed protests 

to the attention of the BLM protest 

coordinator at (202)-912–7212, and 

emails to Brenda_hudgens-williams@

blm.gov. All protests, including the 

follow-up letter to emails or faxes, must 

be in writing and mailed to the 

appropriate address, as set forth in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Before 

including your phone number, email 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your protest, you should 

be aware that your entire protest, 

including your personal identifying 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

the BLM in your protest to withhold 

your personal identifying information 

from public review, the BLM cannot 

guarantee that it will be able to do so. 

Dated: December 14, 2012. 

Anita J. Decker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31171 Filed 12–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9765–4] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program: Order Responding to Petition 

for Objection to State Operating Permit 

for U.S. Steel—Granite City Works, 

Granite City, Illinois 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition 

to object to Clean Air Act (Act) 

operating permit. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the EPA Administrator has partially 

granted and partially denied a petition 

from the Interdisciplinary 

Environmental Clinic at the Washington 

University School of Law, submitted to 

EPA on behalf of the American Bottom 

Conservancy (Petitioner). The Petitioner 

objected to the operating permit issued 

by the Illinois Environmental Protection 

Agency (IEPA) for the U.S. Steel— 

Granite City Works (USGW) facility, 

located in Granite City, Illinois. 

Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the 

Act provide that a petitioner may ask for 

judicial review of those portions of the 

petition which EPA denies in 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 of the Act. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final order, the petition, and other 

supporting information at the EPA 

Region 5 Office, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. If 

you wish to examine these documents, 

you should make an appointment at 

least 24 hours before visiting day. 

Additionally, the final order for the 

USGW petition is available 

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

region07/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/ 

uss_2nd_response2009.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Ogulei, Environmental Engineer, 

Air Permits Section, Air Programs 

Branch, Air and Radiation Division, 

EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, 

telephone (312) 353–0987. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object, as appropriate, to Title V 

operating permits proposed by state 

permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) 

of the Act authorizes any person to 

petition the EPA Administrator within 

60 days after the expiration of the EPA 

review period to object to a Title V 

operating permit if EPA has not done so. 

A petition 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 issues 

during the comment period, or the 

grounds for the issues arose after this 

period. 

On August 16, 2011, the Petitioner 

filed a petition requesting that EPA 

object to issuance of the USGW Title V 

permit pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of 

the Act and 40 C.F.R. § 70.8(d). The 

Petitioner alleges that (1) the permit’s 

use of emission factors fails to provide 

periodic monitoring designed to ensure 

compliance with permit limits and lacks 

practical enforceability; (2) several 

permit limits lack adequate periodic 

monitoring requirements to ensure 

compliance with the limits; (3) the 

permit fails to respond to EPA’s Order 

dated January 21, 2011, with respect to 

excess emissions associated with 

startup, breakdown, and malfunctions; 

and (4) the permit fails to respond to 

EPA’s Order to include applicable 

requirements from the related 

construction permit for a new Gateway 

Energy & Coke Company coke plant that 

IEPA considers to be part of the USGW 

facility. 

On December 3, 2012, the 

Administrator issued an order partially 

granting and partially denying the 

petition. The order explains the reasons 

behind EPA’s conclusion. 

Date: December 14, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31315 Filed 12–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0574; FRL–9356–8] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be a 3-day meeting 

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory 

Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and 

review Scientific Issues Concerning the 

Draft Product Performance Data Needs 

Assessment for Products Claiming 

Efficacy Against Invertebrate Pests. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 19–21, 2013, from approximately 

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Comments. The Agency encourages 

that written comments be submitted by 

March 5, 2013, and requests for oral 

comments be submitted by March 12, 

2013. However, written comments and 

requests to make oral comments may be 

submitted until the date of the meeting, 

but anyone submitting written 

comments after March 5, 2013, should 

contact the Designated Federal Official 

(DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Nominations. Nominations of 

candidates to serve as ad hoc members 

of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should 

be provided on or before January 14, 

2013. 


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