* * * PUBLIC NOTICE * * *

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A CLEAN AIR ACT

TITLE V FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT

The Region 9 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency requests public 

comments on a Part 71 title V draft operating permit for Morongo Casino Cogeneration Facility 

(MCC), an 8.4 megawatt facility consisting of four 4-stroke, lean-burn CAT G3520 natural gasfired engines, and three 4-stroke CAT 3516 backup diesel-fired generators.

This source is required to obtain a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit in accordance 

with the 40 CFR Part 71 Federal Operating Permits Program. The permit contains all the CAA

requirements that apply to the source and requires the source to conduct monitoring sufficient to 

enable EPA and the public to determine whether the source is complying with the applicable air 

quality requirements. This proceeding is subject to the administrative requirements of 40 CFR § 

71.11. 

A copy of the draft permit prepared by EPA, the statement of basis for the draft permit, the 

application, and all supporting materials submitted by the source are available for review by the 

public at the following locations: 

1) At the office of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, located at: 

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

Administration Building

12700 Pumarra Road

Banning, CA 92220

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

2) By contacting the permit writer, Sheila Tsai, at (415) 972-3328 or Tsai.Ya-Ting@epa.gov, or 

by writing to: 

US EPA, Region 9

Attn: Sheila Tsai

Air Permits Office (AIR-3)

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

3) At the US EPA Region 9 office (address above), Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. 

until 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays 

4) Online at the US EPA Region 9 website at: http://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/caapermitting-epas-pacific-southwest-region

5) Online at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0443
Pursuant to 40 CFR § 71.11(f), EPA shall hold a Public Hearing if the Regional Administrator 

finds, on the basis of requests, a significant amount of public interest in a draft permit. Requests 

for a Public Hearing must contain the reasons for requesting a hearing. If a Public Hearing is 

granted, a public notice stating the date, time and place of the hearing will be made at least 30 

days prior to the hearing and the comment period will be extended through the hearing date.

A legal ad to be published in the Banning Record Gazette newspaper on 

July 29, 2016, will announce EPA’s proposal to issue the title V operating permit and list a 30-

day public comment period. All comments upon or objections to the draft permit and requests for 

a Public Hearing must be sent or delivered to Sheila Tsai at the address shown above by August 

28, 2016, within the 30-day public comment period. An extension of the 30-day comment period 

may be granted if the request for an extension adequately explains why more time is required to 

prepare comments. All comments received prior to the end of the 30-day public comment period 

and all comments made during a public hearing will be considered in arriving at a final decision 

on the permit. The final permit is a public record that can be obtained upon request. A statement 

of reasons for changes made to the draft permit and responses to comments received will be sent 

to all persons who commented on the draft permit. 

If you believe any condition of the draft permit is inappropriate or that our initial decision to 

deny an application, terminate a permit, or prepare a draft permit is inappropriate, you must raise 

all reasonably ascertainable issues and submit all reasonably ascertainable arguments supporting 

your position by the end of the 30-day public comment period. 

If you would like to be added to the mailing list for updates on a particular facility or for updates 

on EPA’s title V operating permit program, please contact EPA at the address listed above. 

Please bring the foregoing notice to the attention of all persons who you know would be 

interested in this matter.