**UNITED STATES**  **ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**  **AGENCY REGION**  **IX**

**Luven Whitehorse**  **75 Hawthorne**  **Street San**  **Francisco, CA 94105**  **September 30,**  **2016**

**Reg. No.:**  **10711-081; Quarters:**  **Mohawk-B Federal**  **Correctional Institution**  **P. 0.**  **Box 7007**  **Marianna, FL**  **32447 In**  **Reply Refer**  **To: AIR-3** 

**NU05-01**

**Subject: McElmo**  **Creek Unit**  **Oil Production**  **Facility Final**  **PSD Permit**  **Decision Dear**  **Ms. Whitehorse:**  **You are**  **receiving this**  **letter for**  **one of** **the following** **reasons: 1)**  **You provided**  **timely written**  **comments or**  **oral testimony**  **to the** **U.S. Environmental**  **Protection Agency**  **(EPA) regarding**  **the proposed**  **Clean Air**  **Act Prevention**  **of Significant**  **Deterioration (PSD)**  **permit amendment**  **for the**  **McElmo Creek**  **Unit Oil**  **Production Facility**  **(MCU Facility), an**  **existing oil**  **and gas**  **production operation**  **that is**  **owned, in**  **partnership with**  **Navajo Nation Oil and Gas**  **Company, and**  **operated by**  **the Resolute**  **Natural Resources**  **Company (Resolute);**  **or 2)**  **You requested**  **notice of** **the final permit decision.**  **Enclosed please**  **find the**  **final permit**  **decision, which** **includes the**  **final PSD**  **permit amendment**  **and our** **responses to**  **public comments,**  **and our**  **notice announcing**  **the final**  **permit decision.**  **The final**  **PSD permit amendment,**  **our responses**  **to public**  **comments, and other** **key documents**  **relevant to**  **the final**  **permit are**  **also available**  **through a**  **link at**  **our website,**  **http://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/preventi on-significant-deteriorati** **on-psd-permits-issued region-9** **, or**  **at http://www.regulations.gov**  **(search: EPA-R09-0AR-2014-0785).**  **In accordance**  **with 40**  **CFR 124.15,**  **this permit**  **will become**  **effective thirty**  **(30) days**  **after the**  **EPA has**  **provided notice**  **of the**  **final decision, unless**  **the permit**  **is timely**  **appealed. Pursuant**  **to 40**  **CFR 124.19,**  **any person**  **who commented**  **on the**  **proposed permit**  **or participated** **in the**  **public hearing**  **on the**  **proposed permit**  **may appeal the**  **decision and**  **permit conditions to**  **the Environmental**  **Appeals Board (EAB)**  **within 30**  **days after**  **the EPA**  **has provided**  **notice of** **the final**  **permit decision.**  **Any person**  **who failed to**  **file comments**  **or failed**  **to participate**  **in the**  **public hearing**  **on the**  **proposed PSD**  **permit revision**  **may file**  **an appeal**  **with the**  **EAB only** **regarding changes**  **from the**  **proposed to** **the final** **permit decision.** 

**If you** **have any**  **questions about**  **this final**  **action, please** **do not**  **hesitate to**  **contact Shaheerah**  **Kelly of** **the Air**  **Permits Office**  **at (415)**  **947-4156 or** **r9airpermits@epa.gov .**  **Sincerely,**

**Enclosure**



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