Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-30038
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program: Order on Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Suncor Energy, Inc. Plant 2 (East Plant)
Posted Date: 2023-09-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63951-63952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20146]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-11371-01-R8]

Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petitions for 
Objection to State Operating Permit for Suncor Energy, Inc. Plant 2 
(East Plant)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order on petitions.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an order dated July 31, 2023, granting in part and denying in part a 
petition dated October 11, 2022, from Earthjustice on behalf of Elyria 
and Swansea Neighborhood Association, Cultivando, Colorado Latino 
Forum, GreenLatinos, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, 
and denying a petition dated October 11, 2022, from 350 Colorado. The 
petitions requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) 
operating permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and 
Environment (CDPHE) to Suncor Energy, Inc. for its Refinery Plant 2 
Facility in Adams County, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Law, EPA Region 8, telephone 
number: (303) 312-7015, email address: [email protected]. The final 
order and petition are available at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA received a petition from 
Earthjustice on behalf of Elyria and Swansea Neighborhood Association, 
Cultivando, Colorado Latino Forum, GreenLatinos, Center for Biological 
Diversity, and Sierra Club dated October 11, 2022, and a petition from 
350 Colorado dated October 11, 2022, requesting that the EPA object to 
the issuance of operating permit no. 95OPAD108, issued by CDPHE to 
Suncor Energy, Inc. in Adams County, Colorado. On July 31, 2023, the 
EPA Administrator issued an order granting in part and denying in part 
the petition from the Elyria and Swansea Neighborhood Association and 
other groups, and denying the petition from 350 Colorado. The order 
itself explains the basis for the EPA's decision.
    Under sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA, a petitioner may 
request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny issues 
in a petition. Any petition for review must be filed in the United 
States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later than 
November 17, 2023.

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    Dated: August 31, 2023.
KC Becker,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2023-20146 Filed 9-15-23; 8:45 am]
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