Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-15511
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Clean Air Act Greenhouse Gas Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permits: La Paloma Energy Center
Posted Date: 2014-04-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07812]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9909-14-Region-6]

Notice of Decision To Issue Clean Air Act Greenhouse Gas PSD 
Permit for the La Paloma Energy Center

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final agency action.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) Region 6 issued a final permit decision for a Clean Air Act 
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 
permit (PSD-TX-1288-GHG) for the La Paloma Energy Center, LLC, for the 
construction of the La Paloma Energy Center (LPEC).

DATES: EPA Region 6 issued a final PSD permit decision for the LPEC on 
March 21, 2014. The PSD permit for the LPEC became final and effective 
on March 21, 2014. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final permit decision, to 
the extent it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for 
review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 
within 60 days of [insert date of publication].

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the above-referenced permit are 
available for public inspection during normal business hours at the 
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Ste. 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Wilson, Air Permits Section 
(6PD-R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, (214) 665-
7596, wilson.aimee@epa.gov. Key portions of the administrative record 
for this decision (including the final permit, all public comments, 
EPA's responses to the public comments, and additional supporting 
information) are available through a link at Region 6's Web site, 
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r6/Apermit.nsf/AirP. Anyone who wishes to 
review the EPA Environmental Appeals Board (EAB or Board) decision 
described below or documents in the EAB's electronic docket for its 
decision related to this matter can obtain them at http://www.epa.gov/eab/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA Region 6 issued its final permit 
decision to La Paloma Energy Center, LLC, authorizing construction and 
operation of the LPEC, PSD Permit No. PSD-TX-1288-GHG, on March 21, 
2014. EPA Region 6 initially issued a final PSD permit decision for 
greenhouse gases to LPEC on November 6, 2013. A commenter filed a 
petition for review of the Region's November 6, 2013, permit decision 
for the LPEC with the EPA EAB. On March 14, 2014, the Board issued an 
order denying review. See In re La Paloma Energy Center, PSD Appeal No. 
13-10, slip op. at 34 (EAB Mar. 14, 2014), 16 E.A.D. --. Following 
denial of review, pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l)(2), EPA Region 6 issued 
a final permit decision to LPEC on March 21, 2014. All conditions of 
the LPEC GHG PSD permit, Permit No. PSD-TX-1288-GHG, became final and 
effective on March 21, 2014.

    Dated: March 27, 2014.
William Luthans,
Acting Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division, EPA 
Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2014-07812 Filed 4-7-14; 8:45 am]
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