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48359 Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 156 / Wednesday, August 13, 2003 / Notices
revegetation of the disturbed ground
around the well pads would minimize
soil disturbance and reduce or prevent
the potential for soil erosion. The road
design would include an appropriately
designed culvert so that downstream
flow and function of the floodplain will
not be impeded. Indirect impacts from
discharge of well development water to
the ground would be minimized. The
water would be sampled and the
analytical results would be sent to the
New Mexico Environment Department
for their approval prior to discharge.
Discharge would be through sprinklers
or via a water truck along the access
roads. No debris would be left at the
work site. No vehicle maintenance or
fueling within 100 feet of the floodplain
would occur. Any sediment movement
from the site would be short term and
temporary.
Issued in Los Alamos, NM, on August 5,
2003.
Ralph E. Erickson,
Manager, Department of Energy, National
Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos
Site Office.
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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[IN 150–1; FRL–7543–5]
Notice of Final Determination for
Alcoa-Warrick Power Plant in
Newburgh, Indiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that on
March 5, 2003, the Environmental
Appeals Board (EAB) of the EPA
dismissed a petition for review of a
permit issued for the Alcoa-Warrick
Power Plant (Alcoa) by the Indiana
Department of Environmental
Management (IDEM). The EAB
dismissed the petition because it
determined that it does not have
jurisdiction to review permits that are
issued solely under a state’s federally
approved Title V permit program.
DATES: The effective date for the EAB’s
decision is March 5, 2003. Judicial
review of this permit decision, to the
extent it is available pursuant to section
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7607(b)(1), may be sought by filing a
petition for review in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
within 60 days of August 13, 2003.
ADDRESSES: The documents relevant to
the above action are available for public
inspection during normal business
hours at the following address: EPA,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard
(AR–18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604. To
arrange viewing of these documents,
call Sam Portanova at (312) 886–3189.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam
Portanova, EPA, Region 5, 77 W.
Jackson Boulevard (AR–18J), Chicago,
Illinois 60604. Anyone who wishes to
review the EAB decision can obtain it at
http://www.epa.gov/eab/orders/
alcoa.pdf.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
supplemental information is organized
as follows:
A. What Action Is EPA Taking?
B. What Is The Background Information?
C. What did EPA Determine?
A. What Action Is EPA Taking?
We are notifying the public of a final
decision by EPA’s EAB on a permit
issued by IDEM.
B. What Is the Background
Information?
On November 6, 2002, IDEM issued a
Part 70 Significant Source Modification
permit (permit number 173–16275–
00002) to Alcoa to modify three
pulverized dry bottom wall-fired boilers
by installing low NOX burners. The
permit allows the boilers to fire
bituminous coal or natural gas and
requires the use of low NOX burners to
control nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions.
IDEM determined that this project
qualified as a pollution control project
and was not subject to PSD.
Stephen A. Loeschner subsequently
filed a petition for review of the permit
with the EAB on December 10, 2002.
Mr. Loeschner argued that IDEM
improperly exempted this modification
from PSD review by granting it a
pollution control project exemption. He
also argued that this permit should
require carbon monoxide continuous
emissions monitors.
In two previous rulings, Carlton, Inc.
N. Shore Power Plant, 9 E.A.D. 690
(EAB 2001), and DPL Energy Montpelier
Electric Generating Station, 9 E.A.D. 695
(EAB 2001), as in the Alcoa case, the
petitioners challenged the state agency’s
decision to issue state minor source
permits rather than federal PSD permits.
In denying review in both of these
permits, the EAB ruled that its
jurisdiction is limited to federal PSD
permits that are actually issued under
the PSD program, and does not extend
to a state’s decision not to issue a PSD
permit.
C. What Did the EAB Determine?
On March 5, 2003, the EAB dismissed
the petition for review on the grounds
that the Board lacks authority to review
the Alcoa permit, which was issued
solely under Indiana’s federally
approved Title V program and was not
a federal PSD permit.
Dated: July 24, 2003.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 03–20526 Filed 8–12–03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–7543–3]
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS); 2003/2004 Program; Notice and
Request for Scientific Information on
Supplemental 2003 Program; Request
for Chemical Substance Nominations
for 2004 Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice; Announcement of
supplement to the IRIS 2003 program
and request for scientific information on
health effects that may result from
exposure to chemical substances; and
request for chemical substance
nominations for the IRIS 2004 program.
SUMMARY: The Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) is an
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
data base that contains the Agency’s
scientific consensus positions on human
health effects that may result from
exposure to chemical substances in the
environment. On February 5, 2003, in a
Federal Register (68 FR 5870), EPA
announced the 2003 IRIS agenda and
solicited scientific information from the
public for consideration in assessing
health effects from specific chemical
substances. The notice also stated that
later in 2003: (1) Additional assessments
may be announced in the Federal
Register; and (2) EPA would solicit
public nominations for chemical
substances for its 2004 agenda. Today,
EPA is following up on these two
actions.
DATES: EPA invites the public to submit
scientific information pertaining to the
specific chemical substances listed in
this notice, and/or nominations for
substances to be considered for an
assessment in 2004 in accordance with
the instructions provided at the end of
this notice by October 14, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant
scientific information to the IRIS
Submission Desk in accordance with the
address and instructions provided at the
end of this notice. Similarly, chemical
substance nominations should be
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