Current through September 2, 2024
Section 58.01.01.366 - EPA REVIEW PROCEDURES01.Submittal of Proposal to EPA. Except as otherwise provided in these rules and unless EPA waives its opportunity to review a proposed permit, the Department will transmit the following to EPA:a. The proposed permit or proposed denial.b. The statement of basis, as revised if appropriate.c. The application including all supplements and corrections submitted by the applicant, unless the applicant has submitted the information under a claim of confidentiality or unless the Department has entered an agreement with EPA to submit only a summary form and relevant portions of the permit application.d. Notice of any refusal by the Department to accept all recommendations for the proposal that any affected State submitted during the public comment period. The notice will include the Department's reasons for not accepting any such recommendation. The Department is not required to accept recommendations that are not based on applicable requirements.02.Opportunity for EPA Objection.a. EPA may submit to the Department a written objection to the proposal within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the transmittal identified in Subsection 366.01.b. The written objection must state the EPA's reasons for the objection and provide the terms and conditions that the Tier I operating permit must include to respond to the objection or state that the permit must be denied.c. EPA must provide a copy of the written objection to the applicant.03.Response to EPA Objections. Within ninety (90) days of receiving a written objection from EPA, the Department will prepare a revised proposal and submit it to EPA in accordance with Subsection 366.01. If EPA determines that the revised proposal is objectionable, the Department will review the permit action taken by EPA and take a comparable final permit action in accordance with Section 367.04.Public Petitions to EPA. a. If the EPA does not object in writing under Subsection 366.02, any person may petition the EPA within sixty (60) days after the expiration of the EPA's forty-five (45) day review period to make such objection.b. Any such petition must be based only on objections to the draft permit or draft denial that were raised with specificity during the public comment period provided for in Section 364 unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise such objections within such period, or unless the grounds for such objection arose after such period.c. If the EPA objects to the proposal in accordance with Subsection 366.02 as a result of a petition filed under Subsections 366.04.a. and 366.04.b., the Department will: i. Not issue a permit action until EPA's objection has been resolved, except that a petition for review does not stay the effectiveness of a Tier I operating permit or its requirements pending EPA's review of the petition and Department review of the objection if the Tier I operating permit was issued by the Department after the end of the forty-five (45) day review period and prior to an EPA objection initiated by a petition.ii. Process the objection in accordance with Subsection 366.03.Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.01.366