CAA Title V Petitions in EPA's South Central Region

Title V allows the public to petition the EPA Administrator to object to specific permits or operating permit program deficiencies when it has provided timely comment to the permitting authority during the public review period. Below are petitions, responses and other documents received during the Title V Operating Permit Program petition process. Petitions submitted to EPA undergoing a 45 day review, including the start and expiration dates for EPA's 45 day review period, and the start and expiration dates for the public's 60 day petition period.

Title V Petitions
State/Permitting Authority	Facility	Petitioner	Permit Number	Date Petition Received	Status/Comments
LA	Cheniere Energy Sabine Pass LNG Liquifaction	Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition (GCEC)	Title V permit 0560-00244-v3	2/3/2012	Acknowledge receipt of petition: 3/5/2012
LA	Murphy Oil/Meraux Refinery	LEAN/ Sierra Club, et al.	Title V permit 2500-00001-V5	12/10/2009	NOI to Sue 3/10/10 Compliant Filed 12/1/10 Final Order Issued - 9/21/11 LDEQ Resp to Order: 12/20/12 NOI from LEAN for EPA not issuing/denying based on LDEQ response: 5/8/12 - Pending The final order denying the petition was signed on May 29, 2015
LA	Yuhuang Chemical Inc. – Methanol Plant, St. James Parish	Sierra Club and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN)	Title V Permit No. 2560-00295-V0	May 19, 2015	The final order granting in part and denying in part the petition was signed on August 31, 2016.
LA	Bunge North America - Grain Elevator	Cynthia Portera, Toni Offerman, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic	Title V Permit No. 2520-00048-V5	Jan 16, 2016	Pending
AR	Entergy Arkansas, Inc - Independence Plant	Sierra Club	Title V permit 0449-AOP-R7	Oct 19, 2010	Pending
AR	Entergy Arkansas, Inc – White Bluff	Sierra Club	Title V permit 0263-AOP-R7	Jan 28, 2010	Pending
AR	Big River Steel, LLC	Nucor Steel – AR And Nucor-Yamato Steel	Title V permit 2305-AOP-R0	Oct 9, 2013	Pending Acknowledge receipt of petition: 11/1/13
AR	Entergy Arkansas, Inc – White Bluff Power Plant	Sierra Club	Title V Permit No. 0263-AOP-R8	May 6, 2015	Pending - Acknowledgement letter for receipt of petition: 05/12/2015
AR	Entergy Arkansas, Inc – Independence Power Plant	Sierra Club	Title V Permit No. 0449-AOP-R8	May 5, 2015	Pending - Acknowledgement letter for receipt of petition: 05/08/2015
TX	Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant	EIP	Title V permit O1668	May 19, 2014	TCEQ Response to Petition Orders Supplemental TCEQ Response to Petition Orders Draft Permit Statement of Basis EPA Comments 05/03/16
TX	Shell Deer Park Refinery	EIP	Title V permit O1669	May 19, 2014	TCEQ Response to Petition Orders Supplemental TCEQ Response to Petition Orders Draft Permit Statement of Basis EPA Comments 05/03/16
TX	Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) H.W. Pirkey Power Plant in Harrison County, Texas	EIP	Title V permit O31	Oct 30, 2014	Acknowledge receipt of Petition: 11/17/14 Signed Order Initial TCEQ Response to Petition Orders - 02/26/16 Secondary TCEQ Response to Petition Orders - 04/28/16 “TCEQ received public comments on June 20, 2016. EPA review will begin when we receive the proposed permit and all necessary supporting information as required by 40 C.F.R. § 70.8(c)(1).”
TX	Dow Chemical Company's Freeport Salt Dome facility	Environmental Integrity Project, and Sierra Club	Title V Permit No. O2212	Aug 31, 2015	Pending
TX	ExxonMobil Corporation – Baytown Olefins Plant, Harris County, TX	Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston	Title V Permit No. O1553	Aug 8, 2016	Pending Received an NOI to Sue EPA Administrator from petitioners for failure to timely respond on 11/8/16
TX	Motiva Port Arthur Refinery	EIP, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston	Title V Permit O1386	Dec 20, 2016	Pending
TX	Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi East Refinery	EIP and Sierra Club	Title V Permit O1445	Nov 29, 2016	Pending
TX	Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) - Welsh Plant	EIP and Sierra Club	Title V Permit O26	Nov 8, 2016	Pending
TX	Pasadena Refinery	EIP, Sierra Club, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, and Air Alliance Houston	Title V Permit O3711	Nov 8, 2016	Pending