Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permits for Sirmos Division of Bromante; the New York City Transit Authority's East New York Bus Depot; and the New York Organic Fertilizer Company

This document announces that the EPA Administrator has responded to three citizen petitions asking EPA to object to operating permits issued to three facilities by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). Specifically, the Administrator has partially granted and partially denied each of the petitions submitted by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) to object to each of the State operating permits issued to the following facilities: Sirmos Division of Bromante Corp. (Sirmos) in Long Island City, NY; New York City Transit Authority's (NYCTA) East NY Bus Depot in Brooklyn, NY; and New York Organic Fertilizer Company's (NYOFCO) sludge pelletization facility in the Bronx, NY. Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act (Act), Petitioner may seek judicial review of those portions of the petitions which EPA denied in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit. Any petition for review shall be filed within 60 days from the date this notice appears in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 307 of the Act.