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BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARDUNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYWASHINGTON, D.C.
In re:Shell Offshore Inc.Permit No. R10OCS030000)))))))
PETITION FOR REVIEWSUBMITTED BY RESISTING ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTIONOF INDIGENOUS LANDS, ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE, CENTER FORBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL,NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, OCEANA, PACIFICENVIRONMENT, SIERRA CLUB, and THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ......................................................................................................... iii
 
INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1
 
BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................2
 
I.
 
FACTUAL BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................2
 
II.
 
STATUTORY AND REGULATORY BACKGROUND ...................................................5
 
THRESHOLD PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................6
 
STANDARD OF REVIEW .............................................................................................................7
 
ARGUMENT ...................................................................................................................................9
 
I.
 
THE PERMIT‘S LIMITS ON SHELL‘S EMISSIONS
OF NO
X
AND CO AREUNLAWFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PRACTICABLY ENFORCEABLE;ACCORDINGLY, THE
KULLUK 
SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO
―MAJOR‖
SOURCE REQUIREMENTS. .............................................................................................9
 
II.
 
THE REGION CLEARLY ERRED IN ITS DECISION TO EXCLUDE FROM
―AMBIENT AIR‖ THE AR 
EA WITHIN A 500 METER RADIUS FROM
KULLUK 
. ...........................................................................................................................15
 
III.
 
THE PERMIT FAILS TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLEINCREMENTS, IN VIOLATION OF CLEAN AIR ACT SECTION 504(E). ................19
 
A.
 
Title V permits issued for temporary sources like the
Kulluk 
must assurecompliance with any applicable increment. ...........................................................20
 
1.
 
The plain language of section 504(e) requires EPA to assurecompliance with increments once they have been triggered for anarea. ............................................................................................................21
 
2.
 
The structure and purpose of Title V‘s permit provisions confirmthe Region‘s obligation to assure compliance with increments in a
temporary source permit. ...........................................................................22
 
B.
 
The
Kulluk 
Permit unlawfully fails to assure compliance with applicableincrement requirements. .........................................................................................25
 
C.
 
The Region‘s assertion that it need not undertake an analysis or develop
permit conditions to assure compliance with applicable increments iswrong. ....................................................................................................................27
 
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