Public Notice: Approval of Request for Coverage; Joshua Tree 96 Travel Center, Joshua Tree, CA
Summary
Approval of Request for Coverage under the General Air Quality Permit for New or Modified Minor Gasoline Dispensing Facilities in Indian Country within California: Joshua Tree 96 Travel Center. Source ID # 104. Application # 2024-007-GP.
Final Action
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9 is approving a Request for Coverage under the General Air Quality Permit for New or Modified Minor Source Gasoline Dispensing Facilities in Indian Country within California (CA-GDF General Permit) from the Twenty-Nine Palms Economic Development Corporation. This approval pertains to the construction and operation of the Joshua Tree 96 Travel Center (Source), a gasoline dispensing facility with a convenience store, to be located on the Tribal lands of the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, near Joshua Tree, California. The EPA is approving the Source’s request pursuant to the provisions of Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 110(a) and 301(d) and the EPA’s Federal Indian Country Minor New Source Review (NSR) Program at Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) title 40, sections 49.151-161 (Tribal Minor NSR Program).
Source Location(s): 34.135, -116.288 (latitude/longitude), near Joshua Tree, California.
EPA Region 9’s approval of the Request for Coverage for the Source under the CA-GDF General Permit is a final agency action for purposes of judicial review only for the issue of whether the Source qualifies for coverage under the CA-GDF General Permit. See 40 CFR 49.156(e)(6). Any petition for review of this approval action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit pursuant to CAA section 307(b). This Approval is effective as of June 30, 2025.
Administrative Record
The final approval decision, EPA’s Region 9’s Technical Support Document for this action, and all other supporting information are available through www.regulations.gov under Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0257. If you have trouble accessing the materials, or for other methods to obtain these materials, please contact Tina Su at (213) 244-1871 or R9airpermits@epa.gov.
Tina Su can also be reached through the EPA Region 9’s toll-free general information line at (866) 372-9378.
Online Docket for Decision: EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0257.
Additional Information
If you have questions, or if you wish to obtain further information, please contact Tina Su at (213) 244-1871 or via email at R9airpermits@epa.gov. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive future information about this approval action or other permit decisions issued by EPA Region 9, please contact EPA Region 9 by sending an email to R9airpermits@epa.gov.
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