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NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT/PROPOSED OPERATING PERMIT
RENEWAL
Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and the state
Air Pollution
Control Act requires that all major sources and certain minor
sources have a
permit to operate which states all requirements (e.g.
emission limitations,
monitoring requirements, etc.) established by
regulations promulgated under the
aforementioned programs. The
Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that
the draft/proposed permit
renewal referenced herein meets this requirement.
The DAQ
is providing notice to the general public of its preliminary
determination
to issue an operating permit renewal to the following company for
operation
of the referenced electric generating facility:
Monongahela Power Company
Rivesville Power Station
Plant ID No. : 049-00009
Jackson Street, Rt. 19
Rivesville,
WV 26588
This notice solicits comments from the public and
affected state(s)
concerning the above preliminary determination and
provides an opportunity for
such parties to review the basis for the
proposed approval and the "draft"
permit renewal. This notice also
solicits comments from the U.S. EPA
concerning the same preliminary
determination and provides an opportunity for
the U.S. EPA to concurrently
review the basis for the proposed approval as
a “proposed” permit.
This notice also incorporates changes to the General
Requirements of the
following preconstruction permit(s): R13-1098B
All
written comments submitted by the public and affected state(s)
pursuant to
this notice must be received by the DAQ within thirty (30) days of
the date
of publication of this notice. Under concurrent review, written
comments submitted by the U.S. EPA must be received by the DAQ within
forty-
five (45) days from the date of publication of this notice or from the
date the
U.S. EPA receives this draft/proposed permit renewal, whichever is
later. In
the event that the 30th/45th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday, the
comment period will be extended until 5:00 p.m. on the
following regularly
scheduled business day. The public shall have 135
days from the date of
publication of this notice to file petitions for
concurrently reviewed
permits. Upon notice by the U.S. EPA to the DAQ,
prior to the end of the 45-
day notice period, the U.S. EPA may choose to
hold the 30 day comment period on
the draft permit and the 45 day comment
period on the proposed permit
sequentially. During the public comment
period any interested person may
submit written comments on the draft permit
and may request a public hearing,
if no public hearing has already been
scheduled. A request for a public hearing
shall be in writing and shall
state the nature of the issues proposed to be
raised in the hearing. The
Director of the DAQ shall grant such a request for a
hearing if he concludes
that a public hearing is appropriate. Any public
hearing shall be held
in the general area in which the facility is located,
after 30 day notice is
given. The DAQ will consider all written comments prior
to final
action on the permit.
Copies of the DAQ Fact Sheet and
Draft/Proposed Permit Renewal may be
downloaded from the DAQ's web site at
the following address:
http://www.wvdep.org/daq. Copies of the Permit
Application, DAQ Fact Sheet,
and Draft/Proposed Permit Renewal are available
for public review at the
following location between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.:
WV Department of
Environmental Protection
Division
of Air Quality
601 57th Street
SE
Charleston, WV
25304
Contact: Frederick
Tipane
(304) 926-0499 ext.:
1215
Comments and
questions concerning this matter should be addressed to
the above referenced
individual.