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Thursday, June 2, 2005 @ 3:43 PM
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MORGANTOWN-- A public meeting on a Monongalia County concrete batch plant has been set for June 9 at the Stewartstown Community Building.  The meeting will begin at 6 p.m.     

    Staff from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Air Quality will be on hand to discuss the Alcon, LLC. general permit registration application G50-B042, and to take comments
from the public on the proposal.  The agency will consider written and oral comments on the permit modification before making a final permit decision.

    The general permit registration application to construct and operate a concrete batch plant in Morgantown, W.Va. was received April 6, 2005.  DAQ's preliminary evaluation of Alcon's application indicates that the
proposed construction will meet all applicable air quality requirements.

    All written comments on the proposed batch plant must be received by the close of the hearing on June 9.  All comments received will be considered by the DAQ director in a final decision on the proposed construction.

    Copies of the general permit registration application are available for public review at the following addresses.

    DEP/DAQ North Central Regional Office   
    2031 Pleasant Valley Rd., Ste. 1        
    Fairmont, WV 26554               
    Telephone: (304) 788-1641           
   
    Hours M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., holidays excluded


    West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
    Division of Air Quality
    601 57-th Street
    Charleston, WV  25304
    Telephone:  (304) 926-0499 ext. 1223
    Hours M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., holidays excluded

    Directions to the Stewartstown Community Building are as follows: From I-68; take Exit 7 toward WV-705/Airport/Pierpont Road. Turn left onto CR-857 South for 1.1 miles. CR-857 South becomes US-119 North for 3 miles. Turn right onto Stewartstown Road/CR-65 for 2.3 miles. Stay
straight to go onto Stewartstown Road/CR-6/5 for 0.5 miles.