LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ)
GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC-NORTH/SOUTH POND AND EDC BASIN AND ASSOCIATED DITCHES
PUBLIC HEARING AND REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
DRAFT MODIFIED HAZARDOUS WASTE POST-CLOSURE PERMITS
The LDEQ, Office of Environmental Services, will
conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the draft modified hazardous waste post-closure permits for Georgia-Pacific LLC, P.O. Box 629, Plaquemine,
Louisiana, 70765-0629 for the North South Pond and the EDC Basin and associated ditches. The facility is located at 26100-B La Highway 405, Plaquemine, Iberville Parish.
The
hearing will be held on Tuesday,
September 10, 2013, beginning at 6:00
p.m., at the Iberville Parish Council Meeting Room located in the
Courthouse Building, 2nd Floor, 58050
Meriam Street, Plaquemine, LA 70765-0389. During the hearing,
all interested persons will have an opportunity to present oral statements,
views, recommendations, opinions and information on the proposed permit. Additionally, written statements and other
documents such as charts, data, and tabulations may be filed with the hearing
officer at the hearing.
Under these proposed Class 3 permit modifications,
Georgia-Pacific LLC will implement several modifications to the Post-Closure
Hazardous Waste Permits for the North/South Organic Pond and the EDC Basin and
associated ditches. The modifications include changes to the groundwater
monitoring system, which includes the removal of the requirement to monitor for
the constituents listed in LAC 33: V.3325, Table 4, the replacement of MCLs
with ACLs as the groundwater protection standard and changes in the frequency
of groundwater monitoring for both areas.
This permit
was processed as an expedited permit in accordance with LAC 33:I.Chapter 18.
The
public hearing will be conducted in accordance with La. R.S. 30:2017, which
addresses the authority of the hearing officer, provides for the order in which
speakers will be allowed to speak and the length of time allocated to each
speaker. A hearing officer will preside
over the public hearing. This will be a
formal hearing for the purpose of gathering facts and information. It will not include a “question and answer”
component. In accordance with La. R.S.
30:2016, the hearing will be transcribed and become a part of the official public
record.
Comments and requests for notification of the final decision can be submitted via personal delivery, U.S. mail,
email, or fax. Comments and requests for public
hearings must be received by 4:30 pm CST, Monday, September 16, 2013. Delivery may be made to the drop-box at 602 N.
5th St., Baton Rouge, LA 70802.
U.S. Mail may be sent to LDEQ, Public Participation Group, P.O. Box
4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313. Emails may be submitted to DEQ.PUBLICNOTICES@LA.GOV and faxes sent to (225) 219-3309.
Please see additional instructions for comment submission,
hand delivery and information regarding electronic submission at http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=2256 or call (225) 219-3276. Emails should follow the statewide
email policies. For more information regarding statewide email policies, go to http://doa.louisiana.gov/ocs/email/policies.htm.
LDEQ will send
notification of the final permit decision to the applicant and to each person
who has submitted written comments or a written request for notification of the
final decision.
The
Class 3 Permit Modification Applications are available for review at the LDEQ, Public Records Center, Room 127,
602 North 5th Street, Baton Rouge, LA. Viewing hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays).
The available information can
also be accessed electronically on the Electronic Document Management System
(EDMS) on the DEQ public website at www.deq.louisiana.gov.
An
additional copy of the Class 3 Permit Modification Applications may be reviewed at the Iberville Parish Library Headquarters, 24605 J. Gerald
Berret Blvd., Plaquemine, LA..
Previous notices have been published in the Advocate
and Post South on Thursday, February, 28, 2013.
Inquiries
or requests for additional information regarding this permit action should be
directed to Will F. Steele, LDEQ, Waste
Permits Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone (225) 219-3050.
Persons
wishing to be included on the LDEQ permit public notice mailing list or for
other public participation related questions should contact the Public
Participation Group in writing at LDEQ, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313, by email at DEQ.PUBLICNOTICES@LA.GOV
or contact the LDEQ Customer Service Center at (225) 219-LDEQ (219-5337).
Permit public notices including
electronic access to the draft permits can
be viewed on the LDEQ permits public webpage at www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/default.asp
and general information related to the public participation in permitting
activities can be viewed at www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.
Alternatively, individuals
may elect to receive the permit public notices via email by subscribing to the
LDEQ permits public notice List Server at http://louisiana.gov/Services/Email_Notifications_DEQ_PN/.
All
correspondence should specify AI Number 25738, Permit
Numbers LAR 000 003 483-PC-01-RN-1 and LAR 000 003 483-PC-02-RN-1, and Activity Numbers
PER20130002 and PER20130001.
Scheduled Publication Date: July 25, 2013
