PUBLIC NOTICE
LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ)
ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY
The LDEQ, Office of Environmental
Services, is accepting written comments on a Louisiana Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) permit prepared for ANGUS Chemical Company,
Post Office Box 1325,
Sterlington, Louisiana 71280. The facility is located at 350 Louisiana Highway 2 in Sterlington, Ouachita
Parish. Upon the effective
date of the final permit, the LPDES permit shall replace the previously issued
LPDES permit.
The principal
discharge from this source made into the Ouachita River (Outfalls 001, 002, and 005) and
Lonewa Bayou (Outfall 004), waters of the state classified for primary contact
recreation, secondary contact recreation propagation of fish and wildlife, and
drinking water supply (Ouachita River only). Under the SIC 2869 and 2873, the applicant proposes to discharge process
wastewater, process area and non-process area stormwater, non-process
maintenance wastewater including fire water and river water overflow, sanitary
wastewater, lab wastewater, utility wastewaters including cooling tower
blowdown and boiler blowdown, drainage ditch wastewater, steam condensate,
safety shower water, hydrostatic test wastewater, miscellaneous washdown
waters, clarifier underflow including ultrafiltration reject/cleaning, and
water supply treatment wastewaters such as reverse osmosis reject/cleaning
and/or demineralizer backwash/regeneration from an existing synthetic organic
chemical manufacturing industry plant.
During the preparation of this
permit, it has been determined that the discharge will have no adverse impact
on the existing uses of the receiving waterbody. As with any discharge, however, some change
in existing water quality may occur.
Comments
and requests for a public hearing or 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, Tuesday,
September 3, 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.
If LDEQ finds a significant degree of public interest, a
public hearing will be held. 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 application, additional information, draft permit,
and 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.
Inquiries or requests for additional
information regarding this permit action should be directed to Christy Clark,
LDEQ, Water Permits Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone
(225) 219-3528.
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 permit
and fact sheet can
be viewed at the LDEQ permits public notice 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 1556, Permit Number LA0007854,
and Activity Number PER20120005.
Scheduled for Publication: Tuesday, July 30, 2013
