PUBLIC
NOTICE
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ)
INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINALS COMPANY
ANCHORAGE CHEMICAL TERMINAL
The LDEQ, Office of
Environmental Services, is accepting written comments on the proposed
Part 70 air operating permit renewal/modification for Intercontinental Terminals
Company, 2449 N River Road, Port
Allen, Louisiana 70767 for the Anchorage Chemical Terminal. The facility is located at 2449 N River Road, Port
Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish.
Intercontinental
Terminals Company
requested a
Part 70 air operating permit renewal/modification for the Anchorage Chemical
Terminal. Intercontinental Terminals
Company proposes the following:
• Add Crude C5 Product as a
commodity to be received by the facility, stored on-site, and distributed to
customers via all modes of transportation with the exception of tank trucks;
• Add isobutylene as a commodity
handled at the facility, as it was inadvertently omitted from the previous
permit;
• Increase the currently
permitted Crude Butadiene tankcars flared for maintenance from 50 to 75 per
year;
• Increase the currently
permitted Refined Butadiene product barges flared due to nitrogen content from
5 per
year to 10 per year;
• Update the component count
associated with Fugitive Hydrocarbon Emissions (FUG 0001);
• Incorporate PM2.5 emissions
from all applicable emission sources into the permit;
• Update emission factors for
PM10, NOx, CO, and SO2 emissions from flare combustion of waste hydrocarbon
gas;
• Incorporate NESHAP Subpart ZZZZ
regulations for applicable emission sources; and,
• Update the Insignificant Activities
List.
Estimated emissions of criteria pollutants from the
facility, in tons per year (TPY), are as follows:
Pollutant
|
Before
|
After
|
Change
|
PM10
|
0.24
|
0.35
|
+
0.11
|
PM2.5*
|
-
|
0.35
|
+ 0.35
|
SO2
|
0.04
|
0.09
|
+
0.05
|
NOx
|
3.40
|
3.42
|
+
0.02
|
CO
|
10.82
|
14.52
|
+
3.70
|
VOC
|
5.89
|
7.33
|
+
1.44
|
*Existing
but not previously required to report.
A technical review
of the working draft of the proposed permit was submitted to the facility
representative and the LDEQ Inspection Division. Any remarks received during the technical
review will be addressed in the “Worksheet for Technical Review of
Working Draft of Proposed Permit”. All remarks received by LDEQ
are included in the record that is available for public review.
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, Thursday,
February 27, 2014. 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, proposed permit
and statement of basis 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.
Additional copies may be reviewed at the West Baton Rouge Parish Library – Headquarters, 830 North
Alexander Avenue, Port Allen, LA 70767.
Inquiries
or requests for additional information regarding this permit action should be
directed to Shane Clary, LDEQ, Air Permits Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA
70821-4313, phone (225) 219-3514.
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 proposed permit
and statement of basis 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 19556, Permit Number 3120-00002-V1,
and Activity Number PER20130002.
Scheduled for publication: Thursday, January 23, 2014
