PUBLIC
NOTICE
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ)
SWIFT ENERGY OPERATING, LLC / WEST SIDE
FACILITY / LAKE WASHINGTON FIELD
PROPOSED MINOR (SYNTHETIC)
INITIAL PERMIT
The LDEQ, Office of
Environmental Services, is accepting written comments on a proposed Minor (Synthetic) Initial permit
for Swift Energy Operating, LLC, 16825
Northchase Drive Ste 40, Houston, TX 77060
for the Lake Washington Field of the West Side
Facility. The facility is
located 9.5 miles southwest of Port Sulphur, Plaquemines
Parish.
Swift Energy Operating, LLC requested authorization
to make the following changes:
1.
Add a gas operated chemical injection pump, EP
CIP-01;
2.
Add a Slop Oil Tank, EP T-08;
3.
Decrease the facility’s annual condensate/crude
oil production to 2,007,500 barrels;
4.
Reconcile the fugitive emissions, EP FE-01;
5.
Establish an emissions cap limiting, by a
federally enforceable condition, the combined operating hours of the two 1478
horsepower Natural gas fired generators, EP GE-01 and EP GE-02, to 10,512 hours
for any consecutive twelve month-period.
The cap is intended to keep the facility-wide emissions below the major
source threshold; and
6.
Update the emissions of the below listed emission
sources due to new facility analyses:
a.
Combustion engines: EP CE-01 → EP CE-04 and EP
GE-01 → EP GE-03,
b.
Combustion flares, EP FL-01 → EP FL-03,
c.
Dehydration unit components, EP GR-01 and EP
GV-01,
d.
Natural gas burners, EP HT-01 → EP HT
Estimated
emissions from this facility in tons per year are as follows:
Pollutant
|
Before
|
After
|
Change
|
PM10
|
4.15
|
3.38
|
- 0.77
|
PM2.5 a
|
NR
|
3.34
|
+ 3.34
|
SO2
|
0.94
|
0. 46
|
- 0.48
|
NOX
|
93.45
|
76.70
|
- 16.75
|
CO
|
87.94
|
79.02
|
- 8.92
|
VOC
|
35.83
|
36.46
|
+ 0.63
|
Total TAP
|
9.45
|
8.49
|
- 0.96
|
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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, Tuesday, March 4,
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 proposed minor (synthetic) initial permit application
is 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 Plaquemines Parish Library - Buras Branch, 35572
Highway 11, Buras, LA 70041.
Inquiries
or requests for additional information regarding this permit action should be
directed to Dr. Hassan Ghosn,
LDEQ, Air Permits Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone
(225) 219-3290.
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 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 149892, Permit
Number 2240-00373-02, and Activity Number
PER20130001.
