Notice of Public Hearing
Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board
P. O. Box 2261
Jackson, MS 39225
Telephone No. (601) 961-5171

Public Notice Start Date: December 28, 2016
Public Hearing Date:  February 9, 2017	MDEQ Contact: Audra Sandifer Eubanks

Chevron Products Company, Pascagoula Refinery, located at 250 Industrial Road, in Pascagoula, MS, (228) 938-4600, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action(s):   Issuance of Construction Permit and Modification to PSD Construction Permit initially issued April 14, 2009 Ref. No. 1280-00058. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 2911.  The permit board will hold a public hearing regarding these permits 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the Pascagoula Senior Center, 1912 Live Oak Avenue, Pascagoula, MS. A Statement of Basis has been prepared that contains a discussion of the decision-making that went into the development of the permit and provides the permitting authority, the public, and other government bodies a record of the technical issues surrounding issuance of the permit. The Statement of Basis also addresses any changes to emissions and/or discharges resulting from any modification of the facility.  
ISO II Reactor Replacement Project:  Chevron is proposing the ISO II Reactor Replacement Project in order to ensure long term reliability of the ISO II plant by replacing the reactor R-6210.  The project will not increase the feed rate of any processing unit but is expected to reduce unit shutdown frequencies and provide incremental improvement in run time.  The project will not include the installation of any new emissions sources.  However, the new reactor is expected to allow increased annual production in the ISO I and ISO II plants.  Also, there will be increase of intermediates and products that will affect storage tank throughputs as well as shipment operations in the marketing terminal and wharf areas.  The project will also include some piping modifications to route to and from the new reactor.  The project will not affect the refinery crude feed rate, or the operation of any upstream or downstream process unit.  The project-related emission increases exceed the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) significance thresholds for greenhouse gases (GHG) only.  Therefore, the project is not subject to PSD and the refinery is not required to conduct a netting analysis.

Pascagoula Base Oil Project (PBOP):  Chevron submitted the current application for a revision to the PSD Permit for the construction of the Pascagoula Base Oil Project (PBOP) issued April 14, 2009 and last revised February 2013. Chevron is proposing revisions to the PBOP PSD Construction Permit to addressed as-built conditions. The proposed revision is to modify emission limitations based on the post-project stack testing results. Other changes include the removal of a crude oil storage tank which was not constructed, adjusting equipment leak fugitive source counts to as-built and incorporating additional contemporaneous changes at the refinery which were not identified in the previous revision.
The staff of the Permit Board has developed this draft permit based on information submitted to the Permit Board by the applicant, appropriate State and Federal agencies and other interested parties. The staff of the Permit Board is soliciting all relative information pertaining to the proposed activity, including public comment, to ensure that the final staff recommendation on the draft permit complies with all State and Federal regulations. Public review and comment on the draft permit and supporting documentation is an important element in the staff evaluation and resulting recommendation to the Permit Board. The draft permit conditions have been developed to ensure compliance with all State and Federal regulations but are subject to change based on information received as a result of public participation.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed determinations are invited to submit comments in writing to Audra Eubanks at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than February 9, 2017. All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application(s).  Any comments relative to zoning or economic and social impacts are within the jurisdiction of local zoning and planning authorities and should be addressed to them.
The Permit Board is created by Mississippi Law for the purpose of issuing or denying, under such conditions and limitations as it may prescribe, environmental protection permits to control or prevent the release of contaminants into the air and waters of the State.  By law, the Board is composed of the Chief of the Bureau of Environmental Health within the State Department of Health; the Director of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, the Director of the Office of Land and Water Resources within the Department of Environmental Quality, the Supervisor of the State Oil and Gas Board; the Director of the Department of Marine Resources; the Director of Geology within the Department of Environmental Quality; and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or their respective designees.

The Purpose of this hearing is to explain the proposed project and to receive comments from the public regarding the project and particularly the draft permits and the disclosure statement.  Upon arrival at the public hearing, everyone will be asked to register and note if they expect to make a statement.  Statements will be received in the order of registration (i.e., first to register will be the first to give public comment).  However, everyone will be given an opportunity to comment including those who indicated during registration that they did not expect to comment.  Persons commenting will not be limited to any specific time so long as the comments are reasonably concise and relate, at least generally, to the responsibilities of the Permit Board.  However, because a large number of people often wish to speak, comments should be as brief as reasonably possible.  Comments can be presented in writing if preferred.  In order to help facilitate understanding between citizens and the Permit Board staff, the staff will attempt to answer questions at the hearing.  However, such interchanges should be as brief as possible so that everyone who wants to speak has the opportunity as promptly as possible.
All comments made during this public hearing will be transcribed and made a part of the Permit Board file in this matter.  Before making any decision, the Board will consider all issues and concerns raised regarding environmental protection.  Any interested party aggrieved by the decision of the Permit Board may file a written request for a formal hearing, after the formal evidentiary hearing the Permit Board will make its final decision in the matter. Any person aggrieved by that decision may appeal to the chancery court in the county of the proposed project.
Additional details about the application(s), including a copy of the draft permit(s), are available by writing or calling Lorenzo Boddie at the above Permit Board address and telephone number.  Additionally, as a courtesy, for those with Internet access, a copy of the draft permit(s) may be found on the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s website at: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx . Additional documents can be found on the Online Public Hearing link at: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publichearingheader.aspx. This information is also available for review at the following location(s) during normal business hours:
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Pollution Control
515 E. Amite St 
Jackson, MS 39201 
Pascagoula Public Library
3214 Pascagoula Street
Pascagoula, MS 39567    

Please bring the foregoing to the attention of persons whom you know will be interested.