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

Public Notice Start Date: January 22, 2019	MDEQ Contact: Slater Smith

Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC, Bates 25-24 H Number 1 Production Facility (31° 11' 25.00" N, 90° 45' 48.00" W), Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC, Nunnery 12-1H Number 1 Production Facility (31° 8' 47.84" N, 90° 33' 34.75" W),  Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC, CMR 8-5H Number 1 Production Facility (31° 3' 54.00" N, 90° 49' 52.00" W), Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC, T Lewis 7-38H Number 1 Production Facility (31° 4' 13.87" N, 90° 50' 29.22" W), located in Amite County, (832) 399-3141, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting actions: Modification of Air Construction Permits Ref. No. 0080-00042, 0080-00041, 0080-00039, and 0080-00050. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 1311: Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas.  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.  
Goodrich Petroleum Company LLC has applied for a modification of their existing air construction permits for Bates 25-24H Number 1 Production Facility, Nunnery 12-1H Number 1 Production Facility, CMR 8-5H Number 1 Production Facility, and T Lewis 7-38H Number 1 Production Facility. The aforementioned facilities produce oil and natural gas, and each facility contains the following emission sources: a heater treater, reciprocating internal combustion engines, storage tanks of varying sizes, a process control flare, and oil loading operations. Due to the decreased output of crude oil and produced gas from each well-site over time, the potential emissions from each facility has decreased to below the major source threshold of 100 tons per year of criteria pollutants. Each facility is now considered to be a true minor source of emissions. All required state and federal regulations will remain in each construction permit; however, the existing reporting requirements have been removed. As a result of the emissions being so low, each facility could vent emissions to the atmosphere; however, each facility will continue to vent produced gas to the process control flare as a safety precaution. If the produced gas reaches a level which are no longer safe or practical to be sent to the flare then each facility will vent the produced gasses to the atmosphere.
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 Slater Smith at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than the end of the thirty (30) day public notice. All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the applications.  A public hearing will be held if the Permit Board finds a significant degree of public interest in the proposed permits. Persons wishing to request a public hearing may do so by submitting that request in writing to Slater Smith or the Chief of the Environmental Permits Division at the address shown above.  The Permit Board is limited in the scope of its analysis to environmental impact.  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.
Additional details about the applications, including a copy of the draft permits, 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 permits may be found on the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s website at: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx . This information is also available for review at the following locations during normal business hours:
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Pollution Control
515 E. Amite St 
Jackson, MS 39201 
Liberty Public Library
196 Clinic Drive
Liberty, MS 39648    

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