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

Public Notice Start Date: April 24, 2013	MDEQ Contact: Audra Sandifer
Deadline For Comment: May 24, 2013

SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC, located at 3531 Port and Harbour Drive in Bay St. Louis, MS, (228) 466-3056, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action(s): Modification to Title V Operating Permit Ref. No. 1000-00007. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 2821.    
SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC, an existing thermoplastics manufacturer, is applying for a significant modification to the existing Title V Operating Permit.  This modification includes the following:  Permitting an operating scenario for Emission Point AM-016 (RTO), which controls VOC and HAP emissions from the STAMAX extruders and Finishing Lines BA, BB, and BD; Construction of an additional particulate collection point which will be routed to and controlled by the Central Dust Collector (Emission Point AM-024); Update “as-built” information for sources added with the Polypropylene Production Project and the STAMAX Project which were approved with the modified Title V Permit in November 2010; Installation of a 150 kW non-emergency natural gas fired generator (Emission Point AB-013); and Construction of a second glass row on the STAMAX production line.

An actual-to-potential emissions analysis was performed for all existing sources affected and all proposed new emission sources to determine if a significant increase in emissions, with respect to PSD thresholds, would result from the project.  The emissions increases are 0.48 tpy for NOx, 0.96 tpy for CO, 0.34 tpy for VOC, 0.32 tpy of HAPs, and negligible changes to all other pollutants.
SABIC is a major source for NOx emissions.  SABIC has facility-wide limitations on emissions of total hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and individual HAPs below the Title V thresholds to avoid future potentially applicable MACT standards.

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 Sandifer at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than May 24, 2013.  All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application(s).  A public hearing will be held if the Permit Board finds a significant degree of public interest in the proposed permit(s).  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.
After receipt of public comments and thorough consideration of all comments, the staff will formulate its recommendations for permit issuance and a proposed permit if that is the recommendation. The Title V Permit to Operate is a permit that is required by Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law. The Title V permit is a Federally-enforceable permit as well as a State permit.  Therefore, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will also be allowed an opportunity to review the application, proposed permit, and all comments received during the public comment period prior to Permit Board action on the application. 
EPA has agreed to treat this draft permit as a proposed permit and to perform its 45-day review provided by the law and regulations concurrently with the public notice period, as long as no public comments are received within the 30-day public notice period.  If comments are received, EPA’s 45-day review period will cease to be performed concurrently with the public notice period.  EPA’s 45-day review period will start once the public notice period has been completed and EPA receives notification from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality that comments have been received and resolved.  Whether EPA’s 45-day review period is performed concurrently with the public comment period or after the public comment period has ended, the deadline for citizen’s petitions to the EPA Administrator will be determined as if EPA’s 45-day review period is performed after the public comment period has ended.  
The status regarding EPA’s 45-day review of this project and the deadline for citizen’s petitions can be found at the following website address:  http://www.epa.gov/region4/air/permits/Mississippi.htm.
Additional details about the application(s), including a copy of the draft permit(s), are available by writing or calling Joanne Rials at the above Permit Board address and telephone number.  Additionally, as a courtesy, for those with Internet access, a copy of the proposed draft permit(s) 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 location(s) during normal business hours:
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Pollution Control
515 E. Amite St 
Jackson, MS 39201 
Hancock County Library System
312 Highway 90
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520    

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