Notice is hereby given that MEDAL Air Liquide d/b/a Air Liquide Advance Technologies U.S. LLC having a facility at 305 Water St., Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, has requested a federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction permit (Draft/Proposed Permit: APC-2019/0062-CONSTRUCTION(FE)) for a new regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO). The RTO will be permitted to emit 0.04 ton per rolling twelve (12) month period of particulate matter (PM10), 0.003 ton per rolling twelve (12) month period of sulfur dioxide (SO2), 0.52 ton per rolling twelve (12) month period of nitrogen oxides (NOx), 0.43 ton per rolling twelve (12) month period of Carbon Monoxide (CO), and 1.34 tons per rolling twelve (12) month period of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by Draft/Proposed Permit: APC-2019/0062-CONSTRUCTION(FE).

Upon completion of construction, the Department will incorporate the operating conditions and limits of the 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Construction permit into the facility’s existing Synthetic Minor permit (Permit: APC-96/0911-OPERATION(Amendment 9)(VOC RACT)(SM)) via an Administrative Amendment.

The application, the “draft/proposed” construction permit, all materials that the applicant has submitted (other than those granted confidential treatment under DNREC rules), and a copy of summary of other materials, if any, considered in preparing the “draft/proposed” permit may be inspected at the offices of the Division of Air Quality, State Street Commons, 100 W. Water Street, Suite 6A, Dover, Delaware and 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, Delaware. To submit comments, for additional information or for an appointment to inspect the application, please contact Tracy Mattson at the Dover Office at 7399402.

The “draft/proposed” construction permit is being submitted to EPA for concurrent processing. If there are no significant comments, the “draft/proposed” construction permit will be issued as a final permit after the expiration of the EPA review period.

A public hearing on the above application will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing regarding that application within 30 days from the date of this notice, ending Monday, May 6, 2019. A request for a hearing shall be in writing. The request must also show a familiarity with the application and a reasoned statement of the permit’s probable impact.

All comments and public hearing requests should be mailed to the following address:

DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY
STATE STREET COMMONS
100 W. WATER STREET, SUITE 6A
DOVER, DE 19904
(302) 739-9402