DNREC – Division of Air Quality

Federally Enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Applications

Notice is hereby given that James T. Vaughn Correctional Center having a facility at 1181 Paddock Road, Smyrna, Delaware, has requested a federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction Permit: APC-2013/0062-CONSTRUCTION (NOX RACT)(FE)(PTE) for 156 Point-of-Use Natural Gas Heating and hot water units, CO = 12.56 tons per twelve (12) month rolling period, NOX = 10.66 tons per twelve (12) month rolling period, VOC = of 0.73 tons per twelve (12) month rolling period; and PM = 1.0 tons per twelve (12) month rolling period.

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 Title V permit: AQM-003/00090 – RENEWAL 3 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, Blue Hen Corporate Center, 655 S. Bay Road, Suite 5 N, 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 Laura Bogus at the Dover Office at 739 9402.

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 March 5, 2013. 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
655 S. Bay Road, Suite 5 N
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-9402