NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR
DRAFT/PROPOSED OPERATING PERMIT
SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION
Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and the state Air
Pollution Control Act requires that all major sources and
certain minor sources have a permit to operate which
states all requirements (e.g. emission limitations,
monitoring requirements, etc.) established by
regulations promulgated under the aforementioned
programs. The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has
determined that the draft/proposed permit significant
modification referenced herein meets this requirement.
The DAQ is providing notice to the general public of its
preliminary determination to issue an operating permit
significant modification to the following company for
operation of the referenced Natural Gas Extraction
Plant:
Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.
Hastings Extraction Plant
Plant ID No.: 103-00009
Route 20,
Pine Grove, WV 26419
This notice solicits comments from the public and
affected state(s) concerning the above preliminary
determination and provides an opportunity for such
parties to review the basis for the proposed approval
and the “draft” permit significant modification. This
notice also solicits comments from the U.S. EPA
concerning the same preliminary determination and
provides an opportunity for the U.S. EPA to concurrently
review the basis for the proposed approval as a
“proposed” permit.
All written comments submitted by the public and
affected state(s) pursuant to this notice must be
received by the DAQ within thirty (30) days of the date
of publication of this notice. Under concurrent review,
written comments submitted by the U.S. EPA must be
received by the DAQ within forty-five (45) days from the
date of publication of this notice or from the date the
U.S. EPA receives this draft/proposed permit significant
modification, whichever is later. In the event the
30th/45th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday,
the comment period will be extended until 5:00 p.m. on
the following regularly scheduled business day. The
public shall have 135 days from the date of publication
of this notice to file petitions for concurrently reviewed
permits. Upon notice by the U.S. EPA to the DAQ, prior
to the end of the 45 day notice period, the U.S. EPA
may choose to hold the 30 day comment period on the
draft permit and the 45 day comment period on the
proposed permit sequentially. During the public
comment period any interested person may submit
written comments on the draft permit and, if no public
hearing has been scheduled, may request a public
hearing. A request for a public hearing shall be in
writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed
to be raised in the hearing. The Director of the DAQ
shall grant such a request for a hearing if she concludes
that a public hearing is appropriate. Any public hearing
shall be held in the general area in which the facility is
located, after 30 day notice is given. The DAQ will
consider all written comments prior to final action on the
permit.
Copies of the Permit Application, DAQ Fact Sheet, and
Draft/Proposed Permit Significant Modification may be
downloaded from the DAQ’s web site at:
https://dep.wv.gov/daq/permitting/titlevpermits/Pages/de
fault.aspx.
Comments and questions concerning this matter should
be addressed to:
WV Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Air Quality
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Contact: Natalya V. Chertkovsky-Veselova
(304) 926-0499 ext.: 41250
WV DEP Division of Air Quality
WC 12/01 15093