Notice of Open Comment Period for Class II General Permit G35-E for
Natural Gas
Compressor and/or Dehydration Facilities
The West Virginia
Department of
Environmental Protection
Division of Air Quality
(DAQ) is providing notice
to the general public of an open comment period for a Class II General Permit
for the construction,
modification, relocation of and to prevent and control air pollution from the
operation of natural gas compressor and/or
dehydration facilities
pursuant to WV
Legislative Rule
45CSR13. The changes to the existing G35-D
general permit that are the subject of this public
notice consist of the
incorporation by reference of New Source
Performance Standards
40CFR60 Subparts
OOOOb. No emission
increases to the already
existing emission limits
established in General
Permit G35-D are being
permitted.
General Permit G35-E is
for natural gas
compressor and/or
dehydration facilities.
Currently, General
Permits G30-D, G35-A,
G35-C and G35-D cover
natural gas compressor
and/or dehydration
facilities. These General
Permits will continue to
exist, however, there will
be no future registrations, modifications, or
administrative updates
allowed to registrations
issued under these
permits. If a registrant
wishes to modify an
existing registration under General Permits G30-D,
G35-A, G35-C or G35-D, it
must be done so under
General Permit G35-E.
Provided that the applicant can demonstrate
compliance with the
requirements, provisions,
standards and conditions
of this Class II General
Permit, the DAQ has
determined that all state
air quality requirements
will be met by any eligible
natural gas compressor
and/or dehydration
facilties. Any natural gas
compressor and/or
dehydration facility
granted Class II General
Permit registration by the
Director shall not have a
potential to emit any
criteria pollutant in an
amount equal to or greater than 100 tons per year or
0 tons per year of any
single hazardous/toxic
pollutant or 25 tons per
year of any combination of hazardous/toxic pollutants.
The public may provide
written comments
regarding the DRAFT
Class II General Permit
G35-E to the Division of
Air Quality via mail, fax or
email to the address
below. All written
comments must be
received by the DAQ
before 5:00 p.m. on
Monday, August 26, 2024. Prior to taking any final
action on this permitting
issue, the DAQ will
consider only those written comments relevant to air quality issues which this
Division has jurisdiction.
Such written comments
must be received within
DAQ determines that
significant public interest
has been expressed, in
writing, or when the
Director deems it
appropriate.
This notice provides an
oopportunity for the public to review the DRAFT
Class II General Permit
G35-E and Engineering
Evaluation. In the event
you wish to submit written comments, include your
name, a return address,
and a daytime telephone
number and indicate any
organization on behalf of
which your comments are submitted. All public
comments are a part of
the public record and are
available for inspection by
any interested party.
Copies of this DRAFT
Class II General Permit,
Engineering Evaluation
and this Notice of Intent to Approve are available for
public review on the DAQ
website at:
https://dep.wv.gov/daq/
permitting/Pages/
airgeneralpermit.aspx
West Virginia Department
of Environmental
Protection Division of Air
Quality
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Contact: Roy F. Kees,
P.E. Phone: (304)
926-0499, ext. 41269
Fax: (304) 926-0478
Email:
[email protected]
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