DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits. DNR considers public comments before finalizing the permits. Submit comments in writing to the assigned permit writer before 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the comment period.
Title V Operating Permits
Title V Operating permits are reviewed and re-issued every five years. Facilities with a Title V permit have the potential to emit large amounts of air pollutants compared to other facilities. The five-year reviews are a federal requirement and ensure adequate monitoring is included in the permit. The DNR plans to issue Title V Operating Permits for the following facilities. Find permit details at www.iowadnr.gov/titlev-draft or through the Iowa EASY Air Public Inquiry Portal and then click on the Public Notice tab.
Black Hawk County
John Deere Product Engineering Center located at 6725 Cedar Heights Drive, Cedar Falls
The application was submitted to modify their existing Farm Machinery and Equipment facility. The public comment period ends Nov. 2.
Construction Permits
DNR engineers review and issue construction permits to facilities before they build new or modify existing sources of air pollution. The public may review the following air quality construction permits available online at https://idnraqrr.iowadnr.gov/ConPermitSearch or through the EASY Air Public Inquiry Portal and then click the Public Notice tab.
Woodbury County
CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC – Port Neal Complex, 1182 260th Street, Sergeant Bluff, IA
Project Number 24-017. The project modifies the exhaust stack for the CO2 Regenerator (EU 201). This unit currently exhausts through a single stack, EP 201, located near two large flare stacks. CF needs to separate the intermittent exhaust from two stages of the CO2 compressor from the main exhaust stream. Public comment will run from Oct. 4 – Nov. 5.