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.
Polk County
Iowa E.P.S. Products, Inc., 4100 Dixon Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50313
The Title V significant modification application was submitted to operate their existing Polystyrene Foam Products: (SIC 3086), (NAICS 326140), facility. The public comment period ends April 26.
Wapello County
JBS USA Pork located at 600 South Iowa Avenue, Ottumwa
The application was submitted to operate their existing Meat Packing Plants facility. The public comment period ends April 26.
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.
Muscatine County
Grain Processing Corporation, 1600 Oregon Street, Muscatine
Project 24-389, Emission Point 327.0: The purpose of this project is to modify the permit for four gluten filters in Gluten Plant 2. The stack for EP327.0 is proposed to be changed from vertical, unobstructed to horizontal. The public comment period ends April 29.
Scott County
Continental Cement Company, LLC (CCC) – 301 E Front Street, Buffalo, IA
Project No. 24-054
CCC operates a Portland Cement Plant. This project is for the proposed amendment of Construction Permit No. 99-A-579-P10 (Rotary Cement Kiln and In-line Raw Mill, EP 0466-0) to reflect changes to the alternative fuel usage process at the facility. Public comment period ends on April 29.