The comment period for the draft hazardous waste post-closure/HWSA (Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments) renewal permit for PPG Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 1000, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70602 for the Lake Charles Chemical Complex, has been extended from 12:30 p.m. Monday, September 14, 2009 to 12:30 p.m. Friday, September 25, 2009. The facility is located at 1300 PPG Drive, Westlake, Calcasieu Parish.

 

PPG Industries, Inc. proposes to obtain a RCRA hazardous waste permit for implementation and management of the final remedies for the HSWA corrective action requirements at the Lake Charles Complex. On March 12, 2007, PPG Industries submitted to the Administrative Authority the Integrated Final Corrective Measures Study Report (IFCMS). The IFCMS Report is provided the Administrative Authority with a summation of over a decade of investigation and interim corrective measures implemented to address contamination at the Lake Charles Complex. The IFCMS Report reviews the various objectives and remedial alternatives analyzed to protect human health and the environment at the Lake Charles Complex. Finally, the IFCMS proposed the remedies and corrective action objectives that would be protective of human health and the environment. This draft permit will serve to finalize the selection of those corrective action objectives and final remedies. The notice provides the pubic the opportunity to review and make comments on the conditions of the permit. The final permit issued will provide PPG Industries and the Administrative Authority a technical and enforceable document through which to conduct corrective action at the Lake Charles Complex.

 

Written comments or written requests for notification of the final permit decision regarding this permit may be submitted to Ms. Soumaya Ghosn at LDEQ, Public Participation Group, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313. Written comments and/or written requests for notification must be received by 12:30 p.m., Friday, September 25, 2009. Written comments will be considered prior to a final permit decision.

 

LDEQ will send notification of the final permit decision to the applicant and to each person who has submitted written comments or a written request for notification of the final decision.

 

The draft hazardous waste post-closure/HSWA renewal permit and associated information is available for review at the LDEQ, Public Records Center, Room 127, 602 North 5^th Street, Baton Rouge, LA. Viewing hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays).  The available information can also be accessed electronically on the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) on the DEQ public website at www.deq.louisiana.gov.

 

Additional copies may be reviewed at the Calcasieu Parish Library, Westlake Branch, 937 Mulberry Street, Westlake, LA 70669 and the Sulphur Regional Branch, 1160 Cypress Street, Sulphur, LA 70663.

 

Previous notices have been published in the Advocate and The American Press on February 21, 2007 and July, 22, 2009. A public hearing was held in Westlake, LA on Thursday, September 10, 2009.

 

Inquiries or requests for additional information regarding this permit action should be directed to Will F. Steele, LDEQ, Waste Permits Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone (225) 219-3050.

 

Persons wishing to be included on the LDEQ permit public notice mailing list or for other public participation related questions should contact the Public Participation Group in writing at LDEQ, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, by email at deqmaillistrequest@la.gov or contact the LDEQ Customer Service Center at (225) 219-LDEQ (219-5337).

 

Permit public notices including electronic access to the draft permit and associated information can be viewed at the LDEQ permits public notice webpage at www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/default.asp and general information related to the public participation in permitting activities can be viewed at www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx

 

Alternatively, individuals may elect to receive the permit public notices via email by subscribing to the LDEQ permits public notice List Server at www.doa.louisiana.gov/oes/listservpage/ldeq_pn_listserv.htm.

 

All correspondence should specify AI Number 1255, Permit Number LAD008086506-PC/HSWA-RN-1, and Activity Number PER20070003.