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Public Notice

PROPOSED INITIAL PART 70 AIR OPERATING PERMIT

ETC TIGER PIPELINE, LLC/CHATHAM COMPRESSOR STATION AI Number 166495

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The LDEQ, Office of Environmental Services, is accepting written comments on the Proposed Initial Part 70 Air Operating Permit for ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC, 800 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 400, San Antonio, TX 78258-3941, for the Chatham Compressor Station. The facility is located off Highway 146, 2.12 miles northwest of Chatham, Jackson  Parish.
 
The proposed Chatham Compressor Station is one component of the proposed Tiger Pipeline Project, an interstate pipeline transportation system designed to transport natural gas from the growing Haynesville shale production region in east Texas and northwest Louisiana to markets in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast through seven interconnects with interstate natural gas pipeline system, and one bi-directional interconnect with an intrastate natural gas pipeline system. ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC - Chatham Compressor Station requested  the Initial Part 70 Permit.
 
This permit was processed as an expedited permit in accordance with LAC 33:I.Chapter 18.
 
Estimated emissions from the facility in tons per year are as follows:
 
 
Pollutant
Emissions
PM10
8.69
SO2
8.21
NOX
142.98
CO
75.08
VOC *
61.91
 
*Includes a number of Toxic Air Pollutants. Benzene is above the MER.            
 
A technical review of the working draft of the proposed permit was submitted to the facility representative and the LDEQ Surveillance Division. Any remarks received during the technical review will be addressed in the “Worksheet for Technical Review of Working Draft of Proposed Permit”.  All remarks received by LDEQ are included in the record that is available for public review.
 
Written comments, written requests for a public hearing or written requests for notification of the final decision regarding this permit action 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 must be received by 12:30 p.m.,Monday, November 16, 2009. Written comments will be considered prior to a final permit decision.
 
If LDEQ finds a significant degree of public interest, a public hearing will be held. 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 permit application, proposed permit, statement of basis, and Environmental Assessment Statement are available for review at the LDEQ, Public Records Center, Room 127, 602 North 5th 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 Jackson Parish Library, 614 South Polk Ave., Jonesboro, LA 71251.
 
Inquiries or requests for additional information regarding this permit action should be directed to Dawei Pan, LDEQ, Air Permits Division, P.O. Box 4313, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone (225) 219-0930.
 
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 proposed permit and statement of basis 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 http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/oes/listservpage/ldeq_pn_listserv.htm.
 
All correspondence should specify AI Number 166495, Permit Number 1300-00478-V0, and Activity Number PER20090001.
 
Scheduled Publication Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, in The Jackson Independent, Jonesboro, and in The Advocate, Baton Rouge.

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