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NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT/PROPOSED OPERATING PERMIT , REOPENING

            Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and the state Air Pollution 
Control Act requires that all major sources and certain minor sources have a 
permit to operate which states all requirements (e.g. emission limitations, 
monitoring requirements, etc.) established by regulations promulgated under the 
aforementioned programs.  The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that 
the draft/proposed permit reopening referenced herein meets this requirement.

            The DAQ is providing notice to the general public of its 
preliminary determination to issue an operating permit reopening to the 
following company for operation of the referenced Steel Mill:

                                    ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC
                                    Plant ID No. : 02900001
                                    100 Pennsylvania Avenue
                                    Weirton, WV 26062

            This notice solicits comments from the public and affected state(s) 
concerning the above preliminary determination and provides an opportunity for 
such parties to review the basis for the proposed approval and the "draft" 
permit reopening.  This notice also solicits comments from the U.S. EPA 
concerning the same preliminary determination and provides an opportunity for 
the U.S. EPA to concurrently review the basis for the proposed approval as 
a “proposed” permit.

            All written comments submitted by the public and affected state(s) 
pursuant to this notice must be received by the DAQ within thirty (30) days of 
the date of publication of this notice.  Under concurrent review, written 
comments submitted by the U.S. EPA must be received by the DAQ within forty-
five (45) days from the date of publication of this notice or from the date the 
U.S. EPA receives this draft/proposed permit reopening, whichever is later.  In 
the event that the 30th/45th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the 
comment period will be extended until 5:00 p.m. on the following regularly 
scheduled business day.  The public shall have 135 days from the date of 
publication of this notice to file petitions for concurrently reviewed 
permits.  Upon notice by the U.S. EPA to the DAQ, prior to the end of the 45-
day notice period, the U.S. EPA may choose to hold the 30 day comment period on 
the draft permit and the 45 day comment period on the proposed permit 
sequentially.  During the public comment period any interested person may 
submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public hearing, 
if no public hearing has already been scheduled. A request for a public hearing 
shall be in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be 
raised in the hearing. The Director of the DAQ shall grant such a request for a 
hearing if he concludes that a public hearing is appropriate.  Any public 
hearing shall be held in the general area in which the facility is located, 
after 30 day notice is given.  The DAQ will consider all written comments prior 
to final action on the permit.

            Copies of the DAQ Fact Sheet and Draft/Proposed Permit Reopening 
may be downloaded from the DAQ's web site at the following address: 
https://www.dep.wv.gov/daq.  Copies of the Permit Application, DAQ Fact Sheet, 
and Draft/Proposed Permit Reopening are available for public review at the 
following location between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.:

                                    WV Department of Environmental Protection
                                    Division of Air Quality
                                    601 57th Street SE
                                    Charleston, WV  25304
                                    Contact: Bobbie Scroggie
                                    (304) 926-0499 ext. : 1225

            Comments and questions concerning this matter should be addressed 
to the above referenced individual.