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AIR QUALITY PERMIT NOTICE

Notice of Intent to Approve

On March 13, 2017 Elementis Specialties, Inc. applied to the WV Department of 
Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) for a permit to modify 
a rheological additives facility located at 1003 MacCorkle Avenue, SW in 
Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia at latitude 38.3600 N and 
longitude -81.26615 W.  A preliminary evaluation has determined that all State 
and Federal air quality requirements will be met by the proposed facility. The 
DAQ is providing notice to the public of its preliminary determination to issue 
the permit as Permit R13-1847G.

The following changes in potential emissions will be authorized by this permit 
action:  Particulate Matter less than 10 microns, 23.3 tons per year (TPY) 
decrease; Particulate Matter, 33.9 TPY decrease; Sulfur Dioxide, 0.16 TPY 
increase; Oxides of Nitrogen, 5.82 TPY decrease; Carbon Monoxide, 12.79 TPY 
increase; Volatile Organic Compounds, 13.54 TPY decrease; and Total Hazardous 
Air Pollutants, 1.33 TPY decrease.  This facility will become a synthetic minor 
for purposes of 45CSR30.

Written comments or requests for a public meeting must be received by the DAQ 
before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2018.  A public meeting may be held if 
the Director of the DAQ determines that significant public interest has been 
expressed, in writing, or when the Director deems it appropriate.

The purpose of the DAQ’s permitting process is to make a preliminary 
determination if the proposed modification will meet all state and federal air 
quality requirements.  The purpose of the public review process is to accept 
public comments on air quality issues relevant to this determination.  Only 
written comments received at the address noted below within the specified time 
frame, or comments presented orally at a scheduled public meeting, will be 
considered prior to final action on the permit.  All such comments will become 
part of the public record.

Renu M. Chakrabarty, PE
WV Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Air Quality
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV  25304
Telephone:  304/926-0499, ext. 1246
FAX:  304/926-0478

Additional information, including copies of the draft permit, application and 
all other supporting materials relevant to the permit decision may be obtained 
by contacting the engineer listed above.  The draft permit and engineering 
evaluation can be downloaded at:
www.dep.wv.gov/daq/Pages/NSRPermitsforReviewCurrent.aspx