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NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT/PROPOSED OPERATING PERMIT SIGNIFICANT 
MODIFICATION

            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 significant modification referenced herein meets this 
requirement.

            The DAQ is providing notice to the general public of its 
preliminary determination to issue an operating permit significant modification 
to the following company for operation of the referenced Defense Facility:

                                    Alliant Techsystems Operations 
LLC                               
                                    Allegany Ballistics Laboratory 
                                    Plant ID No. : 05700011 (Part 1 of 
3)                  
                                    210 State Route 956
                                    Rocket Center, WV 26726

            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 significant modification.  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.  This notice also incorporates changes to the 
General Requirements of the following preconstruction permit(s):  R13-3408.

            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 significant modification, 
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 Significant 
Modification 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 Significant Modification 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: Natalya V. Chertkovsky-Veselova
                                    (304) 926-0499 ext. 1220
                                    
            Comments and questions concerning this matter should be addressed 
to the above referenced individual.