UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

REGION IX
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105·3901

Teri Ard, Ph.D.
Environmental Health and Safety Manager Johns Manville
5916 County Road 49 Willows, California 95988 

## NOV 1 2 2015 AGENCY

In Reply
Refer To: AIR-3
SAC 77-07

Subject: Johns Manville Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit Amendment

Dear Ms. Ard:

This letter is in response to your request dated September 22, 2015 and submitted to the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (EPA) to consolidate the original
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality permit (SAC 77-07) issued on October 3, 1978, with the subsequent amendments issued as separate addendums to the original PSD permit on November 16, 1979, April 6, 1989, April 11, 1990, January 13, 1994, March 1994 (exact date not known), and June 27, 1996. Per your request, we have consolidated these permits
into one PSD permit document. We also revised the cover page of the permit and updated the
EPA and Glenn County APCD addresses in Condition IX of.the permit. The changes made to the permit do not authorize any changes in any emission units or result in any changes to emissions.

We have determined that the changes to the PSD permit are justified and administrative
in nature. For this reason, we are issuing the amended PSD permit as an administrative
amendment which is not subject to public notice and review requirements. Therefore, EPA hereby amends the permit as requested. Enclosed is the amended PSD permit, which is effective
immediate I y.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Shaheerah Kelly of the
Permits Office at (415) 947-4156 or kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov.

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cc: Kevin Tokunaga, Glenn County APCD Robe1i Fletcher, California Air Resources Board
Mona Brandon, Johns ManvilleUNITED ST ATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION IX
75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS AT 40 CFR 

### § 52.21

PSD PERMIT NUMBER: SAC 77-07

PERMITTEE: Johns Manville

FACILITY NAME Johns Manville Willows Facility

FACILITY LOCATION: 5916 County Road 49 Willows, Glenn County, California, 95988

Pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA), Subchapter I, Part C (42 U.S.C. § 7470,

et. seq.), and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, Section 52.21, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 (EPA) is issuing this amended Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality permit to Johns Manville for the Johns Manville
Willows Facility as described herein, in accordance with the permit application (and plans submitted with the permit application), federal regulations governing the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of air quality ( 40 CFR § 52.21 ), and other terms and conditions set forth in this amended PSD Permit.

Failure to comply with any condition or term set forth in this amended PSD Permit is subject to enforcement action pursuant to Section 113 of the Clean Air Act. This permit does not relieve
Johns Manville from the responsibility to comply with any other applicable provisions of the
CAA (including applicable implementing regulations in 40 CFR Parts 51, 52, 60, 61 and 63), or other federal, state, local, and Glenn County Air Pollution Control District requirements.

Per 40 CFR Section 124.15(b), this PSD Permit becomes effective immediately.

Date I IPage 2 of 7
Johns Manville PSD Permit No. SAC 77

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, 2015 ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS

Abbreviation / Acronym Meaning

Act Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.]

Applicant Johns Manville

BACT Best Available Control Technology

CAA Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.]

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

HERM Horizontal collection ; Electric melt ; Rotary attenuation ; and Modular design

hr Hour

lb, lbs Pound, pounds

NSPS New Source Performance Standards

Permittee / Owner or Operator Johns Manville , or the owner and/or operator of the Johns Manville Willows Facility

PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration

“ PSD Permit ” ;

“ Authority to Construct /Modify ” ;

“ Approval to Construct /Modify ” This documentPage 3 of 7
Johns Manville PSD Permit No. SAC 77

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, 2015 JOHNS MANVILLE PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION PERMIT Permit No. SAC 77

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FACILITY DESCRIPTION

The Johns Manville Willows Facility manufactures fiberglass insulation products. The facility consists of an enclosed processing building and storage silos

. The processing building cont ains two separate fiberglass mat manufacturing lines

, HERM lines 132 and 133 , that produce blankets of fiberglass insulation in nine distinct steps: r aw materials unloading/storage , b atch weighing

,
r aw material blending and storing , g lass melting , f iberizing and collecting , c uring , cooling,

t rimming and cutting , and p ackaging

. 1 Raw materials (e.g., sand) are unloaded from rail cars and stored in silos prior to bein g weighed, blended and transported via enclosed pneumatic ducting to the processing building. The raw materials are melted in electric kettles, fiberized, collected, cured, and cooled into blankets of fiberglass insulation. The fiberglass insulation blan kets are then cut, trimmed, and packaged inside the building.

EPA issued the original PSD P ermit to Johns Manville for the Johns Manville Willows Facility

on October 3, 1978

, for the modification of manufacturing HERM line 132 and for the construction and installation of manufacturing HERM line 133. EPA amended the PSD permit

on the following dates.

• November 16, 1979

• April 6, 1989

• April 11, 1990

• January 13, 1994

• March 1994 (e xact date not known)

• June 27, 1996

EPA here by further amends the PSD P ermit based o n Johns Manville ’s reques t dated September 22, 2015 to compile the original PSD Permit issued on October 3, 1978 and the above amendments, which were issued as separate addendums to the PSD Permit, into a single permit document

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PERMIT CONDITIONS

I. Notification of Startup

The Regional Administrator shall be notified at the anticipated date of initial startup (as defined in 40 CFR 60.2(o)) of each facility of the source not more than sixty (60) days nor less than thirty (30) days prior to such date and shall be notified of the actual date of startup within fifteen (15) days after such date.

1 The term HERM means (1) Horizontal collection, (2) Electric melt, (3) Rotary attenuation, and (4) Modular design.Page 4 of 7
Johns Manville PSD Permit No. SAC 77

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, 2015 II. Facilities Operation

All equi pment, facilities, or systems installed or used to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of this Approval to Construct/Modify shall at all times be maintained in good working order and be operated as efficiently as possible so as to minimize air pollutant emissions.

III. Malfunction Reporting

The EPA Regional Administrator shall be notified by telephone, facsimile, or electronic mail transmission at aeo_r9@epa.gov within 48 hours following the discovery of any failure of air pollution control equipm ent, process equipment, or of a process to operate in a normal manner which results in an increase in emissions above any allowable emission limit stated in Section VIII of this PSD Permit

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In addition, the Regional Administrator shall be notified in wri ting within fifteen (15) days of any such failure. The notification shall include : (1) a description of the malfunctioning equipment or abnormal operation, (2) the date of the initial malfunction, the period of time over which emissions were increased due to the failure, (3) the cause of the failure, (4) the estimated resultant emissions in excess of those allowed under Condition VIII of t his PSD Permit , and (5) the methods utilized to mitigate emissions and restore normal operations.

Compliance with this malfunction notification provision shall not excuse or otherwise constitute a defense to any violation of this PSD permit or of any law or regulation that such malfunction may cause

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IV. Right to Entry

The Regional Administrator, the head of the State Air Pollution Control Agency, the head of the responsible local Air Pollution Control Agency, and/or their authorized representative, upon the presentation of credentials, shall be permitted:

A. to enter upon the premises where the source is located or in which any records are required to be kept under the terms and conditions of this Authority to Construct /Modify ; and

B. at reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required to be kept under the terms and conditions of the Authority to Construct /Modif y ; and

C. to inspect any equipment

, operation, or method required in this Authority to Construct /Modify ; and

D. to sample emissions from the source.Page 5 of 7
Johns Manville PSD Permit No. SAC 77

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, 2015 V. Transfer of Ownership

In the event of any changes in control or ownership of facilities to be constructed or modified, this Authority to Construct /Modify shall be binding on all subsequent owners and operators. The applicant shall notify the succeeding owner and operator of the existence of this Authority to Construct /Modify and its conditions by letter

, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Regional Administrator and the State and local Air Pollution Control Agency.

VI. Severability

The provisions of this Approval to Construct/Modify are severable, and. if any provision of this Approval to Construct/Modify is held invalid, the remainder of this Approval to Construct/Modify shall not be affected thereby.

VII. Other Applicable Regulations

The owner and operator of the proposed project shall construct and operate the proposed stationary source in compliance with all other applicable provisions of 40 CFR Parts 52, 60, and 61 and all other applicable federal, state, and local air quality regulations.

VIII. Special Conditions

A. Performance Tests

1. Within 60 days after achieving the maximum production rate of the proposed facility, but not later than 180 days after initial startup of this facility (as defined in 40 CFR 60.2(o)), and such other t imes as specified by EPA, Johns Manville shall conduct performance tests for particulate matter, and furnish the Glenn County Air P ollution Control District and the EPA (Attn: ENF

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2. The performance tests for particulate matter shall be conducted for the equipment designated below:

Line Operation
132 Collection and curing operations
133 Collection and curing operations

At such times as may be specified by the EPA, the conducting of performance tests may be required for any of the operations listed in Condition VIII.B of this PSD Permit

. With prior approval from the EPA it may not be necessary to source test all similar units (modules) associated with the same operation.

Performance tests for the emissions of particulate matter shall be conducted and results reported in accordance with t he methods set forth in 40 CFR 60.8 andPage 6 of 7
Johns Manville PSD Permit No. SAC 77

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, 2015 60.46 of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) regulations on the equipment named above. The EPA shall be notified at least 30 days in advance of such test to allow an observer to be present. In lieu of the a bove

- mentioned test methods, equivalent methods may be used if approved by the EPA.

B. Emission Limits for Particulate Matter

On and after the date of startup of the equipment for which the performance test required to be conducted by Condition VIII. A of this PSD Permit above is initiated, Johns Manville shall not discharge into the atmosph ere from the subject equipment, any gases which contain particulate matter (PM) in excess of the amounts indicated below for the following sources:

Line 132
Source No. Operation Maximum lb/hr
1 Melter 2.95 2, 4

- 6 Collection 7.00 (per unit)
8 Curing 5.00
9 Cooling 2.50
10

- 12 Mixed Batch Day Bin 0.20 (per unit)

13 Storage Bin 0.20
14 Blender 0.20
15 Receiver 0.20
16

- 17 Wool Blowing 0.10(per unit)
18, 38

- 40 Cullet 0.01 (per unit)

Line 133
Source No. Operation Maximum lb/hr
19

- 26 Silos 0.20 (only one silo in operation at a time)

27 Melter 2.95

28

- 30 Collection 7.00 (per unit)

31 Curing 5.00

32 Cooling 2.50

33

- 35 Mixed Batch Day Bin 0.20 (per unit)

36 Storage Bin 0.20

37 Blender/Receiver 0.40Page 7 of 7
Johns Manville PSD Permit No. SAC 77

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, 2015 IX. Agency Notification s

A. Permit Applica tions & Permit

- Related Requests

The owner or operator shall submit permit applications, permit amendments, and other applicable permit information, which includes but not limited to installation of control equipment, replacement of an emissions unit, and changes that contravene permit terms, to:

Director, Air Division (Attn: AIR

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B. Submittals to the Local & State Air Pollution Control Agencies

The owner or operator shall submit copies of all correspondence required by this PSD Permit to:

Air Pollution Control Officer Glenn County Air Pollution Control District 720 North Colusa Stre et Willows, CA 95988 Email: APCD@countyofglenn.net

Chief, Stationary Source Division California Air Resources Board P.O. Box 2815 Sacramento, CA 95814

C. Compliance Reporting

Unless otherwise directed by the EPA or this PSD Permit, the owner or operator shall submit a copy of all test plans, reports, certifications, notifications, and other information pertaining to compliance with this PSD Pe rmit to the following address. All notices and submissions shall be sent by certified mail, express mail, or simil ar overnight mail delivery with return receipt requested and addressed to:

Director, Enforcement Division (Attn: ENF

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- 1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105