1 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGION 5

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RENEWAL OF VEOLIA’S TITLE V PERMIT

This notice is to inform the public that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to

renew a Clean Air Act Title V operating permit for Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. (Veolia) , located at 7 Mobile Avenue

, Sauget, St. Clair County, Illinois

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A. Facility Description

Veolia owns and operates a hazardous waste incinerator in Sauget, St. Clair County, Illinois. Veolia’s Sauget facility is a treatment, storage and disposal facility, which accepts offsite waste for disposal through incineration. Veolia receives c ontainer s and bulk shipments of hazardous

and solid wastes

, transfers them to temporary storage facilities, processe s them

, and incinerate s them in one of three combustion units. The facility includes two fixed

- hearth, dual chamber,

multi

- type feed incinerators ( Incinerators 2 and 3), each rated at 16 million British thermal units per hour (mmBtu/hr), and one rotary kiln incinerator (Incinerator 4), rated at 50 mmBtu/hr.

Incinerators 2 and 3 each use spray dry absorbers with lime slurry injection to control hydro gen chloride emissions

, and baghouses for particulate matter control . Incinerator 4 uses a spray dry

absorber for hydrogen chloride control, an activated carbon injection system for mercury control, and a baghouse for particulate matter control.

Veolia ’s Sauget facility is located just east of St. Louis, Missouri, in an area with environmental justice concerns.

B. Proposed Action s

Pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 7401, et seq
., and its implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 71, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing for public comment a draft renewal operating permit (draft permit) for Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. (Veolia)

. The draft permit is subject to a mini mum 30

- day public comment period as required by 40 C.F.R. § § 71.7( c ) and 71.11(d).

As required by 40 C.F.R. § § 71.7(a)(5) and 71.11( b), EPA has provided the reasons supporting

our proposed actions in a s tatement of b asis which is available as part of t he administrative

record for this action.

C. Request for Public Comment

EPA requests public comment on our proposal to renew Veolia’s Title V permit . The public comment period for EPA’s draft permit ends December 19, 2014

. Members of the public may

review the administrative record for the modifications contained in the draft permit, including copies of the draft permit prepared by EPA, the statement of basis for the draft permit, the application, and all data and supporting materials submitted by the applicant at the following

locations: (1) www.regulations.gov docket ID EPA

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(2) www.epa.gov/region5/newsevents/ in the “ calendar ” section; (3) www.epa.gov/region5/air/veoliasauget/index.html (4) Central Library, 1301 Olive St

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. Louis, MO 63101 ; (5) East St Louis Library, 5300 State St., East St

. Louis, IL 62203; (6) Cahokia Public Library, 140 Cahokia Park Drive, East St

. Louis, IL 62206; and (7) EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 18th floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604 , by contacting David Ogulei at (312) 353

- 0987 or ogulei.david @epa.gov. All documen ts will be available for review at the EPA Region 5 office in Chicago Monday through Friday from 8:15 AM until 4:45 PM (excluding federal holidays).

Pursuant to 40 C

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Room 2002

, in Building D of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

– East St. Louis Higher Education Campus, 601 James R. Thompson Blvd.

, East St. Louis, Illinois 62201 from

3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The public hearing will provide interested parties the opportuni ty to present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed action . The EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will not respond to the comments or presentations at

that time.

If you would like to provide oral testimony at the hearing, you must register your name on the sign

- in sheet that will be available at the hearing venue on the date of the hearing. You will be called to testify on a first

- come

- first

- serve basis. Oral testimony will generally be limited to five to ten minutes, depending on the number of speakers, for each commenter to address the draft permit. EPA will not provid e equipment for commenters to show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations. Commenters should not ify Andrea Morgan at morgan.andrea@epa.gov

, or fax: (312) 692

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, if they need specific

translation services for non

- English speaking commenters.

The EPA encourages commenters to provide written versions of their oral testimonies either electronically or on computer disk or CD ROM or in paper copy.

Written comments and requests to receive notices of any future actions may be submitted to EPA by D ecember 19, 2014 , using one of the following methods: (1) www.regulations.gov : Docket

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EPA address. All written comments should include: the reason for interest in the draft permit, requested actions for EPA to take, and the justification for such actions. All comments should include sufficient specificity and regulatory references to allow EPA to investigate the merits of the position. All comments will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available to the public, including any personal information provided, unless the comment

includes Confidential Busin ess Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as such and should not be submitted through e

- mail. If you send e

- mail directly to EPA, your e

- mail address will be captured automatically and included as part of the public

comment.

If you believe any condition of the draft permit is inappropriate or that our initial decision to

prepare the draft permit is inappropriate, you must raise all reasonably ascertainable issues and3

submit all reasonably ascertainable arguments supporting your position by the end of the comment period. The EPA will consider w ritten statements and supporting information

submitted during the comment period with the same weight as any oral comments and supporting information presented at the public hearing. Supporting materials submitted with written or oral comments must be included in full and may not be incorporated by reference unless they are already part of the administrative record, or consist of s tate or f ederal statutes or regulations, EPA documents of general applicability, or other generally available reference materials.

D. Final Decision

A fter EPA has considered a ll relevant comments received prior to the end of the public comment period and all comments made during the public hearing

, EPA will decide whether or not to

issue the renewal Title V permit

. If EPA issue s a final renewal permit

, it will become effective 30 days after the service of notice of the decision, pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 71.11(i)(2), unless (i) a later effective date is specified in the decision; (ii) review is requested under 40 C.F.R. § 71.11( l ) (in which case the specific terms and conditions of the permit which are the subject of the request for review shall be stayed); or (iii) no comments requested a change in the draft permit, in which case the permit shall become effective immediately upon issuance.

The final permi t is a public record that can be obtained upon request. EP A will prepare a statement of reasons for changes made to the draft permit and responses to comments received

which will be sent to all persons who commented on the draft permit. Please note that an e

- mail or postal address must be provided with your comments if you wish to receive direct notification of EPA’s final decision regarding the permit and responses to comments received during the public comment period.

E. Appeal Procedures

Within 30 days after service of notice of EPA’s final permit decision , any person who filed comments or participated in the public hearing may petition the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) to review any c ondition of the permit decision, or any other person may petition the EAB to review changes from the draft to the final permit or other new grounds that were not reasonably foreseeable during the public comment period

, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 71.11 ( l ). Petitions should be filed with the Hearing Clerk following the procedures found at ttp://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/

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