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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. 

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 containers and bulk shipments of hazardous 

and solid wastes, transfers them to temporary storage facilities, processes them, and incinerates 

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 hydrogen 

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 Actions

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 minimum 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 statement of basis which is available as part of the 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-R05-OAR-2014-0280; 
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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., St. 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 documents 

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.F.R. §71.11(f), EPA is holding a Public Hearing on December 3, 2014 in

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 opportunity 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 provide equipment for commenters to show overhead slides or make 

computerized slide presentations. Commenters should notify Andrea Morgan at 

morgan.andrea@epa.gov, or fax: (312) 692-2920, by November 21, 2014, 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 December 19, 2014, using one of the following methods: (1) www.regulations.gov: Docket 

ID No. EPA-R05-OAR-2014-0280; (2) E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov; (3) Fax: (312) 692-

2551; or, (4) Mail: George Czerniak, Director, Air and Radiation Division (A-18J), at the above 

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 Business 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 and 
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submit all reasonably ascertainable arguments supporting your position by the end of the 

comment period. The EPA will consider written 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 state or federal statutes or regulations, 

EPA documents of general applicability, or other generally available reference materials.

D. Final Decision

After EPA has considered all 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 issues 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 permit is a public record that can be obtained upon request. EPA 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 condition 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/.