MAHONING AND TRUMBULLCOUNTIESPUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARINGOHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYISSUANCE OF DRAFT PERMIT TO INSTALLSUBJECT TOPREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION REVIEWTO V and M Star Public notice is hereby given that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a publichearing and has issued, on January 9, 2009, a draft action of Permit to Install (PTI) application number P0103995 to V and M Star, Youngstown, Ohio. This draft permit proposes to allow the expansion of existing operations and to install new operations in support of the expansion at the facility located at 2669Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Youngstown, Ohio, 44510.Air emissions of several pollutants will result. The proposed allowable criteria pollutant air emission ratesat the facility are listed below, in tons per year for this permitting action.PollutantTons/yr Particulate190PM10190NOx567CO3130VOC142SO2184Pb1.21This facility is subject to the applicable provisions of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)regulations as promulgated by U.S. EPA (40 CFR 52.21) and the Ohio EPA permit to install requirements(OAC 3745-31).The U.S. EPA allows sources to consume no more than the maximum available ambient PSD incrementsfor each PSD pollutant. The Ohio EPA allows PSD sources to consume no more than one half theavailable increment, with some exceptions. The PM10 and SO2 impacts of this expansion are above onehalf of the increment, but the areal extent is localized. This facility has demonstrated that the impacts fromthe expansion is less than the available increment. Based on this analysis, the project complies with boththe federal and state increment
requirements for PM10 and SO2.There are no PSD increments for CO and Pb. For these pollutants, Ohio EPA only allows a source to haveimpacts up to one quarter of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Based on this analysis, theproject complies with this requirement for CO and Pb.A public information meeting on the permit is scheduled for February 12, 2009, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Apublic hearing on the draft permit will commence at 7:00 p.m. to consider public comment. The public willhave an opportunity to present testimony at the hearing related to the permit to an Ohio EPA hearing panel.Both activities will be held at the City Hall, 26 S. Phelps St., Youngstown, Ohio. A presiding officer will bepresent and may limit oral testimony to five minutes to ensure that all parties are heard.All interested persons are entitled to attend or be represented and give written or oral comments on thedraft permit at the hearing. Written comments must be received by the Ohio EPA at the place specified
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