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AIR QUALITY PERMIT NUMBER 18643
APPLICATION DCP Midstream, LP, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an amendment to Air Quality Permit Number 18643, which would authorize modification to the Ozona Gas Processing Plant located at 372 State Highway 163 South, Ozona, Crockett County, Texas 76943. The facility will emit the following contaminant: organic compounds.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on June 14, 2010. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ San Angelo regional office, and the Crockett County Public Library, 703 12th Street, Ozona, Crockett County, Texas, beginning the first day of publication of tIus notice. The facility's compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the San Angelo regional office of the TCEQ.
The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application.
PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC MEETING You may submit public comments, a request for a public meeting, or request a contested case bearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider al1 public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments is 30 days after newspaper notice is published.
The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.
If only comments are received on the application, the response to comments, along with notice of the executive director's action on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted comments or is on the mailing list for this application.
If a hearing request is timely filed, the executive director will complete the technical review, issue a preliminary decision-on the application, and a Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the final deadline for submitting public comments.
After the final deadline for public comments following any required Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. If comments are received, the response to comments, along with the executive director's decision on the application, will then be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or is on a mailing list for this application.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days from this notice, the executive director may approve the application. A contested case hearing will only be granted based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission's decisions on the application. Further, the Commission will only grant a hearing on issues raised by you or others during the public comment period and not withdrawn.
A person who may be affected by emissions of ail' contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number, and fax number, if any; (2) applicant's name and permit number; (3) the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing"; (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; and (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility. If the request is made by a group or an association, the one or more members who have standing to request a hearing and the interests which the group or association seeks to protect, must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns.
If a hearing request is timely filed, additional notice may be provided. Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the executive director will forward the application and any requests for contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact relating to relevant and material air quality concerns raised during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission's jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
MAILING LIST In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive future public notices for this specific application mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk by sending a written request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.
INFORMATION Written public comments or requests for a public meeting or contested case hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at ww.tceq.state.tx.us/about/comments.html. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Office of Public Assistance, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea informacion en Espanol, puede llanmar al 1-800-687-4040. General information regarding the TCEQ can be found at www.tceq.state.tx.us.
Further information may also be obtained from DCP Midstream, LP, 10 Desta Drive Suite 400 West, Midland, Texas 79705-4528 or by calling Mr. Doug Lowrie, Senior Environmental Specialist at (432) 620-5419.
Notice Issuance Date: June 30, 2010 |