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Air Quality permits under review

  • 4/9/2020 1:28:00 PM
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DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements. We encourage public comments on draft permits, providing help on how to make effective comments. Submit written comments to the assigned permit writer before 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the comment period. DNR considers public comments before finalizing the permits.

Construction Permits
DNR engineers review and issue construction permits to facilities before they build new or modify existing sources of air pollution. The public may review the following air quality construction permits available online at www.iowadnr.gov/airpermitsearch OR through the EASY Air Public Inquiry Portal and then click the Public Notice tab.

Muscatine County
Grain Processing Corporation – 1600 Oregon St., Muscatine.
Project No. 19-307, Maltrin Spray Dryer #4; modify required water flow rate for 2 scrubbers; Expeller, Whole Germ Receiving; modify baghouse monitoring requirement. Public comment period ends May 12.

Woodbury County
Cargill, Inc. – 1016 Clark St., Sioux City.
Project No. 20-092, modification of permit # 95-A-328-P5. The proposed permitting action is to reduce the maximum rated capacity of Meal Conveying – Finished Meal Leg (EU 7.01) from 375 tons per hour to 218 tons per hour. Additionally, change the exhaust flowrate from 2,000 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) to 1,300 scfm. The public comment period ends May 8. 

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