Port Townsend Paper Corporation Air Operating Permit

UPDATED (June 15, 2010)

We reissued Port Townsend Paper Corporation's (PTPC's) Air Operating Permit (AOP) on April 28, 2010. The effective date is May 1, 2010. Click here to see the final permit and supporting documents.

Consolidated Order No. 2892 05AQ

The conditions of Air Order No. 2892 05AQ are applicable requirements in the permit. The order places limits and requirements on some PTPC air emissions. We modified it along with the permit to meet the PCHB's requirements. The introductory portion of the order lists the modifications to the order.

PTPC AOP Timeline

April 5, 2006	Public comment period opens for Proposed AOP renewal
May 31, 2006	Ecology holds public workshop followed by a hearing for Proposed AOP renewal held in Port Townsend
August 10, 2006	Ecology issues Consolidated Order No. 2892 05AQ to PTPC
January 17, 2007	Ecology renews PTPC's AOP
December 21, 2007	Appeal filed with the Pollution Control Hearing Board (PCHB)
January 18, 2008	PCHB remands permit back to Ecology in light of comments received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
April 24, 2009	Public comment notice published in Ecology's AOP register
April 29, 2009	Public comment period opens for Proposed AOP and Modified Consolidated Order No. 2892 05AQ
June 2, 2009	Public meeting and hearing for Proposed AOP and Modified Consolidated Order No. 2892 05AQ held in Port Townsend
June 15, 2009	Public comment period for Proposed AOP and Modified Consolidated Order No. 2892 05AQ ends
February 26 - April 11, 2010	EPA 45 day review.
April 12 - June 11, 2010	EPA petition period
April 28, 2010	Permit reissued
April 28 - May 28, 2010	PCHB appeal period
May 1, 2010	Permit effective date

Other PTPC Air Quality Activities and Data

April 8, 2008	WA State Dept of Health (DOH) publishes Summary of Air Quality Issues in Port Townsend - Jefferson County, Washington
July 29, 2008	Ecology issues Agreed Order 5771
September 10, 2008	Ecology receives PTPC's submission for Agreed Order 5771 Part B2 - Weather Station
October 24, 2008	Ecology receives PTPC's submission for Agreed Order 5771 Part B3: Plan for sampling emissions from wastewater treatment lagoons Development and Application of a Method for Measuring Reduced Sulfur Compounds in Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewaters
January 23, 2009	Ecology receives PTPC's submission for Agreed Order 5771 Part B1 - Report on Hazardous Air Pollutants for 2002, 2005, 2007
March 19, 2009	Ecology receives email and data from EPA's Residual Risk Model results at PTPC
May 2010	PTPC submits a Notice of Construction (NOC) application for their cogeneration project.
July 7, 2010	Ecology does not object to PTPC's Prevention of Significant Deterioration applicability analysis for the cogeneration project.
July 9, 2010	Ecology issues original Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for PTPC's cogeneration project. This is withdrawn on September 23, 2010 and another is reissued to include a formal comment period.
July 16 - August 18, 2010	Ecology holds a public comment period and hearing on draft NOC order 7850 for PTPC's cogeneration project.
September 24 - October 8, 2010	Ecology holds a public comment period on the reissued DNS and SEPA checklist for PTPC's cogeneration project.
October 22, 2010	Ecology issues NOC order 7850