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News Release 512
DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS COMMENTS ON
PROPOSED
AIR PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT -- IATAN
Volume 36-512 |
Contact: Renee Bungart |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-4465 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, AUG. 28, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources invites the public to review and comment on a proposed construction air permit amendment for Kansas City Power & Light -- Iatan Generating Station in Platte County.
The department will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the West Platte R-II School Cafeteria, 935 Washington St., Weston. Comments will be accepted on the revised Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit.
Interested people must request in advance to speak at the public hearing. If the department does not receive requests to speak at the public hearing by noon on Friday, Sept. 19, the department will cancel the hearing. People may also submit written comments to the department regarding any relevant information, materials and views in support of or in opposition to the proposed amendment.
Both requests to speak at the hearing and written comments should be sent to James L. Kavanaugh, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176
or by fax to 573-751-2706. Comments may also be sent electronically by e-mail to apcppermitspn@dnr.mo.gov. All written comments must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
Sept. 23. Written comments and oral public hearing testimony are treated with equal consideration.
The department's Air Pollution Control Program issued a permit to Kansas City Power & Light in January 2006 for the construction of a coal-fired boiler (Iatan Unit 2), a fuel oil-fired auxiliary boiler, associated storage, handling and pollution control equipment, a fuel oil storage tank and a landfill, all adjacent to Kansas City Power & Light's existing power plant near Weston. This permit is being amended to cover the following:
- best available control technology determination for sulfuric acid mist;
- relocation of the facility fence line;
- relocation of the diesel-fired emergency fire pump engines and increased capacity;
- addition of cells to the cooling tower and a decrease in water recirculation rate;
- changes to new building dimensions and locations;
- increases in coal storage pile areas;
- changes to the landfill dimensions and emission rates;
- material handling equipment changes;
- reconfiguration of haul roads and changes to permitted haul road emissions; and
- modification of the Unit 1 boiler feed water pump.
A copy of the application, the preliminary determination and other related materials are available for public review at the following locations:
- Department of Natural Resources, Air Pollution Control Program, 1659A E. Elm St., Jefferson City, 573-751-4817.
- Department of Natural Resources, Kansas City Regional Office, 500 NE Colbern Road, Lee's Summit, 816-622-7000.
- Mid-Continent Public Library -- Weston Branch, 18204 Library Drive, Weston, 816-640-2874.
A copy of the permit amendment is also available for public review on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/apcp/PermitPublicNotices.htm. For more information concerning the hearing, please call the department's Air Pollution Control Program at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4817.
People requiring special services or accommodations to attend the hearing can make arrangements by calling 800-361-4827 or 573-751-4817. Hearing-impaired individuals may contact the program through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.
For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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