PUBLIC NOTICE PUGET SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY
DRAFT AIR OPERATING PERMIT
Applicant:
Western Pneumatic Tube Company
835 6th Street S. Kirkland, WA 98033
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (the Agency) is seeking comments on the draft Air Operating Permit (Permit No. 20100) for the Western Pneumatic Tube Company located at 835 6th St S in Kirkland, WA 98033. This facility is a custom producer of welded metal tubing made from stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and aluminum alloys. Facility operations result in releases of volatile organic compounds, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, hazardous and toxic air pollutants.
An Air Operating Permit is a document that combines all air pollution-related requirements for operation and procedures, applicable rules, emission standards, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting. Western Pneumatic Tube Company is subject to the Air Operating Permit program because the facility is a major source of hazardous air pollutants. The facility became a major source with EPA’s listing of 1-bromopropane as a hazardous air pollutant as of February 4, 2022.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Copies of the draft documents and supporting materials are available below for review:
The Agency will accept comments on this permit starting August 8, 2024 until September 9, 2024.
Send comments by e-mail to: PublicComment@pscleanair.gov
Send written comments to:
Air Operating Permit Program
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
1904 Third Ave, Suite 105
Seattle, WA 98101
A public hearing may be held if the Agency determines that there is significant public interest. Requests for a public hearing must be submitted within the comment period. Any such request for a public hearing must indicate the interest of the person or organization filing it, and describe why a hearing is necessary.
This Notice is published pursuant to the Washington State Clean Air Act (Chapter 70A.15 RCW and WAC 173-401-800). The Air Operating Permit is issued pursuant to Chapter 173-401 WAC and Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Air Operating Permits are also subject to a 45-day review period and approval by US EPA. The 45-day review period will begin no earlier than the day after the public comment period has closed. If a public comment is sent to the Agency for this permit, and the Agency has not addressed the comment in a satisfactory manner, and the EPA has not objected to the proposed permit, then the public may submit a petition requesting that the EPA reconsider the decision not to object. Petitions shall be submitted electronically to US EPA at TitleVPetitions@epa.gov or by mail to US EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, Operating Permits Group Leader, 109 T.W. Alexander Dr. (C-504-01), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Petitions shall be submitted within 60 days after the end of the 45-day EPA review period.