LDEQ Enforcement Division issues Compliance Order and Notice of Potential Penalty
File Memo on additional permit deviations as part of current settlement negotiations
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality issued PBF Energy's Chalmette Refining LLC a Compliance Order and Notice of Potential Penalty Enforcement Tracking No AE CN 21 00201 LDEQ EDMS document number 12961385 dated 10/22/2021
The CONOPP includes previously reported incidents of emission exceedances, unauthorized discharges, violations of permitted operating parameters, violations of monitoring requirements, violations from fugitive emission requirements, and failure to meet reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Louisiana DEQ Enforcement Division also conducted file reviews on or about December 1-4 2020 and April 23 2021; "The file reviews were conducted to determine the Respondent's degree of compliance with the [Clean Air] Act, the Air Quality Regulations, and all applicable permits." According to the File Memo, current settlement negotiations will address numerous additional permit deviations which were not included in the CONOPP. LDEQ EDMS document numbered 12961383 dated 10/21/2021 https://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view?doc=12961383
There is no public comment opportunity on the CONOPP or settlement terms at this time. LDEQ generally does not provide for a public comment opportunity on proposed settlements until after State concurrence. The public may however submit proposals for Beneficial Environmental Projects at
https://deq.louisiana.gov/bep/form . A Beneficial Environmental Project is one that provides for environmental mitigation which the Respondent is not otherwise legally required to undertake.
LDEQ will conduct a public hearing on PBF Energy's Renewals Project in Chalmette on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 . The public hearing is not a question and answer format; it is a formal hearing for LDEQ to receive public comments on PBF Energy Chalmette Refining LLC 's application for a proposed Initial Title V Part 70 Operating Air Permit for a Renewable Diesel plant colocated at the Chalmette refinery.
Written comment deadline is November 10th
PBF Energy's Chalmette refinery also has a number of other Title V Part 70 air permit renewals and minor modifications applications pending before the State agency, Louisiana DEQ. It is uncertain at this time if the general public will be afforded either a public notice or a public comment opportunity on the various pending permits.
LDEQ EDMS recently posted PBF Energy's Chalmette Refining LLC Title V 2021 First Semiannual Monitoring and Deviation Report dated September 23, 2021
https://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view?doc=12911514 . The report covers Title V Permit Nos 2500-00005-V6, 2933-V7, 2822-V4, 3004-V11, 3017-V6, 3022-V8, 3018-V6, 3015-V5, 3023-V8, 3011-V4, & 3016-V4
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