The Ohio EPA will hold a public hearing at Miami University in Middletown on the New Source Review (NSR) Draft Permit recently issued by the EPA. The meeting will be held in Johnston Hall RM 142 on September 2nd at 6:30 p.m. The Ohio EPA will take questions and hear public testimony in regards the proposed SunCoke facility to be constructed on Yankee Road in Middletown, Ohio. Representatives from the City of Monroe and SunCoke will be attending the meeting to ask questions and submit comments in regards to the NSR draft permit.
Recently, the Clean Air Act lawsuit filed by the City of Monroe was dismissed by the federal district court. The court did not rule on the merits of the case, but held that the ERAC appeal must go forward first. On the same day, the ERAC hearing scheduled for February was canceled because of changes to the law in regards to a new deadline structure brought about by the 2009 state budget. Cases may be heard in early 2010, but parties will only have an hour to present their cases to the ERAC commission. The details of how the ERAC process will work will be decided before the end of the year.
If you would like to submit comments to the Ohio EPA regarding the New Source Review permit please send them to:
Mike Ploetz
Hamilton County, Department of Environmental Services
Air Quality Program
250 William Howard Taft Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219