Truth To Power | APCD Public Meeting About Chemours Permit in Rubbertown | 1-14-22

On January 11th, 2022, the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (APCD) held an important Public Meeting for a Title V Construction Permit for The Chemours Company in Rubbertown, on Louisville's West End. The proposed permit would allow the company to install equipment needed for a HFC-23 (greenhouse gas) reduction project. This meeting was an opportunity for members of the public to learn about the proposed permit, ask questions, and discuss the project with both APCD and Chemours staff.

Speakers include: Matt King & Rachael Hamilton (APCD), Corinne Greenberg, Sean Uhl, & Julie Johnson (Chemours), Sarah Lynn Cunningham (Louisville Climate Action Network), Margaret Carreiro (retired UofL Ecologist), Tom Fitzgerald (Kentucky Resources Council), Eboni Cochran (REACT), Teena Halbig (United Nations Association KY / Floyd's Fork Environmental Association), Wallace McMullen (Greater Louisville Sierra Club), and other concerned citizens.

Supporting documents are available at http://www.louisvilleky.gov/APCD. If you have any questions or would like to obtain this information in another format you may call 502-574-6000. Comments may be submitted through the end of the public comment period on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 online at https://louisvilleky.wufoo.com/forms/comment-on-apcd-proposed-action/ or at the APCD office during business hours.

This permit is being issued to allow Chemours to install equipment needed Chemour’s HFC-23 (trifluoromethane) reduction project. HFC-23 has a large Global Warming Potential. HFC-23 is not a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC), a Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP), or a Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC). This permit will authorize the facility to install and operate equipment that has a potential to emit VOC emissions (chloroform) of 0.299 tons per year and total HAP emissions (chloroform, chlorine, hydrochloric acid (HCl), and hydrogen fluoride) of 0.779 tons per year. This new equipment is part of a larger project by Chemours to reduce HFC-23, a potent greenhouse gas, in order to comply with the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act and U.S. EPA’s HFC-23 reduction rule. Chemours proposed HFC-23 reduction project is planned to reduce chloroform and HCl plantwide by replacing two existing chloroform storage tanks with one new pressurized tank and adding the new HCl stripping column to more effectively remove and capture HCl.
Proposed Permit:
https://louisvilleky.gov/air-pollution-control-district/document/20211114-chemours-company-title-v-construction-permit-c
Statement of Basis:
https://louisvilleky.gov/air-pollution-control-district/document/20211114-chemours-company-statement-basis-c-0062-0032-21-v
Chemours Application:
https://louisvilleky.gov/air-pollution-control-district/document/20211118-chemours-application
Extended Public Notice:
https://louisvilleky.gov/air-pollution-control-district/document/20211210-amended-public-notice-c-0062-0032-21-v
To comment on the permit:
https://louisvilleky.wufoo.com/forms/comment-on-apcd-proposed-action/
The Permit Number is C-0062-0032-21-V
Rubbertown Community Advisory Council: http://rubbertowncac.org/
Multi-pollutant Stakeholder Group (MPSG) Report: https://louisvilleky.gov/air-pollution-control-district/document/finalmpsgreportpdf-0
APCD Proposed Actions:
https://louisvilleky.gov/government/air-pollution-control-district/services/proposed-actions-apcd
Extended Public Notice:
https://louisvilleky.gov/air-pollution-control-district/document/20211210-amended-public-notice-c-0062-0032-21-v
APCD Board Meeting info: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/air-pollution-control-district/air-pollution-control-board-meetings-and-public-hearings
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