Louisville Air Pollution Control District Proposed Permit

Press release from the City of Louisville:

July 9, 2020

The Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District) proposes to issue a construction permit to Clariant Corporation (catalyst and catalyst carrier manufacturing plant), 1227 South 12th Street, in accordance with Regulation 2.03. This permit is being issued to construct new equipment and increase the stack height to allow for simultaneous operation of two heat treaters. The 30-day public comment period starts on July 11, 2020, and ends on August 10, 2020.

Written comments will be accepted at airpermits@louisvilleky.gov until midnight or mailed to the District office, 701 West Ormsby Avenue, Suite 303, Louisville, KY 40203, by August 10, 2020. Oral statements will be accepted at a virtual public hearing to be held on August 11, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Instructions for joining the public hearing will be posted on the following website: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/air-pollution-control-district.

Drafts of the permit and summary are available by calling Matt King at (502) 574-6000 or emailing airpermits @ louisvilleky.gov or at the following website: http://www.louisvilleky.gov/APCD/docket. Materials are not available at the District office due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

To be published on July 10, 2020 and July 29, 2020, in The Courier-Journal Metro edition, 14 Public Notices column.

This press release was produced by the City of Louisville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.