CHICAGO (Aug. 9, 2004) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will take public comments until Sept. 11 on a proposed federal air quality operating permit for the Great Lakes Gas Deer River natural-gas-fired compressor station on the Leech Lake Reservation near Deer River, Minn.
The Deer River station occupies about 20 acres approximately three miles west of the city of Deer River in Itasca County. The facility consists of two stationary natural-gas-fired turbines that drive two natural gas compressors.
Great Lakes Gas operates nearly 2,000 miles of underground pipeline that transports natural gas to customers in midwestern and northeastern United States and Canada. The pipeline has 14 compressor stations — five of them in Minnesota — to keep natural gas moving through the system.
EPA is responsible for issuing and enforcing air quality permits for the plant until the tribe or the state has EPA approval to issue and enforce them. The plant is located in an area that meets all health-based outdoor air quality standards.
Interested persons may send written comments on the proposed permit, requests for a public hearing and requests to receive notices of any future actions to Steve Rothblatt, Director, Air and Radiation Division (A-18J), EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 18th floor, Chicago, Ill., 60604 or fax them to 312-886-5824.
The administrative record is available for public review during normal business hours at the Cass Lake Community Library, 223 Cedar Ave., Cass Lake; at the Deer River city clerk’s office, 208 2nd St. S.E., Deer River; and at EPA’s Chicago address. Comments will be available at those sites after the comment period ends. The proposed permit is at www.epa.gov/region5/air/permits/const/r5permits.htm.
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