to be published
July 13, 2008

Draft Federal Part 70 Permits for the City of Santa Maria Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Stationary Source

The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) has issued a draft federal Part 70 permit to the City of Santa Maria’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill. The landfill also has a recycling and household hazardous waste collection program. Operations consist of a "fill-and-cover method" using onsite soils to provide the required daily cover. Capacity is estimated to be 346 million cubic feet of waste. Estimated non-methane organic compounds emissions from the landfill are 85.35 tons/yr.

Permitting Action

This permitting action is the first renewal of the federal Part 70 permit. The Part 70 permit regulates the collection and control of non-methane organic compounds generated at the landfill in accordance with New Source Performance Standard WWW. Operations of a recently installed ground flare are addressed in this permit, and no other changes to landfill operations or emissions will occur due to issuance. Once issued by the APCD and the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Part 70 permit will be valid for three years. The permit will be enforceable by the USEPA and the public.

Public Comment Procedures

Copies of the permit applications, the draft permits and support materials, are available for review from July 14, 2008 to August 15, 2008 on this website on this page, and at the following locations:

Santa Barbara County APCD – Santa Maria Office
301 E Cook St, Suite L
Santa Maria, CA 93454

Santa Barbara County APCD – Santa Barbara Office
260 North San Antonio Road, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Only the federally enforceable conditions in Sections 9.A, 9.B, and 9.C of this permit are subject to public review. Comments on these sections should be submitted, in writing, to the APCD by August 15, 2008. Issues relevant to the Part 70 permit raised during the comment period will be addressed in writing by the APCD as part of the final permit issuance. For more information or copies of the permit, please contact Ben Ellenberger at (805) 961-8879 or at cbe@sbcapcd.org. 

The APCD will consider scheduling a hearing for public comments on the draft permit, if a request is made in writing within two weeks of publication of this notice. To request a public hearing, please send correspondence to Ben Ellenberger at the Santa Barbara office address above.

                                                                                                                        to be published July13, 2008

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