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SUMMARY:Public Hearing on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill request to burn PFAS-filled pellets
DESCRIPTION:Public Hearing on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill request to burn PFAS-filled pellets\, Thursday\, January 16\, 2025\, at 6 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM)\, at Chapel Hill Town Hall\, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.\, Chapel Hill \n  \n==== \n\nThe North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality’s (DAQ) upcoming public hearing for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) cogeneration facility will now be held at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. \nIn addition to changing the location of the public hearing\, the start time has also been moved up to 6 p.m. Also\, the comment period has been extended to Jan. 23. \nPublic Hearing on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\nDate and Time: Thursday\, Jan. 16\, 2025\, at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)\nLocation: Chapel Hill Town Hall\nAddress: 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.\, Chapel Hill \nIf attendance at the public hearing reaches capacity\, an overflow room will be set up to allow additional members of the public to watch the public hearing remotely. \nUNC’s cogeneration facility\, at 575 W. Cameron Ave. in Chapel Hill\, Orange County\, currently burns coal and natural gas to produce electricity and steam for use at the Chapel Hill campus. The facility is classified as a major source requiring a Title V air quality permit. \nThe university is seeking to modify its permit to allow it to also burn engineered pellets in its boilers. UNC would be allowed to burn a mix of coal\, gas and pellets\, and says it will be evaluating the pellets to determine if they could be a suitable replacement for coal. \nThe pellets are manufactured by the company Covergen and consist of byproducts from packaging and label industries. The pellets are not considered solid waste. The new pellet fuel is expected to reduce emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide while increasing emissions of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. There would be no physical changes to the boilers. \nBecause the pellets have been shown to contain small amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)\, the draft permit would require UNC to perform regular sampling of the pellets for PFAS and test its boilers to determine actual PFAS emissions. Based on an analysis of the pellets\, the facility would not emit more than 1.2 pounds of PFAS per year. \nDAQ conducted air dispersion modeling for this application\, which demonstrated that the facility’s emissions of toxic air pollutants are expected to comply with all applicable standards and would not cause an exceedance of any acceptable ambient level. The draft permit would require UNC to continue to operate all control devices including filters and injection systems and continuously monitor its emissions of particulate matter\, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. The facility would be subject to recordkeeping and reporting requirements and regular inspections. \nCopies of the public notice\, draft permit\, draft permit review\, permit application\, draft environmental justice report\, and a one-page project fact sheet are available online. \nThe public is encouraged to attend the upcoming hearing and provide comments on the proposed action. Sign-up will be available upon arrival. Oral comments at the hearing should be limited to three minutes or less. Written comments may also be submitted during the hearing. \nComments on the project can also be submitted by email to DAQ.publiccomments@deq.nc.gov with the subject line “UNC.24A” or by leaving a voicemail at 919-707-8448. Comments can also be mailed to: \nNCDEQ Division of Air Quality\n1628 Mail Service Center\nRaleigh\, North Carolina 27699-1628 \nThe public comment period ends on Jan. 23\, 2025. DAQ will consider all public comments before making a final decision on the proposed permit. \nIf you need this information in Spanish or another language\, please call 919-707-8446 or send an email to Shawn.Taylor@deq.nc.gov.
URL:https://ncejn.org/event/public-hearing-on-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-request-to-burn-pfas-filled-pellets/
LOCATION:Chapel Hill Town Hall\, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.\,\, Chapel Hill\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice Event
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