| SunCoke Submits a New Permit Application |
| Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:16:18 AM - Middletown Ohio |
 By: Tara Kunkle
The Ohio EPA recently received SunCoke Energy’s newest air pollution control permit application for the proposed Middletown Coke facility. The new permit is a lot stricter than the company’s current requirements. This new permit does not include the same requirement for emissions credits.
The new application is being requested for a major New Source Review permit. Heather Lauer told Jennifer Heffner of the Middletown Journal that it is a provision of the Clean Air Act. This will ensure that companies that want to construct and operate new or modified facilities in areas that do not meet federal air quality standards do so without slowing progress toward improving air quality.
Butler County does meet federal air quality standards for large particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide. They do not meet air standards for fine particulate matter and ozone. There have been concerns made about the SunCoke’s current permit and its interpretation of air emission credits from the closing of AK Steel’s sinter plan that was closed in June 2003. These concerns have a led to a Clean Air Act lawsuit filed by the city of Monroe.
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