Virtual Informational Session and Public Hearing on permit for L'Anse Warden Electric Company is Oct. 21; comment deadline extended to Nov. 4

This aerial photo shows the location of the L'Anse Warden Electric Company Generating Station in L'Anse, Michigan. The photo is taken from the Fugitive Emissions Control Plan for the facility. In the upper left, the location of the photo is shown in relation to Keweenaw Bay, where the town of L'Anse is located.

L'ANSE, Mich. --  The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) Air Quality Division (AQD) will hold a Virtual Information Session and Public Hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, for the draft renewal of a Renewable Operating Permit (ROP) for the operation of the L'Anse Warden Electric Company, LLC, L'Anse. The ROP is for  the operation of a solid fuel, 324 million BTU per hour boiler to produce steam and to power an electrical generator. The generator is rated at 22.0 megawatts. The boiler has the capability of burning tire-derived fuel (TDF), railroad ties, wood chips, wood fines and bark, and natural gas.

This photo shows the location of the Fuel Aggregation Facility in relation to the Generating Station of the L'Anse Warden plant. See the Fugitive Emissions Control Plan for the facility.  

The boiler is controlled by a multicyclone followed by a three (series) section electrostatic precipitator. The draft permit is intended to simplify and clarify the facility’s applicable requirements and will not result in any air emission changes at the stationary source. The ROP public notice documents can be viewed on the AQD web page at: http://www.michigan.gov/air. Choose the "Permits" Tab, then "ROP Public Notice Documents." The responsible official of the stationary source is John Polkky, 157 South Main Street, L'Anse, Michigan 49946.

You may attend the meeting by going to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o5K7BBTfSb-J8JBCNfis1w or you may join by phone at 213-787-0529 and use access code 881478#. Contact: Ed Lancaster, Air Quality Division, LancasterE1@Michigan.gov or 906-250-5124.

The public comment period has been extended to Nov. 4, 2020. Written comments on the draft ROP are to be submitted to Ed Lancaster, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Air Quality Division, Marquette District Office, 1504 West Washington Street, Marquette, Michigan 49855, or via e-mail to LancasterE1@Michigan.gov

Editor's Note: For background on the controversy surrounding the air pollution from this plant in the past search Keweenaw Now in the upper left corner of this page with the keyword "L'Anse Warden" for previous articles.