Draft Air Quality Permits 7270-7275 - National Gallery of Art

PUBLIC NOTICE

Draft Air Quality Permits 7270-7275, National Gallery of Art, Construction and operation of six 6.0 MMBTU/hr natural gas-fired boilers at 6^th Street and Constitution Avenue NW

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 20 DCMR §210, the Air Quality Division (AQD) of the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), located at 1200 First Street NE, 5^th Floor, Washington, DC, intends to issue permits (Nos. 7270-7275) to the National Gallery of Art to construct and operate six (6) natural gas-fired Fulton Vantage VTG-6000 condensing boilers to be located at the National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC. The contact person for the facility is Clayton Limbaugh, Deputy Chief of Risk Management, at (202) 842-6898.

The following boilers are to be permitted:

Emissions:

The estimated maximum annual emissions from the six 6.0 MMBTU/hr natural gas-fired boilers are expected to be as follows:

Pollutant	Maximum Annual Emissions (tons/yr)
	Each Boiler	Boilers (Sum)
Total Particulate Matter (PM Total)	0.20	1.17
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)	0.02	0.09
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)	0.96	5.74
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)	0.14	0.87
Carbon Monoxide (CO)	0.97	5.83

The proposed emission limits are as follows:

1. 1. Each of the six (6) 6.0 MMBTU per hour natural gas fired boilers shall not emit pollutants in excess of those specified in the following table [20 DCMR 201]:

Boiler Emission Limits
Pollutant	Short-Term Limit (lb/hr)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)	0.22
Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx)	0.22
Total Particulate Matter (PM Total)	0.05
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)	0.004

*PM Total includes both filterable and condensable fractions.

1. 2.    Visible emissions shall not be emitted into the outdoor atmosphere from the boilers, except that discharges not exceeding forty percent (40%) opacity (unaveraged) shall be permitted for two (2) minutes in any sixty (60) minute period and for an aggregate of twelve (12) minutes in any twenty-four hour (24 hr.) period during start-up, cleaning, adjustment of combustion controls, or malfunction of the equipment [20 DCMR 606.1]
2. An emission into the atmosphere of odorous or other air pollutants from any source in any quantity and of any characteristic, and duration which is, or is likely to be injurious to the public health or welfare, or which interferes with the reasonable enjoyment of life or property is prohibited. [20 DCMR 903.1]
    
3. Total suspended particulate matter (TSP) emissions from each of the boilers shall not exceed 0.11 pound per million BTU. [20 DCMR 600.1]

The applications to construct and operate the boilers and the draft permits and supporting documents are available for public inspection at AQD and copies may be made available between the hours of 8:15 A.M. and 4:45 P.M. Monday through Friday. Interested parties wishing to view these documents should provide their names, addresses, telephone numbers and affiliation, if any, to Stephen S. Ours at (202) 535-1747.

Interested persons may submit written comments or may request a hearing on this subject within 30 days of publication of this notice. The written comments must also include the person’s name, telephone number, affiliation, if any, mailing address and a statement outlining the air quality issues in dispute and any facts underscoring those air quality issues. All relevant comments will be considered in issuing the final permits.

Comments on the proposed permit and any request for a public hearing should be addressed to:

Stephen S. Ours
Chief, Permitting Branch - Air Quality Division

Department of Energy and Environment
1200 First Street NE, 5^th Floor
Washington, DC 20002

[email protected]

 

No comments or hearing requests submitted after December 30, 2019 will be accepted.

For more information, please contact Stephen S. Ours at (202) 535-1747.