SD Dept of Agriculture and Natural Resources_Notice of Application for Title V Air Quality Operating Permit

Notice of Application
For Title V Air Quality Operating Permit

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has received and reviewed the application for a Title V air quality operating permit for the following applicant:
Applicant Name: Black Hills Health Care System
Facility Location: Hot Springs, South Dakota
The Title V air quality operating permit will allow the operation of the following processes and units:
1. Unit #3 – Boiler #3 – 1974 Nebraska boiler, fired on distillate oil, with a maximum operating rate of 20.4 million Btu per hour;
2. Unit #4 – Boiler #4 – 2004 Hurst boiler, fired on distillate oil, with maximum operating rate of 7.5 million Btu per hour;
3. Unit #5 – Boiler #1 – 2008 Cleaver Brooks boiler, fired on distillate oil, with a maximum operating rate of 20.4 million Btu per hour;
4. Unit #6 – Boiler #2 – 2011 Cleaver Brooks, fired on distillate oil, with a maximum operating rate of 20.4 million Btu per hour;
5. Unit #7 – Emergency Generator #1 – 1998, Generac, fired on distillate oil, with a maximum operating rate of 80 kilowatts;
6. Unit #8 – Emergency Generator #2 – 1997 Cummins, fired on distillate oil, with a maximum operating rate of 230 kilowatts; and
7. Unit #9 – Emergency Generator #3 – 2001 Generac, fired on distillate oil, with a maximum operating rate of 400 kilowatts.
8. Unit #10 – Emergency Generator #4 – 2015 Cummins, fired on distillate oil with a maximum operating rate of 242 kilowatts.
A review of this application indicates Black Hills Health Care System can operate the hospital, domiciliary, and outbuildings in compliance with South Dakota’s Air Pollution Control rules and the federal Clean Air Act. DANR, therefore, recommends that the Board of Minerals and Environment issue a Title V air quality operating permit to Black Hills Health Care System with conditions to ensure compliance with South Dakota Codified Laws (SDCL) 34A 1 and the federal Clean Air Act.
In accordance with the Administrative Rules of South Dakota (ARSD) 74:36:05:17, any person desiring to comment on DANR’s draft permit conditions must submit written comments to the address below by close of business on the thirtieth day of this public notice. Comments may be directed to the following mailing address: Teresa Williams; PMB 2020; Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Division of Environmental Services; 523 East Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota 57501. DANR will consider and address all comments submitted and issue a final permit decision pursuant to ARSD 74:36:05:18. DANR will notify the applicant and each person that requested notice or submitted written comments of DANR’s final permit decision, including notification of any changes to the permit based on the comments.
Any person desiring to contest the issuance of this permit and have a contested case hearing must file a petition, which complies with ARSD 74:09:01:01. This petition must be filed either by close of business on the thirtieth day of this public notice or, if that person submits comments on DANR’s draft permit pursuant to the paragraph above, within thirty days of receiving notice of DANR’s final permit decision. Upon receipt of a petition, DANR will schedule this matter for a contested case hearing before the Board of Minerals and Environment.
If no comments or objections are received by close of business on the thirtieth day of this public notice, the draft permit becomes the final permit decision and the proposed permit will be submitted to EPA for review.
Copies of DANR’s draft permit conditions and other information may be obtained from Teresa Williams, at the above address, telephone at (605) 773-3151 or the One-Stop Public Notice Page at:  http://danr.sd.gov/public
Hunter Roberts, Secretary
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Published once at the total approximate cost of $48.30
Published: Aug. 26, 2021

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