By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Tennessee environmental officials have quickly concluded that a Greene County chemical firm does not have to seek permits to operate two temporary boilers while its' main boiler is idled for repairs.
In a decision issued today, Doug Wright of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, told officials of US Nitrogen LLC that the agency agrees that the temporary boilers will produce insignificant emissions.
Citing state laws and regulations, Wright wrote that the two boilers are not capable of producing more than five tons a year of air contaminants and thus qualify for the permit exemption.
But Wright cautioned that the examption only applies if the company only utilizes the boilers for 14 days and at the specified rates.
Deviations from the details in the request, he wrote, could be considered as "circumvention of the requirements" of the company's permit.
US Nitrogen requested the "insignificant emissions" categorization, citing the specifications of the two temporary boilers.
US Nitrogen plant manager Dylan Charles told TDEC in a Sept. 15 letter that the boilers were needed so that work could be done on the main boiler, which has apparently suffered a leak, resulting in increases in the water the company uses in its manufacturing processes.
US Nitrogen's primary product is ammonium nitrate used in the production of explosives by its corporate parent, Ohio based Austin Powder.
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