(Published in the McAlester News-Capital December 23, 2014.) DEQ NOTICE OF TIER II DRAFT PERMIT A Tier II Application for an air quality Title V Permit to Operate has been filed with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) by applicant, Kiowa Power Partners, LLC, 14302 FNB Parkway, Omaha, Nebraska 68154. The applicant requests approval to operate a natural gas-fired electric power plant at the Tenaska Kiamichi Generating Station located at Mile Marker 69 on Hwy 69 S., Kiowa, OK 74553, in the SW1/4, SW1/4 of Section 34, Township 3N, Range 13E, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In response to the application, DEQ has prepared a draft permit (Permit Number: 2014-1309-TVR2), which may be reviewed at the City of McAlester Public Library at 401 North 2nd Street, McAlester, OK 74501 or at the Air Quality Division¹s main office (see address below). The draft permit is also available for review in the Air Quality Section of DEQ¹s Web Page: http://www.deq.state.ok.us/. This draft permit would authorize the facility to emit the following regulated pollutants: 1,824 tons per year (TPY) of nitrogen oxides, 1,082 TPY of carbon monoxide, 236 TPY of sulfur dioxide, 367 TPY of volatile organic compounds, 330 TPY of particulate matter ¾10 µm in diameter, 82 TPY of sulfuric acid,
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