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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on a draft air quality permit modification for Corning Incorporated - Midland. Public comments will be accepted until July 8, 2024.

The facility, at 14556 U.S. Highway 601 S., Midland, in Cabarrus County, manufactures glass fiber optic cables used in the telecommunications, networking and semiconductor industries. Corning Incorporated - Midland currently holds a Title V air quality permit as a major source under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program.

Corning Incorporated - Midland has applied to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ), Permitting Section, to make modifications to the facility located at 14556 Highway 601 South, Midland in Cabarrus County. The proposed modification revises a previous BACT determination and increases emissions of VOC from the facility-wide cleaning operations.

Corning Incorporated - Midland has applied to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ), Permitting Section, to make modifications to the facility located at 14556 Highway 601 South, Midland in Cabarrus County. The proposed modification revises a previous BACT determination and increases emissions of VOC from the facility-wide cleaning operations.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Century Furniture - Plant No. 1
420 12th Street NW
Hickory, NC 28601
Catawba County
Application ID: 1800044.23A, Permit No.: 03918T25

This facility applied for an Air Quality Title V Operation Permit which meets the requirements specified in 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2Q.0500.

EPA comment period begins on June 03, 2024 and will run through July 18, 2024.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Century Furniture - Plant No. 1
420 12th Street NW
Hickory, NC 28601
Catawba County
Application ID: 1800044.23A, Permit No.: 03918T25

This facility applied for an Air Quality Title V Operation Permit which meets the requirements specified in 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2Q.0500.

In accordance with EPA’s Data Requirements Rule (DRR) as found in 40 CFR 51 Subpart BB, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has prepared this annual report to demonstrate North Carolina’s ongoing attainment status with the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) relative to the four facilities for which attainment is based on air quality modeling. 

40 CFR §51.1205 states in part:

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Franklin Baking Company - Goldsboro
500 West Grantham Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Wayne County
Application ID: 9600235.24A, Permit No.: 07844T13

EPA comment period begins on May 28, 2024 and will run through July 12, 2024.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Franklin Baking Company - Goldsboro
500 West Grantham Street
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Wayne County
Application ID: 9600235.24A, Permit No.: 07844T13

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) issued a Title V air quality permit to Anson Gas Producers, LLC for a landfill-gas-to-natural-gas facility in Polkton.

Anson Gas Producers plans to accept landfill gas from the Anson County Waste Management Facility. Currently, the landfill burns off its landfill gas using a flare, producing emissions of carbon monoxide and other pollutants. Anson Gas Producers proposes to capture this gas and process it into natural gas for use offsite.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.
3825 North Main Street
Granite Falls, NC 28630
Caldwell County
Application ID: 1400139.23A, Permit No.: 06552T13

This facility applied for an Air Quality Title V Operation Permit which meets the requirements specified in 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2Q.0500.

EPA comment period begins on May 22, 2024 and will run through July 6, 2024.