The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) recently issued a Title V air quality permit to Pregis PolyMask, Inc., a protective tape manufacturing facility in Catawba County.
The facility was previously exempt from air quality permitting because its emissions of regulated pollutants were each below 5 tons per year and its total emissions were less than 10 tons per year. Pregis PolyMask last year applied for a Title V air quality permit, allowing it to expand its operations and increase its emissions above major source thresholds. In particular, its potential emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are expected to be 221 tons per year.
As part of the expansion, Pregis PolyMask plans to decommission a water-based adhesive coating line and a printing line with an associated gas-fired drying oven. It will then construct and operate a new solvent-coating line with a natural-gas-fired drying oven and printer. Emissions of VOCs and hazardous air pollutants will be controlled by a regenerative thermal oxidizer.
DAQ issued this permit following a public engagement period during which DAQ solicited public comments on a draft of the air permit. The Division advertised the comment period in local media and shared project information in English and Spanish with local governments, health departments, churches and other nearby community organizations. Division staff thoroughly reviewed the comments received on the draft permit during the comment period.
The final permit includes conditions that ensure ambient levels of all pollutants beyond the facility’s fence line comply with emission standards, including applicable health-based standards. The facility will also be subject to federal recordkeeping requirements and regular inspections.
Copies of the final permit, final permit review, fact sheet and permit application are available online.
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