PUBLIC NOTICE - 350

Alabama Department of Environmental Management

P O Box 301463 (Zip 36l30-l463)

1400 Coliseum Boulevard (Zip 36110-2059)

Montgomery, Alabama

PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER

MONROE COUNTY

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, Ala. Code §§22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16 (2006 Rplc. Vol.), the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue a Consent Order to Mockingbird Gas Plant, LLC, the owner of a natural gas processing plant currently operating in Monroeville, Alabama.

The violations consisted of a failure to perform testing on each process stream that can be sent to the flare at a frequency of no less than once each six months and failure to record and maintain records of daily inspections of the flare as required by the permit.

The Department is proposing a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000. The order, if issued, would require Mockingbird Gas Plant, LLC to comply with all requirements of ADEM Administrative Code div. 335-3 and Major Source Operating Permit No. 106-0021 immediately upon the effective date of the Order and continuing each and every day thereafter.

Interested persons may submit written comments, including request for a hearing, within 30 days of the publication date of this notice, to:

Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Attention: Ronald W. Gore, Chief of the Air Division

P.O. Box 30l463

Montgomery, Alabama 36l30-l463

The comment period shall end at the close of business 30 days from the publication date of this notice. A copy of the proposed order is available on the ADEM web page at adem.alabama.gov or may be obtained by written request to the above address. A nominal fee for copying may be charged.

This notice is hereby given January 15, 2009, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

 

 

Onis "Trey" Glenn, III

Director