Public Notice
Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board
P. O. Box 2261 | Jackson, MS 39225
515 East Amite St. | Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone No. (601) 961-5171

Public Notice Start Date: September 10, 2020	MDEQ Contact: Slater Smith

Albany Industries Inc. (“Albany”), located at 504 North Glenfield Road, in New Albany, MS, (662) 489-2264, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action(s):  Reissuance with Modification of Synthetic Minor Operating Permit Ref. No. 2700-00050. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 3086.  A Statement of Basis has been prepared that contains a discussion of the decision-making that went into the development of the permit and provides the permitting authority, the public, and other government bodies a record of the technical issues surrounding issuance of the permit. The Statement of Basis also addresses any changes to emissions and/or discharges resulting from any modification of the facility.  
Albany, formerly Ideal Foam, New Albany Facility (“Ideal Foam”, Air Ref. No. 2700-00050) and Albany Industries Inc. (Air Ref. No. 2700-00041)), operates a foam cushion and furniture parts production facility. Previously, Ideal Foam and Albany Industries Inc. (Air Ref. No. 2700-00041) were separate businesses collocated in the same facility with respective emission sources. Albany purchased Ideal Foam and the two facilities have essentially merged and will operate under Air Ref. No. 2700-00050. Albany has requested reissuance with modification of Air Ref. No. 2700-00050. Ideal Foam consisted of four (4) Air Atomized Foam Fabrication Spray Booths controlled by an exhaust dry filter and a Foam Fabrication Operation, while Albany employed a Sawing and Profiling Part Preparation controlled by a dust collector. The Foam Fabrication Operation does not have an outside vent and will not emit to the atmosphere.
The modification will include the addition of Sawing and Profiling Part Preparation which is a source of Particulate Matter (PM), Particulate Matter less than 10 μm in diameter (PM10), and Particulate Matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) emissions. Albany has the potential to exceed the Prevention of Significant Deterioration threshold of 250 tons per year (tpy) for PM emissions and Title V major source threshold of 100 tpy for VOC, individual Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP), and total HAP emissions. The facility will remain below the thresholds by instituting facility-wide PM, VOC, individual HAP, and total HAP emission limitations and demonstrate compliance via monitoring and recordkeeping. The facility is an area source of HAP emissions because the facility’s HAP emissions are limited to less than the Title V major source thresholds for individual HAP (10 tpy) and total HAP emissions (25 tpy).
The staff of the Permit Board has developed this draft permit based on information submitted to the Permit Board by the applicant, appropriate State and Federal agencies and other interested parties. The staff of the Permit Board is soliciting all relative information pertaining to the proposed activity, including public comment, to ensure that the final staff recommendation on the draft permit complies with all State and Federal regulations. Public review and comment on the draft permit and supporting documentation is an important element in the staff evaluation and resulting recommendation to the Permit Board. The draft permit conditions have been developed to ensure compliance with all State and Federal regulations but are subject to change based on information received as a result of public participation.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed determinations are invited to submit comments in writing to Slater Smith at http://www.mdeq.ms.gov/smith-slater/ or to the Permit Board address shown above, no later than the end of the thirty (30) day public notice. All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application(s).  A public hearing will be held if the Permit Board finds a significant degree of public interest in the proposed permit(s). Persons wishing to request a public hearing may do so by submitting that request in writing to Slater Smith at http://www.mdeq.ms.gov/smith-slater/ or to the Permit Board address shown above.  The Permit Board is limited in the scope of its analysis to environmental impact.  Any comments relative to zoning or economic and social impacts are within the jurisdiction of local zoning and planning authorities and should be addressed to them.
Additional details about the application, including a copy of the draft permit, are available by writing or calling the Public Records Request Officer at the above Permit Board address and telephone number or by completing the form at the following website:  https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/about-mdeq/public-records-request/public-records-request-form/.  Additionally, a copy of the draft permit and statement of basis may be found on the MDEQ’s website at: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx . This information is also available for review at the office of the MDEQ at the Permit Board address shown above during normal business hours. Please bring the foregoing to the attention of persons whom you know will be interested.