Public Notice of Intent to
 Issue 
Air Permit
03700070- 007	
General information
Public comment period begins:	February 19, 2016	
Public comment period ends:	4:30 p.m. on March 21, 2016	

Name and address of Permittee:	Facility name and location:	MPCA contact person:	
Sanimax USA LLC
505 Hardman Ave  S
South St. Paul, Minnesota 55075    	Sanimax USA LLC
505 Hardman Ave S
South St. Paul, MN 55075    

	Richard Cordes
Industrial Division
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194
Phone: 651-757-2291
Email: Richard.cordes@state.mn.us
File manager phone:	651-757-2728 or 1-844-828-0942	
A draft permit and fact sheet are available for review on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Public Notices webpage at http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publicnotices or at the MPCA office address listed under the MPCA contact person. The MPCA will mail or email a copy of the draft permit upon request. Comments, petitions, and other requests must be received at the MPCA in writing on or before the public comment period end date and time identified above.
Description of Sanimax State Operating Permit and Modification
Sanimax USA, LLC ("Sanimax") recycles animal, vegetable, and food processing by-products. The products manufactured from these recycled materials are primarily used by the animal feed manufacturing and chemical industries. The principle products processed at Sanimax's manufacturing facility are beef, poultry and pork by-products, animal and vegetable oils and a variety of other by-products from food processing, meat processing, and livestock industries.
 
This permit action addresses two existing boilers, a dryer, two pneumatic conveyance systems, two storage silos, a continuous milling system, two continuous cookers and a protein recovery facility. This permit would also allow the installation and operation of a new boiler and require the removal of one of the existing boilers. All other emission units qualify as insignificant activities under Minn. R. 7007.1300, subps. 2, 3 and 4.
 
Prior to the current permit action (Air Emission Permit No. 03700070-007), this existing source was a major source under Federal Operating Program (40 CFR pt. 70). That changes with this permit action, which limits the facility's emissions so that it is classified as a minor stationary source under federal New Source Review regulations (40 CFR § 52.21), as well as a nonmajor source under Minnesota's operating permit program (Minn. R. ch. 7007, approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the state's "Part 70" or "Title V" permitting program) and under the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs, 40 CFR pt. 63).
 
Sanimax's plant is composed of four distinctly separate operations: Animal by-product recycling (rendering); Blood processing; Protein recovery facility (high protein meal production); and Vegetable oils and animal fats processing.
The permit action is for modification and operation of the facility. The permit action is a new state operating permit authorizing construction of a new boiler; therefore, the draft permit has been placed on public notice.

A summary of the Potential to Emit (PTE) and Emissions Increase in tons per year is as follows: 
Pollutant	PM	PM10	PM2.5	SO2	NOx	VOCs	CO	CO2e	Single HAP (Hexane)	Total HAPs	
Existing Total Facility PTE	57.6	50.2	31.8	240	96.0	13.1	26.5	55,220	0.57	0.60	
Proposed Total Facility PTE	49.9	39.6	24.0	64.4	60.9	24.6	43.5	95,034	0.93	0.98	
Net Change in PTE	-7.7	-10.6	-7.8	-175.6	-35.1	11.5	17.0	39,814	0.36	0.38	
PM = Particulate Matter		PM10 = PM, 10 microns and smaller			
PM2.5 = PM, 2.5 microns and smaller		SO2 = Sulfur Dioxide			
NOx = Nitrogen Oxides		VOCs = Volatile Organic Compounds			
CO = Carbon Monoxide		CO2e = Carbon Dioxide Equivalents as defined in Minn. R. 7007.0100
HAP = Hazardous Air Pollutant			

The Permittee has submitted a pollution prevention progress report pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 115D.08. 

The preliminary determination to modify and issue this Air permit is tentative.
Procedure for public participation
As stated in Minn. R. chs. 7000 and 7001, there are three formal procedures for public participation in the MPCA's consideration of this matter. Interested persons may:
(1)	Submit written comments on the draft permit.
(2)	Petition the MPCA to hold a public informational meeting.
(3)	Petition the MPCA to hold a contested case hearing.
Submitting written comments
To submit comments or petitions to the MPCA through the mail or email must state:
(1)	Your interest in the permit application or the draft permit.
(2)	The action you wish the MPCA to take, including specific references to the section of the draft permit you believe should be changed.
(3)	The reasons supporting their position, stated with sufficient specificity as to allow the MPCA to investigate the merits of the position.
Public informational meeting
A public informational meeting is an informal meeting during which interested persons can ask questions concerning the proposed facility. MPCA staff will be present to provide information. If an interested person would like the MPCA to hold a public informational meeting, the person should include all information identified above and in addition include a statement of the reasons the person desires the MPCA to hold a public informational meeting and the issues that the person would like the agency to address at the public informational meeting.
Contested Case Hearing
A contested case hearing is a formal proceeding before an administrative law judge empowered to advise the MPCA regarding issues of fact. As described in Minn. R. 7000.1800, persons who submit petitions for a contested case hearing must also state the issues they propose to address in a contested case hearing, the specific relief requested or resolution of the matter, and the reasons (which may be in the form of proposed findings) supporting an MPCA decision to hold a contested case hearing. Failure to comply with these rules exactly may result in a denial of the request. To the extent known, the petitioner may also submit a list of prospective witnesses to be called at a hearing, a proposed list of publications, references, or studies to be introduced at a hearing and the approximate time required for the petitioner to present the matter at a hearing. The decision whether to hold a contested case hearing will be made under Minn. R. 7000.1900.