Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.1

2 KDHE – BAR Air Permitting Update Marian Massoth, P.E. Chief, Air Permitting Section KDHE - Bureau of Air and Radiation March 5, 2008

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.3 KDHE BAR - Permitting Organization Permit Section – Marian Massoth Three Permit Units Power Plants VOC Sources Agricultural and Natural Resources Technical Resources – Ralph Walden BAR Technical Assistance Wyandotte County – Bruce Anderson

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.4 3 Air Permitting Units 1/3 John Ramsey, Supervisor Bert Buckland Terry Tavener Sergio Guerra (Vacancy) Ethanol Plants Cement Plants Mineral Products Industry Incinerators Grain Industry

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.5 3 Air Permitting Units 2/3 David Peter, Supervisor Rasha Allen Justin Cunningham (2 Vacancies) Chemical Processing Plants Aerospace Industry Fertilizer Plants Fiberglass Industry Foundries Refinery Transition

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.6 3 Air Permitting Units 3/3 Mindy Bowman, Supervisor Rick Bolfing Jason Heitman (Vacancy) Power Plants Landfills Government Facilities PSD Dispersion Modeling Transition

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.7 Technical Resources Ralph Walden, Supervisor Dana Morris Mike Parhomek Technical Assistance to Bureau Technical Training for Staff Natural Gas (NSR Reform/Streamline) Refineries (transition) PSD Modeling (transition)

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.8 Wyandotte County, Dept. of Air Quality Permitting Contacts Bruce S. Andersen, Director Andrew Beard, Environmental Engineer Katrin Ravenscroft, Environmental Engineer Amber Davis, Environmental Engineer

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.9 EPA Air Permitting and Enforcement New Contacts Mark Smith –Chief of the Air Permitting & Compliance Branch (formerly JoAnn Heiman) Patricia Scott –Air permits coordinator for Kansas (formerly Jon Knodel)

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.10 Considerations for Obtaining a Timely Permit: Pre-application meetings with KDHE Completeness of application Timely response to agency’s comments during review Minimal changes to application Applicant-hosted public information meetings Concurrent notices for public notice and public hearing Environmental Protection Agency enforcement issues Retaining permit engineers (salary disparity between state and private industry)

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.11 KDHE Steps to Streamline Permit Process Applicant provides electronic copy of permit application and a proposed draft permit Public notice for the draft permit and tentative public hearing is published concurrently Informational meeting with the proposed facility to discuss project details requirements

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.12 Ethanol Permits EPA Region VII Assistance User-friendly manual Identifies environmental regulatory rules and requirements for construction and operation of ethanol production facilities

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.13 BAR Permit Regulatory Timelines Regulatory timeline - 18 months after receipt of application –In accordance with Kansas Statute KSA 3008b(h)3 –Construction Permit application timeline begins when application is deemed complete –Operating Permit application must be submitted within 6 to 18 months prior to permit renewal date. Source may continue to operate if permit expires prior to renewal date

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.14 BAR Permit Goals 180-days for PSD construction permits, other complex permits, & Class I operating permits 60 days for regular construction permits and Class II operating permits 30 days for approval construction documents 10 days for standard construction permits/approvals and responses

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.15 Air Permits and Approvals Processed in 2007 Type of PermitTotal Issued Power Plant Petrol. Refinery EthanolNatural Gas Non- Energy Sector Federal construction PSD Class I-federal operating (New) (Renewal) 44 (6) (38) 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 30 (0) (30) 13 (6) (7) State construction approval Class II-state operating approval Other permits: Total BAR also processed 143 additional applications which resulted in responses.

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.16 Air Permits and Approvals Processed in 2006 Type of PermitTotal Issued Power Plant Petrol. Refinery EthanolNatural Gas Non- Energy Sector Federal construction PSD Class I-federal operating (New) (Renewal) 29 ( 6) (23) 6 (0) (6) 0 (1) (0) 0 (0) 4 (3) (1) 18 (2) (16) State construction approval Class II-state operating approval Other permits: Total BAR also processed additional 213 applications which resulted in responses.

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.17 Bureau of Air and Radiation Air Permits Issued Productivity: Permits, Approvals and Responses 84% processed within goal timelines Permits, Approvals and Responses 75% processed within goal timelines

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.18 Bureau of Air and Radiation Customer Satisfaction Survey results from permit sources regarding service provided by BAR permitting section (from fiscal year, 2007): –118 Surveys Sent –70 Surveys received –95% of Surveys were Satisfactory or above

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.19 Marian Massoth Bureau of Air and Radiation Kansas Department of Health & Environment Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, Kansas voice fax

Our Vision – Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments.20