Boise—The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment on a draft Tier I air quality operating permit renewal for the J.R. Simplot Co.’s Don Plant west of Pocatello. The draft permit renews regulation of the plant’s air pollutants for another five years. The Tier I permit incorporates permits, consent orders, and settlement agreements for a 10-acre decant pond, a granulation plant upgrade, a sulfuric acid plant restoration, a boiler replacement, a granulation defluorination project, a boiler, an extended absorption scrubber, an ammonium sulfate plant, and a sulfuric acid plant. The deadline for submitting written comments addressing air quality considerations is 5 p.m. MDT, Monday, Aug. 13.
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