Public participation is an important part of air quality management. This page lists upcoming air quality-related public hearings, meetings, and notices about draft air quality rules, state implementation and network plans, and permit applications, and provides information about how you can provide public comment on them. Public comment periods are your opportunity to provide
input on air quality decision-making.
Public Hearings
Sept. 20, 2024 at 10 AM ET: Attainment Demonstration State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for Henderson-Webster Area
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet will conduct a virtual public hearing on September 20, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). This hearing will be held to receive comments on Kentucky's Attainment Demonstration SIP revision for the partial counties of Henderson and Webster located within the Kentucky 2010 1-hour SO2 nonattainment area. The Attainment Demonstration SIP revision is the third and final SIP revision for the Henderson-Webster Attainment Plan. The Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) Requirements SIP revision and the Base Year Emissions Inventory SIP revision have both been submitted to EPA and are not included in this public comment opportunity. However, because the Attainment Demonstration SIP revision references these SIP revisions, they are available on the State Implementation Plan Revisions webpage for reference.
The draft Attainment Demonstration SIP revision includes a projected attainment year emissions inventory for all sources of SO2 within the nonattainment area, an air dispersion modeling demonstration, reasonably available control measures (RACT)/reasonably available control technology (RACM), reasonable further progress, conformity, and contingency measures.
In accordance with 40 CFR 51.102, the Cabinet is making this proposed plan available for public inspection and provides the opportunity for public comment. The public comment period will be open from August 15, 2024 through September 20, 2024. Comments should be submitted in writing to the contact person, below, by either mail or email. Written comments must be received by September 20, 2024, to be considered part of the public record.
Please note that registration is required to participate in this hearing. You must either email your name and mailing address to claire.oyler@ky.gov or mail this information to Claire Oyler, Division for Air Quality, 300 Sower Building, 2nd Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601. Please put “Registration for Henderson-Webster public hearing” as the subject line, and state in the body of the message if you plan to speak during the hearing. If no request for a public hearing is received by September 13, 2024, the hearing will be cancelled, and notice of the cancellation will be posted in this space.
CONTACT PERSON: Claire Oyler, Division for Air Quality, 300 Sower Building, 2nd Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601; email
claire.oyler@ky.govPermit Public Notices
Want to be notified about upcoming draft air permits? Sign up for the Air Permitting email list to receive public notices about draft air permits and information on how to provide public comment. To be added to the permitting email list, send a request to AIRKentucky@ky.gov.
The table below lists pending air permits posted for public comment, along with the deadline for providing comments to the Division for Air Quality.
- The AI (Agency Interest) is a unique number assigned to permitted facilities in Kentucky.
- The facility name links to the department’s eSearch database, where you can learn more about the facility.
- The AFS (Air Facility System) is the federally-issued plant ID number.
- The permit number links to the draft permit.
- The public notice contains information on how to provide public comment on the draft permit.
- The public comment period is the 30-day timeline for providing public comments to the division. Although public notices may also be published in local newspapers, the date of posting on this website is the official start of the public comment period and determines when the comment period ends.
- Additional supporting documents may include:
- Summary
- Statement of basis
- Permit application
- Modeling