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TCEQ approves amended air permit for Beaumont New Ammonia; denies hearing requests
Summary
The commission denied all hearing requests and issued an amended air quality permit (No. 169687) to Beaumont New Ammonia LLC for a second ammonia production train, adopting the executive director's response to comments.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Aug. 20 voted to deny hearing requests and issue amended Air Quality Permit No. 169,687 to Beaumont New Ammonia LLC (formerly FCI Clean Ammonia LLC) to authorize a second ammonia production train.
Staff told commissioners the agency received several hearing requests raising concerns about air quality impacts, best available control technology, compliance history, environmental justice and permit requirements. Staff recommended denying the hearing requests because the concerns expressed were common to area residents rather than showing a particularized, personal impact that would establish affected‑person status.
A commissioner moved the recommendation to deny all hearing requests, issue the amended permit as recommended by the executive director, and adopt the executive director's response to comments. The motion passed without a roll‑call tally recorded in the transcript.
The commission did not take oral argument on the application but indicated commissioners could ask questions; none altered the recommendation to issue the amendment. The order issues the amended permit and adopts staff’s response to public comments; no additional permit conditions or changes were announced at the meeting.
The amended permit authorizes the second production train identified in the application and is now effective following the commission's action. Parties who sought a hearing may pursue any further procedural remedies available under TCEQ rules.
