Plum Creek Manufacturing, LP Evergreen Facility - Permitting Information
1. Facility Information
Plum Creek Manufacturing, LP
Evergreen Facility
2. Location
Approximately 3 miles northeast of Kalispell, Montana near the Evergreen subdivision in SW1/4 Section 33, Township 29 North, Range 21 West, Flathead County. Evergreen Facility
P.O. Box 5257
Kalispell, Montana 59903
3. Distance from US/Canada Border
Facility is approximately 107 km from the U.S./Canada border.
4. Facility Type and Size
Wood products complex for the production of lumber and plywood. Proposing to increase the boiler steam production capacity from 100,000 lbs/hr to 140,000 lbs/hr.
5. Sources of Emissions
One wood-fired Stoker boiler, two veneer dryers, many baghouses and cyclones from the sawmill, planer, and plywood process, medium density overlay process, scarfing line process, remanufacturing process, and fugitive emissions from mill vehicles and log yard activity.
6. Type of Fuel
Wood waste
7. Type and Quantity of Emissions
Emissions increases (and decreases) due to modification:
| Particulate | - 7.65 TPY |
|---|---|
| PM-10 | - 8.06 TPY |
| NOx | 228.0 TPY |
| VOC | 11.1 TPY |
| CO | 1100.0 TPY |
| SO2 | 3.76 TPY |
Modification is major for NOx and CO only, thus only the NOx and CO emissions need to be addressed in the BACT analysis. Modification consists of an increase in the steam production from the wood-fired Stoker boiler from 100,000 lbs/hr to 140,000 lbs/hr. Area is nonattainment for PM-10.
8. Emission Control Technology
Applicant is proposing no additional controls for the Stoker boiler.
9. Date Permit Application Received
Permit application is dated October 2, 1996 from the State of Montana and was received by Region VIII on October 10, 1996.
10. Stack Height and Diameter
Stoker boiler stack information: height = 102 feet and diameter = 7.167 feet.
11. Permit Agency Contact
Jeff Briggs, Environmental Engineer
Montana Department of Health & Environmental Sciences
Air Quality Division
836 Front Street
P.O. Box 200901
Helena, Montana 59620-0901
Data Entered: 12/12/1996