Severstal North America - Permitting Information

1. Facility Information

Severstal North America

2. Location

3001 Miller Rd, Dearborn, MI

3. Distance from US/Canada Border

about 20 Km

4. Facility Type and Size

Steel and iron production facility

5. Sources of Emissions

Blast furnaces, basic oxygen furnace, refining facilities, annealing furnace, slab reheat furnaces

6. Type of Fuel

Natural gas and furnace gas

7. Type and Quantity of Emissions

CO: blast furnace stove limits are 13.7 lb/MMscf blast (furnace gas burned) and 84.0 lb/MMscf (natural gas burned), 61.7 lb/hour
SO2: Furnance stove limits are 14.37 lb/MMscf blast furnace gas burned (58.3 lb/hr) and 16.62 lb/MMscf blast furnace gas burned (67.3 lb/hr) if another blast furnace is not operating; 1465 lb/hr
VOC: 4.31 lb/hr
NOx: 13.5 lb/MMscf (furnace gas burned) and 140 lb/MMscf (natural gas burned)
PM and PM10: from 0.0015 gr/dscf to 0.01 gr/dscf, depending on the equipment

8. Emission Control Technology

Low-NOx burners, baghouses, ESP, good combustion practices fuel sulfur content monitoring

9. Date Permit Application Received

July 13, 2005

10. Stack Height and Diameter

stacks (minimum heights and maximum diameters are in concordance with 40 CFR 52.21 Subparts (c) and (d).

11. Permit Agency Contact

Jim Donaldson
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality,
Air Quality Division,
PO Box 30260
Lansing, MI, 48909 - 7760
Tel. 517 241-7470