Another US Nitrogen Application Incomplete

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

For the second time in two weeks state environmental regulators have turned back a request for a permit change by US Nitrogen because the information provided was deemed incomplete.
In a letter sent today to US Nitrogen, a section manager at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, wrote that the application cannot be processed without more detail on how the the company plans or already has disabled auxillary burners in the ammonium nitrate production process.
"Please specify the method of disabling the burner and the dates the burners were disabled," Douglas Wright of TDEC wrote.
He added that if the burners have not yet been disabled, the company should specify the date they will be.
Today's letter follows an Oct. 4 letter to Velo on the company application to begin a new production procedure requiring the use of large tanks for storage and mixing of components.
In that letter TDEC Deputy Director James P. Johnston told US Nitrogen that nine additional forms would have to be submitted for the application to be considered.
The missing items include eight forms providing additional data on the four tanks the Midway firm wants to locate on its property.
The application seeks approval for the company to produce 43.8 million gallons per year of RDT-8, a flammable substance used in the production of explosives. The four tanks would have a combined capacity of 128,400 gallons.
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