Praxair Requests Waiver. Permit Takeover

By Walter F. Roche Jr

The company that has joined US Nitrogen at its Midway manufacturing facilities is asking Tennessee environmental officials to waive requirements for reporting greenhouse gases, citing similar requests from other Tennessee firms including US Nitrogen.
In a filing this week with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Scott Poole of Praxair, asked that greenhouse gas reporting requirement be removed from a permit the company is expecting to be granted in the near future,
According to Praxair's filing the company expects to receive its own permit on March 31. Previously it had been operating under a permit issued to US Nitrogen.
Companies seeking the waiver from greenhouse gas requirements in Tennessee have cited revised policy statements from the U.S. Environemntal Protection Agency.
Praxair, which produces compressed and liquefied carbon dioxide for the beverage industry, is seeking a permit for a liquefaction facility on the same Greene County property where US Nitrogen produces ammonium nitrate.
Citing the expected permit approval, Poole wrote, "we also would like to request that out greenhouse gas reporting requirements be removed from our upcoming permit."
In a related development US Nitrogen has submitted to TDEC a certification that it will follow the accidental release plan originally filed with the EPA in 2016.
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