PUBLIC NOTICE
PUGET SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY
DRAFT OPERATING PERMIT
Applicant:
Kenworth Truck Company Renton
1601 North 8th Street
Renton, WA 98057
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (the Agency) is seeking comments on draft Air Operating Permit (Permit No. 17796) for Kenworth Truck Company Renton, located at 1601 North 8th Street, Renton, WA 98057. This facility has paint booths, drying ovens, emergency engines, and other equipment to facilitate the assembly of highway and off-highway trucks. Facility operations result in releases of volatile organic compounds, hazardous air pollutants, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter.
An Air Operating Permit is a document that combines all air pollution-related requirements for operation and procedures, applicable rules, emission standards, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting.
The draft Air Operating Permit is a renewal of the current Kenworth Truck Company Renton permit that is already in force. Air Operating Permits expire every five years and need to be renewed. This renewal incorporates all the new compliance requirements that have come into effect for Kenworth Truck Company Renton since the previous permit was issued.
Copies of the draft Air Operating Permit, the application, and all supporting materials are available below.
These documents are also on file and available for inspection at the Agency’s office located at 1904 Third Avenue, Suite 105, Seattle, Washington, telephone (206) 343-8800.
PUBLIC COMMENT
The Agency will accept comments on this permit starting July 10, 2025 until August 11, 2025. All comments received during the comment period will become part of the public record.
Send comments by e-mail to: PublicComment@pscleanair.gov
Send written comments to:
Air Operating Permit Program
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
1904 Third Ave, Suite 105
Seattle, WA 98101
A public hearing may be held if the Agency determines that there is significant public interest. Requests for a public hearing must be submitted within the comment period. Any such request for a public hearing must indicate the interest of the person or organization filing it, and describe why a hearing is necessary.
This Notice is published pursuant to the Washington State Clean Air Act (Chapter 70A.15 RCW and WAC 173-401-800). The Air Operating Permit is issued pursuant to Chapter 173-401 WAC and Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
Air Operating Permits are also subject to review and approval by US EPA. If a public comment is sent to the Agency for this permit, and the Agency has not addressed the comment in a satisfactory manner, and the EPA has not objected to the proposed permit, then the public may submit a petition requesting that the EPA reconsider the decision not to object. Petitions shall be submitted electronically to US EPA at TitleVPetitions@epa.gov or by mail to US EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, Operating Permits Group Leader, 109 T.W. Alexander Dr. (C-504-01), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Petitions shall be submitted within 60 days after the end of the 45-day EPA review period. The EPA review period for this permit starts no earlier than August 12, 2025.
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