STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 13-12-E-AR DATE COMMENTS DUE: January 25, 2014 An application to modify a current land application permit was received by the Solid Waste Permits Section of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on December 10, 2013 from FRITO-LAY, INC., 323 South C.R. 300 West, Frankfort, Indiana, Permit No. IN LA 000449. Frito-Lay, Inc. holds a hybrid biosolids land application permit that currently allows land application of an industrial waste product to land located in Clinton, Montgomery and Tippecanoe Counties. This application requests the addition of Benton, Fulton, Kosciusko and Wabash Counties to the list of counties approved for land application. If approved, this modification would allow the applicant to land apply industrial waste product in these counties additional counties with permission of the landowner. Public records for this facility are available in IDEM’s Virtual File Cabinet, which is available on IDEM’s web site at www.in.gov/idem. Documents related to this facility can be found by selecting the “Index Field” and entering 000449 for the SW Program ID. This application is document number 69316855. Questions concerning this application can be directed to Paul Leahy, Frito-Lay Inc., at (765) 659-6547 or paul.leahy@pepsico.com. This application was submitted in accordance with Indiana Administrative Code 327 IAC 6.1. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) recognize and encourages the beneficial use of biosolids through such practices as land application. Upon issuance of a land application permit, permittees are allowed to land apply biosolids on qualifying farmland in designated counties, or specific farmland as designated in the permit, with permission of the landowner. A land application permit controls the quality of the biosolids to be applied as well as the yearly and cumulative amount of biosolids which can be land applied to a site. Procedures for the Formulation of Final Determination Comment Period The permit application is currently undergoing technical review by the IDEM Solid Waste Permits Section Staff. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on this application. Comments must be received within 30 days of publication of this notice. Deliver or mail all comments to: Indiana Department of Environmental Management Land Application Program IGCN 1101 100 North Senate Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Comments must indicate the permit applicant’s name and/or permit number, if applicable, in order for comments to be considered. All comments must be postmarked no later than the date above to be considered in the formulation of the final determination. Availability of Additional Information The application and related documents, comments received, and other pertinent information are on file and may be inspected at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Room 1154, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, at any time between 9:00 a.m., and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. All of these documents may be copied at a cost of 10 cents per page. Please bring the foregoing to the attention of persons whom you know would be interested in this matter. 12-26 hspaxlp
