The Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (NNEPA), Navajo Air Quality Control Program (NAQCP), Operating Permit Program (OPP) Section is accepting written comments on the renewal of a Part 71 permit for Peabody Western Coal Company - Black Mesa Complex. The Black Mesa Complex is located 20 miles southwest of Kayenta, Arizona on the Navajo Nation and consists of two surface coal mines, the Black Mesa Mine and the Kayenta Mine; coal preparation and sampling facilities at the Black Mesa Mine; coal processing and overland conveyor systems at the Kayenta Mine; and various petroleum and other storage tanks. The Black Mesa Complex does not contain any new equipment that would emit air pollutants since issuance of its last Part 71 operating permit, and no conditions from previously issued permits/approvals have been changed. This notice of a draft Part 71 renewal permit fulfills the public notice procedures to which the draft permit is subject.

his Permit is being issued and administered by the Navajo Nation EPA (NNEPA) pursuant to the Delegation Agreement between EPA Region IX and NNEPA, dated October 15, 2004. This permit authorizes the Permittee, ConocoPhillips – Wingate Fractionating Plant, candlestick flare, Unit ID No. 17, to operate air pollutant-emitting activities in accordance with the permit conditions listed in this permit and the provisions of Title V of the Clean Air Act, 40 C.F.R. Part 71, Navajo Nation Operating Permit Regulations, and all other applicable rules and regulations.