General Council has requested further justification for the vast amount of redaction
in Fundamental Data’s Air Quality Permit Application for the proposed power plant
between Davis and Thomas. The company has 15 days to respond.
By: Lydia Crawley The Parsons Advocate
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Air Quality General Council Jason Wandling has issued a letter to Casey Chapman as the Responsible Official for Fundamental Data, LLC in regards to redacted confidential business information contained within the company’s air quality permit application.
The letter dated April 25th and released online, outlines, “As you are aware, the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has received hundreds of public comments concerning the proposed project, many of which have specifically requested release of the information that has been redacted in the public version of the application.”
The letter goes on to say that the outpouring of public comment and written requests has triggered a review of the confidential business information claims by the DEP’s Office of the General Council. The review, the letter states, determined that the information claimed as confidential business information may not qualify for the designation, “as it falls under the definition of ‘Types and Amounts of Air Pollutants Discharged’.”
As a result, the Office of the General Council is requesting further justification from Fundamental Data that is beyond that which is listed on the confidential business information cover document. The letter states this will not stop the technical review of the permit application, but will pause the statutory review clock and place the permit application status as “incomplete.”
Fundamental Data, LLC has 15 days from receipt of the letter to submit a written response to facilitate the continued review of the permit application.
