Plum Creek Manufacturing, Inc. Columbia Falls Operations (Notification #1) - Permitting Information
1. Facility Information
Plum Creek Manufacturing, Inc.
Columbia Falls Operations
2. Location
Section 7 and SW1/4 Section 8, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, Flathead County. Columbia Falls Operations
P.O. Box 160
Columbia Falls, Montana 59912
3. Distance from US/Canada Border
Facility is approximately 85 km from the U.S./Canada border.
4. Facility Type and Size
Facility consists of three plants all located at the same site: the sawmill, the plywood mill, and the medium density fiberboard (MDF) plant.
Input capacity of wood-fired Stoker boiler is 292.4 MMBtu/hr. Three natural gas-fired boilers with design capacities of 20,000, 10,500, and 22,500 lbs/hr of steam.
5. Sources of Emissions
2 MDF fiber dryers, two plywood veneer dryers, a wood-fired boiler, three gas-fired boilers, various baghouses from the plywood process and the MDF process, many planer, plywood, and MDF cyclones, fugitive dust from mill vehicles and log yard activity.
6. Type of Fuel
Wood waste and natural gas.
7. Type and Quantity of Emissions
Emissions increases (and decreases) due to modification:
| Particulate | - 156.0 TPY |
|---|---|
| PM-10 | - 89.8 TPY |
| NOx | 8.0 TPY |
| VOC | 94.0 TPY |
| CO | 9.0 TPY |
| SO2 | 0.05 TPY |
Modification is major for VOC's only, thus only VOC's need to be addressed in the BACT analysis. Area is nonattainment for PM-10.
8. Emission Control Technology
No additional controls for the MDF dryers.
9. Date Permit Application Received
Not applicable. State of Montana issued the final construction permit on April 17, 1995. Permit #2667-05.
10. Stack Height and Diameter
Not known.
11. Permit Agency Contact
Jeff Briggs, Environmental Engineer
Montana Department of Health & Environmental Sciences
Air Quality Division
836 Front Street
P.O. Box 200901
Helena, Montana 59620-0901
Data Entered: 12/12/1996