Public Comment Form

Commenting open: May 07, 2025 12:00AM CT - June 06, 2025 11:59PM CT.

Northern Metal Recycling (Saint Paul Dock) - Air Permit

We invite you to comment on the draft air quality permit for Northern Metal Recycling - Dock.


Northern Metal Recycling operates its Saint Paul Dock barge river terminal on the Mississippi River. The facility handles salt and steel scrap and generates particulate matter emissions from three conveyors to convey salt, a clam bucket to transport salt and steel scrap, and paved and unpaved roads.


The draft air quality permit limits annual salt and steel scrap throughput and requires corresponding recordkeeping. The draft permit also incorporates fine particle conditions from the Minnesota State Implementation Plan. The draft permit does not authorize any construction or changes to the facility.


An air quality operating permit is required for certain existing facilities or the construction of new facilities that have the potential to emit a significant level of any regulated pollutant. The permit includes all requirements for operation and procedures, applicable rules, emission standards, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting. If additional conditions change and modifications are necessary, the MPCA may review and amend the permit.



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Thank you for providing feedback on this project. We value your comments and will use them to assess this project further.


In your comments, please state your interest in the permit application or the draft permit; the explicit actions you wish the MPCA to take, including specific references to the section of the draft permit you believe should be changed; and the reasons supporting your position, stated with sufficient specificity as to allow the MPCA to investigate the merits of the position.


If you want to submit a letter, you can upload the letter on this website or submit it via US Mail to the following address:


Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
c/o Tarik Hanafy
520 Lafayette Road
Saint Paul, MN 55155

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