Public Comment Form

Commenting open: May 08, 2024 12:00AM CT - June 07, 2024 11:59PM CT.

Northern Natural Gas (Farmington) - Air Permit

We invite you to comment on the draft air quality permit for Northern Natural Gas in Farmington.


Northern Natural Gas operates a compressor station in Farmington that pressurizes pipeline natural gas to move it through the pipeline system. The facility has four natural gas-fired turbines that drive gas compressors, one fuel heater, and one natural gas-fired emergency generator. Emissions from the facility are mainly due to the combustion of natural gas.


The draft permit reissues the facility’s air quality permit and does not authorize any construction or new emissions. The draft permit carries forward emission limits and monitoring required by federal and state rules. The draft permit was revised to remove redundant emission limits that were incorrectly included in the previous permit.


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 Jacobe Timler
520 Lafayette Road
Saint Paul, MN 55155

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