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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has reviewed the Permit Renewal Application submitted by FMC Corporation (FMC) on August 04, 2025. The Permit Renewal includes the incorporation of the Remedy Agreement (RA) (executed on 02/02/2023) under the Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP), and other necessary updates to the following sections of the Hazardous Waste Permit: Waste Analysis Plan, Groundwater Protection Standard, Post-Closure Plan, Hazardous Waste Unit Landfill Maintenance Plan, Monitoring Well Installation, Maintenance and Closure Plan, Corrective Action Schedule, Sampling Analysis Plans for the Groundwater Compliance and Corrective Action Programs, Groundwater Monitoring Statistical Analysis Plan. The Former Kemmerer Coke Plant is located at 1733 Elkol Road, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming. The WDEQ determined the Permit Application is complete and technically adequate (January 30, 2026). Based on the Permit Renewal Application, the WDEQ has completed a Draft Permit. Therefore, WDEQ is giving notice and soliciting comments from the public regarding the FMC Draft Permit. FMC currently conducts activities under a Hazardous Waste Permit issued by the WDEQ on December 6, 2005, and renewed on March 06, 2016. The FMC Draft Permit serves to renew the 2016 Permit. The FMC Draft Permit addresses post-closure care and corrective action for the Hazardous Waste Management Unit, while the RA addresses the necessary cleanup on the Facility Property.
The public comment period begins February 05, 2026 and ends on March 21, 2026. The FMC Draft Permit Renewal Application, Draft Permit, Facility Fact Sheet, Statement of Basis and Administrative Record are available for inspection and copying at the following locations: WDEQ/Solid and Hazardous Waste Division (SHWD), 510 Meadowview Drive, Lander, Wyoming; WDEQ/SHWD, 200 West 17th Street, 2nd Floor, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and at the Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, WY. Or accessed electronically at this location: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UO0dWfeujEqWIbPATcL1uA5JoIpSGUHl?usp=drive_link
Any person may submit written comments on the Draft Permit, may request a notice of the final permit decision, or request a public hearing. Written comments and requests for a hearing will be accepted by the WDEQ during the public comment period. Written comments or requests must be sent to:
Suzanne Engels
Solid and Hazardous Waste Division Administrator Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Solid and Hazardous Waste Division
200 West 17th Street, 2nd Floor Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Alternatively, public comments may be submitted electronically at the following location: https://aq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/comment/landingPage?lang=EN
For additional information regarding this notice or the Draft Permit, contact the WDEQ Project Manager Jules Feck at 307-335-6976, or jules.feck@wyo.gov.
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