Fairmont Compressor Station

PUBLIC NOTICE

Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment

Permitting and Engineering Division

Notice is given to the public, according to Chapter 10 of Nebraska Administrative Code Title 129 - Nebraska Air Quality Regulations, that the Department is proposing to issue an air construction permit to Tallgrass High Plains Carbon Storage, LLC (Fairmont Compressor Station) (FID 123340), a new carbon capture facility (Standard Industrial Classification code 4619) located approximately 0.33 miles west of the intersection of Highway 81 and Road F intersection, Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska. The anticipated change in emissions of regulated air contaminants in tons per year (tpy) due to the proposed construction at this facility will be: 1.72 tpy PM; 1.29 tpy of PM₁₀; 0.02 tpy of PM_2.5; 80.92 tpy Volatile Organic Compounds; 1.41 tpy of Acetaldehyde; 1.63 tpy total Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP’s).

All Counties in Nebraska currently meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for those pollutants subject to NAAQS. There are currently no Counties classified as being in non-attainment with the State Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) standards. It is the source’s responsibility to ensure no take of threatened or endangered species result from the proposed carbon sequestration facility.

The Department proposes to issue a construction permit with specific conditions, based on Title 129, which is to construct a new Carbon Sequestration Facility that can process up to 53.5 metric tons per hour of CO₂ (along with other constituents), dehydrate and compress the CO₂ gas stream, and then send to a pipeline for underground storage. This permit does not prescribe testing but does prescribe recordkeeping requirements.

The proposed permit and supporting materials are available Tuesday, May 26^th, 2026 through Wednesday, June 24^th, 2026 at the NDWEE, 245 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 100, Lincoln, Nebraska, and electronically at http://dwee.nebraska.gov. Only comments received by the Department during this period on new and significantly revised conditions to the previous construction permit(s) will be considered. During this period the applicant, or any interested person or group of persons, may request or petition the Director for a public hearing.  The request must be in writing and state the nature of the issues to be raised and all arguments and factual grounds supporting their position. If a public hearing is granted by the Director, the hearing will be advertised by public notice at least 30 days prior to the hearing.

Inquiries may be made at (402) 471-2186 or dwee.airquality@nebraska.gov . Individuals requiring special accommodations or alternate formats of materials should notify the NDWEE by calling (402) 471-2186.  TDD users should call (800) 833-7352 and ask the relay operator to call the NDWEE at (402) 471-2186. For further information, to submit comments, or request a hearing you may contact the NDWEE by email “dwee.airquality@nebraska.gov” or by mail submitted to the attention of Pati West, Air Construction Permitting Section Supervisor, 245 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68521.

The NDWEE does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, or sex in administration of its programs or activities, and NDWEE does not intimidate or retaliate against any individual or group because they have exercised their rights to participate in or oppose actions protected/prohibited by 40 CFR Parts 5 and 7, or for the purpose of interfering with such rights.

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