PUBLIC NOTICE Ashtabula County

HAZARDOUS WASTE DRAFT PERMIT RENEWAL On September 26, 2012, Ohio EPA issued a draft renewal Hazardous Waste Facility Installation and Operation Permit (Permit) and director’s initiated modification to RMI Titanium Company for its facility located at 600 State Road, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004, in Ashtabula County. The Ohio EPA ID number is OHD000810242. The RMI Titanium Company Former Sodium Plant has been closed. A pre-RCRA landfill (Area A) remains on the property. The purpose of this director’s initiated modification is to select a remedy/corrective measure to address contaminated soil and ground water at the site. The renewal permit authorizes the facility to continue to conduct Corrective Action. To issue this draft renewal Permit, Ohio EPA determined that the Permit application is complete and meets appropriate standards and that the applicant has a history of compliance with relevant environmental laws and demonstrates sufficient reliability, expertise and competency to operate a hazardous waste facility. A public meeting will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. at Ashtabula Twp. Hall (CD Ray Community Room), 2718 N. Ridge Road East, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004. Oral comments will be received during the public meeting. All persons, including the applicant, may submit written comments relating to this draft action to Ohio EPA, Division of Materials and Waste Management, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049, no later than November 23, 2012. A copy of the draft renewal Permit modification is available for review at the following locations: Harbor Topky Memorial Library, 1633 Walnut Blvd., Ashtabula, Ohio 44004, tel: (440) 964-9645. Ohio EPA Northeast District Office, 2110 E. Aurora Road, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087, tel: (330) 963-1200, or Ohio EPA Central Office, Division of Materials and Waste Management, 50 West Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215, tel: (614) 644-2621.