![]() The current permit will remain valid while the branch drafts another, said Kerry Drake, associate director of the Air Division in EPA’s San Francisco office. The Clean Air Branch, which is part of the state Department of Health, has until early May to propose a new permit. ![]() The branch will correct the permit and respond to EPA’s objection, said Nolan Hirai, the branch’s acting manager. ![]() HILO, Hawaii > The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the state’s Clean Air Branch to modify or reissue an air-pollution permit for a proposed Big Island power plant that would generate electricity from eucalyptus trees and other plant matter.ĮPA Administrator Gina McCarthy ruled Friday the Clean Air Branch failed to take into consideration pollutants that would be generated by the startup, shutdown or malfunction of the Hu Honua Bioenergy plant, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald () reported. ![]()
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