All residential and business neighbors located within 1,000 of Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc., 4560 Horton St. in Emeryville have 30 days – until July 22 – to submit public comment regarding Novartis permit for an increase in amount of solvent cleaning solutions used at the facility. The solvent is used to clean surfaces for development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products and includes isopropyl alcohol and ethanol. Novartis has requested an increase from 225 gallons per year to 350 gallons at Building 4.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District “has detemined that toxic air contaminant emissions from the source are within acceptable levels and that the project will comply with applicable air pollution control requirements.” Thus, the District plans to issue the requested permit to Novartis.
Copies of the applicable staff report(s) are available here or by calling the District at 415-749-5059. To submit comments, residents can call and leave a message at the above phone number, email, or write a letter:
Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Public Notice Response
BAAQMD
Engineering Division
939 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Attn: Pamela Leong
pleong@baaqmd.gov
Public comment period ends on July 22, 2011.
