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TCEQ receives Fermi's air permit application for a gas-fired power plant
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality received an application from Fermi Equipment Holdco, LLC for Air Quality Permit No. 181009, PSDTX1670 and GHGPSDTX254, for a natural gas-fired power plant about 15 miles northeast of Amarillo near US 60 and FM 2373 in Carson County. It was declared administratively complete August 5, 2025; the first public notice ran August 27, 2025.[1]
Fermi America (Fermi, Inc.)
What the sources say
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TCEQ received the application for Air Quality Permit No. 181009, PSDTX1670 and GHGPSDTX254 on August 1, 2025 and declared it administratively complete on August 5, 2025. The Notice of Receipt and Intent was published August 27, 2025 in the Amarillo Globe-News (English) and El Mensajero (Spanish).[1]
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TCEQ's response to comments describes the permit as authorizing construction of a natural gas-fired power plant and lists authorized contaminants including ammonia, carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid mist.[1]