The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is accepting public comments through May 22 on a draft air quality permit for Hilcorp Alaska's Kenai Gas Field Pad 34-31, a crude oil and natural gas production facility on the Kenai Peninsula.

The facility at 35350 Kalifornsky Beach Road produces natural gas for industrial and domestic use. The draft permit would allow annual emissions of up to 210 tons of nitrogen oxides, 133 tons of carbon monoxide, and 78,584 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gases, among other pollutants.

Hilcorp applied for the permit renewal in November 2025. The facility operates two turbines, an emergency generator, two standby compressor engines, two portable rig boilers, a glycol reboiler, and a dehydration unit.

The department made a preliminary decision to approve the permit under state air quality regulations. Copies of the application, draft permit, and statement of basis are available at the department's Juneau and Anchorage offices and online at dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Air/airtoolsweb/AirPermitsApprovalsAndPublicNotices.

Written comments may be submitted through the department's online portal at dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Air/airtoolsweb/FormalComments, by email to [email protected] and [email protected], or by mail to Zachary Boyden, 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501. Comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. on May 22, 2026.

The department will review all comments and issue a final decision to approve or deny the permit after the comment period closes. People with disabilities who need accommodations to participate should contact ADA Coordinator Kristin Mabry at [email protected] or 907-334-0884 by May 7.