PUBLIC NOTICE - - - Notice is hereby given that Air Products Blue Energy LLC has applied for a 401 Water Quality Certification to clear, grade, excavate, and place fill to construct a facility to produce low-carbon hydrogen and low-carbon ammonia on the bank of the Mississippi River off Highway 44 and Old Highway 22 near Burnside and Sorrento and south of Gonzales in Ascension Parish. In addition, a carbon dioxide pipeline, a hydrogen pipeline, and a natural gas pipeline will be constructed. The carbon dioxide pipeline will transport captured carbon dioxide from the production facility to a carbon sequestration site in Lake Maurepas. The hydrogen pipeline would transport hydrogen from the production facility to Air Products’ existing pipeline network in Ascension Parish. The natural gas pipeline will begin at a tie-point approximately 5 miles north of Gramercy and will connect to and provide energy for the carbon sequestration site in Lake Maurepas. A carbon sequestration site will be constructed in Lake Maurepas. Air Products plans to construct up to ten injection wells for permanent carbon dioxide sequestration. Up to six deep monitoring wells would be installed in Lake Maurepas to manage the sequestration. Up to two above confining zone wells will be installed in Lake Maurepas for additional water sampling and monitoring and will be collocated with the deep monitoring wells. Additional temporary infrastructure, including laydown yards and access roads, will also be constructed. Work will occur in Ascension, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Livingston, and Tangipahoa Parishes. Air Products Blue Energy LLC is applying to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Services for a Water Quality Certification in accordance with statutory authority contained in the LAC 33:IX.1507.A-E and provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Comments concerning this application can be filed with the Water Permits Division within thirty (30) days of this notice by referencing WQC 251111-01, AI 233211 to the following address: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Water Permits Division P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313 Attn: Water Quality Certifications Comments may be submitted by email to DEQ-WaterQualityCertifications@la.gov. A copy of the application is available for inspection and review at the LDEQ Public Records Center at 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The available information can also be accessed electronically on the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) on the LDEQ public website at www.deq.louisiana.gov. 183548 April 8, 1t $344.43