### A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : C a ll r egua r d i ng i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

K a t he r i ne Hoag t

o: ewa l t her 03 / 11 / 2008 08 : 54 AM

C c: S h irl e y R i v e ra

S e nd er D a te S ub j e ct

S h irl ey 03 / 07 / 2008 A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f

o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e i n i t

i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons S h irl e y R i v e ra 03 / 10 / 2008 10 : 04 AM R e : A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e i n i t

i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

K a t he ri ne H oag 03 / 11 / 2008 08 : 54 AM A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : C a ll r egua r d i ng i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

H i Er i c,

He r e i s a r e c ap o f ou r phone c a ll y e s t e r da y

, I w ill be k eep i ng S h i r l e y up t o da t e on t he i ss ue s we t

a l k ed

abou t.

F i rs t, y ou wan t

ed u s t o be awa r

e t ha t y ou f ee l t he k e y ob

j e c t i v e o f t he c o m p l e t

ene ss de t

e rm i na t i on s hou l d

be f o c u s i ng on f

i nd i ng t he c o rr e c t t y pe o f i n f

o rm a t i on we need f

o r t he pe rm i t, no t t

he 'c o rr e c t ne ss' o f t he

i n f o rm a t i on

C E C Da t

a adequa cy wo rks hee t s - Y ou m en t

i oned t ha t y ou wou l d s end t

he s e on c e t

he y we r e l

p r epa r ed

. Cou l d y ou l e t m e k now when y ou e x pe c t t he m t o be c o m p l e t

ed ?

BA C T

- Y ou and I d i dn ' t d i sc u ss t he de t a il s o f t h i s po i n t y e s t

e r da y

, and S h i r l e y i s s t

ill r e v i ew i ng t h i s l

w i t h o t he r P e rm i t eng i nee rs t

o en s u r e c on s i s t en cy.

PS D po ll u t

an t r e v i ew / ob s e rv a t

i on

- Y ou s t

a t ed t ha t t he po r t i on on page 6

. 2

- 20 t

ha t i nd i c a t

e s t ha t t he l

p r o j e c t e m i ss i on s a r

e abo v e t

he t h r e s ho l d f o r PM 10 i s f

r o m a p r e v i ou s s ub m i tt

a l and no l onge r

c o rr e c t.

S O 2 ( and S I L )

- Y ou and I d i sc u ss ed t ha t t he t he 0

. 36 g r / 100 sc f S f

o r t he annua l i s a j udge m en t c a ll l

on y ou r pa r

t ba s ed on p r

e v i ou s p r

o j e c t s i n t he S an J oaqu i n V a ll e y

. W e d i d no t d i sc u ss wha t t i m e

pe r i o s t h i s i s ba s ed on.

F ue l f i r i ng - Y ou c on f

i rm ed t ha t t he f i r e pu m p eng i ne i s t

he on l y t h i ng r unn i ng on d i e s e l. l

Na t u r a l ga s s pe cs and hea t v a l ue - Y ou m en t i oned t ha t t he v a l ue s f

o r t he na t u r a l ga s hea t c on t

en t

o f 1020 and 1060 B t

u / sc f we r e i n c l uded i n t

he p r o j e c t de scr i p t

i on a s " who li s t

i c " i n f o rm a t i on and t ha t

t he v a l ue o f 1013 B t

u / sc f i s t he c o rr e c t nu m be r de r i v ed f

r o m a c t ua l ana l ys e s.

Na t u r a l ga s f i r ed equ i p m en t

- W e d i dn ' t d i sc u ss t h i s.

D i e s e l f ue l

- f i r ed equ i p m en t

- Y ou m en t

i oned t ha t t h i s e m i ss i on f

a c t o r wa s on l y u s ed f

o r t he G H G

e m i ss i on c a l c u l a t

i on s

, and t

ha t t he v a l ue o f 139

, 000 B t

u / ga l m a y c hange b y 2012.

S t a r t up / S hu t down (S /

S)

- Y ou l e t u s k now t

ha t t he s t a r t up e m i ss i on v a l ue s a r

e l a r ge r t han t he l

e x pe c t

ed s hu t down e m i ss i on v a l ue s

, s o t ha t i t i s a c on s e rv a t

i v e uppe r bound t

o u s e t he s t a r t up

e m i ss i on f

a c t o rs f o r bo t h s t a r t up and s hu t

down

. W e a l s o d i sc u ss ed t ha t t he v a l ue s li s t

ed i n T ab l e

6

. 2

- 1

. 6 and u s ed i n t

he c a l c u l a t

i on s a r e f r o m e x pe r i en c e and no t v endo r da t a

.

T r an s i en t l oad and s ho r t

- t e rm N O x e m i ss i on s e xc u rs i ons

- Y ou c on f i rm ed t ha t t he "

... p r opo s ed ll anguage f o r N O x e m i ss i on s e xc u rs i on l anguage i n t he c ond i t

i on s o f c e r

t i f i c a t i on " ( p

. 6

. 2

- 46

) i s f or

t he C E C 's c ond i t

i on s f o r c e r t i f i c a t i on s

, bu t a l s o a sk ed f

o r t he s a m e l anguage t

o be c on s i de r

ed i f we

w ill be w r i t i ng s i m il a r c ond i t

i on s f o r t he PS D pe rm i t.

V O C li m i t

- Y ou s t a t ed t ha t t he 1

. 5 pp mv d v a l ue (

w / o du c t f i r i ng ) i n S e c t

i on 2 ( p

. 2

- 23

) i s no t t he l

c o rr e c t and t

ha t t he c o rr e c t v a l ue i s li s t

ed i n s e c t

i on 6 a s 1

. 4 pp mv d (

e

. g

., p

. 6

. 2

- 43

, T ab l e 6

. 2

- 19 )

. Y ou a l s o m en t

i oned t ha t t he r e m i gh t be o t

he r i t e ms i n s e c t

i on 2 t ha t a r e ou t o f da t

e.

K a te

_________________________ K a t he r i ne Hoag

U

. S

. EPA

, Reg i on 9

, A i r P e rm i t s Off i c e (A I R

- 3)

75 Haw t ho r ne S t., S an F r

an c i sc o

, C A 94105

Hoag

. K a t

he r i ne @ epa

. gov ( 415 ) 972

- 3970

S h i r l e y R i v e r

a / R9 / U SEPA / US

S h irl e y

R i v e r a / R 9 / U SEPA / US

03 / 10 / 2008 09 : 04 AM To e w a l t he r @ s i e rr a r e s ea r c h

. c om

cc K a t he ri ne H oag /

R 9 / U SEPA / U S @ EPA

S ub j e ct R e : A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e

i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

Er i c

,

G o t y ou r v /

m ms g ea r li e r t

h i s m o r n i ng

. I wou l d no rm a ll y g i v e y ou a qu i ck c a ll ba ck bu t I 'v e go t t o p r epa r e

f o r a c on f e r en c e c a ll and a f

ew o t he r m ee t i ng s / a c t i v i t i e s t h i s m o r n i ng

. S o f

o r now

, i n r e s pon s e t

o y ou r

c oa ll

-

a

- O b s e rv a t

i on s - A t t

h i s po i n t, t

he r e i s **no need** t

o r e s pond t o ea c h ob s e rv a t

i on

. T he y a r

e **no t **

f o rm a l c o mm en t

s ; t he y r ep r e s en t ou r on

- go i ng " on c e

- t h r ough " page t

u r n o f t he app li c a t

i on

, e

. g

., a qu i ck

r e v i ew o f i n f

o i n t he s e c t i on s p r o v i ded

. A l s o

, s o m e a r

e i n t ended t o be a " head s up "

, s u c h a s t he

ob s e rv a t i on s r ega r d i ng:

- BA CT

- S t a r t up / S hu t down

- T r an s i en t ops

A t t h i s po i n t, we ha v e no t f o rm a ll y f o rm u l a t ed o r de t e rm i ned c o m p l e t

ene ss ; howe v e r

, a s m en t i oned

, one

o f ou r ob j e c t i v e s i s t o en s u r e c on s i s t en cy w i t h o t he r pe rm i t a c t

i v i t i e s ( pa s t and p r

e s en t ).

b

- F o ll ow

- up t oda y - K a t

e w ill g i v e y ou a c a ll ba ck ( 916

- 444

- 6666 )

. T o s o m e e x t

en t, s he m a y be ab l e t

o

p r o v i de y ou w

i t h f eedba ck

. A t t

h i s po i n t, g i v en s he i s s uppo r t i ng on p r o j e c t m anage m en t and

c o m p l e t ene ss r e v i ew

, a t a m i n i m u m

, s he c an p r o v i de y ou w

i t h s o m e o f t

he ba s i s f

o r ou r i n i t

i a l

ob s e rv a t i on s.

c

- G o i ng f

o r wa r d f o r c o m p l e t

ene ss de t

e rm i na t i on - W e w

ill c on t i nue t o c ondu c t ou r page t

u r n

. S o y ou

k now

, we ha v e c o m p l e t

ed t he on c e

- t

h r ough o f t he f o ll ow i ng s e c t i on s and a ss o c i a t

ed append i c e s:

- p r o j e c t de scr i p t

i on

- a i r qua li ty

- pub li c hea l th

T he r e f o r e

, t he r e m a i n i ng s e c t

i on s t ha t we a r

e i n t e r p r e t i ng a s y ou a ll 's i n t

en t t o s uppo r t PS D app li c a t

i onr

equ i r e m en t s f or :

- E ndange r

ed S pe c i e s Ac t, S e c t

i on 7 (S e c t

i on L o f PS D app gu i de li ne s)

- A dd i t i ona l i m pa c t

s ana l ys i s (S e c t

i on H o f PS D app gu i de li ne s)

. s o il s

, v ege t

a t i on

, v i s i b ili ty

. gene r a l c o m e rc i a l

, r

e s i den t i a l

, i ndu s t

r i a l and o t

he r g r ow th

- A dd i t i ona l i n f o rm a t i on (S e c t i on M o f PS D app gu i de li ne s)

. F o r o t he r i n f o p r o v i ded

, we w

ill be i den t

i f y i ng an y i t

e ms t ha t we m a y wan t c l a r i f

i c a t i on

f o r i t s i n c l u s i on

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U

. S

. EPA

, Reg i on 9

, A i r P e rm i t s Off i c e (A I R

- 3

) | 75 Haw

t ho r ne S t., S an F r

an c i sc o

, C A 94105

T: ( 415 ) 972

- 3966 | F: ( 415

) 947

- 3579 | R i v e r

a

. S h i r l e y @ epa

. gov

S h i r l e y R i v e r

a / R9 / U SEPA / US

S h irl e y

R i v e r a / R 9 / U SEPA / US

03 / 07 / 2008 09 : 18 AM To E ri c W a l t her

cc K a t he ri ne H oag /

R 9 / U SEPA / U S @ EPA

S ub j e ct A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e

i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

Er i c,

F i gu r ed I ' d j u s t s end a po k e on a f ew t h i ng s s o f

a r

. A nd t he be l ow a r

e j u s t p r e li m / i n i t i a l

** O BSE R VA TIO N S ** a s K a t e and I go t

h r ough ou r page t

u r n.

C E C Da t

a adequa cy wo rks hee t s : A l t hough we d i d s pea k abou t t he r e no t be i ng a f

o rm a l / s ub m i tt ed l

f ill ed

- ou t da t

a adequa cy wo rks hee t f o r t he C E C s e c t

i on s y ou a ll p r

o v i ded a s t

he PS D s ub m i tt

a l

, p l ea s e do s ee i f t

he r e i s e v en a ' wo rk i ng c op y' t ha t i s a v a il ab l e f

o r ea c h o f t

he s e c t i on s s ub m i tt

ed

. F o r

v a r i ou s r ea s on s

, t

h i s wou l d m a k e ou r r

e v i ew p r o c e ss

.

I 'v e no t s en t t

h i s e / m r eque s t t o J i m Re xr

oad g i v en y ou a r

e t he p r o j e c t m anage r f

o r t he ou r PS D

pe rm i t ( i

. e

., a i r qua li t

y r e l a t ed i ss ue s i n t

he C E C f

ili ng ) ; I unde rs t

and t ha t T RC p r

o v i ded t he ba l an c e o f

t he C E C A F C

, s o i f y ou de t e rm i ne i t m a y be u s e f

u l t o c he ck w

i t h J i m one l a s t t

i m e

, t ha t wou l d be

g r ea t. W e wou l d u s e t

he wo rks hee t f

o r ou r s t r ea m li n i ng ou r i n t

e r na l r e v i ew p r o c e ss and wou l d **no t

**

d i s t r i bu t e t o o t he rs

.

A nd j u s t a s a r

e m i nde r

, t

h i s ( a tt a c hed ) i s ou r c u rr

en t app li c a t

i on gu i de li ne.

[ a tt a c h m en t " PS D A pp li c a t i on G u i de li ne s

- O c t

obe r 2007

. pd f

" de l e t ed b y S h i r l e y R i v e r

a / R9 / U SEPA / U S ]

K a t e i s e s t ab li s h i ng an i n

- hou s e (

f o r ou r i n

- u s e ) r

e v i ew c he ck li s t ba s ed on t h i s O c t 2007 do c u m en t, a s

we ll a s ou r po t

en t i a l " gap f illi ng " f o r PS D p r

o j e c t s u c h ha s powe r p l an t s

- and i n t

h i s c a s e

, a s we

d i sc u ss ed

, t

ho s e app li c a t

i on s t ha t a r e s ub m i tt

ed f r o m s e c t i on s o f a C E C A F C

.

BA C T

- As I had m en t

i oned

, t he l a s t m o s t r

e c en t app li c a t

i on s ub m i tt

a l f o r a c o m b i ned -cyc l e f

a c ili t y i s l

K i ng s R i v e r

. T he p r opo s ed li m i t

s i n K i ng s R i v e r a r

e " 2

- 2

- 2 " pp mv d f

o r N O x

, C O, and V O C (@ 15%O 2

. I a m i n d i sc u ss i on s w i t h t he pe rm i t eng i nee r f

o r t ha t app li c a t

i on ; a s y ou and I ha v e d i sc u ss ed

, I

w ill be en s u r i ng t

ha t my r e v i ew i s c on s i s t

en t w i t h he r r e v i ew.

PS D po ll u t

an t r e v i ew / ob s e rv a t

i on

- Av ena l 's app li c a t

i on s t a t e s ( p

. 6

. 2

- 20

, t op s e c t i on ) t ha t PS D l

t h r e s ho l d s e xc eeded f

o r po ll u t an t s N O 2

, C O and PM 10

. Howe v e r

, on P age 6

. 2

- 69 ( t op s e c t i on )

, t he r e

i s r e f e r en c e t ha t p r o j e c t " e m i ss i on s o f

... PM 10 do no t t r i gge r PS D r

e v i ew

. " T ab l e 6

. 2

- 32 on p

. 6

. 2

- 27

s u mm a r i z e s t

he T PY.

S O 2 ( and S I L )

- W e s ee f r o m t he app li c a t

i on t he 1 g r / 100 sc f S c on t

en t ( t a r i ff ) r e f e r en c ed f o r l

s ho r

t

- t e rm

, wh il e 0

. 36 g r / 100 sc f S f

o r t he annua l

. T he na t

u r a l ga s p r ope r t i e s a r e no t ed i n T ab l e

6

. 2

- 18 ( p

. 6

. 2

- 42

)

. O n page 6

. 2

- 68

, T ab l e 6

. 2

- 34

, t he r e i s r e f e r en c e t o t he c o m pa r i s on o f m ode l ed

m a x and t

he S I L ; i t i s no t

ed t ha t t he t ab l e s hoe s S O 2 v a l ue s be l ow t he S I L

. A t t

h i s po i n t, f

o r my

unde rs t and i ng r ega r d i ng t he na t u r a l ga s p r ope r t i e s (P G &E i n f

o )

, wha t i s t

he t i m e pe r i od o f t

he

" a v e r age " ba s ed

, e

. g

., c a l enda r y ea r 2007

, " xyz " m on t h / y ea r t o m on t h / y ea r ? (A nd I ha v e r

e v i ewed

T ab l e 6

. 2

- 1

. 5 o f t

he A ppend i x

. )

F ue l f i r i ng - W e no t

e t ha t bo t h p i pe li ne na t

u r a l ga s and D i e s e l f

ue l w ill be f i r ed on equ i p m en t a t t

he l

f a c ili t y

.

Na t u r a l ga s s pe cs and hea t v a l ue - I n t he p r o j e c t de scr i p t

i on (S e c t i on 2 )

, t he r e i s a d i sc u ss i on o f t

he

na t u r a l ga s s upp l y ( pp

. 2

- 32

, 2

- 33 )

. V a l ue s (B t

u / sc f, HH V) p r

e s en t ed i n c l ude 1

, 060

, 1

, 020

, and 1

, 013

. It i s no t ed t ha t "

... s upp l y w

ill be f r o m t he " r edundan t s ou rc e s o f s upp l y t h r ough t he P G &E p i pe li ne

sys t e m " w i t h t he p r opo s ed p r

ope r t i e s ( e

. g

., T ab l e s 2

. 3

- 3

, 6

. 2

- 18

, and 6

. 2

- 1

. 5 ( o f A ppend i x 6

. 2

).

Na t u r a l ga s f i r ed equ i p m en t

- A t t

h i s s t age

, we 'v e no t y e t s t

a r t ed a de t a il ed r e v i ew o f t

he e m i ss i on

c a l c u l a t i on s

. As a gene r

a l c o mm en t, p l ea s e en s u r e t ha t t he e m i ss i on e s t

i m a t e s a r e ad j u s t ed

a cc o r d i ng l y f o r t he p r o j e c t B t u / sc f ( HH V)

, pa r

t i c u l a r l y i f e m i ss i on f

a c t o rs o r v endo r

gua r an t ee s / e s t i m a t e s ( o r bo t h ) a r e ba s ed on a d i ff

e r en t na t u r a l ga s hea t v a l ue a ss u m p t i on.

D i e s e l f ue l

- f i r ed equ i p m en t

- T he r e i s r e f e r en c e t o 139

, 000 B t

u / ga l

, pe r t he AP- 42 e m i ss i on f

a c t o r

. S i m il a r t o t he c o mm en t r

e : na t u r a l ga s f i r ed equ i p m en t, i f t

he r e i s s pe c i f

i cs r ega r d i ng t he po t en t i a l

D i e s e l f ue l s upp li e r and f

ue l s pe c i f

i c a t i on s

, p l ea s e en s u r

e t ha t e m i ss i on e s t

i m a t e s a r e ad j u s t ed

, i f

needed.

S t a r t up / S hu t down (S /

S)

- Ot he r r e c en t PS D app li c a t

i on s f o r c o m b i ned -cyc l e p r

o j e c t s ha v e i n c l uded l

S / S i n f o rm a t i on p r o v i ded b y t

he app li c an t t

o a ss i s t i n ou r r

e v i ew and d r

a ft i ng o f t he t e c hn i c a l s uppo r

t

do c u m en t (

e

. g

., a m b i en t a i r qua li t

y i m pa c t r

epo r t, s t a t e m en t o f ba s i s) and pe rm i t. I no t e t ha t p

. 6

. 2

- 44

p r e s en t s a s u mm a ry o f t

he S / S e m i ss i on s

. I ha v e been / a m i n d i sc u ss i on s w

i t h o t he r pe rm i t eng i nee rs

r ega r d i ng s u ff i c i en cy o f S /

S i n f o rm a t i on ; a s y ou and I ha v e d i sc u ss ed

, I w ill be en s u r i ng t

ha t my

r e v i ew i s c on s i s t

en t w i t h o t he rs' r e v i ew s.

T r an s i en t l oad and s ho r t

- t e rm N O x e m i ss i on s e xc u rs i ons

- It i s no t ed t ha t p

. 6

. 2

- 46 i n c l ude s l

"

... p r

opo s ed l anguage f

o r N O x e m i ss i on s e xc u rs i on l anguage i n t he c ond i t

i on s o f c e r

t i f i c a t i on " ; g i v en

t h i s i t a li c i z ed s e c t

i on r e f e rs t o a p r opo s a l f o r t he C E C 's c ond i t

i on s f o r c e r t i f i c a t i on

, p l ea s e c on f

i rm i f

t h i s a l s o i s p r

opo s ed f o r t he EPA PS D pe rm i t app li c a t i on

.

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ed t ha t t he r e wa s r e f e r en c e t o a 1

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li m i t (

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. 2 no t

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s

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e no t i n t ended t o be f o rm a l

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s a s pa r t o f t he l e tt e r r ega r d i ng ou r app li c a t

i on c o m p l e t

ene ss

de t e rm i na t i on.

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### A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : C a ll r egua r d i ng i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

K a t he r i ne Hoag t

o: ewa l t her 03 / 11 / 2008 08 : 54 AM

C c: S h irl e y R i v e ra

S h irl e y R i v e ra A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e i n i t

i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

S h irl e y R i v e ra R e : A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e i n i t

i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

K a t he ri ne H oag A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : C a ll r egua r d i ng i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

H i Er i c,

He r e i s a r e c ap o f ou r phone c a ll y e s t e r da y

, I w ill be k eep i ng S h i r l e y up t o da t e on t he i ss ue s we t

a l k ed

abou t.

F i rs t, y ou wan t

ed u s t o be awa r

e t ha t y ou f ee l t he k e y ob

j e c t i v e o f t he c o m p l e t

ene ss de t

e rm i na t i on s hou l d

be f o c u s i ng on f

i nd i ng t he c o rr e c t t y pe o f i n f

o rm a t i on we need f

o r t he pe rm i t, no t t

he 'c o rr e c t ne ss' o f t he

i n f o rm a t i on

C E C Da t

a adequa cy wo rks hee t s - Y ou m en t

i oned t ha t y ou wou l d s end t

he s e on c e t

he y we r e l

p r epa r ed

. Cou l d y ou l e t m e k now when y ou e x pe c t t he m t o be c o m p l e t

ed ?

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e r da y

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ill r e v i ew i ng t h i s l

w i t h o t he r P e rm i t eng i nee rs t

o en s u r e c on s i s t en cy.

PS D po ll u t

an t r e v i ew / ob s e rv a t

i on

- Y ou s t

a t ed t ha t t he po r t i on on page 6

. 2

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ha t i nd i c a t

e s t ha t t he l

p r o j e c t e m i ss i on s a r

e abo v e t

he t h r e s ho l d f o r PM 10 i s f

r o m a p r e v i ou s s ub m i tt

a l and no l onge r

c o rr e c t.

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o j e c t s i n t he S an J oaqu i n V a ll e y

. W e d i d no t d i sc u ss wha t t i m e

pe r i o s t h i s i s ba s ed on.

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i rm ed t ha t t he f i r e pu m p eng i ne i s t

he on l y t h i ng r unn i ng on d i e s e l. l

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o r t he na t u r a l ga s hea t c on t

en t

o f 1020 and 1060 B t

u / sc f we r e i n c l uded i n t

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t he v a l ue o f 1013 B t

u / sc f i s t he c o rr e c t nu m be r de r i v ed f

r o m a c t ua l ana l ys e s.

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- W e d i dn ' t d i sc u ss t h i s.

D i e s e l f ue l

- f i r ed equ i p m en t

- Y ou m en t

i oned t ha t t h i s e m i ss i on f

a c t o r wa s on l y u s ed f

o r t he G H G

e m i ss i on c a l c u l a t

i on s

, and t

ha t t he v a l ue o f 139

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S)

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ha t t he s t a r t up e m i ss i on v a l ue s a r

e l a r ge r t han t he l

e x pe c t

ed s hu t down e m i ss i on v a l ue s

, s o t ha t i t i s a c on s e rv a t

i v e uppe r bound t

o u s e t he s t a r t up

e m i ss i on f

a c t o rs f o r bo t h s t a r t up and s hu t

down

. W e a l s o d i sc u ss ed t ha t t he v a l ue s li s t

ed i n T ab l e

6

. 2

- 1

. 6 and u s ed i n t

he c a l c u l a t

i on s a r e f r o m e x pe r i en c e and no t v endo r da t a

.

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- t e rm N O x e m i ss i on s e xc u rs i ons

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... p r opo s ed ll anguage f o r N O x e m i ss i on s e xc u rs i on l anguage i n t he c ond i t

i on s o f c e r

t i f i c a t i on " ( p

. 6

. 2

- 46

) i s f or

t he C E C 's c ond i t

i on s f o r c e r t i f i c a t i on s

, bu t a l s o a sk ed f

o r t he s a m e l anguage t

o be c on s i de r

ed i f we

w ill be w r i t i ng s i m il a r c ond i t

i on s f o r t he PS D pe rm i t.

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- Y ou s t a t ed t ha t t he 1

. 5 pp mv d v a l ue (

w / o du c t f i r i ng ) i n S e c t

i on 2 ( p

. 2

- 23

) i s no t t he l

c o rr e c t and t

ha t t he c o rr e c t v a l ue i s li s t

ed i n s e c t

i on 6 a s 1

. 4 pp mv d (

e

. g

., p

. 6

. 2

- 43

, T ab l e 6

. 2

- 19 )

. Y ou a l s o m en t

i oned t ha t t he r e m i gh t be o t

he r i t e ms i n s e c t

i on 2 t ha t a r e ou t o f da t

e.

K a te

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S ub j e ct R e : A v ena l #08

- S J

- 01 : I n f o i n PS D app li c a t

i on & s o m e

i n i t i a l / p r e li m ob s e r

v a t i ons

Er i c

,

G o t y ou r v /

m ms g ea r li e r t

h i s m o r n i ng

. I wou l d no rm a ll y g i v e y ou a qu i ck c a ll ba ck bu t I 'v e go t t o p r epa r e

f o r a c on f e r en c e c a ll and a f

ew o t he r m ee t i ng s / a c t i v i t i e s t h i s m o r n i ng

. S o f

o r now

, i n r e s pon s e t

o y ou r

c oa ll

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a

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i on s - A t t

h i s po i n t, t

he r e i s **no need** t

o r e s pond t o ea c h ob s e rv a t

i on

. T he y a r

e **no t **

f o rm a l c o mm en t

s ; t he y r ep r e s en t ou r on

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u r n o f t he app li c a t

i on

, e

. g

., a qu i ck

r e v i ew o f i n f

o i n t he s e c t i on s p r o v i ded

. A l s o

, s o m e a r

e i n t ended t o be a " head s up "

, s u c h a s t he

ob s e rv a t i on s r ega r d i ng:

- BA CT

- S t a r t up / S hu t down

- T r an s i en t ops

A t t h i s po i n t, we ha v e no t f o rm a ll y f o rm u l a t ed o r de t e rm i ned c o m p l e t

ene ss ; howe v e r

, a s m en t i oned

, one

o f ou r ob j e c t i v e s i s t o en s u r e c on s i s t en cy w i t h o t he r pe rm i t a c t

i v i t i e s ( pa s t and p r

e s en t ).

b

- F o ll ow

- up t oda y - K a t

e w ill g i v e y ou a c a ll ba ck ( 916

- 444

- 6666 )

. T o s o m e e x t

en t, s he m a y be ab l e t

o

p r o v i de y ou w

i t h f eedba ck

. A t t

h i s po i n t, g i v en s he i s s uppo r t i ng on p r o j e c t m anage m en t and

c o m p l e t ene ss r e v i ew

, a t a m i n i m u m

, s he c an p r o v i de y ou w

i t h s o m e o f t

he ba s i s f

o r ou r i n i t

i a l

ob s e rv a t i on s.

c

- G o i ng f

o r wa r d f o r c o m p l e t

ene ss de t

e rm i na t i on - W e w

ill c on t i nue t o c ondu c t ou r page t

u r n

. S o y ou

k now

, we ha v e c o m p l e t

ed t he on c e

- t

h r ough o f t he f o ll ow i ng s e c t i on s and a ss o c i a t

ed append i c e s:

- p r o j e c t de scr i p t

i on

- a i r qua li ty

- pub li c hea l th

T he r e f o r e

, t he r e m a i n i ng s e c t

i on s t ha t we a r

e i n t e r p r e t i ng a s y ou a ll 's i n t

en t t o s uppo r t PS D app li c a t

i onr

equ i r e m en t s f or :

- E ndange r

ed S pe c i e s Ac t, S e c t

i on 7 (S e c t

i on L o f PS D app gu i de li ne s)

- A dd i t i ona l i m pa c t

s ana l ys i s (S e c t

i on H o f PS D app gu i de li ne s)

. s o il s

, v ege t

a t i on

, v i s i b ili ty

. gene r a l c o m e rc i a l

, r

e s i den t i a l

, i ndu s t

r i a l and o t

he r g r ow th

- A dd i t i ona l i n f o rm a t i on (S e c t i on M o f PS D app gu i de li ne s)

. F o r o t he r i n f o p r o v i ded

, we w

ill be i den t

i f y i ng an y i t

e ms t ha t we m a y wan t c l a r i f

i c a t i on

f o r i t s i n c l u s i on

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an c i sc o

, C A 94105

T: ( 415 ) 972

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) 947

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