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to OmerShalev

08/19/2011

08:58

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Ted Guth, “Sumal, Amritpal”,

‘Adams, Maynard” This message

has been replied

to. Omer, Please

fmd attached

the data

you requested

from

Rio Bravo Jasmin.

Please

call

Dr.

Ted Guth should

you have

any questions

or require

more

data. Thank

you. Maynard

Adams Plant Manager

Rio Bravo Jasmin/Poso 661-792-3048

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Guth;Moynardto:OmerShalev08/19/201108:57AMTedGuth,“Sumal,Amritpal’,“Adams,Maynard” 

# Omer, Please

find attached

the data

you requested

from

Rio Bravo

Poso.

Please

call

Dr.

Ted Guth should

you have

any questions

or require

more

data. Thank

you. Maynard

Adams Plant Manager

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thesender.CEG-TPIRBJ.EPACFB.08-1811.docPosoBiomassDataCollection.xlsPosoBiomassTestBurnDataCollectionxisRevisedGHGEmissionsforPosoandJasminII’r,rctoOmerShalev10/121201104:44PMCu:“‘drtedguthaol.comm,“Estrada,MaggieT”Thismessagehasbeenrepliedto. 

# omer,Herearetherevisedemissionsforthetwofacilities.Pleaseletusknowifyouhaveanyquestions.EricEricMaIlerPrincipalEnvironmentalEngineerConstellationEnergy95Enterprise,Suite300AlisoViejo,CA92656Office-949-425-4741Fax-949-425-1727>>>Thise-mailandanyattachmentsareconfidential,maycontainlegal,professionalorotherprivilegedinformation,andareintendedsolelyfortheaddressee.Ifyouarenottheintendedrecipient,donotusetheinformationinthise-mailinanyway,deletethise-mailandnotifythesender.CEG-IPICaIcsforGHGEmissionsEPA9-2011.xlsxRE:

Rio Bravo

Poso

and Jasmin

Test Biomass

Test Burns ‘.‘-1er,

Eric

lO Omer Shalev

10/3,4/2011

02:52

PM ‘Ted

Guth (drtedguthaol.com)”,

‘Estrada,

Maggie

V

‘Sumal,

// Amritpaf

/ C’mer,

/ readily.

I wW send

the revised

files

to you

to orrow. Eric From: Shalev.umergeamaiI.epa.gov

[mailto:Shalev.Omer@epam

,epa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, October\1,

2011

2:45

PM To: Moller,

Eric

\ Cc:

Ted

Guth (drtedguth@aàcom);

Estrada,

Maggie

T; Sum, Amritpal Subject:

Re:

Rio Bravo

Poso aasmin

Test Biomass

Test

urns Hi Eric, thank

you

for

the attachme\This

is close

to

w

t

I need,

but

I need

a little

bit more information. The Projected

Future

Actual emission”gures

were

co puted appropriately,

however

the baseline

coal figure

needs

to

be based

on

an annual average

of

a ntinuous

24 month

period. Therefore

the

coal figure for

the base calculation

needs

to

be base’çn

the

erage

for

the 2009-2010

period.

Can

you please provide

that?

It may seem arbitrary,

but

the ul

ion

is pretty

clear

that

this must

be

the base

case

the facility

must

use unless

the facility

can prove

o

So your difference

will

end

up being

the

new

fuel projections

minus

the average

of C02e

emis •ons’from 2009-2010. Can

you provide

this calculation

for

the

J

mm faciIity%weIl,

using

the average

of 2009-201

0? Thanks

for your response.

/ Omer Shalev- Environmental

Engineer Air Permits

Office

(Air-3)

/ Environmental

Protection

A’ency,

Region

9 75 Hawthorne

St.

“ San Francisco,

CA 94105 (415) 972-3538\ F’ or”

“Moller,

Eric” <Eric.Moller@constellation.com> Omer Shalev/R9/USEPA/US@EPA Cc

“Ted

Guth (drtedguth@aol.com)”

<drtedguthaoI.com>,

“Estrada.

Maggie

T” <Maggie.EstradaconsteIIation.cm>, “Sumal, Amritpal” <psuma!@rbjasmin.com> 10/10/2011

04:10

PM can make S iL-c.

Rio Bravo

Poso

and Jasmin

Test Biomass

Test BurnsFwd:AdditionalPlantDataforPosoandJasmin.r.TTG.OmerShalev11/10/201104:40PM-.Thismessagehasbeenrepliedto.Omer,Ihaveattachedtheadditionaldatathatyourequestedfrombothplants.IhavealsopointedoutwhenthespecificPM10(triplicate)testsstartedandstopped,soyoucanseetheMMBtuandsteamgeneratedduringthoseexacttimes.Calloremailmewithanyotherquestionsyoumayhave.Dr.TedRB_Jasmin_2011Source_Test_Data.xlsRBPOSO_2011_Source_TestData.xlsRe:ANSWERS(RioBravoBiomassModifications)Or.Guthto:OmerShalev,maynard.adams,Maggie.Estrada11/07/201102:41PMHistory:Thismessagehasbeenrepliedto.Omer:Sorryforthedelayingettingbacktoyou.Herearetheanswerstoyourquestionsintheorderinwhichtheywereasked:1.)Noleadtestinghasbeenperformedateitherplantduringtheprevious5years.Note:ForToxicReleaseInventory(TRI)reporting(usingemmisionsdatafromacirculatingfluidizedbedboiler)bothplantsreportlessthan1poundperyearoflead(0.6Ib/yr;thiswouldequateto0.0016lb/dayor0.000073lb/hr).Theplantsarebothbase-loaded,generating300,00lb/hrofsteamfor8200hoursperyear.2)PM-bsourcetestdatawereprovidedtoyouearliertodayintheTrialBurnReports(emailsfromccastillo).3)Boilerratingsforbothplants=389MMBtu/hr.4)Biomasswillnotbestoredonsiteexceptlikethecoal/petcokeintheexistingsilos.Thesiloshaveoneweeksstoragecapacity.5)Nootherpermitconditionsarerequiredtobemodifiedorarebeingproposed;onlythesolidlb/daylimitwiththeBTUconversion.Pleasecallmeifyouhaveadditionalquestions.Dr.Ted---OriginalMessageFrom:Shalev.Omer<Shalev.Omerepamail.epa.gov>To:drtedguth<drtedguth@aol.com>Sent:Wed,Nov2,20113:49pmSubject:RioBravoBiomassModificationsTed,IhavesomequestionsfollowingmyreviewofthemodificationrequestsfortheRioBravoPosoandJasminfacilities.Pleaseprovideinformationonthefollowing,assoonaspossible:1.Isthereanyrecentdataregardinghistoricalleademissionsfromthefacilityinthepast5years?Sourcetestdataonalb/hrorlb/MMBtuwouldbehelpful.Iflb/hr(day)issubmitted,pleasealsoprovidethesteamthroughputrateassociatedwiththelevelofemissions.2.PleaseprovidethePMIOsourcetestdatafromthetrialbum.3.WhatistheboilerratingtijrbothfacilitiesintermsofMMBtu!hr?4.Howisbiomassfuelgoingtobestoredonsite?Arethereanychangesfromcurrentstorageproceduresforcoal?Inaprevioussubmission,RioBravostatedthatnophysicalequipmentwillbeaddedtohandlethebiomass,butpleaseelaborateastowhethertherewillheanyoperationalchanges,i.e.handlingorstoragepriortotheproposedmodification.Howdoesthefacilityaccommodatealloftheextravolumeoffuelasaresultofthereducedenergyconcentrationofthehiomass’?5.PleaseincludeallpermitconditionsthatRioBravowasproposingtomodifyinthepermit,notcountingthesolidlb/daylimitwiththeBTUconversion.Thanksinadvanceforyourpromptreply.OmerShalevEnvironmentalEngineerAirPermitsOffice(Air-3)EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,Region975HawthorneSt.SanFrancisco,CA94105(415)972-3538BiomassTestBurnDataCollectionPs:.!3umto:OmerShalev10/26/201111:57AMCdrtedguth,“MaynardAdamsDearMr.Shalev,Ihaveattachedthedatacollectionfileswiththedailyaveragedataforthefirstsixmonthsofthebiomasstestburn.PaulSumal-PlantEngineerRioBravoPoso/RioBravoJasminJasminBiomassTestBurnDataCollection.xlsPosoBiomassTestBurnDataCollection.xlsRe:AdditionalPlantDataforPosoandJasminDr.to:OmerShalev11/18/201110:01AMGoodquestions,Omer!Isaythatbecauseyouarecorrect-inlookingbackthroughthefilesI,too,noticedseveralconflictingcontactsforeachplantovertheyears.ToclearthismatterupIspokewiththeplantowners.Theyconcludedthat‘simplerisbetter’andso,tosimplifymatters,pleasesendallcorrespondencetotheplantsatthefollowingcontactingaddresses:RioBravoPoso19100VonKarmanSuite570IrvineCA92612Attn:SteveIleffFinancialManagerRioBravoJasmin19100VonKarmanSuite570IrvineCA92612Attn:SteveIleffFinancialManagerThesearethefullcompanyownershipnamesforeachofthefacilities.TheyhavesuggestedthatyourcorrespondencebesenttoMr.huff(insteadof;say,theTitleVResponsibleOfficial)foraverysimplereason:heisalwaysthere!(Note:ifyouneedthephysicaladdressesoftheplants-inBakersfield-pleaseletmeknow.)Youcannowbesureyouhavetheappropriateownernameandmailingaddressforeachfacility.Writeorcallantytime,Omer.Dr.Ted—---OriginalMessageFrom:Shalev.Omer<ShaIev.Omerepamail.epa.gov>To:Dr.TedGuth<drtedguthaoI.com>Sent:Thu,Nov17,20113:27pmSubject:Re:Fwd:AdditionalPlantDataforPosoandJasminTed,whoshouldproperlybecitedasthefacilityownerforeachfacilityandthecontactingmailingaddress.Pleaseprovidefullcompanyownershipnameforeachfacilityandaddress.IhaveseensomeconflictinginformationthroughouttheyearsofpermitsandIjustwanttomakesurewehavetheappropriateownernameandaddressforeachfacility.Thanks.OmerShalevEnvironmentalEngineerAirPermitsOffice(Air-3)EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,Region975HawthorneSt.SanFrancisco,CA94105(415)972-3538rom:“Dr.TedGuth”<drtedguthaoI.com>ro:OmerShalev/R9/USEPNUS@EPADe:11/10/201104:40PMSbFwd:AdditionalPlantDataforPosoandJasmin.:Omer,Ihaveattachedtheadditionaldatathatyourequestedfrombothplants.IhavealsopointedoutwhenthespecificPM-b(triplicate)testsstartedandstopped,soyoucanseetheMMBtuandsteamgeneratedduringthoseexacttimes.Calloremailmewithanyotherquestionsyoumayhave.Dr.Ted[attachment‘RB_Jasmin_2b11_SourceTest_Data.xls”deletedbyOmerShalev/R9/USEPA/US][attachment“RBPOSO_2011_Sourcejest_Data.xls”deletedbyOmerShalev/R9/USEPA/USJRe:RioBravoPosoandJasminFacilities-AddingBiomasstotheAvailablefuelsE.m:-:’sioOmerShalev12/08/201112:01PMThismessagehasbeenrepliedto.Yes.TheUSFWShasnoconcernsorcomments.Thanks.DamianK.Higgins,Coordinator-EnvironmentalContaminantsProgramU.S.Fish&WildlifeService,PacificSouthwestRegion916-414-6548ofc916-943-8529cellFrom:Shalev.OmerSent:12/08/201111:52AMPSTTo:DamianHigginsSubject:Re:RioBravoPosoandJasminFacilities-AddingBiomasstotheAvailablefuelsHiDamian,Iwantedtofollowuponourphonecalllastweek.Wereyouabletoconnectwithanyofyourlocalcontactsregardingthesefacilities?Doyouhaveanyupdatesregardingthemodificationsoradditionalinformationthatyoumightneedfromus?Thanksforyourhelp.OmerShalevEnvironmentalEngineerAirPermitsOffice(Air-3)EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,Region975HawthorneSt.SanFrancisco,CA94105(415)972-3538rQflOmerShalev/R9/USEPA/USo:damianhiggins@fws.gov—__________________________________)ae11/301201105.30PMS..eo::RioBravoPosoandJasminFacilities-AddingBiomasstotheAvailablefuelsHiMr.Higgins,IamprocessinganairpermitmodificationhereatEPARegion9fortwoenergyfacilitiesinBakersfield,CA.RioBravoPosoandRioBravoJasminarelocatedat16608PortervilleHwyand11258PortervilleHwy.Thesearetwosimilarcoalfacilitiesproposingtoaddbiomassintotheiravailablefuelmixture.Theadditionofthebiomassfuelwillnotrequireanyadditionalfuelstorageyardexpansionandweexpectareductionorslightincreaseinairemissionsdependingonthepollutantasaresultofthe

# modification.

I was hoping

could discuss

this modification

and make

sure there

are

no outstanding

issues

to consider.

Please

let

me know

if you need

any additional information.

Thanks

for your

help. Omer Shalev Environmental

Engineer Air Permits

Office

(Air-3) Environmental

Protection

Agency,

Region

9 75 Hawthorne

St. San Francisco,

CA 94105 (415) 972-3538