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### - V MEMORANDU M TO : FROM : DATE : Stev e Shed

d U.S . EPA , OAQPS/ESD/WCPG GregLaFlam^j f Pacifi c Environmenta

l Services , Inc . (PES ) Ma y 19,199 8 P:\N81 2 . v-l J J ' i -I^rtJ J •r,iij J l <j *y vv S EP A AI R DOCKE T

SUBJECT : Apri l 6,199 8 Telephon e Cal l wit h th e America

n Petroleu mInstitute Organi c Liquid s Distributio n (non-Gasoline ) NESHA P PARTICIPANTS : Bil l Bec k

Alle n Ellet

t Chuck Feeric k Bern d Hanek

e Ja y Helm s Gre g LaFla

m Jac k McClur e Kari n Ritte

r Stev e Shed

d Gar y Wilso n Mobi l Corporatio n (703 ) 849-624 5

Britis h Petroleu m(216 ) 586-803 0 Exxo n PE S PE S PE S Shel l AP I U.S . EP A Maratho n Oi l (713)656-796 0

(919)941-033 3 (919)941-033 3 (919)941-033 3 (713)241-399 9 (202 ) 682-847 2 (919)541-539 7 (419)421-366 6 Th e U.S . EPA and it s contractor (PES ) participate d i n aconferenc e cal l wit h th e America n Petroleu mInstitute (API ) o n Apri l 6,199 8 from11:00 a mt o noon . Th e purpos e o f th e cal l wa s fo

r API t o presen

t it s comment s o n th e draf

t P-MAC T documen

t tha t wa s presente d b y th e EPA a

t th e second Roundtabl e meetin g o n March 24,1998 . Th e AP I ha d als o requeste d a n opportunit

y t o presen t

their comment s o n th e draf

t instruction s for

th e upcomin g EPA surve y ofth e organi c liquid s distributio n (OLD ) industry . Th e issue s and question s raise d by API , and th e ensuin g discussion , ar e summarized below . EPA/AP I Telephon e Discussio n - Apri l 6,199 8 Stev e Shedd bega

n by summarizin g th e principal comment s o n P-MAC T tha t were raise d by member s ofth e Wor k Tea mwh o attende d th e Marc

h 24t h Roundtabl e meeting .

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Mem o to Stev e Shedd Ma y 19,199 8 Pag e 2 A . Comment s on Draf

t P-MAC T 1 . API : Th e titl e o f

Tabl e 1 - 1 (pag e 1 -4 ) shoul d b e change d t o reflect tha t th e tabl e identifie s Stat

e an d loca l rules , rathe

r tha n bein g asummar

y o f P-MACT . EPA : W e wis h to retai n th e existin g titl e indicatin g tha t thi s i s th e P-MAC T summary , but w e wil l sho w in th e titl e tha t P-MAC T i s base d on th e level s foun d i n thes e rules . 2 . API : Th e descriptio n o f stand-alon e terminal s in Sectio n 2. 1 (pag e 2-1 ) shoul d delet e referenc e t o oceangoin g tanker s an d tan k barges . Marine vesse l loadin g i s alread y regulate d by anothe

r MACT rul e (40 CF

R63 , subpar

t Y) . EPA : Thi s descriptio n i s intende d to describ e OL D terminal s generally , and i s no t mean t t o lis t emissio n source s tha

t ar e t o b e covere d under

OL D industr y standards . Also , even thoug h marin e vesse l loadin g i s alread y covered , som

e aspect s o f

thes e operation s (suc h a s storag e vessel s or equipmen t leaks ) ma y nee d t o b e investigate d unde r thi s OL D standard s development . 3 . API : Doe s th e compounding/blending/packagin g segmen t describe d in Sectio n 2. 4 (pag e 2-3 ) include lub e oi l blendin g (o r handlin g o f

simila r lo w vapor-pressur

e products) ? EPA : W e d o no t currently hav e data.o n th e vapo r pressure s an

d HA P content s o

f thes e products . If

they d o no t mee t th e criteri ain the industr

y surve y (a t leas t 0. 1 psi atru e vapor pressur e and 1,00 0 ppm w o f HAP) , the y woul d no t

likely b e covere d by thes e standards . 4 . API : P-MAC T shoul d b e based on actua l facilit y data , an d no t jus t o n th e level s prescribe d by existin g rules . Also , th e AP I representative s requeste d asecond revie w o f th e summar

y tabl e an d th e suppor

t section ofth e documen

t afte r i t i s revised . EPA : W e presently hav e ver

y littl e facilit

y data , but

expec t t o hav e adatabas e o f informatio n fro

mth e industr

y survey . For

th e purpose s ofth e P-MAC T document , w e wil l expand ou

r discussio n ofth e basi s fo

r th e P-MACT levels , and wil l plac e i t bot h in Sectio n 5 an d i n th e front

(summar y section ) ofth e document . It wa s discusse d tha

t afte r th e revision s hav e been mad e base d o n al l ofth e Team' s comments , th e EP

A wil l sen d summar y Table 1-1 , Sectio n 5 (Curren t Contro l Levels) , and possibl y other

section s ofth e documen

t tha t hav e bee n significantly revise d t o th e Tea mfo r anothe r quick review . 

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Mem o to Stev e Shed

d Ma y 19,199 8 Pag e 3 5 . API : Wha

t doe s th e EP

A pla n t o d o wit h th e P-MACT document ? Will i t b e publishe d i n th e Federa

l Register ? EPA : Afte r th e documen

t i s finalized , i t

wil l b e place d on th e EPA' s TT N (website) . Th e EP A Regiona l ai r contact s an

d the OL D Wor k Tea mwill b e notifie d throug h a n E

mai l messag e a s to it s availability . B . Comment s on Draf

t IC RInstruction s 1 . API : The instruction s ar e difficul t t o read . The EP

A shoul d eliminat

e th e confusing doubl e negative s which ar

e used i n th e section s relate d t

o chemica l productio n an

d refiner y plant sites . Th e section s shoul d als o b e reorganize d t o state th e mos t importan t informatio n first . EPA : The section s causin g th e confusion wil l b e rewritten to enhanc e clarity . A s par t ofthi s revision , th e "eas y sentence " i n each sectio n statin g th e basi c requirement fo r eac h typ e of

productio n plant

sit e wil l b e moved t

o th e fron t ofth e sectio n a s suggeste d b y API . 2 . API : Th e ter

m"distributio n storag e vessel " use d in th e instruction s shoul d b e defined . EPA : W e wil l ad d aclarificatio n ofthi s term . 3 . API : Wil l th e facilitie s tha t responde d t o th e Ethylene MAC T sectio n 11 4 surve y als o hav e to respond to th e OL

D survey ? Ca

n th e OL D projec t us e th e result s ofthi s previou s survey ? EPA : W e wil l discus s th e coverag e ofth e Ethylene MACT surve y wit h Warre n Johnson , wh

o i s th e EP A lea d on tha t project . Ou

r goa l i s t o no t reques t informatio n tha t wa s obtaine d previously an d i s stil l considere d t

o b e current . However , i

t i s likely tha t th e Ethylene MAC

T rule , lik e th e HO N an d the Refiner

y MAC T rule , will not regulat e tankag e o

r liqui d transfer s relate d t

o distribution . 4 . API : Ha s awastewate r throughput

cutof f bee n adde d t o th e survey ? EPA : W e hav e selecte d 0. 5 millio n gallon s pe r yea r a s th e wastewate

r cutof f (which exclude s segregate d wastewater) , belo w which aplan t sit e need not repor t it s wastewate r practice s i

n th e survey . Th

e EP A receive d littl e datafro

mindustr y followin g th e secon

d Roundtabl e meeting , s o thi s cutof f wa s base d on conversation s wit h EP A staf f familia r wit h wastewate

r level s fro mtheir wor k in othe r projects . (AP

I representative s sai d the

y would loo

k int o thi s value. )P. 5

Mem o to Stev e Shed

d Ma y 19,199 8 Pag e 4 API : Th e API wil l wor k o n arrangin g alocatio n (probabl y in Houston ) fo

r th e planne d IC Rworkshop , an

d will tr y to secur e adat e i n th e wee

k o f Ma y 18 , 1998 . Perhap s a notic e ofth e workshop coul d b e include d wit h eac h surve

y bein g sen

t out . The 60-da

y "clock " fo r returnin g th e surve

y respons e shoul d star

t on th e dat e ofth e workshop , becaus e ofth e tim

e needed to rout

e survey s to th e appropriat

e facilitie s withi n eac h company , an d becaus e man y wil l no t begi n t o fill i t

ou t unti l afte r th e worksho p i s held . EPA : Th e EP

A will prepar

e aworkshop presentatio n tha t addresse s ho w to complet

e th e survey , an d wil l conside r th e API' s reques t

concerning th e timin g ofth e responses . The EP A wil l als o attempt

to include notificatio n ofth e worksho p in wit h th e IC Ra s i

t i s maile d ou t

t o companies . I f

th e workshop detail s ar

e no t fina l a t tha t time , furthe

r notificatio n coul d b e made , such a s anotic e place d o n the TTN .



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