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Sheet 84 of 110P. 2 | ^ a mm _ • u C__ J ____(— . » . D MEMORANDU M TO : Marth aSmit h U.S . EPA/OAQPS/ESD/WCPG ES D Project

No . 96/0 5 FROM : Greg LaFla

m Pacifi c Environmenta

l Services , Inc . (PES ) DATE : Januar

y 5,199 9 P:\n81 9 .,. , . 

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- —- —— . EPA/_n!X>CK2 T SUBJECT : Decembe

r 15,199 8 Thir

d Roundtabl e Meeting fo

r th e Organi c Liquid s Distributio n (non-Gasoline ) MAC T Rul e I . Purpos e Th e purpos e of

thi s meeting wa s to brin g together th e projec t

Wor k Team , includin g th e U.S . Environmenta

l Protectio n Agency (EPA ) and it s contractor , to discus s current issue s i n th e projec t and th e preliminar

y dat aanalysi s of

th e response s to th e EPA' s Apri l 199 8 industr y survey . Thi s wor

k i s in suppor

t of th e developmen

t of nationa l emissio n standard s fo

r hazardou s ai

r pollutant s (NESHAP

) fo r th e Organi c Liquid s Distributio n (non-Gasoline ) sourc e category . II . Locatio n an

d Dat e U.S . Environmenta

l Protectio n Agency Environmenta

l Research Cente

r (ERC) , Classroo m#

2 Researc h Triangl e Park , Nort h Carolin a Decembe r 15,1998,9:3 0 a

mt o 2:4 5 pm III . Participant

s In perso n Bil l Beck , Mobil Oil Ted Cromwell , Chemica

l Manufacturer s Associatio n Alic e Crowe , America

n PetroleumInstitute Bem d Haneke , Pacific Environmenta l Services , Inc . (PES ) Clif f Harvison , Nationa

l Tan k Truck Carrier s Gre g LaFlam , PE S Denis e Michelson , ARC O Pip e Lin e Compan y Rober t Nolan , Exxo

n Compan y U.S.A . Kari n Ritter , America

n PetroleumInstitute Stev e Shedd , EP

AP. 3 

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Mem o - 3r d Roundtabl e Januar y 5,199 8 Pag e 2 Marth aSmith , EP A Joh n Stock , Emc o Wheato n Don Wang , Unio n Carbide Gar y Wilson , Maratho n Oil Compan y Phone-in Bil l Allmond , Nationa

l Associatio n of

Chemica l Distributor s Dave Darling , Nationa

l Paint and Coating s Associatio n To mHmiel , BAS F Corporatio n Jorda n Jacobsen , AlyeskaPipelin e Servic e Compan y Paul Jann , Dupon

t Jac k McClure , Shell Chemica

l Compan y Ush aMehra , GAT

X Bria n Neville , Independen

t Liqui d Terminal s Associatio n Liane Piatt , Do w Jacki e Surles , Louisian aDE Q Ha l Taback , Ha

l Taback Compan y Rick Wright , Ashland Chemica

l Compan y Th e attendanc e shee

t fille d out a t th e meetin g i s include d a s Attachmen t 1 t o thi s memo . IV . Discussio n EP A Introductio n Stev e Shedd , EPA , bega

n th e meetin g by asking th e telephon e caller s t o identif y themselves . He then note d tha t thi s Roundtabl e meeting wa s intende d t o addres s tw o mai n topi c areas : curren

t issue s in th e projec t

tha t need resolutio n by th e Wor k Team , an d arevie w of th e EPA' s preliminar

y analysi s of

th e datareceive d in respons e t o th e industr y survey sen

t out in Apri l 1998 . Mr . Shed

d introduce d Marth aSmith , indicatin g tha t she woul d b e takin g ove

r dutie s a s EP

A projec t leader , and tha

t he woul d tak

e on a n advisor y role . The participant s present in th e roomthe n introduce d themselves . Greg LaFlam , PES , reviewe d th e agend afo r th e meeting (Attachmen

t 2) , an d sai d tha

t th e discussio n would follo w th e presentatio n tha t ha d bee n sen t out t o th e Tea mprio r to th e meetin g (Attachmen

t 3) . Mr . Shed

d calle d attentio n to th e projec t schedul e o n pag e 3 of

th e presentation , notin g tha

t som e o f th e milestone s ha

d bee n delaye d du e t o budget

cut s (althoug h nothin g ha d bee n cut out) . Mr . LaFla

mthe n bega

n areview o

f projec t issues , whic h ar

e summarize d o n page s 4 throug h 1 2 of th e presentatio n in Attachmen t 3 . 

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Mem

o - 3r d Roundtabl e Januar y 5,199 8 Pag e 3 A . Project Issue s Characterizatio n an

d scoping of

th e OL D industr y Tissu e 1 ) I n presentin g Issu e No . 1 , Mr . LaFla mstate d tha

t th e projec t

tea m(EP A and it s contractor ) wer e attemptin g to identif

y additiona

l organi c liquid s distributio n (OLD ) industr y segment s tha

t hav e no t bee n included , suc

h a s end-user s of

liquid s (primarily miscellaneou s manufacturing operations) . Bil l Allmond , NACD , asked which categor y th e facilitie s wit

h SIC cod e 516 9 would fi

t into , an d Mr . LaFla

mresponde d tha

t thes e ar e bein g include d wit

h th e petroleumterminal s tha

t hav e th e cod

e 5171 . Ush aMehra , GATX , note d tha t he r company' s facilitie s repor

t unde r SI C cod e 4226 , liqui d warehousing . Jorda n Jacobsen , Alyeska , state d tha t he fel t i t woul d b e inappropriat

e to conside

r a s distributio n th e receip t

o f "own-use " fue

l int o afacility . Mr . Shed

d note d tha

t end-user s coul d b e considere d unde r tw o categories : thos e wit h own-us e fue

l an d thos e who us e receive d chemical s a s afeedstoc k in thei r products . He als o sai d tha

t th e definitio n of

distribution ha s no t

bee n finalized fo

r thi s sourc e category . Tom Hmiel , BASF , fel

t tha t a t end-use r facilitie s th e storag e tank s hav e alread y bee n covere d b y othe r Federa l rules , bu t Mr . Shed d pointe d out

tha t som e standard s ar

e silent o n storag e tank s or cove r onl y certai n tanks . Wit h regar d t o th e industr

y diagra m(pag e 6 o

f th e presentation) , Mr . Jacobsen state d tha t non-collocate d terminal s typically exis t between the pumping/breakout station s and th e refineries , an

d woul d b e par

t of th e distributio n network . N o othe r comment s wer

e made on th e diagram . Clif f Harvison , NTTC , note d tha t th e transportatio n sector

wa s no t specifically include d i n th e industr

y survey , an

d aske d whethe

r the y wer e i n th e "regulator

y loop. " For

example , tan

k truck s a t cleanin g rack s releas e vapor s during th e cleanin g process . Mr . Shed d replie d tha

t w e hav e not targete d th e tan

k cleanin g process , an

d i t ha s bee n ou r impressio n tha

t RCR A rule s woul d addres s th e hazardou s by-product s fro mthes e processes . Othe

r meetin g participant s pointe d out

tha t th e EPA' s Office of

Wate r i s developin g rule s relate d to mobil e tan k cleaning . Othe r MAC T coverag e Tissu

e 2 . Dave Darling , NPCA , wa s intereste d in finding ou t th e interpretatio n th e projec t tea m ha d o f th e Miscellaneou s Organi c NESHA P (MON) , which i s unde

r development . Mr . Shed

d and Mr . LaFla

mstate d tha

t w e ar e maintainin g contac t

wit h tha t rul e process , an

d th e EP A intend s to no t

duplicat e coverag e of

an y source s betwee

n th e MO N an d th e OL D rule . Mr . Hmie l asked whethe

r datacoul d b e shared between th e tw o projects , and Mr . Shed d replie d tha

t th e EP A ma y conside r thi s afte r th e surve y datahav e bee

n reviewed . Bil l Beck , Mobil , aske d whethe r th e EP A surve y dat awoul d appl

y a t MO N (batch process ) sources , an d Mr . LaFla

m responde d tha

t MON-typ e proces s facilitie s wer e exclude d fro

mth e surve

y request . 

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o - 3r d Roundtabl e Januar y 5,199 8 Pag e 4 Denis e Michelson , ARC O Pip e Line , aske d whethe r HA P rule s develope d under

4 0 CF RPar t 6 1 (non-MAC T NESHAP) woul d b e considere d i n th e sam e wa y a s current

MAC T coverage . Mr . Shed

d replie d that , i f

th e contro l technolog y require d i n thos e rule s i s equivalent t o th e MAC T level , th e new OL D rul e woul d no t

duplicat e existin g NESHA

P coverage . Ms . Mehraaske d whethe

r afacilit y wit h mostly MACT-covere d equipment , i n orde r to simplif y thing s woul d hav e th e optio n of extendin g th e curren

t MAC T coverag e rather

tha n applyin g th e ne w OL

D MACT requirements . Mr . Shed d state d tha

t th e EP A ha s no t use d thi s approach i n th e past . He note d tha t i f th e facilit y wa s emittin g belo w th e majo r sourc e cutoff

s (1 0 tp y of an y singl e HAP , 25 tpy of

all HAP) wit

h th e curren

t MAC T control s i n place , th e new MAC T contro l requirement s woul d no t apply . Do n Wang , Unio n Carbide , noted tha t th e Polyethers/Polyol s (PEPO ) MAC T i s no t goin g t o cover

liqui d transfe

r activitie s becaus e th e liquid s contai n essentiall y n o HAP . Wil l th e OL D rulemakin g mak

e th e sam e decision ? Mr . Shed

d responde d tha

t fo r low-HA P liquid s asimila r conclusio n i s likely fo

r th e OL D rule . Rul e applicabilit

y Tissu e 3 . Ms . Mehrastate d tha

t th e majorit

y o f terminal s i n Texa s hav e permit s tha t indicate thei r majo r sourc e status . Sh

e suggeste d tha

t th e projec t

tea mcheck amon g th e State s to se e whethe r thi s i s atypica

l occurrence . Mr . Bec

k suggeste d tha

t Optio n C in Issu e No . 3 (source s belo w 5/12. 5 tpy o f

actua l emission s onl

y kee p records ) b e considere d a s a n alternativ e fo

r source s without aTitl e V permit . He noted tha t th e Marin e Vesse l Loadin g MACT ha s se t simila r applicabilit

y cutoffs . Mr . Bec

k an d Mr . Shed

d state d tha

t th e cutoff s o f 5 an d 12. 5 tp y ar

e containe d i n th e EPA' s potentia l to emi t (PTE) guidance . Te d Cromwell , CMA , expresse d concer n ove r wha t h e terme d "negative " recordkeepin g an d reporting . H e aske d wha t record s would hav e t o b e kep t b y source s wit

h emission s belo w th e 5/12. 5 tp y cutoffs . Mr . Shed d responde d tha

t thes e woul d b e record s of

distributio n activity , bu t

detail s hav e no t

been worke d out . I t

wa s note d tha

t thi s requiremen

t woul d likely , onl y apply t o stand-alon e termina l facilities . Tan k truck/railca

r contro l and testin g Tissue s 4 an d 5 ) Mr . Harviso n state d tha

t tan k truck s tha t transpor t hazardou s liquid s ar

e subjec t t o a variet y o f State , DOT , an

d OSH A regulations , som

e of whic h creat

e risk y situation s fo

r th e drivers . Ther

e i s afundamenta

l differenc e between gasolin e and chemica l tan k trailers . Typically , gasolin e carg o tank s ar e outfitte d wit

h intrinsi c vapor

recover y (VR) equipmen

t in respons e to Federa

l an d Stat e ai r regulations . However , chemica l trailer s ar

e generally no t equippe d wit

h VR . Thus , in orde

r to recove r vapor s fro mthes e tanks , existin g connection s P. 5



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Mem o - 3r d Roundtabl e Januar y 5,199 8 Pag e 5 (sometime s calle d cleanou

t nipples ) ar

e use d a s vapor

outlets . Wher

e connection s ar

e no t present , a n operator ma y improvis e th e V

Rhooku p an d inadvertently creat

e a n unsaf e situation . Mr . Harviso n asserte d tha

t th e EP A need s t o b e awar

e o f existin g condition s and issu e compatibl e requirement s wher e th e transportatio n sector

i s directly affected . Wit h regar d to Issu e No . 5 , Mr . Harviso n pointe d out tha t th e annua l DOT tes t i s a "pressure " o

r "lea k tightness " test , an

d no t a"hydrostatic " tes t

a s state d in th e presentation . Th e hydrostati c tes t

i s performe

d ever y 5 years , and involve s stressin g th e tan k shell to 1.5 time s it s desig n pressure . Mr . Harviso n note d tha t th e titl e o f

th e EPA' s pressure/vacuu mtes t (Referenc e Metho d 27 ) indicate s tha t i t applie s to gasolin e tan

k trucks . Sinc e chemica

l trailer s ar e no t equippe d wit

h avapo r valve , amodified versio n o f R M 2 7 i s use d t o tes t

thes e tanks . Rick Wright , Ashland Chemical , state d tha t Texa s allow s eithe

r th e DOT tes t

of R M 2 7 t o b e performed fo

r chemica l trailers . Mr . Harviso n fel

t tha t R M 2 7 should b e modified to sui t chemica l trailer s if th e EP A intende d t

o impos e lea

k tightnes s standard s on thes e sources . Mr . Shed d conclude d th e discussio n b y requestin g tha

t Mr . Harviso n suppl

y additiona

l informatio n on th e applicatio n of

R M 2 7 to chemica

l tanks . Mr . LaFla

madded tha

t informatio n o n th e cost s of performin g th e tes t

an d converting chemica

l trailer s to avapo

r recover y configuratio n woul d b e usefu

l to th e projec t

tea min determinin g impact s of an y propose d requirements . Equipmen t lea k emissio n factor s Tissu

e 6 ) Mr . Beck asked wha

t th e issu e wa s concernin g emissio n factor s fo r leakin g equipment (pumps , valves , flanges , etc.) . Mr . Shed d responde d tha

t thes e factor s wil l b e used fo r determinin g baselin e emission s an d th e environmenta

l impact s o

f controls . The resul t

o f thi s analysi s coul d affec

t th e decisio n o n whethe

r to impos e alea

k detectio n an

d repair (LDAR) progra m(eithe r instrument-base d o

r visual) . Mr . Shed

d pointe d ou

t tha t som e hav e recommende d usin g th e gasoline marketin g facilit y factor s tha

t appea r o n th e EPA' s website . Thes e ar e muc h lowe

r tha n th e EP A factor s tha

t ar e specifi c to SOCM

I o r refiner y equipment . Distributio n source s hav e bee n reportin g durin g EP

A sit e visit s tha t they typically us e th e SOCM I factor s in calculatin g emission s fro mtheir OL D equipment . Ms . Mehrastate d tha t i t woul d b e inconsistent

t o us e th e marketin g factor s fo r gasolin e an

d th e highe

r factor s fo r other type s o f sources . Mr . Wrigh

t fel t tha t th e SOCM

I averag e factor s shoul d b e used generally , an d tha t th e "stratified " factors should b e used fo r plant s wit h a n LDA Rprogra min place . Mr . Wan g aske d whethe

r th e chemica

l plan t datacollecte d fo

r th e HO N coul d b e use d to hel p selec t th e prope r emissio n factors . He als o fel t tha t facilitie s wit

h LDA Rshoul d us e th e lowe

r marketin g factors . Mr . Shed d conclude d tha

t th e projec t

tea mshoul d us e th e SOCM

I an d refiner y emissio n factors a

t th e presen t time , unles s an

d unti l dataar

e locate d tha

t indicate tha

t ther e ar e situation s wher

e they ar e inappropriate . 

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Mem o - 3r d Roundtabl e Januar y 5,199 8 Pag e 6 Forma t of standard s fo

r transfe r activitie s Tissu

e 7 ) Mr . LaFla mstate d tha

t th e selectio n of

appropriat

e unit s fo r th e liqui d transfe

r standard s woul d b e a

n ongoin g technica

l issue . Mr . Wang pointe d out tha t th e HON contain s bot

h percent reductio n an

d outlet concentratio n (ppmv ) standards , whil e th e Consolidate d Air Rul e (CAR) give s a

n optio n of

severa l differen t formats . Mr . Bec

k note d tha t mas s unit s (whic h ten d t o b e associate d wit

h gasolin e transfe

r standards ) ar

e no t represente d i n term s o f

HAP i n other rules , but a s tota l organi c compound s (TOC ) o r VOC . H e suggeste d tha

t th e Benzen e NESHAP b e checke d to se

e which unit s ar

e use d i n tha

t rule . Mr . Shed

d conclude d tha

t th e Stat e rule s ma y provid e a

n indicatio n o f

th e mos t appropriat

e units , and tha

t th e projec t

tea mwoul d b e reviewin g thes e rule s in th e future . B . Preliminar

y IC RDataAnalysi s Bern d Haneke , PES , directe d th e presentatio n of th e EPA' s dataanalysi s o f th e OL D industr y surve y responses . Include d i n thi s presentatio n wer e preliminar

y MAC T floor s fo

r th e emissio n source s identifie d in th e survey . Genera l backgroun d Th e numbe

r an d type s of facilitie s surveye d wer

e reviewed . Mr . Hanek

e relate d tha

t th e confidentia

l busines s informatio n (CBI ) wa s bein g store d o n aseparate , secure d computer , an d woul d b e integrate d wit

h th e non-CB I datai n th e future . Th e lis t o f organi c liquid s reporte d (and their relativ e prevalenc e i

n th e dat abase ) ma

y chang e afte

r additiona l wor k i s don e t o integrat e th e HA P constituent s fro

mmixture s into th e listing . Th e projec t tea mstresse d tha

t th e qualit y assuranc e (QA) revie w o f th e dat abas e ha

d no t ye t bee n completed , an d s o th e dat a summar y and preliminar

y MAC T floor s ar e subjec t to change . Storag e tank s Mr . Hanek

e note d that , o n pag e 1 8 o f th e presentation , floating roof s were no t meant t o b e designate d a s a"contro l device " and shoul d b e stricken fro mth e lis t of contro l devic e types . Severa l Tea mmember s state d tha

t tan k control s ma

y b e dictate d by seasona

l or equipment flexibilit y consideration s and othe

r non-regulator

y reasons , especially i n case s where lo w vapo r pressur e liquid s or

small tank s ar

e show n a s subjec t

to control . The EP

A shoul d consider

thi s when decidin g o n regulator y cutoff s fo r tanks . Mr . Bec

k suggeste d tha

t respondent s reportin g "anomalous " datab e contacte d t o verif y such data . The projec t

tea mdescribe d th e assumption s use d t o determine th e tank MAC T floors , an d Mr . Shed

d note d tha

t w e hav e no t

ye t complete d th e floo

r analysi s fo

r floatin g dec k

fitting controls . 

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Mem o - 3rd Roundtabl e Januar y 5,199 8 Pag e 7 Liqui d transfe r Th e projec t

tea mdescribe d som e o f

th e assumption s use d t o determin e MAC T floor s for tan k truck , railcar , an d smalle r containe r liqui d transfe r

controls . Rober t

Nolan , Exxon , aske d whethe r

ther e ar e an y trad e organization s for railroads , an d Mr . Shed d indicate d tha t th e projec t tea mha s communicate d wit h afe w suc h groups . Mr . Shed d als o state d that , whil e w e hav e separate d tan k

truck s an d railcar s fo r

thi s analysis , i t

doe s not appea r tha t th e MAC T floor s woul d chang e i f

thes e tw o transportatio n mode s wer e groupe d togethe r an d ne w floor s determine d for

combine d carg o tanks . With regar d t o containe r

filling, Mr . Wrigh t

aske d whethe r

captur e efficienc y wa s include d i n th e percentag e reduction s show n a s th e floors . Mr . Shed d indicate d tha t i t wa s not . Mr . Wrigh t

asserte d tha t

i t woul d b e difficul t

t o contro l dru mfillin g operations . Mr . Nola n state d tha t

lub e oi l ha s avapo r

pressur e belo w 0. 1 psia , an d hi s compan y woul d no t conside r controllin g lub e oi l dru mfilling. Mr . LaFla mpointe d ou t tha t lo w vapo r

pressur e liquid s ar e sometime s subjec t

t o control s du e t o thei r

lo w odo r threshold . On e attende e asked whethe r th e projec t tea mha d investigate d th e quantit y o f emission s fro msmalle r

containe r

filling. Mr . Shed d replie d tha t

ther e i s nothin g i n th e statut e regardin g lowe r emissio n cutoffs ; therefore , w e ar e lookin g int o al l potentia l emissio n source s regardles s o f size . Wastewate r

an d othe r

wast e Mr . Shed d state d that , base d o n th e team' s analysi s o f individua l unit s o f

th e wastewate r collectio n an d treatmen t

systems , ther e appea r

t o b e MAC T floor s fo r

th e subsystem s use d t o collec t an d trea t th e wastewater . However , i t i s unclear

fromth e dat aho w effectiv e thes e curren t control s ar e i n suppressin g emission s fromth e wate r handlin g syste ma s awhole . Thus , th e projec t

tea mintend s t o examin e thes e dat ausin g asystems-base d approach . Mr . Shed d indicate d tha t

mor e informatio n i s neede d o n wha t respondent s t o th e surve y mean t b y collectin g thei r

semi-aqueou s wast e i n a"close d system. " Attendee s state d tha t crud e oi l tan k bottom s an d refinery wast e qualif y a s hazardou s waste s unde r RCRA . Equipmen t

leaks/LDA R Suggestion s fo r

modification s t o th e tw o LDA Rtable s o n pag e 3 4 o f th e presentatio n wer e mad e b y som e o f

th e Work

Tea mmembers . I n th e first table , i t wa s suggeste d tha t

th e MAC T floo r

leak definitio n b e show n separatel y fo r eac h componen t

type . I n th e secon d table , i t wa s suggeste d tha t

th e monitorin g metho d (i.e. , instrumen t o r visua l check ) b e show n wit h eac h o f th e monitorin g frequencies liste d i n th e las t tw o columns . Mr . Hanek e indicate d tha t th e projec t

tea mwa s stil l reviewin g thes e dat at o confirmth e preliminar y floors .



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Mem o - 3r d Roundtabl e Januar y 5 , 199 8 Pag e 8 Blending/packagin g Mr . Hanek

e state d tha

t littl e usefu

l informatio n on blendin g an d packagin g operation s wa s receive d in th e survey . While ther e d o no t appea r to b e non-zer

o existin g sourc e MAC T floors , ther

e ma y potentiall y b e floors fo

r new sources . A s wit

h wastewater , waste , and equipmen t leaks , furthe

r analysi s wil l b e necessary , an d ma y include contactin g som

e survey respondents . Nex t Step s Mr . Bec k aske d that , i n reviewin g th e IC Rdat abas e (qualit y assurance) , th e projec t tea mlis t an d provid e to hi mth e dataqualit y issue s tha

t hav e bee n resolve d a s wel l a s thos e issue s tha t ar e stil l open . H e als o requeste d tha t asummar y o f issue s and assumption s b e include d wit

h th e databas e whe

n i t i s release d to th e public . Mr . Shedd an d PE S agree d t o prepar e thes e items . Th e meetin g wa s adjourned by Mr . Shed d a t approximately 2:4 5 pm .



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