### U n i te d S ta te s En v i r o n m e n ta l P r o tecti o n A g e n cy R e g i o nIX 75 H a w th o r n e S treet S a n F r a n ci s c o, CA 94105
- 3901
Ma y13, 2008
Tr an s m i tta l of EPA Ru l e R e v i e w C omments

T o: G eo r

ge He i nen, S an J oaqu i n V a ll e y A i r P o ll ut i on Cont r o l D i s t ri ct geo r ge.he i nen @ v a ll e y a i r.o rg M i k e G u zz etta, Ca li fo rn i a A i r Re s ou rce s B oa rd mgu zz ett

@ a rb. ca.gov Fr om: A nd r

ew S te ck e l , Ru l ema k i ng O ff i c e Ch i ef s te ck e l .and r

ew @ epa.gov R e: S an J oaqu i n V a ll e y AP CD Ru l e 4566, Or gan i c W a s te O pe r

at i on s , d r aft dated A p ril 10, 2008
W e a r e p r ov i d i ng comment

sba s ed on ou r

p r e li m i na ry r

e v i ew of the d r

aft ru l e i dent

i f i ed abov e. W e app r e c i ate the d i ff

i c u l t y of d r aft i ng th i s ru l e fo r

a p r e v i ou s l y un r egu l ated i ndu s t

ry and ba l an c i ng en v i r onmenta l con ce rn s i n c l ud i ng s o li d wa s te d i s po s a l and wate r qua li t y

. T he Cent

r a l V a ll e y fa c e s i n cr ea s i ng l y d i ff i c u l t c ha ll enge sto meet c l ean a i r s tanda r d s , and th i s ru l e s how

s cr eat i v i t y and pe rs i s ten c e i n pu rs u i ng i n cr

ementa l em i ss i on r

edu c t i on s

. W e unde rs tand that the A p ril 10 wo rks hop d r aft i sa f i rs t d r aft de s i gned to s o li c i t comment. W e ha v e a fa i rl y l ong li s t of c omment sand que s t

i on sbe l ow that we w i s h to r a i s e ea rl y i n the ru l e de v e l opment p r o c e ssand we wou l d li k e to d r aw y ou r attent i on i n pa r

t i c u l a r to ou r c omment

son s e c t

i on 5.7 r ega r d i ng the menu of c omp li an c e opt i on s

. W e unde rs tand and s uppo r t s u c h a menu app r

oa c h i n r egu l at i on s cont

r o lli ng P M em i ss i on sf

r om on
- f i e l d ag ri c u l tu r

a l a c t i v i t y be c au s e we app r e c i ate the t

r emendou sd i v e rs i t

y of cr op sand cr

op c ond i t

i on s

. W e a r

e c on c e rned, howe v e r, that S J VAP CD i sde v e l op i ng s i m il a r menu app r

oa c he sfo r

othe r a c t i v i t i e swhe r e the r e i s s i gn i f

i c ant l y l e ss d i v e rs i t y and whe r

e s pe c i f i c r ea s onab l y

a v a il ab l e c ont

r o l sm i ght be i dent

i f i ed and r equ i r ed of s i m il a r fa c ili t i e s

. P l ea s e d i r

e c t an y que s t i on sabout ou r comment sto me at ( 415

) 947

- 4115 o r

to J e rry W am s l e y

at ( 415 ) 947

- 4111.

S e c t i on 3.1

-A c t

i v e Compo s t

i ng, 3.18

- Cu ri ng Compo s t i ng, and 3.24 -F i n i s hed Compo s t i ng. S i n c e ru l e r equ i r ement s v a ry a cc o r d i ng to compo s t

i ng pha s e, p l ea s e e x p l a i n how the def i n i t i on sof the s e pha s e s we r e e s tab li s hed, i n c l ud i ng r efe r en ce sto an y s tud i e sthe y r e l y on. W e a r

e c on c e rned that amb i gu i t i e s i n the def i n i t i on sma y l ead to comp li an ce and/o r enfo rcement p r

ob l em s

.

· P l ea s e e x p l a i n how the r efe r en ce po i nt

sw i th i n ea c h pha s e a r

e equ i v a l ent and how the d i ffe r ent te s t method s c i ted c l ea rl y de li neate c ompo s t p il e r e s p i r at i on.

· A l s o, p l ea s e e x p l a i n the c ho i ce of r efe r en c e po i nt

sd i ffe r ent i at i ng ea c h pha s e f

r om the othe r

. T he C O 2

- C and S o l v i ta Mat ri x c ut

- off sa r e the s ame fo r c u ri ng and f i n i s hed c ompo s t, fo r

e x amp l e, and the c ut

- off sfo r a c t i v e compo s t appea r

to a ll ow a c t

i v e c ompo s t

i ng to go on i n the ru l e def i ned c u ri ng pha s e. S e c t i on 3.45

-V O C Cont

r o l De v i ce. P l ea s e s pe c i f y m i n i mum a ll owab l e c aptu r e and c ont

r o l eff i c i en cy ( e.g., 80 %) , a ss o c i ated te s t method s , o r a cc eptab l e ope r

at i ng p r a c t i c e swh i c h ma y li m i t the need fo r A R B / EPAr

e v i ew and app r

ov a l of V O C cont

r o l de v i c es

. S e c t i on 4.0. P l ea s e e x p l a i n and j u s t i f y the e x empt

i on s

. F o r

e x amp l e, p l ea s e e x p l a i n wh y s ome fa c ili t i e s a r e s ub j e c t to a 100 ton pe r

da y app li cab ili t

y c ut

- off ( S e c t i on s4.3

- 4.7 ) , wh il e othe rsa r e a ll owed 5000 tpd unde r s pe c i f

i c cond i t i on s ( S e c t i on 4.8 )

. S e c t i on 4.1. T h i s l anguage i s confu s i ng and s eem sdup li c at i v e. W e i nte rp r

et the s e c ond s enten c e to mean fa c ili t

i e se x empt f

r om Ru l e 4565 a r

e not automat

i c a ll y e x empt f

r om Ru l e 4566. P l ea s e c on s i de r whethe r S e c t

i on 4.1 wou l d be i mp r

ov ed and c l ea r

e r i f i t r ead, “F a c ili t

i e s s ub j e c t to Ru l e 4565 r

equ i r ement s i n S e c t i on 5.0. ” S e c t i on s4.2 and 4.9. It i sun c l ea r wh y the e x empt

i on s i n c o rpo r

ated i nto othe r ru l e sa r e app li c ab l e w

i th i n the c onte x t of Ru l e 4566 and i t s r equ i r ement sfo r c ompo s t

i ng ope r at i on s

. P l ea s e e x p l a i n wh y Ru l e 4566 doe snot app l y

to fa c ili t i e sthat ma y s to r

e, hou s e, o r

ut ili z e o r gan i c wa s te a spa r

t of the i r ope r at i on sand demon s t r ate that the s e e x empt

i on s r e s u l t i n a de m i n i m i samount of un r egu l ated em i ss i on sfo r the s ou rce c atego ry

. F o r

e x amp l e, i t i snot ob v i ou swh y c ompo s t i ng c ou l d o cc u r

at a Conf

i ned A n i ma l F a c ili t

y w i thout r egu l at i on, but the s ame t

y pe of compo s t

i ng o cc u rri ng at a d i ffe r ent fa c ili t y wou l d be s ub

j e c t to Ru l e 4566 r equ i r ement s. S e c t i on 5.0. W he r

e a t i mef r ame fo r comp li an c e i s s pe c i f i ed, p l ea s e add the r

equ i r ement that a s ou rce i mp l ement the cont

r o l mea s u r

e “ a s s oon a spo ss i b l e, but no l ate r than the c omp li an c e t

i mef r ame. ” A l s o, p l ea s e c l a ri f

y whethe r o r not the cov e ri ng r

equ i r ement se x tend be y ond the c l o s i ng t i me of the fa c ili t

y

. S e c t i on 5.2.2. P l ea s e e x p l a i n the de ri v at i on of the 10

% em i ss i on r

edu c t i on s tanda r

d s pe c i f i ed. P l ea s e c i te an y s tud i e sdemon s t r at i ng that cov e ri ng o r

gan i c wa s te r e s u l t s i n s u c h an em i ss i on s r edu c t i on. S e c t i on 5.3.2.1. P l ea s e add a def i n i t i on fo r the te rm “ mu l c h. ” S e c t i on 5.7. T he s taff r

epo r t s hou l d demon s t

r ate that the ru l e i mp l ement sRea s onab l y A v a il ab l e Cont r o l T e c hno l og y ( R A C T) fo r a ll ma j o r s ou rce spu rs uant to s e c t i on 182 (b)( 2

) and e l s ewhe r

e i n the C l ean A i r A c t. T h i sR A C T ana l ys i s s hou l d sys temat i c a ll y c on s i de r

a ll po ss i b l e c ont

r o l sfo r the s ou rce sand e x p l a i n wh y r e j e c ted cont

r o l sa r e not te c hn i ca ll y

and/o r e c onom i c a ll y

fea s i b l e.

· F o r e x amp l e, S e c t

i on s5.7.1, 5.7.2, and 5.7.3 s pe c i f y how man y “ C l a ss O ne ”and “ C l a ss T wo ” m i t i gat i on mea s u r

e sa r e r equ i r ed a sdete rm i ned b y

fa c ili t y th r oughput. T he R A C T ana l ys i s s hou l d e x p l a i n how the m i t i gat i on mea s u r

e a ll o c at i on sboth w

i th i n ea c h s e c t

i on and a cr

o ssea c h s e c t i on we r e a rri v ed at i n r

e l at i on to the R A C T cri te ri a.

· F o r e x amp l e, p l ea s e e x p l a i n and demon s t r ate wh y mo s t “ C l a ss O ne ”m i t

i gat i on mea s u r

e sa r e not r equ i r ed fo r a ll fa c ili t i e s s i n ce the y

appea r to be r e l at i v e l y good ope r

at i ng p r a c t i c e sthat r

edu c e V O C em i ss i on sb y

p r omot i ng eff i c i ent ae r

ob i c c ompo s t

i ng and ma y

be r e l at i v e l y i ne x pen s i v e.

· Cov e ri ng o r

gan i c wa s te i s r

equ i r ed th r oughout the ru l e. W h il e c ov e ri ng ma y be an odo r c ont

r o l mea s u r e and m i n i m i z e i mmed i ate V O C em i ss i on s , i t s eem sthat c ov e ri ng ma y p r omote i neff

i c i ent anae r ob i c compo s t

i ng wh il e i n cr

ea s i ng and de l a y i ng V O C em i ss i on s , r athe r than m i n i m i z i ng o r de s t r oy i ng V O C em i ss i on s

. P l ea s e e x p l a i n how c ov e ri ng p r a c t i c e sp r odu c e a net r

edu c t i on i n V O C em i ss i on s

.

· F o r e x amp l e, u s i ng the R A C T cri te ri a of te c hn i c a l and c o s t fea s i b ili t y , p l ea s e demon s t

r ate whethe r o r not ae r ated s tat i c p il e sand i n -v e ss e l c ompo s t i ng c oup l ed w

i th a V O C c ont

r o l de v i c e p r odu ce r ea s onab l e co s t

- effe c t i v ene sse s t

i mate s

. T ab l e 1, M i t

i gat i on Mea s u r

e s2

- 6. P l ea s e e x p l a i n the c ho i c e of pa r amete rs i n r

ega r d to ma x i m i z i ng eff i c i ent ae r

ob i c compo s t

i ng and m i n i m i z i ng i neff i c i ent anae r

ob i c c ompo s t

i ng. A l s o, p l ea s e p r

ov i de c i tat i on sfo r the i nfo rmat

i on r e li ed upon i n c hoo s i ng the s e pa r amete rs.S e c t

i on 5.7.4 and 5.7.5. P l ea s e e x p l a i n the te s t i ng t i mef r ame s c ho s en, pa r

t i c u l a rl y i n r

e l at i on to en s u ri ng c ont i nuou s comp li an ce r

e l at i v e to a s ou rce ’ s s i z e, p r o c e ss i ng c apa c i t

y and V O C m i t

i gat i on mea s u r

e s. T ab l e 1, Mea s u r

e s10

- 14. W e r

e commend i n s e r

t i ng r equ i r ement sfo r V O C c aptu r

e a swe ll a s c ont

r o l.
S e c t i on 5.8.1 and 5.8.2. W e a r e con ce rned whethe r

a po r tab l e h y d r

o c a rbon ana l yz e r c an d i scri m i nate a cc u r ate l y 0.45 ppm abov e ba ck g r ound h y d r

o c a rbon l e v e l s

. P l ea s e s how that app r op ri ate ana l ys i s equ i pment i s li k e l y

to be a v a il ab l e and can be c a li b r ated fo r the ta r get ana l y te s. S e c t i on 5.8.3. S i n ce the ru l e r equ i r e sa po r tab l e h y d r

o c a rbon ana l yz e r, V O C c on c ent r at i on sma y be mea s u r ed ea s il y ; con s equent

l y , a 90

- da y

te s t i ng s eem sov e rl y l ong to demon s t r ate c ont i nuou s c omp li an c e. P l ea s e s pe c i f y te s t i ng t i mef r ame smo r

e c l o s e l y a li gned w

i th th r oughput cyc l e sfo r

the s e s ou rce s. S e c t i on 5.8.4. P l ea s e li m i t the D i r e c to r ’ sd i scr et i on b y p r ov i d i ng add i t

i ona l s pe c i f

i c i t y and cri te ri a w

i th i n the ru l e about how th i s captu r e eff i c i en cy e v a l uat i on w ill be done and i n c l ude EPA te s t method sfo r dete rm i n i ng captu r

e eff i c i en cy w i th i n the ru l e, e.g. EPA G u i dan c e and Method s204 A -F . If EPA c aptu r

e eff i c i en cy te s t method sa r

e i nfea s i b l e, p l ea s e e x p l a i n wh y and d i sc u sswhat a l te rnat i v e method sw

ill p r odu c e v a li d and r

e li ab l e r e s u l t s

. S e c t i on 5.8.5. P l ea s e li m i t the D i r e c to r ’ sd i scr et i on b y p r ov i d i ng add i t

i ona l s pe c i f

i c i t y and cri te ri a w

i th i n the ru l e. It i sun c l ea r

how the AP C O o r EPA wou l d dete rm i ne equ i v a l en cy of an a l te rnat

i v e ana l yz e r

o r te s t i ng sc hedu l e i n r

efe r en ce to S e c t

i on 5.8.3 s i n c e S e c t

i on 5.8.3 s i mp l y li s t

sa te s t method sand doe snot s pe c i f y a c aptu r e eff i c i en cy r equ i r ement. S e c t i on 5.9.1. P l ea s e e x p l a i n the pa r amete rs c on c e rn i ng b i of il te r pe r fo rman c e and p r

ov i de c i tat

i on sfo r i nfo rmat i on r e li ed upon i n s e l e c t

i ng the s e pa r

amete rs

. W e a r

e c on c e rned, fo r

e x amp l e, about wh y

Ru l e 4566 a ll ow

sa tempe r

atu r e sbetween 70

-110 deg r ee s F , wh il e the S C A Q MD T e c hno l og y A ss e ss ment fo r Ru l e 1133 ( Ma rc h 22, 2002, s ee page s3

- 4 to 3

- 5 ) s tate sthat tempe r

atu r e sg r eate r than 105 deg r

ee s F w ill damage m i cr

oo r gan i s m s i nhab i t

i ng the b i of

il te r

. S e c t i on 5.9.2. P l ea s e e x p l a i n wh y ba ck p r e ss u r e i n a b i of

il te r i snot mon i to r

ed o r te s ted to he l p ma i nta i n and dete rm i ne the un i t eff i ca cy. S e c t i on 5.9.3. P l ea s e li m i t the D i r e c to r ’ sd i scr et i on b y p r ov i d i ng add i t

i ona l s pe c i f

i c i t y and cri te ri a w

i th i n the ru l e. F o r i n s tan ce, i f a fa c ili t y ha sa nov e l b i of

il te r sys tem that pe r

fo rm sat d i ffe r

ent opt i mum mea s u r e s , the fa c ili t

y s hou l d v a li date the s e pe r fo rman c e mea s u r

e sth r ough s ou rce te s t

i ng. S e c t i on 5.10.2. P l ea s e s pe c i f y ope r at i ona l r equ i r ement sand em i ss i on li m i t

sto m i n i m i z e the need fo r add i t i ona l A R B /

EPA r e v i ew. Con v e rs e l y , p l ea s e e x p l a i n wh y s u c h p r ov i s i on sde scri b i ng the te c hno l og i e s a r e needed i n li eu of e s tab li s h i ng app r op ri ate s tanda r

d se i the r now o r a sneeded i n the futu r

e. S e c t i on 5.11.1. P l ea s e j u s t i f y the need fo r l e ssthan annua l s ou rce te s t i ng. Depend i ng on the s i z e, th r oughput, and cont

r o l sys tem at the fa c ili t

y , annua l s ou rce te s t

i ng ma y be i nd i c ated. In the c a s e of a b i of il te r, c on s i de r

at i on s hou l d be g i v en to the s ea s ona l t i m i ng and the ope r

at i ona l eff i c i en cy of the sys tem. S e c t i on 6.1.5.1. T he r

e co r d k eep i ng r

equ i r ement appea rsto mod i f y the def i n i t i on of th r oughput. P l ea s e c l a ri f y. S e c t i on 6.1.5.2. Man y

of the C l a ss O ne m i t

i gat i on mea s u r

e s i n v o l v e ma i ntenan c e of a pe r fo rman c e s tanda r d ( e.g. tempe r

atu r e o r pH ) , but the s e pe r

fo rman c e s tanda r

d sa r e not mon i to r

ed da il y

. P l ea s e r e c on c il e how to ma i nta i n a pe r fo rman ce c ond i t

i on on a da il y

ba s i s , but not mon i to r

the s tanda r

d at the s ame f r equen cy

. W hat i sthe app li cab l e r e c o r d that mu s t be ma i nta i ned fo r the s e pe r

fo rman c e pa r amete rs ?
S e c t i on 6.2. P l ea s e r

e v i s e th i s s e c t

i on to i n c l ude EPA gu i dan c e and te s t method sfo r dete rm i n i ng V O C c aptu r e eff i c i en cy , Method s204

A -F . If EPA c aptu r

e eff i c i en cy te s t method sa r

e i nfea s i b l e, p l ea s e e x p l a i nwh y

and d i sc u sswhat a l te rnat i v e method sw

ill p r odu c e v a li d and r

e li ab l e r e s u l ts

. S e c t i on 6.3. T h i s s e c t

i on i s v ague and d i ff

i c u l t to enfo rce and c onta i n se xc e ss i v e u s e of D i r e c to r ’ s d i scr et i on. T o p r

ov i de fo r a l te rnat i v e comp li an c e, the ru l e s hou l d s pe c i f y em i ss i on fa c to rsto dete rm i ne ba s e li ne em i ss i on s , s pe c i f i c cont r o l r equ i r ement so r V O C c aptu r

e and c ont

r o l eff i c i en cy that the c omp li an c e p l an mu s t meet, and the mean sfo r te s t i ng c omp li an c e of the a l te rnat i v e p l an w

i th the s pe c i f i ed ru l e r equ i r ement. In add i t

i on, the r equ i r ement sfo r the a l te rnat

i v e c omp li an c e p l an s hou l d be s hown to be equ i v a l ent to the unde rl y i ng ru l e r equ i r ement s

. S e c t i on s6.3.1.7 and 6.3.1.8 s ugge s t that S e c t i on 6.2.2 p r

ov i de sa s ou rce te s t p r oto c o l ; howe v e r, 6.2.2 doe snot. S e c t

i on 6.2.2 s pe c i f

i e sC l a ss O ne m i t

i gat i on mea s u r

e te s t method s

. S e c t i on s6.3.4 and 6.3.5 ob li gate EPA i nte ri m app r ov a l o r app r ov a l upon s ubm i tta l of c e r ta i n mate ri a l so r e x p i r at i on of a s pe c i f

i ed t i mef r ame. G ene r

a ll y , we e x pe c t to fu l f

ill D i s t ri c t r eque s t sto r e v i ew a l te rnat

i v e p l an s , but ne i the r

ou r r e v i ew no r

ou r app r ov a l c an be c ompe ll ed b y D i s t ri c t ru l ema k i ng.