# Megee 

# Consulting

Air Quality 

# Permitting 4341west 40'h Street Environmental and Regulatory

# Consulting Casper, Wyoming 82604 

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May 

### 30,2012
Mr. Eric Wortman United States 

### EPA Region 8 1595 

### Wynkoop Street Denver, 

### Colorado 80202-1 129 

# RE: Petro-Hunt, 

### LLC Response To 

### EPA's Request For 

### Information On 

### Control Equipment Cost Dear 

### Mr. Wortman: On behalf 

### of our 

### Client. Petro-Hunt, 

### LLC (Petro-Hrm|, this letter is in response 

### to the request 

### for information sent 

### May 16,2012 to 

### Mr. David Clark of Petro-Hunt. The cost 

### information provided herein was derived 

### from records 

### of actual purchase and 

### installations occurring onthe 

### Fort Berthold reservation, as

### well as estimates 

### of overhead and other associated costs. The annual costs 

### include the 

### whole 

### initial purchase capital cost 

### for the equipment, as

### well asthe other classes 

### ofcosts set

### forth 

### in item 3.

## Of EPA's request. 

### Item

# l. The average cost

### to develop an 

### individual synthetic 

### minor permit application

### for a

### facility on the Fort 

### Berthold reservation is 

### approximately $4,000. 

### This cost includes preparation, submission, amendments as required, and management review. 

### Item 2.a. The cost 

### of installation of a standard 

### pit flare, including equipment, 

### installation, piping, controls, annual operating/maintenance, 

### amual recordkeeping and overhead is 

### approximately $22.000. 

### Item

### 2.b. Pefio-Hunt does not use 

### utility flares and therefore has no cost 

### information on this item

### Item

### 2.c. The cost 

### for atank 

### VOC combustor purchase, 

### installation, annual operating/maintenance, 

### monitoring, recordkeeping and overhead is 

### approximately $87,000. These costs include the controls and 

### pilot systems referred 

### to 

### in Items d. and e. since these are a part 

### of the quoted cost 

### for the combustor 

### unit 

### itselfand are not broken 

### out separately. 

### Item

### 2.d. These costs are included 

### in the purchase cost

### ofthe enclosed combustor 

### unit and are 

### not available separately. See Item 2.c. above.

### Mr. EricWortman

May 

### 30,2012 Page 2



### Item

### 2.e. These costs are 

### included in the purchase cost

### ofthe enclosed combustor 

### unit and are 

### not available separately. See 

### Item 2.c. above. 

### Item

### 2.f. Petro-Hunt does not usevapor recovery units and therefore has no cost 

### information on 

### this item. Item

### 4. Petro-Hunt does not have 

### suffrcient experience

### with thesetypes 

### of control equipment 

### to have developed an estimate 

### ofthe useful 

### life for the equipment. However, the undersigned does have experience

### with similar tank 

### VOC combustors and 

### control equipment used 

### in other locations 

### which has been 

### in service

### for approximately 8 years and is

### still firnctioning as designed. 

### Item

### 5. Petro-Hunt does not use vapor recovery equipment and therefore has no 

### information on 

### this item. 

### As requested 

### in your letter, asigned Statement 

### of Certification is attached. 

### If we can 

### provide any 

### clarifications or 

### additional information on this response, please contact me atthe letterhead address,telephone, or email.



### Authorized Representative 

### for Petro-Hunt, 

### LLC Attachment Copy

### to: D. Clark



### D. Hanson

### Attachment A 

### STATEMENT OF 

### CERTIFICATION I

### certily under 

### penaltl,of lawthat I have personally examined and amfamiliar with the information suhmitted in this docurnent and all attachments andthat, based on my inquiry 

### of those individuals immediately responsiblefor obtaining information, I believe that the information istrue. accurate, and complete. I am aware that there aresignificant penaltiesfar submitting false information. including the possibility al' fine or imprisonment.



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