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AIR MANAGEMENT SERVI HEARI N 	GSOURC~ REGISTRATION 

'.R, MANt- -'I........ ~q,VlCES 

JAN 3 0 2014 

Monday, January 13, 2014 

RECEIVeD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

PRESENT: 

EDWARD WEINER, AMS 


PAUL AMUNDSEN, PES 


CHERICE CORLEY, PES 


CHUCK BARKSDALE, S 


PATRICK 0' IL 


HELD AT: 	 Mercy Wellness Center 

2821 South Island Avenue, 2nd oor 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153 

REPORTED BY: 	 Angela M. King, RPR 

Registered Professional Reporter 

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2 (At this time, the hearing commenced at 7:16 

3 p.m.) 

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5 MR. WEINER: My name is Ed Weiner, Chief 

6 of Source Registration r Air Management 

7 Services of the Phil Iphia Department of Public 

8 Health. 

9 Be re we get start , I would like to 

10 ask everyone to sign in on the record of 

11 attendance regardless of whet r you plan to 

12 testi It's located at t si desk. If you 

13 wish to testify, please sign up on t sign in 

14 sheet to testify also located on side desk. 

15 We are here to accept testimony on a 

16 proposed plan approval for the Philadelphia 

17 Energy Solution (or PES) Refinery located at 3144 

18 Passyunk Avenue in Philadelphia. This aring 

19 was adve ised in the Legal Notices section of 

20 t Philadelphia ily News on December 2, 

21 through 4, 2013. It was published in t Public 

22 Notices section of the Pennsylvania lletin on 

23 cember 14, 2013. 

24 r Management Services and PES held a 

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1 public information meeting about the application 

2 on October 28, 2013 as rt of the Environmental 

3 Justice Program. This plan approval, Number 

4 12195, authorized t facility to replace hourly 

5 heat input capacity limits on seven heaters with 

6 annual at input limits and to install Ultra Low 

7 Nox Burners on two of the aters. The heaters 

8 are limit to refinery fuel gas with individual 

9 heat input limits that combine to 730.6 million 

10 BTU r hour. The propos annual heat input 

11 limits total 6,806,000 U per rolling 12-month 

12 period. 

13 The increase in potential emissions in 

14 t application due to the project are a 140.1 

15 tons of nitrogen oxides, 23.2 tons of volatile 

16 organic compounds, 13.2 tons of both pa iculate 

17 matter with a ameter of 10 micrometers or less 

18 (PMI0) and particulate matter with a diameter of 

19 2.5 micrometers or less (PM2.5), 191.6 tons of 

20 carbon monoxide, 7.1 tons of sulfur dioxide and 

21 greenhouse gases of 255,372 metric tons carbon 

22 dioxide equivalent, all on a rolling 12-month 

23 basis. 

24 The propos changes to the following 

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1 are also intended to meet the reasonably 

2 available control technology requirements of the 

3 Clean Air Act for the 1997 8-hour ozone National 

4 Ambient Air Quality Standard: the removal of the 

5 million BTU per hour heat input limit reach 

6 heater, the addition of million BTU at input 

7 and nitrogen oxides emissions limits per rolling 

8 12-month period limit for each heater, the 

9 requirement to burn only refine fuel gas r 

10 ea heater, and the install ion of the addition 

11 of Ultra Low Nox burners on two heaters. These 

12 changes are proposed to be made to t State 

13 Implementation Plan. 

14 The Department is holding this hearing 

15 to allow all interested parties to testify with 

16 comments on this plan approval application. This 

17 hearing is being transcri Please st e your 

18 name, address and whom you represent r the 

19 record re you beg Please limit your 

20 testimony to approximately ten minutes. Each 

21 organization should designate one witness to 

22 present testimony. Following your testimony, we 

23 may to ask you additional in rmation. 

24 This hearing will not be a 

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1 question-and-answer session. However, I can 

2 assure you we will address all comments and 

3 questions conce ng t plan approval before any 

4 ermination is made to issue it. All oral or 

5 written comments received will come part of the 

6 public record. We will prepare a response 

7 document prior to final action on this plan 

8 approval. Anyone who included their address on 

9 the record of attendance will be mailed one. 

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10 First, if anyone has any written 

11 comments to submit, please do so now. Record 

known, nobody has any submit. 

13 And we would start the oral comments 

14 now. Nobody has signed to present to testify. 

15 And it's noted that all attendees are either from 

16 the City, PES or the court reporter service. And 

17 since nobody is here wishes to present comments, 

18 now that all testimony has en received, this 

19 ring is adjourned. 

20 Thank you. It is not that it's 

21 7:21 p.m. for the hea ng that was originally 

22 scheduled for 7 p.m. 

24 (Brief break taken to allow for any latecomers.) 

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2 MR. WEINER: To just post script, we 

3 stayed until 7:34 just to be safe in case anybody 

4 showed up late. We had no new visitors, so we 

5 are closing up. 

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CERTIFICATION 


I, bereby certify that 

the proceeding. and evidence noted are 

contained fully an4 accurately in the 

atenographic note. taken by me in the 

foregoing matter, and that this ia a 

correct transcript of the ..... 

Court Reporter ~ry Public 

(The foregoing certification of 

thia transcript doe. not apply to any 

reproduction of the .... by any mean., 

unl.s. under the direct control and/or 

supervision of the certifying reporter.) 
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A Brief 5:24 

accept 2:15 BTU 3:10 

accurately 3: 11 4:5,6 

7:6 Bulletin 

Act4:3 2:22 

action 5:7 burn 4:9 

addition 4:6 burners 3:7 

4:10 4: 11 

additional ~-C--~ 

4:23 

address C 7:2,2 

4:185:2,8 capacity 3:5 

adjourned carbon 3:20 

5:196:7 3:21 

advertised case 6:3 

2:19 Center 1:15 

Air 1:22:6 certification 

2:244:3,4 7: 15 

allow4:15 certify 7:4 

5:24 certifying 

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Ambient 4:4 7: 19 

AMS 1:8 changes 

AMUNDS ... 3:244:12 

1:8 CHERICE 

and/or 7:18 1:9 

Angela I: 19 Chief 2:5 

annual 3:6 CHUCK 1:9 

3:10 City 5:16 

anybody 6:3 Clean 4:3 

application closing 6:5 

3: 1 ,14 combine 3:9 

4: 16 commenced 

apply 7:16 2:2 

approval comments 

2:163:3 4:165:2,5 

4:165:3,8 5:11,13,17 

approxim ... compounds 

4:20 3:16 

assure 5:2 concerning 

attendance 5:3 

2:115:9 contained 

attendees 7:6 

5: 15 control 4:2 

authorized 7:18 

3:4 CORLEY 

available 1:9 

4:2 correct 7:9 

Avenue 1:15 court 5:16 

2:18 7:12 

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BARKSD ... Daily 2:20 

1:9 December 

basis 3:23 2:20,23 

break 5:24 Department 

2:74: 14 

designate 

4:21 

desk2:12,14 

determina ... 

5:4 

diameter 

3:17,i8 

dioxide 3 :20 

3:22 

direct 7: 18 

document 

5:7 

due 3:14 

-iE7:2 

Ed 2:5 

EDWARD 

1:8 

either 5: 15 

emissions 

3:134:7 

Energy 2:17 

Environm•.. 

3:2 

equivalent 

3:22 

evidence 7:5 

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facility 3:4 

final 5:7 

First 5:10 

Floor l:l5 

following 

3:244:22 

foregoing 

7:8,15 

fuel 3:8 4:9 

fully 7:6 

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gas 3:8 4:9 

gases 3:21 

greenhouse 

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Health 2:8 

hearing 1:2 

2:2,18 

4:14,17,24 

5:19,21 

6:7 

heat 3:5,6,9 

3:104:5,6 

heater 4:6,8 

4:10 

heaters 3:5 

3:7,74:11 

held 1: 15 

2:24 

holding 4: 14 

hour 3:10 

4:5 

hourly 3:4 

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Implemen ... 

4:13 

included 5:8 

increase 

3:13 

individual 

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information 

3:1 4:23 

input 3:5,6 

3:9,10 4:5 

4:6 

install 3:6 

installation 

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intended 4:1 

interested 

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Island 1:15 

issue 5:4 

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Justice 3:3 

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known 5:12 

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late 6:4 

latecomers 

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limit 4:5,8 

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limited 3:8 

limits 3:5,6 

3:9,11 4:7 

located 2:12 

2:14,17 

Low 3:6 

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mailed 5:9 

Managem... 

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matter 3:17 

3:187:8 

means 7:17 

meet4:1 

meeting 3:1 

Mercy 1:15 

metric 3:21 

micromete ... 

3:17,19 

million 3:9 

4:5,6 

minutes 

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Monday 1:4 

monoxide 

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name 2:5 

4:18 

National 4:3 

need 4:23 

new 6:4 

News 2:20 

nitrogen 

3:154:7 

Notary 7:12 

noted 5:15 

5:207:5 

notes 7:7 

Notices 2:19 

2:22 

Nox3:74:Il 

Number 3:3 

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07:2 

October 3:2 

oral 5:4,13 

organic 3:16 

organizati... 

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originally 

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oxides 3:15 

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ozone 4:3 

O'NEIL 

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particulate 

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parties 4: 15 

Passyunk 

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PATRICK 

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PAUL 1:8 

Pennsylva ... 

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2:22 

period 3:12 

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PES 1:8,9,9 

2:17,24 

5:16 

Philadelp ... 

1:4,162:7 

2:16,18,20 

plan 2:11,16 

3:34:13 

4:165:3,7 

please 2:13 

4:17,19 

5: II 

PMIO 3:18 

PM2.S 3:19 

post 6:2 

potential 

3:13 

prepare 5:6 

present 1:7 

4:225:14 

5: 17 

prior 5:7 

proceedings 

7:5 

Professional 

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Program 

3:3 

project 3:14 

proposed 

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3:244:12 

public 2:7 

2:213:1 

5:67:12 

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published section 2: 19 

2:21 2:22 

p.m 2:35:21 service 5: 16 

5:226:8 Services 1:2 

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Quality 4:4 seven 3:5 

questions sheet 2:14 

5:3 showed 6:4 

question-a ... side 2:12,14 

5: I sign 2:10,13 

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R7:2 Solution 

reasonably 2:17 

4:1 Source 2:6 

received 5:5 South 1:15 

5: 18 Standard 

record 2:10 4:4 

4:195:6,9 start 5:13 

5: 11 started 2:9 

refinery state 4: 12 

2:173:8 4:17 

4:9 stayed 6:3 

regardless stenograp... 

2:11 7:7 

Registered submit 5:11 

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Registrati... sulfur 3:20 

2:6 supervision 

removal 4:4 7:19 

replace 3:4 

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represent 4:2 

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reproduct... testify 2: 12 

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requireme... 4:155:14 

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requireme ... 2:154:20 

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response 5:6 5:18 

rolling 3: II Thank 5:20 

3:224:7 time 2:26:7 

RPR 1:19 tons3:15,15 

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safe 6:3 total 3: 11 

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