Fw: Additional Info Needed for MCU AAQIR

Andrew Chew to: Dwight Mallory 10/30/2012 09:31 AM

Cc: Shaheerah Kelly

From: Andrew Chew/R9/USEPA/US

To: Dwight Mallory <dmallory@ResoluteEnergy.com>, 

Cc: Shaheerah Kelly/R9/USEPA/US@EPA

Hi Dwight,

Shaheerah is peer-reviewing my write-up for the draft flare permit and we need the following information 

available when we are ready to public notice the permit. Hope it works for you if we can get the 

information from you within a month's timeframe. Also, can you let me know how things are going with the 

modeled impacts for Hovenweep that Don Shepherd at the National Park Service asked for? Thanks 

again for your help.

- Andrew 

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Andrew Chew, P.E. 

T: (415) 947-4197 | F: (415) 947-3579 | chew.andrew@epa.gov

U.S. EPA, Region 9, Air Permits Office (AIR-3) | 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105

----- Forwarded by Andrew Chew/R9/USEPA/US on 10/30/2012 09:23 AM -----

From: Shaheerah Kelly/R9/USEPA/US

To: Andrew Chew/R9/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 10/29/2012 12:14 PM

Subject: Additional Info Needed for MCU AAQIR

Hi Andrew,

Here is the additional info that is needed to fill in some of the gaps for the MCU AAQIR PSD permit 

amendment. It would be very helpful if you could get this info from Resolute and find out if the company 

can provide this info within the next month or so. Thanks.

1) Provide facility-wide actual emissions and PTE estimates for SO2, CO, NOX, VOC, PM, PM10. and 

PM2.5. Section 3 of the 2008 PSD application provides emissions info for the Main Flare only. 

2) Provide actual emissions and PTE estimates for SO2, CO, NOX, VOC, PM, PM10. and PM2.5 for the 

following emission units. Section 3 of the 2008 PSD application provides emissions info for the Main Flare 

only. 

 TEG Reboiler (0.33 MMBtu/hr) - Operational

 Main Flare (618,104 scf/hr) - Operational

 Gasoline Storage Tank (1000 gallons) - Operational

 Glycol Heater (rated size/capacity?) - Operational

3) Verify the accuracy of the rated sizes/capacities of the following emission units, and provide the rated 

sizes/capacities where none is identified.

 TEG Reboiler (0.33 MMBtu/hr) - Operational

 Main Flare (618,104 scf/hr) - Operational

 Gasoline Storage Tank (1000 gallons) - Operational

 Glycol Heater (rated size/capacity?) - Operational
4) Verify the accuracy of the following information regarding the operational status of (i) the emissions 

units listed in the current PSD permit and (ii) the other operations at the MCU facility.

Equipment in current MCU Facility PSD Permit lasted amended in 1991:

 T4500 Gas Turbine (4390 HP) - Shutdown 1997

 Waste Heat Recovery Unit (11 MMBtu/hr) - Shutdown 1997

 Ingersoll Rand IC Engine (491 HP) - Shutdown 1993

 Fairbanks Morse IC Engine (1712 HP) - Shutdown 1997

 Fairbanks Morse IC Engine (1712 HP) - Shutdown 1997

 Fairbanks Morse IC Engine (1848 HP) - Shutdown 1997

 Fairbanks Morse IC Engine (1848 HP) - Shutdown 1997

 DPC-540 IC Engine (470 HP) - Shutdown 1998

 HC Liquid Reboiler (1 MMBtu/hr) - Shutdown 1993

 Heat Medium Heater (4 MMBtu/hr) - Shutdown 1993

 Heat Medium Heater (12.2 MMBtu/hr) -Shutdown 1991

 TEG Reboiler (0.33 MMBtu/hr) - Operational

 TEG Reboiler (0.33 MMBtu/hr) - Shutdown 1991

 TEG Reboiler (0.33 MMBtu/hr) - Shutdown 1991

 TEG Reboiler (0.1 MMBtu/hr) - Shutdown 1991

Other Operations at the MCU Facility:

 Natural Gas Liquids Processing - Shutdown 1998

 Natural Gas Processing Facility - Shutdown 1998

 Main Flare (618,104 scf/hr) - Operational

 Gasoline Storage Tank - Shutdown 1993

 Gasoline Storage Tank - Shutdown 1993

 Gasoline Storage Tank (1000 gallons) - Operational

 Diesel Storage Tank - Shutdown 1993

 CO2 line heater - Shutdown 2004

 Glycol Heater - Operational

5) EPA was provided the attached description of the MCU facility by Mobil in the past. Please verify the 

accuracy of this information and clarify whether it is acceptable to use this description as part of the PSD 

application

[attachment "MCU Summary.pdf" deleted by Andrew Chew/R9/USEPA/US] 

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Shaheerah Kelly, Environmental Engineer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9

Permits Office, Air Division 

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: 415-947-4156

Fax: 415-947-3579

Email: kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov