Texa s Pipelin e Associatio n October 30 , 201 2 Thur e Canno n Executiv e Directo r

Via Electronic Mail Th e Honorabl e Lis aP . Jackson , Administrato r U.S . Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y 120 0 Pennsylvani aAvenue , N.W . Washington , D.C . 2046 0 Re : Supplementa l Reques t fo r Administrativ e Reconsideratio n o f EPA' s Fina l Rul e "Air Qualit y Designation s fo r

th e 200 8 Ozon e National Ambien t Ai r Quality Standards " (7 7 Fed . Reg . 30,08 8 (Ma y 21 , 2012) ) Dea r Administrato r

Jackson : I a mwritin g t o supplemen t Texa s Pipelin e Association' s (TPA ) Petitio n fo r Reconsideration , jointl y file dwit h th e Ga s Processor s Associatio n an ddate dJul y 20 , 2012 , concernin g EPA' s designatio n o f Wis e County , Texa s a s nonattainmen t fo r th e 200 8 ozone NAAQS . TP A wishe s t o brin g t o you r attentio n ne w informatio n fro mth e Texa s Commissio n o n Environmenta l Quality (TCEQ ) confirmin g that EPA' s decisio n regardin g Wis e Count y relie d upo n VO C emission s dat atha t were severel y i n erro r

an dfa r to o high . Whil e w e hav e no t ye t receive darevise dVO C tp y figure fro mTCE Q base do n th e new , lowe r emissio n facto r discusse dbelow , there i s n o doub t that th e ne w figure wil l b e materiall y lower . Th e erro r can b e explaine da s follows . On e o f th e base s fo r

EPA' s decisio n wa s th e Nationa l Emission s Inventory (NEI ) dat aconcernin g Wis e County VO C emission s submitte db y TCEQ . Se e TS D a

t 6-7 . Thos e NE I data , i n turn , resulte dfro mTCEQ' s us e o f a33. 3 Ib s VOC/bb l emissio n facto r

fo r condensat

e storag e tanks . Th e 33. 3 Ib s VOC/bb l emissio n facto r wa s derive dfro ma200 6 study prepare db y UR S Corporatio n fo r th e Housto n Advanc e Researc h Cente r (HARC) . Th e UR S /

HAR C stud y wa s widel y considere dt o b e erroneous , an dth e 33. 3 Ib s VOC/bb l emissio n facto r wa s viewe da s bein g fa

r to o conservativ e an dthu s to o high . Th e us e o f

an inappropriatel y hig h emissio n facto r result s i n emission s inventor y dat a tha t ar e als o erroneousl y high . I n th e cas e o f Wis e County , TCEQ' s us e o f th e 33. 3 Ib s VOC/bb l emissio n facto r

causedi t t o deriv e aVO C emission s figure tha t wa s unrealisticall y hig h (17,60 9 tpy) , whic h figure wa s reporte db y TCE Q t o NE I an dt o EPA . EP A relie do n that inflate ddat ai n it s assessmen

t o f Wis e Count

y VO C emissions . Se e TS D a t 6-7 ; Tabl e 3 . Respondin g t o widespreadcriticis mo f th e 33. 3 Ib s VOC/bb l emissio n factor , TCE Q recentl y contracte dwith Easter n Research Group (ERG) to conduc t ane w study o n condensate 60 4 Wes t 14t h Street , Austin , Texa s 7870 1 phone : (512 ) 478-287 1 fax : (512 ) 473-847 6 Email : texaspipelineassociation@yahoo.co mstorag e tan k emissions . Th e purpos e o f th e study wa s t o develo p update dcounty - an dregion

specifi c emissio n factor s fo r estimatin g condensat e storag e tan k emission s fo r

each o f th e region s i n Texas . ER G analyze dan extensiv e amoun t o f information , muc h o f

whic h ha dbecom e availabl e sinc e th e UR S /

HAR C report

wa s issued . Amon g th e informatio n analyze db y ER G wa s TCEQ' s Barnet

t Shal e Phas e I I Specia

l Inventory data ; availabl e literature containin g dat a o n emission s testin g an demission s estimate s fo r condensat e tank s i n Texas ; th e result s o f phon e survey s o f

Texa s condensate producers ; an dadditiona l dat ao n emission s estimate s obtaine d fro msevera

l recen t studie s evaluatin g condensat e storag e tank

emissions . TCE Q publishe dth e ER G repor t o n Octobe

r 24 , 2012. 1 Th e informatio n i n tha t report make s clea

r tha t th e Wis e Count y VO C emission s figur e o f 17,60 9 tp y i s significantl y overstated . Mos t

importan t

i s ERG' s conclusio n tha t th e appropriat e Productio n Weighte d Emissio n Facto r

fo r us e i n Wis e County i s 9.7 6 Ib s VOC/bb l - no t th e 33. 3 Ib s VOC/bb l facto r containe di n th e UR S /

HAR C report . Whe n th e correct , an dsignificantl y lower , emission s facto r fo r Wis e Count y i s applied , th e 17,60 9 tp y VO C figur e relie dupo n b y EP A wil l b e significantl y lower . Thi s i s an importan t

ne w developmen t

revealin g asubstantia l erro r i n th e factua l basi s underlyin g EPA' s nonattainmen t decisio n fo r

Wis e County . I n summarizin g it s decision , EP A pointe dt o tw o emission s figure s fo r Wis e County - th e NO x figur e an dth e 17,609 tp y VO C figure - referrin g to "the hig h growt h o f thes e emissions " an dstatin g tha t "th e clos e proximity o f thes e comparativel y hig h emission s t o violatin g monitor s indicate s tha t thi s county shoul db e include di n th e nonattainmen t area. " TS D at

23 . Clearl y EPA' s belie f tha t Wis e County accounte dfo r

17,609 tp y VO C playe dan importan t par t i n it s nonattainment

decision . Bu t

th e assumptio n that

"comparativel y high " emission s i n on e count y probabl y resulte di n aviolatio n a t amonito r i n adifferen t

count y - already aquestionabl e assumptio n i n ligh t o f adeart h o f real

worl dwin dtrajector

y evidenc e t o suppor

t i t - i s furthe r

undermine dwhe n th e emission s figur e a t issu e i s substantiall y reduced . W e urg e EP A t o carefull y consider th e ne w informatio n fro mER G which , w e submit , provide s ampl e justificatio n fo r EP A t o reconsider

it s previou s decisio n an dt o conclud e tha t Wis e Count

y shoul db e designate da s attainmen t / unclassifiabl e fo r

th e 200 8 ozon e NAAQS .

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t th e followin g link : htlp://www . tceq.texas . gov/assets/public/im ^ 2 Commenter s includin g TP A previously pointe dout that , ove r afour-yea

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tha t th e hig h ozone reading s a t thos e monitor s o n thos e day s primaril y resulte dfro memissio n source s locate

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Wis e County . Se e TP

A comment s (EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0476-0403) , Februar y 2 , 2012 , a t 31 .c c (vi aelectroni c mail) :

Hon . Tro y Fraser , Chairman , Committe e o n Natura l Resources , Texa s Senat

e Hon . Wayn e Smith , Chairman , Committe e o n Environmenta l Regulation , Texa s Hous e of

Representative s Ro n Curry , Regio n 6 Administrator , Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y Jessic aO'Donnell , Unite dState s Departmen t o f Justic e Mar k Walters , Offic e o f

th e Attorne y General , State o f Texa s Lind aSecord , Offic e o f

th e Attorne y General , State o f Texa s Davi dDuggins , counsel , Texa s Pipelin e Associatio n Celin aRomero , counsel , Texa s Pipelin e Associatio n Matthe w Paulson , counsel , Targ aResource s Corp . Timoth y Webster , counsel , Devo n Energ y Corp . Roge r Martella , counsel , Devo n Energ y Corp . Willia mWehrum , counsel , Ga s Processor s Associatio n Ree dD . Rubinstein , counsel , Wis e Count y Vicki e Patton , counsel , Environmenta l Defens e Fun d Peter Zalzal , counsel , Environmenta l Defens e Fun d