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# OAR Box 1669 Prepped by Charmelle Mathews



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# ) ll-E- 2 Docket Number: 

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### A 9 8 1 3 ll-E-2 . MEMORANDU M TO : Stev e Shedd

U.S . EPA , OAQPS/ESD/WCPG FROM : Greg LaFlam^£ £

Pacifi c Environmenta

l Services , Inc . (PES ) DATE : Februar

y 2 , 199 8 P:\N81 2 SUBJECT : Telephon e Call wit h th e America

n Petroleu mInstitut

e - Orgam c Liquid s Distributio n (non-Gasoline ) NESHA P PARTICIPANTS : Bil l Bec k Chuc k Feeric k Jay Helm s Bo b Hermanso n Gre g LaFla

m Denis e Michelso n Jane t Peargi n Mar k Pik e Kari n Ritter Stev e Shed

d Gar y Wilson Mobi l Corporatio n

Exxo n PE S Amoc o PE S ARC O Pip e Lin e Chevro n Exxo n API U.S . EPA Maratho n Oi l (703 ) 849-629 5

(713 ) 656-659 4 (919)941-033 3 (312)616-052 9 (919)941-033 3 (562 ) 428-944 9 (415)894-846 8 (713 ) 656-659 4 (202 ) 682-847 2 (919)541-539 7 (419)421-429 9 Th e EP A participate d i

n aconferenc e call wit

h th e America

n PetroleumInstitute (API ) on Januar y 16 , 199 8 fro

m11:0 0 a mto noon . The purpos e wa s to discus s API' s comment s o n the draf t industr y survey fo

r thi s categor

y tha t th e EP A ha ddistribute dfo

r revie w i n Decembe

r 1997 . Th e issue s raise d by API , an dth e ensuing discussion , ar e summarizedbelow .P. 3

Mem o t o Stev e Shedd Februar y 2,199 8 Pag e 2 Summar y o f API' s Comment s o n th e Draf tSurve y A . Provid e clarificatio n o f sourc e categor y definition . 1 . Wha t i s mean t by a"terminal" ? 2 . Wha t i s a n "organi c liquid" ?

- d o they need t o contai n HA P (volatil e HAP) ?

- man y material s contai n ver

y smal l HA

P amounts , and/o r

HA P tha t do no t volatilize ; i t

ma y b e unreasonabl e t o regulat e thes e Discussio n API : Perhap s th e EP

A shoul dexclude som

e liquid s tha

t hav e lo w or

nonvolatil e HA

P content s (lub e oil , asphalts , etc.) . Tota l vapor pressure o

r HA P partial pressur

e coul dserv e a s on e potentia

l cutof f parameter . EPA : W e need to obtai n HA

P content s o f

thes e type s o f

liquid s befor

e suc h exclusion s coul d b e justified . API : HA P dataofthi s typ e ar

e no t generally available , but

companie s coul dmak

e estimates . A matri x tabl e coul d b e constructed , wit h boxe s fo r low , medium , andhig h HA P conten t and vapo r pressure . A proprietar

y stud y to obtai n thi s informatio n ha s been conducte d b y industry , bu t

th e dat aar

e presentl y restricte dt o th e stud y participants . The AP I sai dthe y woul d se e i f

thos e dat acoul d b e made available . B . Tw o industr y suggestions : 1 . Exclude operation s (includin g storage , transfer , wastewater , non-aqueou s waste , and equipmen t leaks ) tha t ar e alread y subject t o anothe r MAC T rule . 2 . Exclude facilitie s tha

t emit actua l emission s les s tha

n 5 0 percent

ofth e majo

r sourc e HA P levels . Discussio n EPA : W e ar e reviewing th e existing , relate dMAC T rule s t o determin e whether an y emissio n source s remai n unregulated . W e solicit industr y input t o understan dth e extent

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Mem o t o Stev e Shedd Februar y 2,199 8 Pag e 3 coverage . Surve y need s t o as k HA P content s an dwha

t al l th e operation s a

t th e facilit y are . API : Muc h ofth e requeste d infonnatio n wil l probably b e unknown , especiall y certai n HA P content s and detaile d wastewate r data . 

### C . Other

matter s Th e API representative s indicate dtha t Word ® softwar

e bes t suit s thei r uses, ifth e survey i s transmitte d i n electroni c fonnat . One compan y indicate dtha

t th e amoun t

o f informatio n requeste d i n th e draf t surve y seeme dsomewha

t overwhelming . Th e EP

A requeste d tha t th e companie s hav e atermina l perso n revie w th e surve

y t o chec k it s reasonableness . Followin g th e EPA' s Roundtabl e meetin g set fo r Januar y 21,1998 , an darevie w ofth e EPA/API discussio n o f

Januar y 16th , industr

y wil l provide additiona

l comment s o n th e draf

t survey . Th e EP

A wil l provid e har

dcopie s ofth e surve

y a t th e Roundtabl e andwil l discus s some o f thes e issue s furthe

r a t tha t time .