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DNREC Virtual Public Meeting

On the Application and Draft Air Permit to Install a 12,000 Gallon Drumming Tank at Croda, Inc.

• Welcome. Any visual content that is part of this meeting will appear in this window.

You can use your computer audio to listen to this meeting. Use the audio connections menu to turn audio on your computer on or off. Or you can dial-in to the meeting using the following information: DIAL-in Number: 1-408-418-9388 Access 129 027 7856 No verbal questions will be taken during this meeting. Questions may be submitted via email to DAQPermittingInfo@Delaware.gov (phone or WebEx users) or by using the Question and Answer Box (WebEx users only)

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Division of Air Quality Engineering and Compliance Section

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Welcome to our Virtual Meeting!

Thank you for attending We are using the WebEx platform Virtual meetings can be a little awkward.

We are doing our best to give people an

• pportunity to participate in this meeting

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Virtual Public Meeting - Purpose

 Provide the public an opportunity to gain a better

understanding of Croda, Inc.’s permit application and proposed project and the air quality permitting process

 Provide the public with an opportunity to ask DNREC

and the applicant questions related to the permit application.

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Virtual Public Meeting - Purpose

 This meeting is not a public hearing

 A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, July

21, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. where written comments may be submitted into the record

 Please note live comments will not be

accepted during the hearing but written comments may be submitted

 Visit the following website:

https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/public- hearings/

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https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/public-hearings/

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Virtual Public Hearing - Purpose

 To submit comments into the hearing record:

 Written comments may be submitted to the

Hearing Officer (Lisa Vest):

 The online comment form at

dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/publichearings/ comment-form/

 By email to

DNRECHearingComments@delaware.gov

 By USPS to Lisa A. Vest, DNREC Office of the

Secretary, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901

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Virtual Public Meeting - Purpose

This meeting is for informational

purposes only

 This meeting will not be recorded  There will not be a legal record of this

meeting

 Written responses to comments will

not be provided

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Virtual Meeting - Ground Rules

Attendees will be muted during the PowerPoint

presentations presented by DNREC and Croda, Inc.

At the conclusion of the presentations, the public

meeting will be opened for communication

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Virtual Meeting - Communication

Questions submitted in advance of this meeting

will be addressed first.

If time allows, questions may be asked by the

• attendees. Questions were requested in advance

to allow DNREC and Croda, Inc. the opportunity to review and thoroughly answer questions.

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Virtual Meeting - Communication

 To ask a question, please do one of the following:

 Select the Q&A function and type your question into

the text box. Questions will be read after the submitted comments are addressed.

 By Submit your question to

DAQPermittingInfo@Delaware.gov. This mailbox will be monitored during the public meeting and questions will be placed in the Q&A text box to be addressed.

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Virtual Meeting - Agenda

 DNREC – Division of Air Quality (DAQ) Permitting

Process

 Croda, Inc. – Proposed Project Summary  Response to Submitted Questions  If time allows, open meeting to additional questions  7:00 p.m. – Public Meeting ends

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DAQ Permitting Process

 Major source permitting requirements for Croda

 Major source for nitrogen oxides (NOx) and

carbon monoxide (CO)

 Synthetic Minor Source for volatile organic

compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)

 Facility has taken federally enforceable operating

restrictions to limit emissions below the major source thresholds

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Major Source Thresholds

MAJOR SOURCE THRESHOLD (TONS)

NOx CO VOC SO2 PM10 HAPs

Other Air Pollutants

New Castle County 25 100 25 100 100 10/25 100

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For HAPs the limits are 10 tons of a single HAP or 25 tons of combined HAPs

DAQ Permitting Process

 What does this mean?

 Major sources of air pollutants

 Title V Operating Permit – federally enforceable

 Enforceable by the State of Delaware and the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

 Public Notice

 30 days (draft permit)  Draft Permit reviewed by EPA Region III (45 day

review period)

 Notice provided to affected states (Maryland,

Pennsylvania, New Jersey)

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DAQ Permitting Process

 Review application for administrative and technical

completeness

 Determine if the source is in the Coastal Zone and if a Coastal

Zone permit is required

 Verify appropriate zoning for the project  Determine applicable requirements (federal and state

regulations)

 Review technical information and confirm emission calculations  Determine concentrations of pollutants outside of the plant’s

property lines to ensure public health and the environment will not be adversely affected

 Draft technical memorandum – this document includes all the

reasoning behind the permit conditions – emission limits,

• perational limits, testing, monitoring, record keeping, etc.

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DAQ Permitting Process

 Draft Permit  Internal Review of technical memorandum and draft

permit

 Once approved, public notice of draft permit (30 days)  Submitted to EPA Region III for review (45 days)  Notification given to surrounding states (MD, PA, NJ)  If no requests for a public hearing, the EPA, or

surrounding states the permit will be issued

 Otherwise a public hearing will be held

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Public Hearing and Follow Up

 A virtual public hearing will be held on WebEx on

Tuesday July 21

 Comments will be received until July 31, 2020  The Division of Air Quality will respond to comments

via a technical memo

 The hearing officer will draft a report  The Secretary will make a decision  If the decision is the issue the permit with changes,

then another EPA review is required.

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Public Notices

 Public notices are available on the Department’s

website:

 https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/dnrec-public-notices/  There is an email list available, so you can receive emails

• f all public notices:

 https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/subscribe/  They are also published in the News Journal and the

Delaware State News.

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Contact Information

 Angela Marconi, P.E., BCEE, Environmental Program Manager  Joanna French, P.E., Engineer Program Manager  Melanie Smith, P.E., Engineer IV

Division of Air Quality, Engineering & Compliance Branch Phone: 302-739-9402 Email Addresses: Angela.Marconi@Delaware.gov Joanna.French@Delaware.gov Melanie.Smith@Delaware.gov

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Submitted Questions

 1. What is the Atplus Destiny final product that they

want to store?

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Submitted Questions

 2. Why does Croda want to increase operation

knowing Collins Park is nearby?

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Submitted Questions

 3. Why are two additional storage tanks needed now?

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Submitted Questions

 4. Why does Croda have such little concern for the

health of communities?

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Additional Questions

 To ask a question related to this application/

draft permit, please do one of the following:

 Select the Q&A function and type your question

into the text box.

 Submit your question to

DAQPermittingInfo@Delaware.gov. This mailbox will be monitored during the public meeting and the question will be placed in the Q&A text box to be addressed.

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Thank you!

Thank you for attending our public meeting If you have a question that was not

addressed, please email your question to daqpermittinginfo@delaware.gov

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DNREC Virtual Public Meeting

On the Application and Draft Air Permit to Install a 12,000 Gallon Drumming Tank at Croda, Inc. Thank you for joining us.

A public hearing will be held on the application and draft permit on July 21, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. Comments will be accepted through July 31, 2020. You can submit your comments using the DNREC comment form, via email, or by USPS mail, as noted on the hearing event page. For more information, find the event page for this hearing on the DNREC Public Hearings page (de.gov/dnrechearings).

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