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) 1
Division of Air Quality Engineering and Compliance Section 2
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 opportunity to participate in this meeting 3
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. 4
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/ 5
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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 7
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 8
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 9
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. 10
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. 11
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 12
DAQ Permitting Process Major source permitting requirements for Croda Major source for nitrogen oxides (NO x ) 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 13
Major Source Thresholds MAJOR SOURCE THRESHOLD (TONS) Other Air NOx CO VOC SO 2 PM 10 HAPs Pollutants New Castle 25 100 25 100 100 10/25 100 County For HAPs the limits are 10 tons of a single HAP or 25 tons of combined HAPs 14
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) 15
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, operational limits, testing, monitoring, record keeping, etc. 16
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 17
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. 18
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 of all public notices: https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/subscribe/ They are also published in the News Journal and the Delaware State News. 19
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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 21
Submitted Questions 1. What is the Atplus Destiny final product that they want to store? 22
Submitted Questions 2. Why does Croda want to increase operation knowing Collins Park is nearby? 23
Submitted Questions 3. Why are two additional storage tanks needed now? 24
Submitted Questions 4. Why does Croda have such little concern for the health of communities? 25
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. 26
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 27
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). 28
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