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1 GEHitachiUELAPEm Resource From: Davis (FSME), Jennifer Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:32 PM To: Avci, Halil I.; Fischer, Karl W. Cc: GEHitachiHrgFile Resource Subject: FW: Air Quality RAI responses Attachments: ltr submitting air quality RAIs.pdf; Air-Quality_RAI_Response_Final_11-24-09.pdf Halil and Karl, Attached is the air quality RAI responses. Please let me know ASAP if you have any additional comments or questions. I will be out of the office for the Thanksgiving holiday starting tomorrow, but will return on Monday, November 30th. Thanks, Jennifer Jennifer Davis Senior Environmental Project Manager Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ph: 301-415-3835 -----Original Message----- From: Olivier, Julie A (GE Infra, Energy) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:10 PM To: Davis (FSME), Jennifer Cc: Johnson, Timothy Subject: Air Quality RAI responses Jennifer, I submitted the attached documents today. Let me know if you have any questions. <<ltr submitting air quality RAIs.pdf>> <<Air-Quality_RAI_Response_Final_11-24-09.pdf>> > Julie Olivier > Senior Licensing Professional Global Laser Enrichment > T 910-819-4799 > M 910-547-1659 > F 910-342-4799 >
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From: Davis (FSME), JenniferSent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:32 PMTo: Avci, Halil I.; Fischer, Karl W.Cc: GEHitachiHrgFile ResourceSubject: FW: Air Quality RAI responsesAttachments: ltr submitting air quality RAIs.pdf; Air-Quality_RAI_Response_Final_11-24-09.pdf

Halil and Karl, Attached is the air quality RAI responses. Please let me know ASAP if you have any additional comments or questions. I will be out of the office for the Thanksgiving holiday starting tomorrow, but will return on Monday, November 30th. Thanks, Jennifer Jennifer Davis Senior Environmental Project Manager Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ph: 301-415-3835 -----Original Message----- From: Olivier, Julie A (GE Infra, Energy) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:10 PM To: Davis (FSME), Jennifer Cc: Johnson, Timothy Subject: Air Quality RAI responses Jennifer, I submitted the attached documents today. Let me know if you have any questions. <<ltr submitting air quality RAIs.pdf>> <<Air-Quality_RAI_Response_Final_11-24-09.pdf>> > Julie Olivier > Senior Licensing Professional Global Laser Enrichment > T 910-819-4799 > M 910-547-1659 > F 910-342-4799 >

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Hearing Identifier: GEHitachiUE_LicenseApplication_Public Email Number: 123 Mail Envelope Properties (0046140293E11F408991442DB4FE25CA01EB5A3E1B) Subject: FW: Air Quality RAI responses Sent Date: 11/24/2009 2:32:00 PM Received Date: 11/24/2009 2:32:02 PM From: Davis (FSME), Jennifer Created By: [email protected] Recipients: "GEHitachiHrgFile Resource" <[email protected]> Tracking Status: None "Avci, Halil I." <[email protected]> Tracking Status: None "Fischer, Karl W." <[email protected]> Tracking Status: None Post Office: HQCLSTR01.nrc.gov Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 1007 11/24/2009 2:32:02 PM ltr submitting air quality RAIs.pdf 165659 Air-Quality_RAI_Response_Final_11-24-09.pdf 596929 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: No Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date: Recipients Received:

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Global Laser Enrichment

Julie Olivier GLE Senior Licensing Professional

3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402 USA

T 910-819-4799 M 910-547-1659 [email protected]

November 24, 2009

Andrea Kock, Chief Environmental Review Branch Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Subject: SUBMITTAL OF AIR QUALITY RESPONSES FROM OCTOBER 7, 2009 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dear Ms. Kock:

GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment LLC (GLE) hereby submits the responses to the air quality questions in the letter dated October 7, 2009.

If there are any questions regarding this letter and its contents, please do not hesitate to contact me at 910-819-4799 or at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Julie Olivier GLE Senior Licensing Professional

Docket No. 70-7016

Enclosure:1. Responses to Air Quality Questions from October 7, 2009 NRC Request for Additional

Information

GE Hitachi

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Enclosure 1 Response to Air Quality RAIs

4-6 Air Quality Impacts: A. Provide additional information, specified below, on air emission inventories expected during

road construction, site preparation (pre-construction), construction, and operation of the proposed GLE facility.

1. Provide anticipated PM2.5 emissions expected during road construction, site preparation (pre-construction), construction, and operation of the proposed GLE facility.

2. To facilitate the evaluation of impacts on global climate change, provide greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., CO2) associated with the site preparation (pre-construction), construction, and operation activities for the proposed GLE facility.

3. Provide emissions of criteria pollutants, including both PM10 and PM2.5, during facility operation from: (1) the GLE mechanical-draft cooling tower; (2) cylinder-handling activities (e.g., diesel-powered gantry or fork lift) between the main GLE buildings and cylinder pads; and (3) hauling traffic of product cylinders between the GLE facility and other facilities at the Wilmington Site.

4. Provide air emissions of criteria pollutants, including both PM10 and PM2.5, by pollutant and by source category (similar to ER Table 4.6-1) along with emission factors, activity levels, and control efficiencies for road construction, site preparation (pre-construction), construction, and operation of the proposed GLE facility.

The air emissions estimates for construction and operation of the Proposed GLE Facility have been updated. The air emissions estimates are provided below in two sections. The first section presents the air emissions estimates for the criteria air pollutants: particulate matter (PM) (both the PM10 and PM2.5 categories), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile organic compounds (VOC), and carbon monoxide (CO). The following section presents air emissions estimates for greenhouse gases.

Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions

Separate sets of criteria air pollutant emissions were made for four phases of the Proposed GLE Facility project.

Proposed GLE Facility Early Construction (Year 2011).

Proposed GLE Facility Building Construction (Year 2012).

Proposed GLE Facility Final Construction/Startup (Years 2013-2017).

Proposed GLE Facility Operation (Years 2018-2048)

The emission factors, activity levels, control efficiencies, and other assumptions used for each set of air emissions estimates are presented in Tables 4-6-1 through 4-6-4. For each identified parameter, the parameter value selected for the emissions estimates is identified and the basis for the value selection is described. The Proposed GLE Facility design, construction schedule, and operating plans have not been finalized at this time. To provide upper bound estimates of the criteria air emissions from each of the GLE Facility project phases for the purpose of assessing air quality impacts, conservative values for were used for those

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site-specific parameters for which definitive values are not available at this time in the project development (i.e., the assumed vales were selected such that air emissions estimates would be maximized for a given air emission source). Examples of these parameters include the period of time required to complete a construction activity such as site preparation and mix of off-road construction equipment operated at the site to complete the activity... The estimates for average daily and average annual criteria air pollutant emissions from the specific sources associated with each of the Proposed GLE Facility project phases are presented in Tables 4-6-5 through4-6-8.

The emission estimates for the Proposed GLE Facility phases with construction activities (Tables 4-6-5 through 4-6-7) indicate the largest source of criteria air emissions are PM emissions from fugitive dust generated by outdoor construction activities during the Early Construction and Building Construction Phases. Small quantities of NOx, SO2, VOC, and CO emissions are released by the off-road construction equipment needed for construction activities and from the construction worker automobiles and construction material trucks traveling to and from the Proposed GLE Facility project site.

The emission estimates for the Operation Phase (Table 4-6-8) indicate that the Proposed GLE Facility would not be a major source of any criteria air pollutant as defined under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NC DAQ) air permitting requirements. The laser uranium-enrichment process would be conducted totally indoors inside the main GLE operations building. Most of the heat generated by the process lasers would be used for the building interior space heating and to meet other process-heat demands. The only stationary combustion sources planned to be installed at the Proposed GLE Facility would be auxiliary diesel generator units. The other notable criteria air pollutant emissions sources at the Proposed GLE Facility would be 1) the PM emissions from mechanical draft cooling towers, 2) emissions from the motor vehicles operated for onsite for the handling and transport of UF6 cylinders, and 3) automobile and truck traffic associated with the GLE Facility operations. Other small, miscellaneous sources of criteria air pollutant emissions are described in Section 4.6.2.2.1.3 of the GLE ER.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the GLE Facility project primarily are from the mobile and stationary combustion sources that operate during each of the project phases. Over 90% of the GHG emissions released by combustion sources are carbon dioxide (CO2). Smaller quantities of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are also emitted from combustion sources. Average annual estimates of the CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from each phase of the Proposed GLE Facility project were calculated by multiplying the estimated volume of fuel consumed for each combustion source type by an appropriate fuel-specific GHG emission factor. There are no significant sources of hydofluorocarbons (HFCs) associated with the Proposed GLE Facility laser uranium-enrichment process. There is the limited potential for some releases of HFCs from leakage and recharging of air conditioning systems used for office and other related interior spaces in Proposed GLE Facility buildings.

The estimates for the average annual GHG emissions from the specific sources associated with each of the Proposed GLE Facility project phases are presented in Table 4-6-9.The GHG estimates for off-road construction equipment presented for the Early Construction and Building Construction Phases are based on the very conservative assumption that the entire mix of off-road construction equipment assumed for the phase (see Tables 4-6-1 and4-6-2 respectively) operates the entire day of every day of the construction period. In actuality, different of combinations of the assumed off-road equipment would be for different stages of construction (i.e., not all of the assumed equipment always would be onsite at the same time)

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Consequently, actual off-road equipment diesel fuel consumption and consequently the GHG emissions from the Proposed GLE Facility construction phases are expected to be lower that the estimated levels indicated in Table 4-6-9.

B. Provide air dispersion modeling for operational emission sources such as auxiliary diesel generator units, cooling tower, and onsite traffic. No air dispersion modeling during facility operation was included in the ER.

A new air dispersion modeling analysis for the Proposed GLE Facility using the AERMOD model has been performed with a new set of assumptions based on the updated information regarding the Proposed GLE Facility design, local metrological data, and the new set of criteria air pollutant emissions estimates presented in Tables 4-6-5 through 4-6-8. The results of new air dispersion modeling for each of the four Proposed GLE Facility phases are presented in Tables 4-6-12 through 4-6-16. The air dispersion modeling for the Operation Phase presented in Table 4-6-16 includes emissions from the Proposed GLE Facility auxiliary diesel generator units, cooling tower, and onsite traffic. The predicted maximum off-site concentrations presented in Tables 4-6-12 through 4-6-16 include ambient background concentrations for the pollutants for which ambient air monitoring data are available (see Tables 4-6-10 and 4-6-11).

The new air monitoring results predict maximum off-site concentrations resulting from the Proposed GLE Facility criteria air pollutant emissions to be less than the level of the comparable ambient air quality standard with the exception of the 24-hour average PM concentrations predicted for the Early Construction and Building Construction Phases. The 24-hour average PM concentration results for the air dispersion modeling are discussed further below in the response to RAI 4-6-D.

C. Provide additional information, specified below, to justify AERMOD modeling choices or provide updated AERMOD analyses taking into account the comments and recommendations listed below. The AERMOD model was used to estimate potential air quality impacts as reported in the ER, but independent analyses conducted by NRC noted discrepancies that diverge from typical air impact modeling practices.

1. Clarification is needed of the unit emission rates that were multiplied by actual emissions. For example, the emission rate for site preparation was estimated to be 1.15 × 10-4

lb/ft2/work hour (in GLE_construction_phase_emission_factor.xls) but the value is listed as 1.15 × 10-4 lb/ft2/work day in the summary worksheet which, in turn, was used for the final results. Clarify which unit emission rate is correct and revise the results if necessary.

As discussed above in the Response to RAI 4-6-B, a new air dispersion analysis has been performed for the Proposed GLE Facility. The emission rates referenced in this question no longer apply to the air dispersion analysis, and should be disregarded.

2. In reporting model results, include background concentrations representative of the Wilmington Site.

As discussed in the Response to RAI 4-6-B, the predicted maximum off-site concentrations from the new air dispersion analysis for the Proposed GLE Facility presented in Tables 4-6-12 through 4-6-16 include ambient background concentrations for the pollutants for which ambient air monitoring data are available. Tables 4-6-10 and 4-6-11 are updated

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versions of tables originally presented in GLE ER Section 3.6 that include ambient air quality monitoring data that was measured by the NC DAQ at monitoring stations in New Hanover County, NC, and was reported to EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) for the years 2007 and 2009. Ambient PM10 monitoring data representative of the Proposed GLE Facility site are available from the AQS only for the months of February and March in 2008 (see Tables 4-6-10 and4-6-11).

3. Provide additional justification of the use of meteorological data from the Wilmington Airport in the AERMOD model or revise the model using data from a site with surface conditions representative of both the measurement and application sites.

Meteorological data used in the AERMOD model were reprocessed using “onsite” data from the nearby Horticultural Crop Research Station in Castle Hayne, NC. National Weather Service observations from the Wilmington International Airport were used to supplement the “onsite” data, where data were incomplete at the Crop Research Station. Surface roughness length, Bowen ratio, and albedo were estimated based on National Land Cover Data (NLCD) 1992 land cover data for the area surrounding the Crop Research Station, which is considered the primary meteorological data. The wet, dry, average estimation which is used for Bowen ratio, however, is based on 30 years of climate data for the Wilmington International Airport, obtained from the National Climatic Data Center, because the Crop Research Station did not have data for a full 30 year period of record to perform this estimation.

4. Provide a justification for the dry and wet deposition used in the PM10 modeling or provide an air dispersion modeling analysis with 1) PM10 conservatively assumed to act as a gas and 2) no dry and wet deposition.

The new modeling analysis was run for both PM10 and PM2.5. While dry and wet deposition were not calculated for the final results, the concentration results were calculated assuming that dry and wet depletion of the plume does take place. While it is correct that neglecting depletion would result in a higher, more conservative, PM10 and PM2.5 concentrationresult, fugitive dust from construction activities would be released at ground level. Gravitational settling, interaction with the ground and vegetation, and precipitation events would be expected to deplete the plume, therefore applying plume depletion should give a more realistic concentration result.

5. Provide a justification as to why the most recent five years of data from the Wilmington International Airport and Morehead City/Newport, North Carolina stations were not used in the analysis or re-perform the analysis using more recent data.

Meteorological data used in the new dispersion modeling analysis were based on 5 years of surface data from Wilmington International Airport, upper air data from Charleston International Airport, and “onsite” data from the Horticultural Crop Research Station , which is immediately east of the GE-Wilmington Site. The years chosen for this analysis were 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. The data for 2001 were not used due to the inability of the AERMET preprocessor to process the upper air data without error, while 2004 was discarded due to AERMET being unable to produce meteorological files for the complete year of data.1

The data selected for this analysis is considered to be representative of the variability expected 1 Surface data from 2007 and 2008 were not available as part of the dataset ordered to complete the GLE ER Document[0].

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in the local weather conditions for the years in which the proposed site preparation and construction of the Proposed GLE Facility would take place, since the data are from recent years and climate conditions have little variability over the short term.

Charleston International Airport was chosen as the upper air station over Beaufort-Morehead City Airport after considering the similarities in climatologic and geographic setting. The specific reasons for selecting Charleston International Airport are:

Charleston International Airport was chosen as the upper air station over Beaufort-Morehead City Airport after considering the similarities in climatologic and geographic setting. The specific reasons for selecting Charleston International Airport are:

Charleston International Airport is more similar in distance inland to the application site and Wilmington International Airport, than Beaufort-Morehead City Airport. Charleston International Airport lies approximately 14 miles from the ocean, while Morehead City’s airport is only about 3 miles from the ocean. The application site lies approximately 11 miles inland, and the Wilmington International Airport is about 7 to 8 miles inland. This will affect the timing of boundary layer development, as well as that of the sea breeze frontal passage.

Beaufort-Morehead City Airport is on a peninsula and thus surrounded by water. Charleston International Airport is inland, having a similar setting to the application site and Wilmington International Airport. The proximity of large waterbodies and geographic setting will affect the meteorological conditions.

The orientation of the coastline near the application site and Wilmington International Airport is approximately the same as it is at Charleston International Airport. However, Beaufort-Morehead City Airport is near a coastline with a very different orientation, which will affect the direction from which sea breeze related wind blows at the upper air station.

Based on Climate data obtained from the National Climatic Data Center, Charleston International Airport has similar wind speeds when compared month by month to that of Wilmington International Airport. Wind speeds at the Beaufort-Morehead City Airport are dissimilar to those measured at the Wilmington International Airport. The wind direction measured at Charleston is similar to that measured at the Wilmington International Airport, than Beaufort-Morehead City Airport when compared on a month by month basis.

6. Clarify which settings were used to obtain both 24-hour and annual average concentrations and revise the model input parameters to use information representing conditions from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. of weekends as well as weekdays if necessary.

The new AERMOD runs use the HROFDY keyword, which allows the user to vary the emission source strength by time. For these runs it is assumed that the workers would work for 9 hours per day, starting at 7 AM. Therefore, the multiplier was set to 0.0 for the first 6 hours, 1.0 for the next 9 hours starting at 7 AM, and 0.0 for the last 9 hours of each day. Weekends were included as work days.

7. Determine surface moisture conditions used to calculate the Bowen ratio based on the 30-year climatological data for the Wilmington airport (e.g., 1971-2000 normals if 2004-2008

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meteorological data are used) or provide additional justification for the use of wet surface moisture conditions to calculate the ratio.

Surface moisture used to calculate the Bowen ratio was determined for each individual year used in modeling. This was accomplished by comparing each year’s total amount of precipitation based on National Weather Service observations at the Wilmington International Airport against a distribution of precipitation probabilities for 30 years of climate data, accessed on-line from the National Climatic Data Center (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).

D. With a typical control efficiency of 50% from water spraying for fugitive dust emissions, preliminary independent analysis conducted by NRC indicates that the total (background plus modeled) 24-hour concentration at the northern site boundaries could exceed the ambient air quality standard during site preparation. Reexamine the assumptions and modeling parameters used to estimate the air quality impacts at these locations and specify the dust control measures that will be used to mitigate the impacts.

The assumptions used to estimate impacts from fugitive dust emissions generated by construction activities for the Proposed GLE Facility project have been reviewed and updated as presented in Table 4-6-1 and 4-6-2. Using these updated assumptions and the new PM emissions estimates presented in Tables 4-6-5 and 4-6-6 based on these assumptions, new air dispersion modeling was performed that included results to assess the 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5 concentration impacts at the northern site boundaries for the Proposed GLE Facility. The predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentrations including ambient PM background concentrations based on the new air dispersion analysis for the Proposed GLE Facility are presented in Tables 4-6-12 through4-6-16 for the four Proposed GLE Facility phases

Ambient PM10 monitoring data for EPA’s Air Quality System database applicable to the Wilmington Site are available only for February and March, 2008 (see Tables 4-6-10 and4-6-11). Insufficient data are available to determine annual average PM10 concentration. Furthermore, PM2.5 is a fraction of the PM10 concentrations in the ambient air (i.e., the measured PM10 concentration includes the concentration of PM2.5 in the ambient air). Therefore, the long-term average PM10 concentration cannot less than the long-term PM2.5 concentrations measured at a site. Review of the available PM10 ambient monitoring data summarized in Table 4-6-11 shows that the highest 24-hour PM10 concentration measured in February and March, 2008 (21 μg/m3) is less than the long-term 24-hour average PM2.5 concentration (24 μg/m3). For the purpose of including a credible order-of-magnitude estimate of the existing PM10 background concentrations to assess off-site ambient PM10 concentrations resulting from activities at the Proposed GLE Facility, the long-term 24-hour and annual average PM2.5 long-term concentrations presented in Table 4-6-1 are used to the represent PM10 background concentrations. This assumption is made recognizing that the corresponding the actual long-term ambient PM10 concentrations for the site would be somewhat higher.

Compliance with ambient air quality standards is determined by long-term ambient air quality monitoring at predetermined monitoring station locations using methods and analysis procedures established by EPA for the federal ambient air quality standards and the NC DAQ for the state ambient air quality standards. The ambient are standards are not intended to be used for direct assessment of localized ambient air pollutant concentrations from temporary emission sources such as construction projects. However, the comparison of the predicted air dispersion modeling ambient concentrations with the appropriate ambient air quality standard levels presented in Tables 4-6-11 through 4-6-15 do provide an order-of-magnitude indicator of

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any potential air quality impacts from the Proposed GLE Facility construction and operation activities.

The air dispersion modeling results based on a conservative set of assumptions indicate that the predicted maximum 24-hour average PM10 concentrations from construction activities associated with the Early Construction and Building Construction Phases at certain times may exceed a level of 150 μg/m3 at off-site locations adjacent to the Wilmington Site property boundary. The specific predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentration values shown in Tables 4-6-12 and 4-6-14 are considered to be upper bound estimates because of the set of conservative assumptions used for the construction practices occurring during the Proposed GLE Facility Early Construction and Building Construction Phases. The predicted 24-hour average concentrations represent a day on which construction activity is occurring continuously throughout the Proposed GLE Facility site (e.g., earthmoving operations are being conducted and the soil is being actively disturbed over the entire approximately 148 acre site continuously for the entire 9-hour construction work day). To this scenario is applied the PM10 emission factor for worst-case conditions (0.42 ton/acre/month). Worst-case conditions are defined for application of this emission factor to be those construction sites with active large-scale earth moving operations. In actuality, this assumed construction scenario is likely to occur for only for short durations or not all at the Proposed GLE Facility site with construction activity typically being concentrated in a potion of the project site on any given work day.

Because of the predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentration values from the air dispersion modeling, the potential for localized temporary fugitive dust impacts from Proposed GLE Facility was further investigated. Table 4-6-13presents the predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentrations (including ambient background concentrations) that would occur with the construction of the onsite access road to the Proposed GLE Facility site. This activity is assumed to be complete with the first 30 days of the Early Construction Period before site preparation work begins on the Proposed GLE Facility Site. The air dispersion modeling results in Table 4-6-13 show predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentrations below the levels of the corresponding PM ambient air quality standards.

The high predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentration values shown in Tables 4-6-12 and 4-6-14 occur at receptors on the Wilmington Site boundary very near the Proposed GLE Facility site. At the off-site receptor location identified at nearest existing residence along the Wilmington Site northern boundary the predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5 concentration values are significantly lower. The predicted maximum off-site 24-hour average ambient PM10 and PM2.5concentration values at this off-site location are as follows:

Early Construction Phase

PM10 80.4 μg/m3 + 24 μg/m3 (background) = 104.4 μg/m3

PM2.5 10.6 μg/m3 + 24 μg/m3 (background) = 34.6 μg/m3

Building Construction Phaseμμ

PM10 63.6 μg/m3 + 24 μg /m3 (background) = 87.6 μg/m3

PM2.5 8.2 μg/m3 + 24 μg /m3 (background) = 32.2 μg/m3

While the assumptions used for air dispersion analysis likely overstate the actual maximum 24-hour average PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations that would occur from construction activities associated with the Proposed GLE Facility Early Construction and Building

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Construction Phase, the magnitude of the predicted PM concentrations do suggest that there is at least the potential for levels of fugitive dust emission generated by certain shot-term construction activities at the Proposed GLE Facility site to temporarily impact existing neighborhoods located adjacent to the northeast boundary of the Wilmington Site.

Implementation of fugitive dust control practices at large construction sites reduce the levels of PM emissions actually released to the atmosphere. During the Proposed GLE Facility construction phases, good practice fugitive dust control measures for construction sites would be implemented to mitigate fugitive dust emissions impacts. These control measures would include:

Periodic watering of the areas of Proposed GLE Facility site where construction activities actively disturb the soil to reduce generation of fugitive dust from such activities, as dictated by site weather conditions.

Periodic watering of the unpaved portions of the onsite access road as needed depending to reduce dust generated by motor vehicle traffic on the roadway, as dictated by site weather conditions..

Limiting vehicle speeds on the unpaved portions of the onsite access road and within the construction site to less than 15 mph to reduce dust generated by motor vehicle traffic on the roadway.

Removing dirt from truck tires by driving over a gravel pad prior to leaving the Proposed GLE Facility site or unpaved access road to avoid spreading sediments on paved roads.

Covering trucks carrying soil and debris to reduce dust emissions from the back of trucks driving on onsite and public roadways.

Completing paving of the entire length of the Proposed GLE Facility onsite access road and the parking lots as soon as practicable.

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art d

ate

Apr

il 1,

201

1 G

LE te

ntat

ive

sche

dule

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9 A

.5

Wee

kly

wor

k sc

hedu

le

Sund

ay th

roug

h Sa

turd

ay, 7

a.m

. to

4 p.

m.

Typi

cal n

ew c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

k pr

actic

es

A. G

ener

al a

ssum

ptio

ns

A.6

To

tal n

umbe

r of w

ork

days

pe

r yea

r 2

70 d

ays

Cal

cula

ted

base

d on

Con

stru

ctio

n St

art D

ate

(A.4

) and

Wee

kly

Wor

k Sc

hedu

le (A

.5) a

nd a

ssum

ing

no w

ork

on 5

hol

iday

s (M

emor

ial D

ay, 4

th o

f Jul

y, L

abor

Day

, Tha

nksg

ivin

g, C

hris

tmas

)

B.1

Tota

l roa

d le

ngth

1.

64 m

iles

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

B.2

Roa

d le

ngth

for r

oad

segm

ents

usi

ng e

xist

ing

onsi

te p

aved

road

s

0.45

mile

G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

info

rmat

ion

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9

B.3

Roa

d le

ngth

for r

oad

segm

ents

usi

ng e

xist

ing

onsi

te u

npav

ed ro

ads

1.19

mile

s G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

info

rmat

ion

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9

B.4

Are

a of

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tivity

w

ith d

istu

rbed

soil

8.85

acr

es

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009.

Roa

d le

ngth

for u

npav

ed ro

ad se

gmen

t (B

.3) t

imes

an

assu

med

ave

rage

w

idth

of 6

0 fe

et fo

r the

road

righ

t-of –

way

alo

ng th

e le

ngth

of t

he

road

segm

ent.

B.5

Num

ber o

f day

s to

com

plet

e ac

tivity

30

day

s A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

B. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fa

cilit

y on

site

acc

ess

road

con

stru

ctio

n

B.6

PM10

em

issi

on ra

te

0.42

ton/

acre

/mon

th

(wor

st c

ase

cond

ition

s fac

tor)

W

este

rn R

egio

nal A

ir Pa

rtner

ship.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, T

able

3-2

.Se

ptem

ber 2

006.

ht

tp://

ww

w.w

rapa

ir.or

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f

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10

Tab

le 4

-6-1

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

B.7

PM2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio

0.1

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, p

age

3-8.

Se

ptem

ber 2

006.

ht

tp://

ww

w.w

rapa

ir.or

g/fo

rum

s/de

jf/fd

h/co

nten

t/FD

Han

dboo

k_R

ev_0

6.pd

fB

.8Fu

gitiv

e du

st c

ontro

l m

itiga

tion

prac

tices

im

plem

ente

d

Wet

supp

ress

ion

by p

erio

dic

wat

er

spra

ying

of d

istu

rbed

soil

in a

ctiv

e co

nstru

ctio

n ar

ea u

sing

wat

er tr

uck.

Com

mon

new

con

stru

ctio

n si

te p

repa

ratio

n w

ork

prac

tices

B. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fa

cilit

y on

site

acc

ess

road

con

stru

ctio

n

B.9

Fugi

tive

dust

con

trol

miti

gatio

n pr

actic

es P

M10

co

ntro

l eff

icie

ncy

74%

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, T

able

3-6

. En

try fo

r “co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es w

ith 2

.1-h

our w

ater

ing

inte

rval

”).

Sept

embe

r 200

6.

C.1

Are

a of

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tivity

w

ith d

istu

rbed

soil

148.

7 ac

res

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

site

are

a pl

us a

dditi

onal

are

a po

tent

ially

su

bjec

t to

cons

truct

ion

activ

ity fo

r sto

rmw

ater

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

and

ut

ilitie

s bas

ed o

n G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9.

C.2

Num

ber o

f day

s to

com

plet

e ac

tivity

24

0 da

ys

Tota

l num

ber o

f con

stru

ctio

n da

ys p

er y

ear (

A.6

) – D

ays t

o co

mpl

ete

road

(B.5

) C

.3PM

10 e

mis

sion

rate

0.

42 to

n/ac

re/m

onth

(w

orst

cas

e co

nditi

ons f

acto

r)

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, p

age

3-8.

Se

ptem

ber 2

006.

C.4

PM2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio

0.1

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, p

age

3-8.

Se

ptem

ber 2

006.

C

.5Fu

gitiv

e du

st c

ontro

l m

itiga

tion

prac

tices

im

plem

ente

d

Wet

supp

ress

ion

by p

erio

dic

wat

er

spra

ying

of d

istu

rbed

soil

in a

ctiv

e co

nstru

ctio

n ar

ea u

sing

wat

er tr

uck

Com

mon

new

con

stru

ctio

n si

te p

repa

ratio

n w

ork

prac

tices

C. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fa

cilit

y si

te p

repa

ratio

n (e

xclu

ding

ons

ite a

cces

s ro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion)

C.6

Fugi

tive

dust

con

trol

miti

gatio

n pr

actic

es P

M10

cont

rol e

ffic

ienc

y

74%

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, T

able

3-6

. En

try fo

r “co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es w

ith 2

.1-h

our w

ater

ing

inte

rval

”).

Sept

embe

r 200

6.

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11

Tab

le 4

-6-1

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

D.1

U

npav

ed o

nsite

acc

ess

road

segm

ent l

engt

h 1.

19 m

iles

Para

met

er B

.3

D.2

Su

rfac

e si

lt co

nten

t 19

%W

eigh

ted-

aver

age

of si

te-s

peci

fic d

ata

for s

oils

iden

tifie

d on

un

pave

d ro

ad se

gmen

t usi

ng d

ata

pres

ente

d in

GLE

ER,

Sec

tion

3.3

– G

eolo

gy a

nd S

oils

(Dec

embe

r 200

8), T

able

3.3

-1 a

nd a

n ad

aptio

n of

Fig

ure

3.3-

24 to

show

new

acc

ess r

oad

rout

e. F

or c

alcu

latio

n us

ed, 0

.77

mile

of r

oad

is o

n M

urvi

lle fi

ne sa

nd so

il (0

.6%

silt)

and

0.

42 m

ile o

f roa

d is

on

Pant

ego

loam

sol (

44%

silt)

D

.3

Ave

rage

dai

ly n

umbe

r of

mot

or v

ehic

le tr

ips t

o co

nstru

ctio

n si

te

200

trips

per

day

(eac

h tri

p is

a o

ne-

way

trip

alo

ng th

e en

tire

leng

th o

f th

e on

site

road

bet

wee

n th

e Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty si

te a

nd

entra

nce

on C

astle

Hay

ne R

oad)

.

Num

ber o

f veh

icle

trip

s est

imat

ed u

sing

Inst

itute

of T

rans

porta

tion

Engi

neer

s (IT

E) st

anda

rd A

vera

ge D

aily

Trip

(AD

T) ra

te fo

r in

dust

rial m

anuf

actu

ring

land

use

of A

DT

= 2.

1 pe

r em

ploy

ee. T

he

ITE

defin

es m

anuf

actu

ring

faci

litie

s as a

reas

whe

re th

e pr

imar

y ac

tivity

is th

e co

nver

sion

of r

aw m

ater

ial o

r par

ts in

to fi

nish

ed

prod

ucts

. The

ITE

trip

gene

ratio

n ra

tes a

re to

tal v

ehic

le ra

tes t

hat

incl

ude

truck

s.IT

E, T

rip

Gen

erat

ion

Han

dboo

k,2n

d Ed

ition

. In

stitu

te o

f Tra

nspo

rtatio

n En

gine

ers,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4.

D.4

A

vera

ge w

eigh

t of m

otor

ve

hicl

es tr

avel

ing

on

onsi

te a

cces

s roa

d

9,70

0 lb

/veh

icle

(4.8

5 to

n/ve

hicl

e)

Cal

cula

ted

wei

ghte

d av

erag

e ba

sed

on a

ssum

ed a

vera

ge d

aily

ve

hicl

e m

ix fo

r 200

veh

icle

trip

s per

day

(D.3

) as f

ollo

ws:

Veh

icle

Ty

pe

Ave

rage

Veh

icle

W

eigh

t(lb)

% o

f Tot

al T

rips

per d

ay

Aut

omob

iles

3,00

090

% (1

80 tr

ips)

Hea

vy-d

uty

dies

el tr

ucks

70

,000

10%

(20

trips

)

(3,0

00×0

.9+7

0,00

0×0.

1) =

9,7

00 lb

. D

.5

Ave

rage

veh

icle

spee

d tra

velin

g on

unp

aved

se

gmen

t of o

nsite

acc

ess

road

15 m

iles p

er h

our (

mph

) W

ilmin

gton

Site

cur

rent

ly h

as v

ehic

le sp

eed

limits

of 2

0 m

ph o

n fa

cilit

y ro

ads a

nd 1

0 m

ph in

par

king

are

as. A

ssum

e im

plem

enta

tion

of 1

5 m

ph sp

eed

limit

on u

npav

ed p

ortio

ns o

f acc

ess r

oad

as p

art o

f si

te fu

gitiv

e du

st c

ontro

l miti

gatio

n pr

actic

es

D.6

PM

10 e

mis

sion

rate

(u

ncon

trolle

d)1.

36 lb

/VM

T C

alcu

late

d va

lue

for f

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fro

m u

npav

ed ro

ads

usin

g U

.S. E

PA, A

P 42

, Fift

h Ed

ition

, Vol

ume

I, C

hapt

er 1

3:

Mis

cella

neou

s Sou

rces

, Sec

tion

13.2

.2, E

quat

ion

1a. N

ovem

ber

2006

.

D. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

mot

or v

ehic

le tr

affic

on

com

plet

ed P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

ons

ite

acce

ss ro

ad

D.7

PM

2.5 e

mis

sion

rate

(u

ncon

trolle

d)0.

14 lb

/VM

T C

alcu

late

d va

lue

for f

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fro

m u

npav

ed ro

ads

usin

g U

.S. E

PA, A

P 42

, Fift

h Ed

ition

, Vol

ume

I, C

hapt

er 1

3:

Mis

cella

neou

s Sou

rces

, Sec

tion

13.2

.2, E

quat

ion

1a.

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12

Tab

le 4

-6-1

. (C

ontin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

D.8

Fu

gitiv

e du

st c

ontro

l m

itiga

tion

prac

tices

im

plem

ente

d

15 m

ph sp

eed

limit

rest

rictio

n

Wet

supp

ress

ion

by w

ater

sp

rayi

ng o

f roa

dway

Com

mon

wor

k pr

actic

es u

se to

miti

gate

fugi

tive

dust

em

issi

ons

from

unp

aved

road

s at c

onst

ruct

ion

site

s

D.9

W

et su

ppre

ssio

n fu

gitiv

e du

st c

ontro

l eff

icie

ncy

for

unpa

ved

road

s

55%

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

6: U

npav

ed R

oads

, Sec

tion

6.5,

Tab

le 6

-7. S

epte

mbe

r 20

06.

D.1

0PM

10 e

mis

sion

rate

(c

ontro

lled)

[PM

10 e

mis

sion

rate

(unc

ontro

lled)

] ×

0.55

C

alcu

late

d va

lue

usin

g Pa

ram

eter

s D.6

and

D.8

D. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

mot

or v

ehic

le tr

affic

on

com

plet

ed P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

ons

ite

acce

ss ro

ad

D.1

1PM

2.5 e

mis

sion

rate

(c

ontro

lled)

[PM

10 e

mis

sion

rate

(unc

ontro

lled)

] ×

0.55

C

alcu

late

d va

lue

usin

g Pa

ram

eter

s D.7

and

D.8

E.1

Ave

rage

dai

ly o

ff-r

oad

equi

pmen

t mix

at s

ite.

Entir

e m

ix o

f equ

ipm

ent

assu

med

to b

e in

ope

ratio

n ea

ch w

ork

day.

Equi

pmen

t Typ

e N

umbe

rO

nsite

Doz

er4

Load

er4

Gra

der

2C

ompa

ctor

/rolle

r2

Exca

vato

r 1

Wat

er tr

uck

1Pa

ver

1

Ass

umed

mix

of o

ff-r

oad

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

t in

oper

atio

n ba

sed

on ty

pica

l typ

es o

f con

stru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for s

ite p

repa

ratio

n an

d ro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion.

E. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

off-

road

die

sel-p

ower

ed

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

t us

ed fo

r Ear

ly

Con

stru

ctio

n ph

ase

activ

ities

E.2

Emis

sion

fact

ors

Site

-spe

cific

com

posi

te e

mis

sion

fa

ctor

s for

equ

ipm

ent m

ix in

Pa

ram

eter

E.1

Pollu

tant

lb/h

r

PM10

1.5

PM2.

51.

4

NO

x8.

2

SO2

0.02

VO

C0.

6

CO

4.8

Cal

cula

ted

emis

sion

fact

ors f

or e

ach

equi

pmen

t typ

e us

ing

U.S

. EP

A. E

xhau

st a

nd C

rank

case

Em

issi

on F

acto

rs fo

r Non

road

Eng

ine

Mod

elin

g –

Com

pres

sion

Eng

ines

. EPA

-420

-P-0

4-00

9. U

.S. E

PA,

Off

ice

of T

rans

porta

tion,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4.

Sum

med

the

indi

vidu

al e

quip

men

t typ

e em

issi

ons t

imes

the

num

ber

of e

ach

equi

pmen

t typ

e to

obt

ain

the

over

all c

ompo

site

hou

rly

emis

sion

rate

fact

ors.

Thes

e fa

ctor

s are

bas

ed o

n th

e co

nser

vativ

e th

at a

ll of

the

equi

pmen

t is

in o

pera

tion.

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13

Tab

le 4

-6-1

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

F.1

Num

ber o

f day

s of

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic

on o

nsite

acc

ess r

oad

270

days

Pa

ram

eter

A.6

F.2

Ave

rage

dai

ly n

umbe

r of

mot

or v

ehic

le tr

ips t

o si

te

200

trips

(eac

h tri

p is

a o

ne-w

ay tr

ip

incl

udin

g th

e en

tire

leng

th o

f the

on

site

road

bet

wee

n th

e Pr

opos

ed

GLE

Fac

ility

site

and

ent

ranc

e on

C

astle

Hay

ne R

oad)

.

Num

ber o

f veh

icle

trip

s est

imat

ed u

sing

Inst

itute

of T

rans

porta

tion

Engi

neer

s (IT

E) st

anda

rd A

vera

ge D

aily

Trip

(AD

T) ra

te fo

r in

dust

rial m

anuf

actu

ring

land

use

of A

DT

= 2.

1 pe

r em

ploy

ee. T

he

ITE

defin

es m

anuf

actu

ring

faci

litie

s as a

reas

whe

re th

e pr

imar

y ac

tivity

is th

e co

nver

sion

of r

aw m

ater

ial o

r par

ts in

to fi

nish

ed

prod

ucts

. The

ITE

trip

gene

ratio

n ra

tes a

re to

tal v

ehic

le ra

tes t

hat

incl

ude

truck

s.IT

E, T

rip

Gen

erat

ion

Han

dboo

k,2n

d Ed

ition

. In

stitu

te o

f Tra

nspo

rtatio

n En

gine

ers,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4

F.3

Perc

enta

ge o

f dai

ly tr

ips b

y ga

solin

e en

gine

aut

omob

iles

90%

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

F.4

Perc

enta

ge o

f dai

ly tr

ips b

y di

esel

eng

ine

heav

y du

ty

truck

s

10%

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

F.5

Ave

rage

VM

T on

site

per

tri

p1.

64 m

iles

Ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d le

ngth

bas

ed o

n G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

F.6

Ave

rage

VM

T of

fsite

per

tri

p by

aut

omob

iles

10 m

iles

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

F.7

Ave

rage

VM

T of

fsite

per

tri

p by

truc

ks

100

mile

s A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

F.8

Emis

sion

Est

imat

ion

met

hod

CO

, VO

C, N

Ox,

SO2,

and

PM10

Fact

ors d

evel

oped

usi

ng E

PA’s

M

OB

ILE6

.2 v

ehic

le e

mis

sion

fact

or

mod

el.

MO

BIL

E6 V

ehic

le E

mis

sion

Mod

elin

g So

ftwar

e is

the

stan

dard

m

etho

d cu

rren

tly a

ppro

ved

by th

e U

.S. E

PA fo

r det

erm

inin

g on

-ro

ad m

otor

veh

icle

em

issi

on fa

ctor

s for

air

emis

sion

inve

ntor

ies.

Ava

ilabl

e at

< h

ttp://

ww

w.e

pa.g

ov/O

MS/

m6.

htm

>

F. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Early

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

F.9

MO

BIL

E6.2

Inpu

t Val

ues

MO

BIL

E6.2

Inpu

t Val

ues

CA

LEN

DA

R Y

EAR

= 2

018

MIN

/MA

X T

EMP

= 35

.8ºF

56.

3ºF

FUEL

RV

P =

9.0

All

othe

r inp

ut p

aram

eter

s set

at t

he

MO

BIL

E6.2

def

ault

valu

es a

nd

assu

mpt

ions

.

CA

LEN

DA

R Y

EAR

cor

resp

onds

to y

ear o

f Con

stru

ctio

n pe

riod

(Par

amet

er A

.1)

MIN

/MA

X T

EMP

are

the

mon

thly

mea

n te

mpe

ratu

res f

or Ja

nuar

y fr

om th

e G

LE E

nvir

onm

enta

l Rep

ort,

Sect

ion

3.6

– M

eteo

rolo

gy,

Clim

atol

ogy,

and

Air

Qua

lity

(Dec

embe

r 200

8), T

able

3.6

-1. (

The

MO

BIL

E6.2

def

ault

eval

uatio

n m

onth

is Ja

nuar

y).

FUEL

RV

P is

the

max

imum

RV

P al

low

ed in

atta

inm

ent a

reas

in

Nor

th C

arol

ina

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14

Tab

le 4

-6-1

. (co

nclu

ded)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

F.10

PM2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio

PM2.

5 Fac

tor b

ased

on

PM10

Fac

tor

appl

ying

a P

M2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio =

0.9

7 St

anda

rd P

M2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio a

pplie

d by

U.S

. EPA

to m

obile

sour

ces

com

bust

ing

petro

leum

der

ived

fuel

s

F.11

Aut

omob

ile e

mis

sion

fa

ctor

s U

se L

ight

Dut

y G

asol

ine

Veh

icle

(L

DG

V) f

acto

rs fo

r aut

omob

iles

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.02

5

PM2.

50.

024

NO

x0.

549

SO2

0.00

7

VO

C0.

656

CO

13.0

8

Cal

cula

ted

2011

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

F. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Early

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

F.12

Truc

k em

issi

on fa

ctor

s U

se H

eavy

Dut

y D

iese

l Veh

icle

(H

DD

V) f

acto

rs fo

r tru

cks

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.13

6

PM2.

50.

132

NO

x6.

360

SO2

0.01

3

VO

C0.

381

CO

1.62

7

Cal

cula

ted

2011

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

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15

Tab

le 4

-6-2

. Inp

ut P

aram

eter

s Use

d fo

r Pr

opos

ed G

LE

Fac

ility

Air

Em

issi

ons E

stim

ates

B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

A.1

Perio

dY

ear 2

012

GLE

tent

ativ

e sc

hedu

le a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.2

A

vera

ge d

aily

num

ber o

f w

orke

rs o

nsite

68

0 w

orke

rs

GLE

est

imat

e as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.3

A

ctiv

ities

Er

ectio

n of

Mai

n G

LE F

acili

ty

build

ing

and

anci

llary

bui

ldin

gs a

nd

stru

ctur

es

GLE

tent

ativ

e pl

ans a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.4

St

art d

ate

Janu

ary

1, 2

012

GLE

tent

ativ

e sc

hedu

le a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.5

W

eekl

y w

ork

sche

dule

Su

nday

thro

ugh

Satu

rday

, 7 a

.m. t

o 4

p.m

. Ty

pica

l new

con

stru

ctio

n w

ork

prac

tices

A. G

ener

al a

ssum

ptio

ns

A.6

To

tal n

umbe

r of

cons

truct

ion

days

per

yea

r 3

59 d

ays

Cal

cula

ted

base

d on

Con

stru

ctio

n St

art D

ate

(A.4

) and

Wee

kly

Wor

k Sc

hedu

le (A

.5) a

nd a

ssum

ing

no w

ork

on 6

hol

iday

s (J

anua

ry1,

Mem

oria

l Day

, 4th

of J

uly,

Lab

or D

ay, T

hank

sgiv

ing,

C

hris

tmas

)

B.1

Ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d an

d pa

rkin

g ar

eas

Ass

umed

to h

ave

been

pav

ed a

t the

en

d of

the

Early

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

GLE

tent

ativ

e pl

ans a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

B.2

Are

a of

pre

dom

inat

e co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tivity

11

7.2

acre

s Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty si

te a

rea

base

d G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

as o

f N

ovem

ber 2

009

B.3

Num

ber o

f day

s to

com

plet

e ac

tivity

3

59 d

ays

Para

met

er A

.6

B.4

PM10

em

issi

on ra

te

0.11

ton/

acre

/mon

th

(ave

rage

con

ditio

ns fa

ctor

) W

este

rn R

egio

nal A

ir Pa

rtner

ship.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

dboo

k,

Cha

pter

3; C

onstr

uctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

, Sec

tion

3.2.

1, p

age

3-8.

Se

ptem

ber 2

006.

ht

tp://

ww

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ir.or

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s/de

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dboo

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ev_0

6.pd

f

B. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fa

cilit

y bu

ildin

g co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es

B.5

PM2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio

0.1

Wes

tern

Reg

iona

l Air

Partn

ersh

ip.W

ARP

Fugi

tive

Dus

t Han

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onstr

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n an

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tion

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16

Tab

le 4

-6-2

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

C.1

Ave

rage

dai

ly o

ff-r

oad

equi

pmen

t mix

at s

ite.

Entir

e m

ix o

f equ

ipm

ent

assu

med

to b

e in

ope

ratio

n ea

ch w

ork

day.

Equi

pmen

t Typ

e N

umbe

rO

nsite

Cra

ne2

Trac

tor/b

ackh

oe4

Fork

lift

4A

eria

l lift

4

Air

com

pres

sor

4

Ass

umed

mix

of o

ff-r

oad

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

t in

oper

atio

n ba

sed

on ty

pica

l typ

es o

f con

stru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for c

onst

ruct

ing

larg

e in

dust

rial b

uild

ings

.

C. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

off-

road

die

sel-p

ower

ed

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

t us

ed fo

r Bui

ldin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n ph

ase

activ

ities

C.2

Emis

sion

fact

ors

Site

-spe

cific

com

posi

te e

mis

sion

fa

ctor

s for

equ

ipm

ent m

ix in

Pa

ram

eter

E.1

Pollu

tant

lb/h

r

PM10

0.8

PM2.

50.

7

NO

x4.

0

SO2

0.01

VO

C0.

3

CO

4.5

Cal

cula

ted

emis

sion

fact

ors f

or e

ach

equi

pmen

t typ

e us

ing

U.S

. EP

A. E

xhau

st a

nd C

rank

case

Em

issi

on F

acto

rs fo

r Non

road

Eng

ine

Mod

elin

g –

Com

pres

sion

Eng

ines

. EPA

-420

-P-0

4-00

9. U

.S. E

PA,

Off

ice

of T

rans

porta

tion,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4.

Sum

med

the

indi

vidu

al e

quip

men

t typ

e em

issi

ons t

imes

the

num

ber

of e

ach

equi

pmen

t typ

e to

obt

ain

the

over

all c

ompo

site

hou

rly

emis

sion

rate

fact

ors.

Thes

e fa

ctor

s are

bas

ed o

n th

e co

nser

vativ

e th

at a

ll of

the

equi

pmen

t is

in o

pera

tion.

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17

Tab

le 4

-6-2

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

D.1

N

umbe

r of d

ays o

f au

tom

obile

and

truc

k tra

ffic

on

ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d

359

days

Pa

ram

eter

A.6

D.2

A

vera

ge n

umbe

r of m

otor

ve

hicl

e tri

ps to

site

per

wor

k da

y

1,42

8 tri

ps (e

ach

trip

is a

one

-way

trip

in

clud

ing

the

entir

e le

ngth

of t

he

onsi

te ro

ad b

etw

een

the

Prop

osed

G

LE F

acili

ty si

te a

nd e

ntra

nce

on

Cas

tle H

ayne

Roa

d).

Num

ber o

f veh

icle

trip

s est

imat

ed u

sing

Inst

itute

of T

rans

porta

tion

Engi

neer

s (IT

E) st

anda

rd A

vera

ge D

aily

Trip

(AD

T) ra

te fo

r in

dust

rial m

anuf

actu

ring

land

use

of A

DT

= 2.

1 pe

r em

ploy

ee. T

he

ITE

defin

es m

anuf

actu

ring

faci

litie

s as a

reas

whe

re th

e pr

imar

y ac

tivity

is th

e co

nver

sion

of r

aw m

ater

ial o

r par

ts in

to fi

nish

ed

prod

ucts

. The

ITE

trip

gene

ratio

n ra

tes a

re to

tal v

ehic

le ra

tes t

hat

incl

ude

truck

s.IT

E, T

rip

Gen

erat

ion

Han

dboo

k,2n

d Ed

ition

. In

stitu

te o

f Tra

nspo

rtatio

n En

gine

ers,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4.

D.3

Pe

rcen

tage

of d

aily

trip

s by

gaso

line

engi

ne a

utom

obile

s90

%A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

D.4

Pe

rcen

tage

of d

aily

trip

s by

dies

el e

ngin

e he

avy

duty

tru

cks

10%

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

D.5

A

vera

ge V

MT

onsi

te p

er

trip

1.64

mile

s O

nsite

acc

ess r

oad

leng

th b

ased

on

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn

info

rmat

ion

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9

D.6

A

vera

ge V

MT

offs

ite p

er

trip

by a

utom

obile

s 10

mile

s A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

D.7

A

vera

ge V

MT

offs

ite p

er

trip

by tr

ucks

10

0 m

iles

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

D.8

Em

issi

on E

stim

atio

n m

etho

dC

O, V

OC

, NO

x, SO

2, an

d PM

10Fa

ctor

s dev

elop

ed u

sing

EPA

’s

MO

BIL

E6.2

veh

icle

em

issi

on fa

ctor

m

odel

.

MO

BIL

E6 V

ehic

le E

mis

sion

Mod

elin

g So

ftwar

e is

the

stan

dard

m

etho

d cu

rren

tly a

ppro

ved

by th

e U

.S. E

PA fo

r det

erm

inin

g on

-ro

ad m

otor

veh

icle

em

issi

on fa

ctor

s for

air

emis

sion

inve

ntor

ies.

Ava

ilabl

e at

< h

ttp://

ww

w.e

pa.g

ov/O

MS/

m6.

htm

>

D.9

M

OB

ILE6

.2 In

put V

alue

s M

OB

ILE6

.2 In

put V

alue

s C

ALE

ND

AR

YEA

R =

201

8 M

IN/M

AX

TEM

P =

35.8

ºF 5

6.3º

F FU

EL R

VP

= 9.

0 A

ll ot

her i

nput

par

amet

ers s

et a

t the

M

OB

ILE6

.2 d

efau

lt va

lues

and

as

sum

ptio

ns.

CA

LEN

DA

R Y

EAR

cor

resp

onds

to y

ear o

f Bui

ldin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

(A.1

)M

IN/M

AX

TEM

P ar

e th

e m

onth

ly m

ean

tem

pera

ture

s for

Janu

ary

from

the

GLE

ER,

Sec

tion

3.6

– M

eteo

rolo

gy, C

limat

olog

y, a

nd A

ir

Qua

lity

(Dec

embe

r 200

8), T

able

3.6

-1. (

The

MO

BIL

E6.2

def

ault

eval

uatio

n m

onth

is Ja

nuar

y).

FUEL

RV

P is

the

max

imum

RV

P al

low

ed in

atta

inm

ent a

reas

in

Nor

th C

arol

ina

D. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Bui

ldin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

Phas

e ac

tiviti

es

D.1

0PM

2.5

to P

M10

ratio

PM

2.5 F

acto

r bas

ed o

n PM

10 F

acto

r ap

plyi

ng a

PM

2.5

to P

M10

ratio

= 0

.97

Stan

dard

PM

2.5

to P

M10

ratio

app

lied

by U

.S. E

PA to

mob

ile so

urce

s co

mbu

stin

g pe

trole

um d

eriv

ed fu

els

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18

Tab

le 4

-6-2

. (co

nclu

ded)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

D.1

1A

utom

obile

em

issi

on

fact

ors

Use

Lig

ht D

uty

Gas

olin

e V

ehic

le

(LD

GV

) fac

tors

for a

utom

obile

s

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.02

5

PM2.

50.

024

NO

x0.

498

SO2

0.00

7

VO

C0.

597

CO

12.5

9

Cal

cula

ted

2012

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

D

. Veh

icle

em

issi

ons f

rom

au

tom

obile

and

truc

k tra

ffic

ass

ocia

ted

with

B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

D.1

2Tr

uck

emis

sion

fact

ors

Use

Hea

vy D

uty

Die

sel V

ehic

le

(HD

DV

) fac

tors

for t

ruck

s

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.13

6

PM2.

50.

132

NO

x5.

481

SO2

0.01

3

VO

C0.

352

CO

1.41

8

Cal

cula

ted

2012

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

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19

Tab

le 4

-6-3

. Inp

ut P

aram

eter

s Use

d fo

r Pr

opos

ed G

LE

Fac

ility

Air

Em

issi

ons E

stim

ates

Fi

nal C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

A.1

Perio

dY

ears

201

3-20

17

GLE

tent

ativ

e sc

hedu

le a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.2

A

vera

ge d

aily

num

ber o

f w

orke

rs o

nsite

74

3 w

orke

rs

Ave

rage

ann

ual n

umbe

r of w

orke

rs b

ased

on

GLE

est

imat

es fo

r Y

ears

201

3-20

17 a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.3

A

ctiv

ities

C

oncu

rren

t ind

oor c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ities

with

stag

ed te

stin

g an

d st

artu

p of

pro

cess

uni

ts a

s com

plet

ed

GLE

tent

ativ

e pl

ans a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.4

St

art d

ate

Janu

ary

1, 2

013

GLE

tent

ativ

e sc

hedu

le a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.5

W

eekl

y w

ork

sche

dule

24

hou

r/day

, 7 d

ay/w

eek

Typi

cal n

ew c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

k pr

actic

es

A. G

ener

al a

ssum

ptio

ns

A.6

To

tal n

umbe

r of w

ork

days

pe

r yea

r 36

5 da

ys

Cal

cula

ted

base

d on

Sta

rt D

ate

(A.4

) and

Wee

kly

Wor

k Sc

hedu

le

(A.5

)

B. F

ugiti

ve d

ust e

mis

sion

s fr

om P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fa

cilit

y co

nstru

ctio

n

B.1

Ass

ume

all c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ities

invo

lve

inst

alla

tion

of p

roce

ss e

quip

men

t ins

talle

d in

side

bui

ldin

gs e

rect

ed in

Bui

ldin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

phas

e ba

sed

on G

LE te

ntat

ive

plan

s as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9.

C. P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

m

echa

nica

l dra

ft co

olin

g to

wer

s

C.1

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

pro

duct

ion

will

be

incr

emen

tally

ram

ped

up to

full

prod

uctio

n ov

er th

e 5-

year

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e.

Con

serv

ativ

ely

assu

me

the

sam

e pa

ram

eter

val

ues a

s use

d fo

r ful

l pro

duct

ion

cond

ition

s und

er O

pera

tion

Phas

e –

see

Tabl

e 4-

6-4

D. P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

au

xilia

ry d

iese

l ge

nera

tor u

nits

D.1

Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty p

rodu

ctio

n w

ill b

e in

crem

enta

lly ra

mpe

d up

to fu

ll pr

oduc

tion

over

the

5-ye

ar F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase.

C

onse

rvat

ivel

y as

sum

e th

e sa

me

para

met

er v

alue

s as u

sed

for f

ull p

rodu

ctio

n co

nditi

ons u

nder

Ope

ratio

n Ph

ase

– se

e Ta

ble

4-6-

4

E. P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

on

site

tran

sfer

veh

icle

s (O

STV

s) u

sed

for

mov

ing

UF 6

cylin

ders

to

and

from

the

outd

oor

cylin

der s

tora

ge p

ads

E.1

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

pro

duct

ion

will

be

incr

emen

tally

ram

ped

up to

full

prod

uctio

n ov

er th

e 5-

year

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e.

Con

serv

ativ

ely

assu

me

the

sam

e pa

ram

eter

val

ues a

s use

d fo

r ful

l pro

duct

ion

cond

ition

s und

er O

pera

tion

Phas

e –

see

Tabl

e 4-

6-4

F. M

obile

sour

ce

emis

sion

s fro

m d

iese

l en

gine

truc

k us

ed fo

r tra

nsfe

r of p

rodu

ct

cylin

ders

to o

nsite

Fue

l M

anuf

actu

ring

Ope

ratio

ns (F

MO

) fa

cilit

y

F.1

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

pro

duct

ion

will

be

incr

emen

tally

ram

ped

up to

full

prod

uctio

n ov

er th

e 5-

year

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e.

Con

serv

ativ

ely

assu

me

the

sam

e pa

ram

eter

val

ues a

s use

d fo

r ful

l pro

duct

ion

cond

ition

s und

er O

pera

tion

Phas

e –

see

Tabl

e 4-

6-4

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20

Tab

le 4

-6-3

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

G.1

N

umbe

r of d

ays o

f au

tom

obile

and

truc

k tra

ffic

on

ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d

365

days

Pa

ram

eter

A.6

G.2

A

vera

ge n

umbe

r of m

otor

ve

hicl

e tri

ps to

site

per

wor

k da

y

1,55

9 tri

ps (

each

trip

is a

one

-way

tri

p in

clud

ing

the

entir

e le

ngth

of t

he

onsi

te ro

ad b

etw

een

the

Prop

osed

G

LE F

acili

ty si

te a

nd e

ntra

nce

on

Cas

tle H

ayne

Roa

d).

Num

ber o

f veh

icle

trip

s est

imat

ed u

sing

Inst

itute

of T

rans

porta

tion

Engi

neer

s (IT

E) st

anda

rd A

vera

ge D

aily

Trip

(AD

T) ra

te fo

r in

dust

rial m

anuf

actu

ring

land

use

of A

DT

= 2.

1 pe

r em

ploy

ee. T

he

ITE

defin

es m

anuf

actu

ring

faci

litie

s as a

reas

whe

re th

e pr

imar

y ac

tivity

is th

e co

nver

sion

of r

aw m

ater

ial o

r par

ts in

to fi

nish

ed

prod

ucts

. The

ITE

trip

gene

ratio

n ra

tes a

re to

tal v

ehic

le ra

tes t

hat

incl

ude

truck

s.IT

E, T

rip

Gen

erat

ion

Han

dboo

k,2n

d Ed

ition

. In

stitu

te o

f Tra

nspo

rtatio

n En

gine

ers,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4

G.3

Pe

rcen

tage

of d

aily

trip

s by

gaso

line

engi

ne a

utom

obile

s90

%A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

G.4

Pe

rcen

tage

of d

aily

trip

s by

dies

el e

ngin

e he

avy

duty

tru

cks

10%

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

G.5

A

vera

ge V

MT

onsi

te p

er

trip

1.64

mile

s O

nsite

acc

ess r

oad

leng

th b

ased

on

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn

info

rmat

ion

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9

G.6

A

vera

ge V

MT

offs

ite p

er

trip

by a

utom

obile

s 10

mile

s A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

G.7

A

vera

ge V

MT

offs

ite p

er

trip

by tr

ucks

10

0 m

iles

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

G.8

Em

issi

on E

stim

atio

n m

etho

dC

O, V

OC

, NO

x, SO

2, an

d PM

10Fa

ctor

s dev

elop

ed u

sing

EPA

’s

MO

BIL

E6.2

veh

icle

em

issi

on fa

ctor

m

odel

.

MO

BIL

E6 V

ehic

le E

mis

sion

Mod

elin

g So

ftwar

e is

the

stan

dard

m

etho

d cu

rren

tly a

ppro

ved

by th

e U

.S. E

PA fo

r det

erm

inin

g on

-ro

ad m

otor

veh

icle

em

issi

on fa

ctor

s for

air

emis

sion

inve

ntor

ies.

Ava

ilabl

e at

< h

ttp://

ww

w.e

pa.g

ov/O

MS/

m6.

htm

>

G.9

M

OB

ILE6

.2 In

put V

alue

s M

OB

ILE6

.2 In

put V

alue

s C

ALE

ND

AR

YEA

R =

201

5 M

IN/M

AX

TEM

P =

35.8

ºF 5

6.3º

F FU

EL R

VP

= 9.

0 A

ll ot

her i

nput

par

amet

ers s

et a

t the

M

OB

ILE6

.2 d

efau

lt va

lues

and

as

sum

ptio

ns.

CA

LEN

DA

R Y

EAR

cor

resp

onds

mid

year

in F

inal

C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Perio

d of

201

3-20

17 (A

.1)

MIN

/MA

X T

EMP

are

the

mon

thly

mea

n te

mpe

ratu

res f

or Ja

nuar

y fr

om th

e G

LE E

nvir

onm

enta

l Rep

ort,

Sect

ion

3.6

– M

eteo

rolo

gy,

Clim

atol

ogy,

and

Air

Qua

lity

(Dec

embe

r 200

8), T

able

3.6

-1. (

The

MO

BIL

E6.2

def

ault

eval

uatio

n m

onth

is Ja

nuar

y).

FUEL

RV

P is

the

max

imum

RV

P al

low

ed in

atta

inm

ent a

reas

in

Nor

th C

arol

ina

G. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Fina

l C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e ac

tiviti

es

G.1

0PM

2.5

to P

M10

ratio

PM

2.5 F

acto

r bas

ed o

n PM

10 F

acto

r ap

plyi

ng a

PM

2.5

to P

M10

ratio

= 0

.97

Stan

dard

PM

2.5

to P

M10

ratio

app

lied

by U

.S. E

PA to

mob

ile so

urce

s co

mbu

stin

g pe

trole

um d

eriv

ed fu

els

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21

Tab

le 4

-6-3

. (co

nclu

ded)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

G.1

1A

utom

obile

em

issi

on

fact

ors

Use

Lig

ht D

uty

Gas

olin

e V

ehic

le

(LD

GV

) fac

tors

for a

utom

obile

s

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.02

5

NO

x0.

024

CO

0.37

9

SO2

0.00

7

PM10

0.47

5

PM2.

511

.64

Cal

cula

ted

2015

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

G

. Veh

icle

em

issi

ons f

rom

au

tom

obile

and

truc

k tra

ffic

ass

ocia

ted

with

Fi

nal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

pPh

ase

activ

ities

G.1

2Tr

uck

emis

sion

fact

ors

Use

Hea

vy D

uty

Die

sel V

ehic

le

(HD

DV

) fac

tors

for t

ruck

s

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.13

6

PM2.

50.

132

NO

x3.

507

SO2

0.01

3

VO

C0.

304

CO

0.84

0

Cal

cula

ted

2015

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

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22

Tab

le 4

-6-4

. Inp

ut P

aram

eter

s Use

d fo

r Pr

opos

ed G

LE

Fac

ility

Air

Em

issi

ons E

stim

ates

O

pera

tion

Phas

e

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

A.1

Perio

dY

ears

201

8-20

48

GLE

tent

ativ

e sc

hedu

le a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.2

A

vera

ge d

aily

num

ber o

f w

orke

rs o

nsite

35

0 w

orke

rs

GLE

est

imat

e as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.3

A

ctiv

ities

Fu

ll ca

paci

ty fu

el e

nric

hmen

t op

erat

ions

GLE

tent

ativ

e pl

ans a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.4

St

art d

ate

Janu

ary

1, 2

018

GLE

tent

ativ

e sc

hedu

le a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

A.5

W

eekl

y w

ork

sche

dule

24

hou

r/day

, 7 d

ay/w

eek

Typi

cal n

ew c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

k pr

actic

es

A. G

ener

al a

ssum

ptio

ns

A.6

To

tal n

umbe

r of w

ork

days

pe

r yea

r 36

5 da

ys

Cal

cula

ted

base

d on

Sta

rt D

ate

(A.4

) and

Wee

kly

Wor

k Sc

hedu

le

(A.5

)

B.1

Num

ber o

f coo

ling

tow

ers

2G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

info

rmat

ion

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9 B

.2N

umbe

r of c

ells

per

coo

ling

tow

er8

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

B.3

Coo

ling

wat

er fl

ow ra

te p

er

cell

17,5

00 g

al/m

in

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

B.4

Coo

ling

wat

er T

otal

D

isso

lved

Sol

ids (

TDS)

co

nten

t

858

ppm

B

ased

on

the

mec

hani

cal d

raft

cool

ing

tow

ers o

pera

ting

at th

e ex

istin

g m

anuf

actu

ring

faci

litie

s at t

he W

ilmin

gton

Site

as p

rovi

ded

to N

RC

in “

Atta

chm

ent 1

. Fol

low

-up

to N

RC

Que

stio

ns fr

om M

ay

18-2

0 si

te v

isit”

incl

uded

with

lette

r sen

t to

NR

C Ju

ne 2

009.

B

.5Em

issi

on fa

ctor

est

imat

ion

met

hod

Mul

tiplic

atio

n of

tota

l liq

uid

drift

for

cool

ing

tow

er b

y th

e TD

S fr

actio

n in

ci

rcul

atin

g w

ater

and

ass

umin

g th

at

once

the

wat

er e

vapo

rate

s all

rem

aini

ng so

lid p

artic

les a

re w

ithin

th

e PM

10 ra

nge

Con

serv

ativ

ely

high

met

hod

reco

mm

end

by U

.S. E

PA fo

r cas

es

whe

n co

olin

g to

wer

dat

a ar

e av

aila

ble

as p

rese

nted

in

U.S

. EPA

, AP

42, F

ifth

Editi

on, V

olum

e I,

Cha

pter

13:

M

isce

llane

ous S

ourc

es, S

ectio

n 13

.4 W

et C

oolin

g To

wer

s, Ja

nuar

y 19

95, p

.13.

4-3.

B.6

Tota

l Liq

uid

Drif

t Fac

tor f

or

indu

ced

draf

t coo

ling

tow

er

1.7

lb/1

,000

gal

U

.S. E

PA, A

P 42

, Fift

h Ed

ition

, Vol

ume

I, C

hapt

er 1

3:

Mis

cella

neou

s Sou

rces

, Sec

tion

13.4

Wet

Coo

ling

Tow

ers,

Janu

ary

1995

, val

ue fo

r ind

uced

dra

t coo

ling

tow

er fr

om T

able

13.

4-1

B

.7PM

10 e

mis

sion

fact

or fo

r in

duce

d dr

aft c

oolin

g to

wer

pe

r cel

l

0.00

15 lb

/1,0

00 g

al

Site

-spe

cific

cal

cula

ted

valu

e us

ing

U.S

. EPA

met

hod

(B.5

and

B.6

) an

d TD

S va

lue

(B.4

)

B. P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

m

echa

nica

l dra

ft co

olin

g to

wer

s

B.8

PM2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio

1A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n ty

pica

l coo

ling

tow

er d

rift p

artic

le

com

posi

tion

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23

Tab

le 4

-6-4

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

C.1

Num

ber o

f gen

erat

or u

nits

2

units

G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

info

rmat

ion

as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9

C.2

Die

sel g

ener

ator

uni

t ho

rsep

ower

ratin

g

382

hp

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

C.3

Die

sel f

uel s

ulfu

r con

tent

0.

2%B

ased

on

NC

DA

Q a

ir pe

rmit

cond

ition

s for

the

exis

ting

emer

genc

y di

esel

gen

erat

ors a

t the

Wilm

ingt

on S

ite

C.4

Ann

ual o

pera

tion

240

hr/y

r per

uni

t B

ased

on

NC

DA

Q a

ir pe

rmit

cond

ition

s for

the

exis

ting

emer

genc

y di

esel

gen

erat

ors a

t the

Wilm

ingt

on S

ite

C. P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

au

xilia

ry d

iese

l ge

nera

tor u

nits

C.5

GLE

die

sel g

ener

ator

uni

t em

issi

on ra

tes

Pollu

tant

Emis

sion

Rat

e[lb

/hr]

PM10

0.27

PM2.

50.

27

NO

x5.

0

SO2

0.62

VO

C0.

25

CO

2.1

Emis

sion

rate

s [lb

/hr]

cal

cula

ted

by in

putti

ng th

e G

LE d

iese

l ge

nera

tor u

nit h

orse

pow

er ra

ting

and

fuel

sulfu

r con

tent

into

the

Larg

e D

iese

l and

All

Dua

l-Fue

l Eng

ines

Em

issi

ons C

alcu

lato

r Sp

read

shee

t (LG

D20

09 R

evis

ion

A) i

ssue

d by

the

Nor

th C

arol

ina

Dep

artm

ent o

f Env

ironm

ent a

nd N

atur

al R

esou

rces

, Div

isio

n of

Air

Qua

lity,

Ral

eigh

, NC

. Mar

ch 2

7, 2

000.

Ava

ilabl

e at

ttp

://da

q.st

ate.

nc.u

s/cg

i-bi

n/pe

rmit_

form

s.cgi

?id=

intla

rge&

type

=she

ets.

(acc

esse

d N

ovem

ber 8

, 200

9).

Ass

ume

VO

C is

the

non-

met

hane

tota

l org

anic

com

poun

d (N

MTO

C)

rate

pro

vide

d in

the

NC

DA

Q sp

read

shee

t

D.1

N

umbe

r of O

STV

s 2

OST

V

GLE

pre

limin

ary

plan

s as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9 D

.2O

STV

type

D

iese

l eng

ine

fork

lift

(Oth

er o

ptio

ns

are

prop

ane

and

elec

tric-

pow

ered

O

STV

)

OST

V o

ptio

n be

ing

cons

ider

ed a

s pro

vide

d to

NR

C in

“A

ttach

men

t 1. F

ollo

w-u

p to

NR

C Q

uest

ions

from

May

18-

20 si

te

visi

t” in

clud

ed w

ith le

tter s

ent t

o N

RC

June

, 200

9.

D.3

OST

V e

ngin

e ho

rsep

ower

75

hp

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t D

.4O

pera

ting

hour

s per

day

3

GLE

pre

limin

ary

desi

gn in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

D. P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

on

site

tran

sfer

veh

icle

s (O

STV

s) u

sed

for

mov

ing

UF 6

cylin

ders

to

and

from

the

outd

oor

cylin

der s

tora

ge p

ads

D.5

OST

V e

mis

sion

fact

ors

Pollu

tant

Emis

sion

Rat

e[g

/hp-

hr]

PM10

0.64

96

PM2.

50.

6301

N

Ox

3.14

50

SO2

0.00

49

VO

C0.

1980

C

O4.

1657

Cal

cula

ted

emis

sion

fact

ors f

or a

75

hp fo

rklif

t usi

ng U

.S. E

PA.

Exha

ust a

nd C

rank

case

Em

issi

on F

acto

rs fo

r Non

road

Eng

ine

Mod

elin

g –

Com

pres

sion

Eng

ines

. EPA

-420

-P-0

4-00

9. U

.S. E

PA,

Off

ice

of T

rans

porta

tion,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4.

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24

Tab

le 4

-6-4

. (co

ntin

ued)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

E.1

Num

ber o

f veh

icle

s 1

GLE

pre

limin

ary

plan

s as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9 E.

2V

ehic

le ty

pe

Hea

vy d

uty

dies

el e

ngin

e tru

ck

GLE

pre

limin

ary

plan

s as o

f Nov

embe

r 200

9 E.

3O

pera

ting

inte

rval

1

roun

d tri

p pe

r wee

k G

LE p

relim

inar

y pl

ans a

s of N

ovem

ber 2

009

E.4

Dis

tanc

e tra

vele

d pe

r ons

ite

trip

2 m

iles

Estim

ated

ons

ite d

rivin

g d

ista

nce

betw

een

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

an

d FM

O

E. M

obile

sour

ce

emis

sion

s fro

m d

iese

l en

gine

truc

k us

ed fo

r tra

nsfe

r of p

rodu

ct

cylin

ders

to o

nsite

Fue

l M

anuf

actu

ring

Ope

ratio

ns (F

MO

) fa

cilit

y E.

5Em

issi

on fa

ctor

s Em

issi

on fa

ctor

s (g/

VM

T) fo

r die

sel

engi

ne tr

ucks

cal

cula

ted

for y

ear 2

018

usin

g U

.S. E

PA M

OB

ILE6

.2

Use

em

issi

on fa

ctor

s in

Para

met

er F

.12

F.1

Num

ber o

f day

s of

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic

on o

nsite

acc

ess r

oad

365

days

Pa

ram

eter

A.6

F.2

Ave

rage

num

ber o

f mot

or

vehi

cle

trips

to si

te p

er w

ork

day

735

trips

(ea

ch tr

ip is

a o

ne-w

ay tr

ip

incl

udin

g th

e en

tire

leng

th o

f the

on

site

road

bet

wee

n th

e Pr

opos

ed

GLE

Fac

ility

site

and

ent

ranc

e on

C

astle

Hay

ne R

oad)

.

Num

ber o

f veh

icle

trip

s est

imat

ed u

sing

Inst

itute

of T

rans

porta

tion

Engi

neer

s (IT

E) st

anda

rd A

vera

ge D

aily

Trip

(AD

T) ra

te fo

r in

dust

rial m

anuf

actu

ring

land

use

of A

DT

= 2.

1 pe

r em

ploy

ee. T

he

ITE

defin

es m

anuf

actu

ring

faci

litie

s as a

reas

whe

re th

e pr

imar

y ac

tivity

is th

e co

nver

sion

of r

aw m

ater

ial o

r par

ts in

to fi

nish

ed

prod

ucts

. The

ITE

trip

gene

ratio

n ra

tes a

re to

tal v

ehic

le ra

tes t

hat

incl

ude

truck

s.IT

E, T

rip

Gen

erat

ion

Han

dboo

k,2n

d Ed

ition

. In

stitu

te o

f Tra

nspo

rtatio

n En

gine

ers,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. 200

4.

F.3

Perc

enta

ge o

f dai

ly tr

ips b

y ga

solin

e en

gine

aut

omob

iles

90%

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

F.4

Perc

enta

ge o

f dai

ly tr

ips b

y di

esel

eng

ine

heav

y du

ty

truck

s

10%

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

F.5

Ave

rage

VM

T on

site

per

tri

p1.

64 m

iles

Ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d le

ngth

bas

ed o

n G

LE p

relim

inar

y de

sign

in

form

atio

n as

of N

ovem

ber 2

009

F.6

Ave

rage

VM

T of

fsite

per

tri

p by

aut

omob

iles

10 m

iles

Ass

umed

val

ue b

ased

on

prof

essi

onal

judg

men

t

F.7

Ave

rage

VM

T of

fsite

per

tri

p by

truc

ks

100

mile

s A

ssum

ed v

alue

bas

ed o

n pr

ofes

sion

al ju

dgm

ent

F. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Ope

ratio

n ph

ase

activ

ities

F.8

Emis

sion

Est

imat

ion

met

hod

CO

, VO

C, N

Ox,

SO2,

and

PM10

Fact

ors d

evel

oped

usi

ng E

PA’s

M

OB

ILE6

.2 v

ehic

le e

mis

sion

fact

or

mod

el.

MO

BIL

E6 V

ehic

le E

mis

sion

Mod

elin

g So

ftwar

e is

the

stan

dard

m

etho

d cu

rren

tly a

ppro

ved

by th

e U

.S. E

PA fo

r det

erm

inin

g on

-ro

ad m

otor

veh

icle

em

issi

on fa

ctor

s for

air

emis

sion

inve

ntor

ies.

Ava

ilabl

e at

< h

ttp://

ww

w.e

pa.g

ov/O

MS/

m6.

htm

>

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25

Tab

le 4

-6-4

. (co

nclu

ded)

Air

Em

issi

on S

ourc

ePa

ram

eter

Para

met

er V

alue

Bas

is fo

r Se

lect

ed In

put

F.9

MO

BIL

E6.2

Inpu

t Val

ues

MO

BIL

E6.2

Inpu

t Val

ues

CA

LEN

DA

R Y

EAR

= 2

018

MIN

/MA

X T

EMP

= 35

.8ºF

56.

3ºF

FUEL

RV

P =

9.0

All

othe

r inp

ut p

aram

eter

s set

at t

he

MO

BIL

E6.2

def

ault

valu

es a

nd

assu

mpt

ions

.

CA

LEN

DA

R Y

EAR

cor

resp

onds

to fi

rst y

ear o

f ext

ende

d O

pera

ting

perio

d (A

.1)

MIN

/MA

X T

EMP

are

the

mon

thly

mea

n te

mpe

ratu

res f

or Ja

nuar

y fr

om th

e G

LE E

nvir

onm

enta

l Rep

ort,

Sect

ion

3.6

– M

eteo

rolo

gy,

Clim

atol

ogy,

and

Air

Qua

lity

(Dec

embe

r 200

8), T

able

3.6

-1. (

The

MO

BIL

E6.2

def

ault

eval

uatio

n m

onth

is Ja

nuar

y).

FUEL

RV

P is

the

max

imum

RV

P al

low

ed in

atta

inm

ent a

reas

in

Nor

th C

arol

ina

F.10

PM2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio

PM2.

5 Fac

tor b

ased

on

PM10

Fac

tor

appl

ying

a P

M2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio =

0.9

7 St

anda

rd P

M2.

5to

PM

10 ra

tio a

pplie

d by

U.S

. EPA

to m

obile

sour

ces

com

bust

ing

petro

leum

der

ived

fuel

s

F.11

Aut

omob

ile e

mis

sion

fa

ctor

s U

se L

ight

Dut

y G

asol

ine

Veh

icle

(L

DG

V) f

acto

rs fo

r aut

omob

iles

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.02

5

PM2.

50.

024

NO

x0.

300

SO2

0.00

7

VO

C0.

403

CO

11.0

60

Cal

cula

ted

2018

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

F. V

ehic

le e

mis

sion

s fro

m

auto

mob

ile a

nd tr

uck

traff

ic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Ope

ratio

n ph

ase

activ

ities

F.12

Truc

k em

issi

on fa

ctor

s U

se H

eavy

Dut

y D

iese

l Veh

icle

(H

DD

V) f

acto

rs fo

r tru

cks

Pollu

tant

gram

/VM

T

PM10

0.13

6

PM2.

50.

132

NO

x2.

272

SO2

0.01

3

VO

C0.

279

CO

0.58

5

Cal

cula

ted

2018

val

ues u

sing

MO

BIL

E6.2

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26

Tab

le 4

-6-5

. Est

imat

ed C

rite

ria

Air

Pol

luta

nts E

mis

sion

s for

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fac

ility

- E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

(Yea

r 20

11)

Tab

le 4

-6-5

a. A

vera

ge D

aily

Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s fro

m O

nsite

Acc

ess R

oad

Con

stru

ctio

n D

urin

g M

onth

1 o

f the

Ear

ly C

onst

ruct

ion

Phas

e A

vera

ge D

aily

Em

issi

ons (

lb/d

ay)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OFu

gitiv

e du

st e

mis

sion

s fro

m P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n 63

.0

6.3

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

off

-roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for

onsi

te a

cces

s roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n 13

.4

13.0

73

.5

0.14

6

.8

5.42

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

02

0.02

0.

36

4 43

5

0.00

0.8.

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

01

0.01

0.

46

1 03

0.

12

0.00

0.

TOTA

L.4

19

.3

74.3

0.

14

0 .4

76

6.51

Tab

le 4

-6-5

b. A

vera

ge D

aily

Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s fro

m S

ite P

repa

ratio

n A

ctiv

ities

Dur

ing

Mon

ths 2

thro

ugh

9 of

Ear

ly C

onst

ruct

ion

Phas

e

Ave

rage

Dai

ly E

mis

sion

s (lb

/day

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Fugi

tive

dust

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty si

te p

repa

ratio

n (e

xclu

ding

ons

ite ro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion)

1,

082.

5 10

3 8.

Fugi

tive

dust

em

issi

ons f

rom

con

stru

ctio

n m

otor

veh

icle

traf

fic o

n Pr

opos

ed

GLE

Fac

ility

unp

aved

ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d 4.

8 0.

5

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

off

-roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for G

LE

Faci

lity

site

pre

para

tion

13.4

13

.0

73.5

0.

14

6 .8

5.

42

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

02

0.02

0.

36

4 0.

4 5

0.00

8.

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

01

0.01

0.

46

1 03

0.

12

0.00

0.

TOTA

L7

7 .3

14

6.

0 51

.4

1,10

0.12

1.74

0.

Tab

le 4

-6-5

c. A

vera

ge D

aily

Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

Tra

velin

g on

Roa

dway

s to

and

from

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

Site

A

vera

ge D

aily

Em

issi

ons (

lb/d

ay)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OG

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic10

10

2.

2 0.

03

2.6

51.7

0.

0.D

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic

0.54

0.

52

25.2

0.

05

1.5

6.4

TOTA

L64

0.

62

27.4

0.

08

1 .2

0.

4.58

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27

Tab

le 4

-6-5

. (co

nclu

ded)

Tab

le 4

-6-5

d. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Sou

rce

Ass

ocia

ted

with

Ear

ly C

onst

ruct

ion

Phas

e A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Em

issi

ons (

ton/

yr)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OFu

gitiv

e du

st e

mis

sion

s fro

m P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n 0.

95

0.09

Fugi

tive

dust

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty si

te p

repa

ratio

n (e

xclu

ding

ons

ite ro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion)

12

9.9

13.0

Fugi

tive

dust

em

issi

ons f

rom

con

stru

ctio

n m

otor

veh

icle

traf

fic o

n Pr

opos

ed

GLE

Fac

ility

unp

aved

ons

ite a

cces

s roa

d 0.

6 0.

1

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

off

-roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for

onsi

te a

cces

s roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n 0.

20

0.19

1.

1 0.

002

0.08

0.

6

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

off

-roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for G

LE

Faci

lity

site

pre

para

tion

1.60

1.

55

8.8

0.01

7 0.

67

5.1

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

002

0.00

2 0.

048

0.00

1 0.

06

1.1

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

001

0.00

1 0.

062

0.00

01

0.00

4 0.

02

TOTA

L 13

3.2

14.9

10

.0

0.02

0.

8 6.

9

Tab

le 4

-6-5

e. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

T

rave

ling

on R

oadw

ays t

o an

d fr

om th

e Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty S

ite

Ave

rage

Ann

ual E

mis

sion

s (to

n/yr

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Gas

olin

e en

gine

aut

omob

ile tr

affic

0.

01

0.01

0.

3 0.

004

0.4

7.0

Die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck tr

affic

0.

07

0.07

3.

4 0.

01

0.2

0.9

TOTA

L 0.

09

0.08

3.

7 0.

01

0.6

7.9

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Tab

le 4

-6-6

. Est

imat

ed C

rite

ria

Air

Pol

luta

nts E

mis

sion

s for

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fac

ility

- B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

(Yea

r 20

12)

Tab

le 4

-6-6

a. A

vera

ge D

aily

Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Ass

ocia

ted

with

Bui

ldin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

Phas

e A

vera

ge D

aily

Em

issi

ons (

lb/d

ay)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OFu

gitiv

e du

st e

mis

sion

s fro

m P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

bui

ldin

g co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es

860.

9 86

.1

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

off

-roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for

build

ing

cons

truct

ion

6.8

6.6

36.1

0.

1 2.

6 40

.2

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

12

0.11

2.

3 0.

03

2.8

58.4

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

07

0.07

2.

8 0.

01

0.18

0.

73

TOTA

L 86

7.9

92.8

41

.2

0.10

5.

6 99

.4

Tab

le 4

-6-6

b. A

vera

ge D

aily

Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

Tra

velin

g on

Roa

dway

s to

and

from

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

Site

A

vera

ge D

aily

Em

issi

ons (

lb/d

ay)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OG

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

0.71

0.

69

14.1

0 0.

19

16.9

35

6.4

Die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck tr

affic

3.

85

3.74

15

5.16

0.

37

10.0

14

.1

TOTA

L 4.

56

4.42

16

9.3

0.56

26

.9

370.

5

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Tab

le 4

-6-6

. (co

nclu

ded)

Tab

le 4

-6-6

a. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Ass

ocia

ted

with

Bui

ldin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

Phas

e A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Em

issi

ons (

ton/

yr)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OFu

gitiv

e du

st e

mis

sion

s fro

m P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

bui

ldin

g co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es

154.

5 15

.5

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

off

-roa

d co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent u

sed

for

build

ing

cons

truct

ion

1.2

1.2

6.5

0.01

0.

47

7.2

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

02

0.02

0.

42

0.01

0.

50

10.5

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

01

0.01

0.

51

0.00

1 0.

03

0.13

TOTA

L 15

5.8

16.7

7.

4 0.

02

1.0

17.8

Tab

le 4

-6-6

b. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

Tra

velin

g on

Roa

dway

s to

and

from

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

Site

A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Em

issi

ons (

ton/

yr)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OG

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

0.13

0.

12

2.5

0.03

3.

0 64

.0

Die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck tr

affic

0.

69

0.67

27

.9

0.07

1.

8 2.

5 TO

TAL

0.82

0.

79

30.4

0.

10

4.8

66.5

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Tab

le 4

-6-7

. Est

imat

ed C

rite

ria

Air

Pol

luta

nts E

mis

sion

s for

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fac

ility

Fi

nal C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e (Y

ear

2013

-201

7)

Tab

le 4

-6-7

a. A

vera

ge D

aily

Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Ass

ocia

ted

with

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

eA

vera

ge A

nnua

l Em

issi

ons (

lb/d

ay)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OSt

atio

nary

sour

ce e

mis

sion

s fro

m m

ain

GLE

faci

lity

oper

atio

ns b

uild

ing

stac

k ve

nta,

c(b

) (b

) 0

00

0

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty m

echa

nica

l dra

ft co

olin

g to

wer

sc9.

8 9.

8

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty fr

om a

uxili

ary

dies

el g

ener

ator

uni

t exh

aust

stac

ksc,

d0.

54

0.54

10

.0

1.24

0.

50

4.2

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite tr

ansf

er v

ehic

les (

OST

Vs)

use

d fo

r tra

nsfe

r of c

ylin

ders

to a

nd fr

om th

e ou

tdoo

r cyl

inde

r sto

rage

pad

sc0.

64

0.62

3.

1 0.

00

0.20

4.

1

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck u

sed

to tr

ansf

er p

rodu

ct

cylin

ders

to o

nsite

Fue

l Man

ufac

turin

g O

pera

tions

(FM

O) f

acili

tyc,

e0.

0006

0.

0006

0.

02

0.00

006

0.00

1 0.

004

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

13

0.12

1.

92

0.07

1.

54

59.0

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

08

0.07

1.

98

0.01

0.

17

0.47

TOTA

L11

.2

11.2

7.

0 0.

08

1.9

63.6

a

Emis

sion

est

imat

es sa

me

as p

rese

nted

in S

ectio

n 4.

6.2.

2 of

the

GLE

ER

, Dec

embe

r 200

8.

bSh

ort-t

erm

gas

eous

rele

ases

incl

udin

g PM

con

stitu

ents

pot

entia

lly c

ould

occ

ur in

side

the

mai

n G

LE o

pera

tions

bui

ldin

g du

ring

activ

ities

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

enric

hmen

t pr

oces

s ope

ratio

n, su

ch a

s con

nect

ion/

disc

onne

ctio

n of

UF 6

cyl

inde

rs to

pro

cess

equ

ipm

ent a

nd e

quip

men

t-mai

nten

ance

act

iviti

es. A

ny su

ch g

aseo

us re

leas

es w

ill b

e co

ntai

ned

with

in th

e m

ain

GLE

ope

ratio

ns b

uild

ing

and

rout

ed to

a h

igh-

effic

ienc

y, m

ulti-

stag

e em

issi

ons c

ontro

l sys

tem

(see

Sec

tion

4.6.

2.2

of th

e G

LE E

R, D

ecem

ber

2008

).c P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

pro

duct

ion

will

be

incr

emen

tally

ram

ped

up to

full

prod

uctio

n ov

er th

e 5-

year

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e. C

onse

rvat

ivel

y as

sum

e fo

r the

Fin

al

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

the

sam

e pa

ram

eter

val

ues a

s use

d fo

r ful

l pro

duct

ion

cond

ition

s und

er O

pera

tion

Phas

e.

d Em

issi

ons o

ccur

one

day

per

wee

k. A

uxili

ary

dies

el g

ener

ator

uni

ts w

ould

ope

rate

on

a re

gula

r bas

is fo

r tes

ting

1 ho

ur o

nce

per w

eek,

and

as n

eede

d on

an

occa

sion

al,

inte

rmitt

ent e

mer

genc

y ba

sis d

urin

g ev

ent f

acili

ty p

ower

out

age.

e E

mis

sion

s fro

m th

e di

esel

eng

ine

truck

use

d fo

r del

iver

y of

pro

duct

cyl

inde

rs to

the

onsi

te F

uel M

anuf

actu

ring

Ope

ratio

ns (F

MO

) fac

ility

trav

elin

g on

the

Wilm

ingt

on S

ite

pave

d se

rvic

e ro

ads.

Ten

tativ

e pl

ans a

re fo

r one

del

iver

y pe

r wee

k.

Tab

le 4

-6-7

b. A

vera

ge D

aily

Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

Tra

velin

g on

Roa

dway

s to

and

from

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

Site

A

vera

ge D

aily

Em

issi

ons (

lb/d

ay)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OG

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

0.77

0.

75

11.7

0.

21

14.7

35

9.8

Die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck tr

affic

4.

2 4.

1 10

8.4

0.40

9.

4 11

.7

TOTA

L 4.

98

4.83

12

0.1

0.61

24

.1

371.

6

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31

Tab

le 4

-6-7

. (co

nclu

ded)

Tab

le 4

-6-7

c. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Ass

ocia

ted

with

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

eA

vera

ge A

nnua

l Em

issi

ons (

ton/

yr)

Air

Emis

sion

Sou

rce

PM10

PM2.

5N

Ox

SO2

VO

CC

OSt

atio

nary

sour

ce e

mis

sion

s fro

m m

ain

GLE

faci

lity

oper

atio

ns b

uild

ing

stac

k ve

nta,

c<0

.1b

<0.1

b0

00

0

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty m

echa

nica

l dra

ft co

olin

g to

wer

sc1.

79

1.79

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty fr

om a

uxili

ary

dies

el g

ener

ator

uni

t exh

aust

stac

ksc

0.06

0.

06

1.20

0.

15

0.06

0.

50

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite tr

ansf

er v

ehic

les (

OST

Vs)

use

d fo

r tra

nsfe

r of c

ylin

ders

to a

nd fr

om th

e ou

tdoo

r cyl

inde

r sto

rage

pad

sc0.

12

0.11

0.

57

0.00

1 0.

04

0.75

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck u

sed

to tr

ansf

er p

rodu

ct

cylin

ders

to o

nsite

Fue

l Man

ufac

turin

g O

pera

tions

(FM

O) f

acili

tyc

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

02

0.02

0.

35

0.01

0.

28

10.8

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

activ

ities

0.

01

0.01

0.

36

0.00

1 0.

03

0.09

TOTA

L2.

0 2.

0 2.

5 0.

16

0.4

12.1

a

Emis

sion

est

imat

es sa

me

as p

rese

nted

in S

ectio

n 4.

6.2.

2 of

the

GLE

ER

, Dec

embe

r 200

8.

bSh

ort-t

erm

gas

eous

rele

ases

incl

udin

g PM

con

stitu

ents

pot

entia

lly c

ould

occ

ur in

side

the

mai

n G

LE o

pera

tions

bui

ldin

g du

ring

activ

ities

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

enric

hmen

t pr

oces

s ope

ratio

n, su

ch a

s con

nect

ion/

disc

onne

ctio

n of

UF 6

cyl

inde

rs to

pro

cess

equ

ipm

ent a

nd e

quip

men

t-mai

nten

ance

act

iviti

es. A

ny su

ch g

aseo

us re

leas

es w

ill b

e co

ntai

ned

with

in th

e m

ain

GLE

ope

ratio

ns b

uild

ing

and

rout

ed to

a h

igh-

effic

ienc

y, m

ulti-

stag

e em

issi

ons c

ontro

l sys

tem

(see

Sec

tion

4.6.

2.2

of th

e G

LE E

R, D

ecem

ber

2008

).c P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

pro

duct

ion

will

be

incr

emen

tally

ram

ped

up to

full

prod

uctio

n ov

er th

e 5-

year

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e. C

onse

rvat

ivel

y as

sum

e fo

r the

Fin

al

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

the

sam

e pa

ram

eter

val

ues a

s use

d fo

r ful

l pro

duct

ion

cond

ition

s und

er O

pera

tion

Phas

e.

Tab

le 4

-6-7

d. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Off

site

Air

Em

issio

ns fr

om M

otor

Veh

icle

Tra

ffic

Ass

ocia

ted

with

Fin

al C

onst

ruct

ion/

Star

tup

Phas

e T

rave

ling

on R

oadw

ays t

o an

d fr

om th

e Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty S

ite

Ave

rage

Ann

ual E

mis

sion

s (to

n/yr

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Gas

olin

e en

gine

aut

omob

ile tr

affic

0.

14

0.14

2.

1 0.

04

2.7

65.7

D

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic

0.77

0.

74

19.8

0.

07

1.7

2.1

TOTA

L 0.

91

0.88

21

.9

0.11

4.

4 67

.8

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Tab

le 4

-6-8

. Est

imat

ed C

rite

ria

Air

Pol

luta

nts E

mis

sion

s for

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fac

ility

O

pera

tion

Phas

e (Y

ear

2018

-204

8)

Tab

le 4

-6-8

a. A

vera

ge D

aily

Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Ass

ocia

ted

with

Ope

ratio

n Ph

ase

Ave

rage

Ann

ual E

mis

sion

s (lb

/day

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

mai

n G

LE fa

cilit

y op

erat

ions

bui

ldin

g st

ack

vent

a(b

) (b

) 0

00

0

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty m

echa

nica

l dra

ft co

olin

g to

wer

s 9.

80

9.80

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty fr

om a

uxili

ary

dies

el g

ener

ator

uni

t exh

aust

stac

ksc

0.54

0.

54

10.0

1.

24

0.50

4.

2

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite tr

ansf

er v

ehic

les (

OST

Vs)

use

d fo

r tra

nsfe

r of c

ylin

ders

to a

nd fr

om th

e ou

tdoo

r cyl

inde

r sto

rage

pad

s 0.

64

0.62

3.

1 0.

00

0.20

4.

1

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck u

sed

to tr

ansf

er p

rodu

ct

cylin

ders

to o

nsite

Fue

l Man

ufac

turin

g O

pera

tions

(FM

O) f

acili

tyd

0.00

06

0.00

06

0.02

0.

0000

6 0.

001

0.00

4

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith O

pera

tion

Phas

e ac

tiviti

es

0.06

0.

06

0.72

0.

02

0.96

26

.4

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith O

pera

tion

Phas

e ac

tiviti

es

0.04

0.

04

0.60

0.

003

0.07

0.

16

TOTA

L11

.1

11.1

14

.5

1.3

1.7

34.9

a

Emis

sion

est

imat

es sa

me

as p

rese

nted

in S

ectio

n 4.

6.2.

2 of

the

GLE

ER

, Dec

embe

r 200

8.

bSh

ort-t

erm

gas

eous

rele

ases

incl

udin

g PM

con

stitu

ents

pot

entia

lly c

ould

occ

ur in

side

the

mai

n G

LE o

pera

tions

bui

ldin

g du

ring

activ

ities

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

enric

hmen

t pr

oces

s ope

ratio

n, su

ch a

s con

nect

ion/

disc

onne

ctio

n of

UF 6

cyl

inde

rs to

pro

cess

equ

ipm

ent a

nd e

quip

men

t-mai

nten

ance

act

iviti

es. A

ny su

ch g

aseo

us re

leas

es w

ill b

e co

ntai

ned

with

in th

e m

ain

GLE

ope

ratio

ns b

uild

ing

and

rout

ed to

a h

igh-

effic

ienc

y, m

ulti-

stag

e em

issi

ons c

ontro

l sys

tem

(see

Sec

tion

4.6.

2.2

of th

e G

LE E

R, D

ecem

ber

2008

).c E

mis

sion

s occ

ur o

ne d

ay p

er w

eek.

Aux

iliar

y di

esel

gen

erat

or u

nits

wou

ld o

pera

te o

n a

regu

lar b

asis

for t

estin

g 1

hour

onc

e pe

r wee

k, a

nd a

s nee

ded

on a

n oc

casi

onal

, in

term

itten

t em

erge

ncy

basi

s dur

ing

even

t fac

ility

pow

er o

utag

e.

d Em

issi

ons f

rom

the

dies

el e

ngin

e tru

ck u

sed

for d

eliv

ery

of p

rodu

ct c

ylin

ders

to th

e on

site

Fue

l Man

ufac

turin

g O

pera

tions

(FM

O) f

acili

ty tr

avel

ing

on th

e W

ilmin

gton

Site

pa

ved

serv

ice

road

s. T

enta

tive

plan

s are

for o

ne d

eliv

ery

per w

eek.

Tab

le 4

-6-8

b. A

vera

ge D

aily

Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith O

pera

tion

Phas

e T

rave

ling

on R

oadw

ays t

o an

d fr

om th

e Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty S

ite

Ave

rage

Dai

ly E

mis

sion

s (lb

/day

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Gas

olin

e en

gine

aut

omob

ile tr

affic

0.

36

0.35

4.

37

0.10

5.

9 16

1.1

Die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck tr

affic

1.

98

1.92

33

.10

0.19

4.

1 4.

4 TO

TAL

2.35

2.

28

37.5

0.

29

9.9

165.

5

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Tab

le 4

-6-8

. (co

nclu

ded)

Tab

le 4

-6-8

c. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Ons

ite A

ir E

mis

sion

s Ass

ocia

ted

with

Ope

ratio

n Ph

ase

Ave

rage

Ann

ual E

mis

sion

s (to

n/yr

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

mai

n G

LE fa

cilit

y op

erat

ions

bui

ldin

g st

ack

vent

a<0

.1b

<0.1

b0

00

0

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty m

echa

nica

l dra

ft co

olin

g to

wer

s 1.

79

1.79

Stat

iona

ry so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty fr

om a

uxili

ary

dies

el g

ener

ator

uni

t exh

aust

stac

ks

0.06

0.

06

1.20

0.

15

0.06

0.

50

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite tr

ansf

er v

ehic

les (

OST

Vs)

use

d fo

r tra

nsfe

r of c

ylin

ders

to a

nd fr

om th

e ou

tdoo

r cyl

inde

r sto

rage

pad

s 0.

12

0.11

0.

57

0.00

1 0.

04

0.75

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

die

sel e

ngin

e tru

ck u

sed

to tr

ansf

er p

rodu

ct

cylin

ders

to o

nsite

Fue

l Man

ufac

turin

g O

pera

tions

(FM

O) f

acili

ty

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

~ 0

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite g

asol

ine

engi

ne a

utom

obile

traf

fic

asso

ciat

ed w

ith O

pera

tion

Phas

e ac

tiviti

es

0.01

0.

01

0.13

0.

00

0.18

4.

82

Mob

ile so

urce

em

issi

ons f

rom

ons

ite d

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith O

pera

tion

Phas

e ac

tiviti

es

0.01

0.

01

0.11

0.

001

0.01

0.

03

TOTA

L2.

0 1.

9 2.

0 0.

15

0.3

6.1

aEm

issi

on e

stim

ates

sam

e as

pre

sent

ed in

Sec

tion

4.6.

2.2

of th

e G

LE E

R, D

ecem

ber 2

008.

b

Shor

t-ter

m g

aseo

us re

leas

es in

clud

ing

PM c

onst

ituen

ts p

oten

tially

cou

ld o

ccur

insi

de th

e m

ain

GLE

ope

ratio

ns b

uild

ing

durin

g ac

tiviti

es a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e en

richm

ent

proc

ess o

pera

tion,

such

as c

onne

ctio

n/di

scon

nect

ion

of U

F 6 c

ylin

ders

to p

roce

ss e

quip

men

t and

equ

ipm

ent-m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

. Any

such

gas

eous

rele

ases

will

be

cont

aine

d w

ithin

the

mai

n G

LE o

pera

tions

bui

ldin

g an

d ro

uted

to a

hig

h-ef

ficie

ncy,

mul

ti-st

age

emis

sion

s con

trol s

yste

m(s

ee S

ectio

n 4.

6.2.

2 of

the

GLE

ER

, Dec

embe

r 20

08).

Tab

le 4

-6-8

d. A

vera

ge A

nnua

l Off

site

Air

Em

issi

ons f

rom

Mot

or V

ehic

le T

raff

ic A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith O

pera

tion

Phas

e T

rave

ling

on R

oadw

ays t

o an

d fr

om th

e Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty S

ite

Ave

rage

Ann

ual E

mis

sion

s (to

n/yr

) A

ir Em

issi

on S

ourc

e PM

10PM

2.5

NO

xSO

2V

OC

CO

Gas

olin

e en

gine

aut

omob

ile tr

affic

0.

07

0.06

0.

8 0.

02

1.1

29.4

D

iese

l eng

ine

truck

traf

fic

0.36

0.

35

6.0

0.03

0.

7 0.

8 TO

TAL

0.43

0.

42

6.8

0.05

1.

8 30

.2

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Table 4-6-9. Estimated Annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions for Proposed GLE Facility

GHG Emission Factorc,d,e

(lb/gal of fuel)

Annual Average GHG Emissions

(ton/yr)

Proposed GLE

Facility Phase

AirEmissionSource

FuelType

Annual Fuel Consumptiona,b

(gal/yr) CO2 CH4 N2O CO2 CH4 N2OOff-road

construction equipment

Dieselfuel 209,002 22.36 0.012 0.08 2,336.3 1.3 8.3

Automobiles Gasoline 87 19.41 0.03 0.42 0.8 0.001 0.02 Diesel trucks Diesel

fuel 282 22.36 0.004 0.06 3.1 0.001 0.01

EarlyConstruction

Total 2,340.3 1.3 8.3 Off-road

construction equipment

Dieselfuel 115,550 22.36 0.012 0.08 1,291.7 0.7 4.6

Automobiles Gasoline 621 19.41 0.03 0.42 6.0 1.9 0.6 Diesel trucks Diesel

fuel 2,016 22.36 0.004 0.06 22.5 22.7 22.9

Building Construction

Total 1,320.2 25.3 28.0 Auxiliary

dieselgenerator

unitsa

Dieselfuel 10.4 0.006 0.001

OSTV used for cylinder

transfer

Dieselfuel 13,459 22.36 0.012 0.08 150.5 0.1 0.5

Onsite diesel truck used

for cylinder transfer

Dieselfuel 29 22.36 0.012 0.08 0.3 0.005 0.0001

Automobiles Gasoline 678 19.41 0.03 0.42 6.6 2.2 0.8 Diesel trucks Diesel

fuel 2,201 22.36 0.004 0.06 21.4 23.5 25.9

FinalConstruction/

Startup

Total 189.1 25.8 27.2 (continued)

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Table 4-6-9. (concluded)

GHG Emission Factorc,d,e

(lb/gal of fuel)

Annual Average GHG Emissions(ton/yr)

Proposed GLE

Facility Phase

AirEmissionSource

FuelType

Annual Fuel Consumptiona,b

(gal/yr) CO2 CH4 N2O CO2 CH4 N2OAuxiliary

diesel generator unitsf

Dieselfuel 10.4 0.006 0.001

OSTV used for cylinder

transfer

Dieselfuel 13,459 22.36 0.012 0.08 150.5 0.1 0.5

Onsite diesel truck used

for cylinder transfer

Dieselfuel 29 22.36 0.012 0.08 0.3 0.005 0.0001

Automobiles Gasoline 678 19.41 0.03 0.42 3.1 0.5 0.1 Diesel trucks Diesel

fuel 2,201 22.36 0.004 0.06 11.6 6.0 3.1

Operation

Total 97.6 6.6 3.6

a Fuel consumption for off-road construction equipment and OSTV calculated using applicable parameters from Tables 4-6-1 through 4-6-4 and using an average diesel fuel consumption rate of 1 gallon of diesel fuel burned per hour per 15 engine Hp.

b Fuel consumption for automobiles and trucks calculated using applicable parameters from Tables 4-6-1 through 4-6-4 and using average fuel economy estimates calculated as part of the MOBILE6.2 emission factor runs.

Automobiles fuel consumption = MOBILE6.2 Light Duty Gasoline Vehicle (LDGV) fuel economy factor of 24.1 miles per gallon (mpg) Truck fuel consumption = MOBILE6.2 Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle (HDDV) fuel economy factor of 7.2 miles per gallon (mpg)

c CO2 emission factors for mobile combustion sources from U.S. EPA. Office of Air and Radiation. Climate Leaders Greenhouse Gas Inventory Protocol Core Module Guidance. Direct Emissions from Mobile Combustion Sources. EPA430-K-08-004. May 2008.

d CH4 and N2O emission factors automobiles and trucks based on U.S. EPA. Office of Atmospheric Programs U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007. Table 2-15: Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Tg CO2 Eq.) April 2009. Available at < http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html>.

e CH4 and N2O emission factors for off-road construction equipment and OSTV from U.S. EPA. Office of Air and Radiation. Climate Leaders Inventory Calculator for Low Emitters. Available at <www.epa.gov/stateply/resources/lowemitters.html>.

f GHG Emissions for auxiliary diesel generator units calculated by inputting the GLE diesel generator unit horsepower rating and fuel sulfur content into the Large Diesel and All Dual-Fuel Engines Emissions Calculator Spreadsheet (LGD2009 Revision A) issued by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Air Quality, Raleigh, NC, June 30, 2008. Available at < http://daq.state.nc.us/cgi-bin/permit_forms.cgi?id=intlarge&type=sheets>.

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Table 4-6-10. NC DAQ Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations Located in New Hanover County, NC

(Updated November 2009 version of Table 3.6-16 in GLE Environmental Report)

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station NC DAQ

Station Namea Address Location Pollutants Monitored

Years of Data

Collection Castle Hayne 6028 Holly Shelter Road

Castle Hayne, NC Lat. 34.364167 Long. -77.838611

PM2.5

O3

SO2 b

1979–Present

Castle Hayne 6028 Holly Shelter Road Castle Hayne, NC

Lat. 34.364167 Long. -77.838611

PM10 February and March 2008

New Hanover County a, c

2400 U.S. Highway 421 NWilmington, NC

Lat 34.268403 Long. -77.956529

SO2 1991–Present

Oleander & College d

Intersection of Oleander Drive and College Road Wilmington, NC

Lat. 34.210473 Long. -77.886096

CO 1997–2004

Battleship e No. 1 Battleship Drive Wilmington, NC

Lat. 34.235556 Long. -77.955833

individual organic compoundsf

2004–Present

Reference: North Carolina Division of Air Quality, Available at < http://daq.state.nc.us/monitor/> a Name commonly used in NC DAQ documents to refer to site location. Note that while one of the stations is referred to as

the New Hanover County station, all of the monitoring stations listed in the table are located in New Hanover County. b Special purpose SO2 monitor is operated at the Castle Hayne station January 1 to through December 31 every third year.

This monitor was last operated at the Castle Hayne station in 2005 and is scheduled to operate next at the site in 2008. c The NC-DAQ began monitoring for PM10 in the Wilmington MSA at the Castle Hayne site in February 2008 to collect data

to use for PSD modeling for the coastal region. The Castle Hayne monitor was shut down on March 31, 2008, because of a wildfire in the vicinity of the monitoring site. The PM10 monitor was removed and relocated to a monitoring site outside of New Hanover County (Kenansville, NC) in January 2009.

d Monitoring station is located next to a sulfuric acid manufacturing facility in a unincorporated area of New Hanover County.

e Monitoring station shut down after 2004. f Monitoring station is near the USS North Carolina memorial near the City of Wilmington downtown district.g NC DAQ monitors for selected organic compounds from the EPA hazardous air pollutant (HAP) and NC DAQ toxic air

pollutant (TAP) lists. HAPs and TAPs are not criteria air pollutants with ambient air quality standards.

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Tab

le 4

-6-1

1. C

ompa

riso

n of

Am

bien

t Cri

teri

a A

ir P

ollu

tant

Mon

itori

ng D

ata

Mea

sure

d in

New

Han

over

Cou

nty,

NC

, to

Cor

resp

ondi

ng A

mbi

ent A

ir Q

ualit

y St

anda

rd L

evel

s (U

pdat

ed v

ersi

on o

f Tab

le 3

.6-1

7 in

GLE

Env

ironm

enta

l Rep

ort)

Mea

sure

men

ts a

t NC

DA

Q M

onito

ring

Sta

tions

bC

rite

ria

Air

Pollu

tant

a

Am

bien

t Air

Q

ualit

y St

anda

rd

Dat

a Fo

rmat

Y

ear

2002

Y

ear

2003

Y

ear

2004

Y

ear

2005

Y

ear

2006

Y

ear

2007

Y

ear

2008

Ave

rage

for

2002

-200

8 Pe

riod

35 p

pm(1

-hr a

vera

ge)

2nd m

axim

um

1-hr

ave

rage

4.

0 pp

m

4.6

ppm

3.

3 pp

m

cc

c c

4.0

ppm

C

arbo

nm

onox

ide

(CO

)9

ppm

(8-h

r ave

rage

) 2nd

max

imum

8-

hr a

vera

ge

2.7

ppm

2.

9 pp

m

2.3

ppm

c

cc

c 2.

6 pp

m

0.12

ppm

(1-h

r ave

rage

) 2nd

max

imum

1-

hr a

vera

ge

0.09

1 pp

m

0.08

6 pp

m

0.08

1 pp

m

0.08

8 pp

m

0.08

5 pp

m

0.08

3 pp

m

0.08

2 pp

m

0.08

5 pp

m

Ozo

ne(O

3)

0.08

ppm

(8

-hr a

vera

ge)

4th m

axim

um

8-hr

. ave

rage

0.

080

ppm

0.

076

ppm

0.

070

ppm

0.

075

ppm

0.

070

ppm

0.

079

ppm

0.

063

ppm

0.

073

ppm

1st m

axim

um

24-h

r ave

rage

d

d d

d d

d 21

μg/m

3 21

μg/

m3

Parti

cula

te

Mat

ter

PM10

150

μg/m

3

(24-

hr a

vera

ge)

Ave

rage

of t

he

24-h

r ave

rage

s fo

r mon

itorin

g pe

riod

d d

d d

d d

14.8

μg/m

3 14

.8 μ

g/m

3

35 μ

g/m

3

(NA

AQ

S 24

-hr

aver

age)

98th

per

cent

ile

24-h

r ave

rage

25

μg/

m3

18 μ

g/m

3 23

μg/

m3

25 μ

g/m

3 25

μg/

m3

26 μ

g/m

3 26

μg/

m3

24 μ

g/m

3Pa

rticu

late

M

atte

rPM

2.5

15.0

μg/

m3

(ann

ual a

vera

ge)

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

10.5

μg/

m3

9.2

μg/m

3 10

.5 μ

g/m

3 10

.3 μ

g/m

3 9.

8 μg

/m3

9.0

μg/m

3 10

.4 μ

g/m

3 10

.0 μ

g/m

3

0.14

ppm

(2

4-hr

ave

rage

) 2nd

max

imum

24

-hr a

vera

ge

0.04

0 pp

m

0.04

6 pp

m

0.02

2 pp

m

0.02

2 pp

m

0.03

0 pp

m

0.02

7 pp

m

0.02

8 pp

m

0.03

1 pp

m

Sulfu

rD

ioxi

de(S

O2)

e0.

030

ppm

(a

nnua

l ave

rage

) A

nnua

l ave

rage

0.

007

ppm

0.

005

ppm

0.

005

ppm

0.

003

ppm

0.

005

ppm

0.

006

ppm

0.

005

ppm

0.

005

ppm

Ref

eren

ce: U

.S. E

PA E

nviro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

genc

y. A

ir Q

ualit

y Sy

stem

(AQ

S). D

atab

ase,

U.S

. Env

ironm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy,

Off

ice

of A

ir an

d R

adia

tion,

Was

hing

ton,

DC

. A

vaila

ble

at <

http

://w

ww

.epa

.gov

/ttn/

airs

/airs

aqs/

>.

a Th

e N

C D

AQ

doe

s not

mon

itor f

or N

O2 a

t New

Han

over

Cou

nty

site

s bec

ause

atta

inm

ent w

ith a

pplic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds h

as b

een

dem

onst

rate

d.b

Mea

sure

men

ts a

t the

NC

DA

Q m

onito

ring

stat

ion(

s) li

sted

in T

able

4-6

-10

with

app

licab

le p

ollu

tant

mon

itors

ope

ratin

g in

the

cale

ndar

yea

r.c

Am

bien

t CO

mon

itorin

g di

scon

tinue

d af

ter 2

004.

d

Am

bien

t PM

10 m

onito

ring

only

dur

ing

Febr

uary

and

Mar

ch in

200

8.

e M

easu

rem

ent p

erfo

rmed

at t

he N

C D

AQ

New

Han

over

Cou

nty

mon

itorin

g st

atio

n.

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Tab

le 4

-6-1

2. C

ompa

riso

n of

Pre

dict

ed M

axim

um A

ir P

ollu

tant

Con

cent

ratio

ns to

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

Lev

els

Res

ultin

g fr

om P

ropo

sed

GL

E F

acili

ty E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

Act

iviti

es

Air

Pol

luta

nt

Ave

ragi

ngT

ime

Mod

eled

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

from

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fa

cilit

y E

mis

sion

s B

ackg

roun

d A

mbi

ent C

once

ntra

tiona

Pred

icte

d T

otal

M

axim

umO

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

Prim

ary

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

b,c

8-ho

ur

0.03

ppm

2.

6 pp

m

2.63

ppm

9

ppm

C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

(CO

) 1-

hour

0.

1 pp

m

4.0

ppm

4.

1 pp

m

35 p

pm

Nitr

ogen

dio

xide

(NO

2)A

nnua

l ave

rage

1.

1 μg

/m3

no d

atad

1.1

μg/m

310

0 μg

/m3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

16.2

μg/

m3

10 μ

g/m

3e26

.2μg

/m3

50 μ

g/m

3Pa

rticu

late

mat

ter (

PM10

) 24

-hou

r 35

5.5

μg/m

324

μg/

m3e

379.

5 μg

/m3

150

μg/m

3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

1.9

μg/m

310

μg/

m3

11.9

μg/m

315

μg/

m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

2.5)

24-h

our

16.2

μg/

m3

24 μ

g/m

340

.2μg

/m3

35 μ

g/m

3

Ann

uala

vera

ge0.

0000

01 p

pm

0.00

5 pp

m

0.00

5 pp

m

0.03

0 pp

m

Sulfu

r dio

xide

(SO

2)24

-hou

r 0.

0000

3 pp

m

0.03

1 pp

m

0.03

1 pp

m

0.14

ppm

a A

vera

ge o

f mon

itorin

g da

ta m

easu

red

by N

C D

AQ

in N

ew H

anov

er C

ount

y, N

C a

nd re

porte

d to

the

U.S

. EPA

Air

Qua

lity

Syste

m (A

QS)

for t

he y

ears

200

2 th

roug

h 20

08

(see

Tab

les 4

-6-1

0 an

d4-

6-11

).b

Com

plia

nce

with

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds i

s det

erm

ined

by

long

-term

am

bien

t air

qual

ity m

onito

ring

at p

rede

term

ined

mon

itorin

g st

atio

n lo

catio

ns u

sing

met

hods

and

an

alys

is p

roce

dure

s est

ablis

hed

by th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s. Th

e am

bien

t sta

ndar

ds a

re n

ot in

tend

ed to

be

used

for d

irect

ass

essm

ent o

f loc

aliz

ed a

mbi

ent a

ir po

lluta

nt

conc

entra

tions

from

spec

ific

emis

sion

sour

ces.

How

ever

, the

com

paris

on o

f the

pre

dict

ed a

ir di

sper

sion

mod

elin

g am

bien

t con

cent

ratio

ns w

ith th

e ap

plic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds p

rese

nted

in T

able

4-6

-12

do p

rovi

de a

n or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

indi

cato

r of a

ny p

oten

tial a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts f

rom

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es.

cSt

anda

rds l

iste

d ar

e th

e fe

dera

l Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s (N

AA

QS)

, whi

ch th

e St

ate

of N

orth

Car

olin

a ha

s ado

pted

as s

tate

stan

dard

s with

the

exce

ptio

n of

the

annu

al a

vera

ge st

anda

rd fo

r PM

. The

fede

ral a

nnua

l ave

rage

NA

AQ

S fo

r PM

has

bee

n re

voke

d, b

ut th

e le

vel i

s stil

l mai

ntai

ned

as a

Nor

th C

arol

ina

stat

e st

anda

rd.

dTh

e N

C D

AQ

doe

s not

mon

itor f

or N

O2 a

t New

Han

over

Cou

nty

site

s bec

ause

atta

inm

ent w

ith a

pplic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds h

as b

een

dem

onst

rate

d.

e A

mbi

ent P

M10

mon

itorin

g da

ta a

vaila

ble

only

dur

ing

Febr

uary

and

Mar

ch in

200

8 (s

ee T

able

s 4-6

-10

and

4-6-

11).

Insu

ffic

ient

dat

a w

as c

olle

cted

to d

eter

min

e an

nual

ave

rage

co

ncen

tratio

n. F

urth

erm

ore,

PM

2.5

is a

frac

tion

of th

e PM

10 c

once

ntra

tions

in th

e am

bien

t air

(i.e.

, the

mea

sure

d PM

10 c

once

ntra

tion

incl

udes

the

conc

entra

tion

of P

M2.

5in

the

ambi

ent a

ir).

Ther

efor

e, th

e PM

10co

ncen

tratio

n ca

nnot

less

than

the

PM2.

5co

ncen

tratio

n at

a si

te.

Rev

iew

of t

he a

vaila

ble

PM10

ambi

ent m

onito

ring

data

sum

mar

ized

in

Tab

le 4

-6-1

1 sh

ows t

he h

ighe

st 2

4-ho

ur P

M10

con

cent

ratio

n m

easu

red

in F

ebru

ary

and

Mar

ch, 2

008

(21

μg/m

3 ) is l

ess t

han

the

long

-term

24-

hour

ave

rage

PM

2.5

conc

entra

tion

(24

μg/m

3 ). F

or th

e pu

rpos

e fo

r inc

ludi

ng a

cre

dibl

e or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

est

imat

e of

PM

10 b

ackg

roun

d to

ass

ess o

ffsi

te a

mbi

ent P

M10

con

cent

ratio

ns re

sulti

ng

from

act

iviti

es a

t the

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty, t

he lo

ng-te

rm 2

4-ho

ur a

nd a

nnua

l ave

rage

PM

2.5

are

used

reco

gniz

ing

that

the

corr

espo

ndin

g th

e ac

tual

long

-term

am

bien

t PM

10co

ncen

tratio

ns fo

r the

site

will

be

high

er.

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Tab

le 4

-6-1

3. C

ompa

riso

n of

Pre

dict

ed M

axim

um A

ir P

ollu

tant

Con

cent

ratio

ns to

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

Lev

els

Res

ultin

g fr

om O

nsite

Acc

ess R

oad

Con

stru

ctio

n A

ctiv

ities

dur

ing

Prop

osed

GL

E F

acili

ty E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

asea

Air

Pol

luta

nt

Ave

ragi

ngT

ime

Mod

eled

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

from

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fa

cilit

y E

mis

sion

s B

ackg

roun

d A

mbi

ent C

once

ntra

tionb

Pred

icte

d T

otal

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

Prim

ary

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

c,d

8-ho

ur

0.01

ppm

2.

6 pp

m

2.61

ppm

9

ppm

C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

(CO

) 1-

hour

0.

1 pp

m

4.0

ppm

4.

1 pp

m

35 p

pm

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

10 )

24-h

our

5.7

μg/m

324

μg/

m3e

29.7

μg/m

315

0 μg

/m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

2.5)

24-h

our

1.6

μg/m

324

μg/

m3

25.6

μg/m

335

μg/

m3

Sulfu

r dio

xide

(SO

2)24

-hou

r 0.

0000

06 p

pm

0.03

1 pp

m

0.03

1 pp

m

0.14

ppm

aO

nsite

acc

ess r

oad

cons

truct

ion

activ

ity (o

ther

than

fina

l pav

ing)

is a

ssum

ed to

be

com

plet

ed w

ithin

the

first

30

days

of t

he E

arly

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

befo

re si

te p

repa

ratio

n w

ork

begi

ns o

n th

e Pr

opos

ed G

LE F

acili

ty S

ite.

Com

paris

on to

ann

ual a

vera

ge a

ir qu

ality

stan

dard

s is n

ot a

pplic

able

to th

is c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity sc

enar

io.

b A

vera

ge o

f mon

itorin

g da

ta m

easu

red

by N

C D

AQ

in N

ew H

anov

er C

ount

y, N

C a

nd re

porte

d to

the

U.S

. EPA

Air

Qua

lity

Syste

m (A

QS)

for t

he y

ears

200

2 th

roug

h 20

08

(see

Tab

les 4

-6-1

0 an

d 4-

6-11

).c

Com

plia

nce

with

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds i

s det

erm

ined

by

long

-term

am

bien

t air

qual

ity m

onito

ring

at p

rede

term

ined

mon

itorin

g st

atio

n lo

catio

ns u

sing

met

hods

and

an

alys

is p

roce

dure

s est

ablis

hed

by th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s. Th

e am

bien

t sta

ndar

ds a

re n

ot in

tend

ed to

be

used

for d

irect

ass

essm

ent o

f loc

aliz

ed a

mbi

ent a

ir po

lluta

nt

conc

entra

tions

from

spec

ific

emis

sion

sour

ces.

How

ever

, the

com

paris

on o

f the

pre

dict

ed a

ir di

sper

sion

mod

elin

g am

bien

t con

cent

ratio

ns w

ith th

e ap

plic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds p

rese

nted

in T

able

4-6

-13

do p

rovi

de a

n or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

indi

cato

r of a

ny p

oten

tial a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts f

rom

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es.

dSt

anda

rds l

iste

d ar

e th

e fe

dera

l Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s (N

AA

QS)

, whi

ch th

e St

ate

of N

orth

Car

olin

a ha

s ado

pted

as s

tate

stan

dard

s with

the

exce

ptio

n of

th

e an

nual

ave

rage

stan

dard

for P

M. T

he fe

dera

l ann

ual a

vera

ge N

AA

QS

for P

M h

as b

een

revo

ked,

but

the

leve

l is s

till m

aint

aine

d as

a N

orth

Car

olin

a st

ate

stan

dard

. e A

mbi

ent P

M10

mon

itorin

g da

ta a

vaila

ble

only

dur

ing

Febr

uary

and

Mar

ch in

200

8 (s

ee T

able

s 4-6

-10

and

4-6-

11).

Insu

ffic

ient

dat

a w

as c

olle

cted

to d

eter

min

e an

nual

ave

rage

co

ncen

tratio

n. F

urth

erm

ore,

PM

2.5

is a

frac

tion

of th

e PM

10 c

once

ntra

tions

in th

e am

bien

t air

(i.e.

, the

mea

sure

d PM

10 c

once

ntra

tion

incl

udes

the

conc

entra

tion

of P

M2.

5in

the

ambi

ent a

ir).

Ther

efor

e, th

e PM

10co

ncen

tratio

n ca

nnot

less

than

the

PM2.

5co

ncen

tratio

n at

a si

te.

Rev

iew

of t

he a

vaila

ble

PM10

ambi

ent m

onito

ring

data

sum

mar

ized

in

Tab

le 4

-6-1

1 sh

ows t

he h

ighe

st 2

4-ho

ur P

M10

con

cent

ratio

n m

easu

red

in F

ebru

ary

and

Mar

ch, 2

008

(21

μg/m

3 ) is l

ess t

han

the

long

-term

24-

hour

ave

rage

PM

2.5

conc

entra

tion

(24

μg/m

3 ). F

or th

e pu

rpos

e fo

r inc

ludi

ng a

cre

dibl

e or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

est

imat

e of

PM

10 b

ackg

roun

d to

ass

ess o

ffsi

te a

mbi

ent P

M10

con

cent

ratio

ns re

sulti

ng

from

act

iviti

es a

t the

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty, t

he lo

ng-te

rm 2

4-ho

ur a

nd a

nnua

l ave

rage

PM

2.5

are

used

reco

gniz

ing

that

the

corr

espo

ndin

g th

e ac

tual

long

-term

am

bien

t PM

10co

ncen

tratio

ns fo

r the

site

will

be

high

er.

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40

Tab

le 4

-6-1

4. C

ompa

riso

n of

Pre

dict

ed M

axim

um A

ir P

ollu

tant

Con

cent

ratio

ns to

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

Lev

els

Res

ultin

g fr

om P

ropo

sed

GL

E F

acili

ty B

uild

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n Ph

ase

Act

iviti

es

Air

Pol

luta

nt

Ave

ragi

ngT

ime

Mod

eled

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

from

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fa

cilit

y E

mis

sion

s B

ackg

roun

d A

mbi

ent C

once

ntra

tiona

Pred

icte

d T

otal

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

Prim

ary

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

b,c

8-ho

ur

0.03

ppm

2.

6 pp

m

2.63

ppm

9

ppm

C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

(CO

) 1-

hour

0.

2 pp

m

4.0

ppm

4.

2 pp

m

35 p

pm

Nitr

ogen

dio

xide

(NO

2)A

nnua

l ave

rage

0.

6 μg

/m3

no d

atad

0.6

μg/m

310

0 μg

/m3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

12.8

μg/

m3

10 μ

g/m

3e22

.8μg

/m3

50 μ

g/m

3Pa

rticu

late

mat

ter (

PM10

) 24

-hou

r 28

1.4

μg/m

324

μg/

m3e

305

.4 μ

g/m

315

0 μg

/m3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

1.4

μg/m

310

μg/

m3

11.4

μg/m

315

μg/

m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

2.5)

24-h

our

34.5

μg/

m3

24 μ

g/m

358

.5μg

/m3

35 μ

g/m

3

Ann

uala

vera

ge0.

0000

005

ppm

0.

005

ppm

0.

005

ppm

0.

030

ppm

Su

lfur d

ioxi

de (S

O2)

24-h

our

0.00

001

ppm

0.

031

ppm

0.

031

ppm

0.

14 p

pm

a A

vera

ge o

f mon

itorin

g da

ta m

easu

red

by N

C D

AQ

in N

ew H

anov

er C

ount

y, N

C a

nd re

porte

d to

the

U.S

. EPA

Air

Qua

lity

Syste

m (A

QS)

for t

he y

ears

200

2 th

roug

h 20

08

(see

Tab

les 4

-6-1

0 an

d 4-

6-11

).b

Com

plia

nce

with

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds i

s det

erm

ined

by

long

-term

am

bien

t air

qual

ity m

onito

ring

at p

rede

term

ined

mon

itorin

g st

atio

n lo

catio

ns u

sing

met

hods

and

an

alys

is p

roce

dure

s est

ablis

hed

by th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s. Th

e am

bien

t sta

ndar

ds a

re n

ot in

tend

ed to

be

used

for d

irect

ass

essm

ent o

f loc

aliz

ed a

mbi

ent a

ir po

lluta

nt

conc

entra

tions

from

spec

ific

emis

sion

sour

ces.

How

ever

, the

com

paris

on o

f the

pre

dict

ed a

ir di

sper

sion

mod

elin

g am

bien

t con

cent

ratio

ns w

ith th

e ap

plic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds p

rese

nted

in T

able

4-6

-14

do p

rovi

de a

n or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

indi

cato

r of a

ny p

oten

tial a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts f

rom

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es.

cSt

anda

rds l

iste

d ar

e th

e fe

dera

l Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s (N

AA

QS)

, whi

ch th

e St

ate

of N

orth

Car

olin

a ha

s ado

pted

as s

tate

stan

dard

s with

the

exce

ptio

n of

the

annu

al a

vera

ge st

anda

rd fo

r PM

. The

fede

ral a

nnua

l ave

rage

NA

AQ

S fo

r PM

has

bee

n re

voke

d, b

ut th

e le

vel i

s stil

l mai

ntai

ned

as a

Nor

th C

arol

ina

stat

e st

anda

rd.

dTh

e N

C D

AQ

doe

s not

mon

itor f

or N

O2 a

t New

Han

over

Cou

nty

site

s bec

ause

atta

inm

ent w

ith a

pplic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds h

as b

een

dem

onst

rate

d.

e A

mbi

ent P

M10

mon

itorin

g da

ta a

vaila

ble

only

dur

ing

Febr

uary

and

Mar

ch in

200

8 (s

ee T

able

s 4-6

-10

and

4-6-

11).

Insu

ffic

ient

dat

a w

as c

olle

cted

to d

eter

min

e an

nual

ave

rage

co

ncen

tratio

n. F

urth

erm

ore,

PM

2.5

is a

frac

tion

of th

e PM

10 c

once

ntra

tions

in th

e am

bien

t air

(i.e.

, the

mea

sure

d PM

10 c

once

ntra

tion

incl

udes

the

conc

entra

tion

of P

M2.

5in

the

ambi

ent a

ir).

Ther

efor

e, th

e PM

10co

ncen

tratio

n ca

nnot

less

than

the

PM2.

5co

ncen

tratio

n at

a si

te.

Rev

iew

of t

he a

vaila

ble

PM10

ambi

ent m

onito

ring

data

sum

mar

ized

in

Tab

le 4

-6-1

1 sh

ows t

he h

ighe

st 2

4-ho

ur P

M10

con

cent

ratio

n m

easu

red

in F

ebru

ary

and

Mar

ch, 2

008

(21

μg/m

3 ) is l

ess t

han

the

long

-term

24-

hour

ave

rage

PM

2.5

conc

entra

tion

(24

μg/m

3 ). Fo

r the

pur

pose

for i

nclu

ding

a c

redi

ble

orde

r-of

-mag

nitu

de e

stim

ate

of P

M10

bac

kgro

und

to a

sses

s off

site

am

bien

t PM

10 c

once

ntra

tions

resu

lting

fr

om a

ctiv

ities

at t

he P

ropo

sed

GLE

Fac

ility

, the

long

-term

24-

hour

and

ann

ual a

vera

ge P

M2.

5ar

e us

ed re

cogn

izin

g th

at th

e co

rres

pond

ing

the

actu

al lo

ng-te

rm a

mbi

ent P

M10

conc

entra

tions

for t

he si

te w

ill b

e hi

gher

.

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41

Tab

le 4

-6-1

5. C

ompa

riso

n of

Pre

dict

ed M

axim

um A

ir P

ollu

tant

Con

cent

ratio

ns to

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

Lev

els

Res

ultin

g fr

om P

ropo

sed

GL

E F

acili

ty F

inal

Con

stru

ctio

n/St

artu

p Ph

ase

Act

iviti

es

Air

Pol

luta

nt

Ave

ragi

ngT

ime

Mod

eled

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

from

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fa

cilit

y E

mis

sion

s B

ackg

roun

d A

mbi

ent C

once

ntra

tiona

Pred

icte

d T

otal

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

Prim

ary

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

b,c

8-ho

ur

0.1

ppm

2.

6 pp

m

2.7

ppm

9

ppm

C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

(CO

) 1-

hour

0.

1 pp

m

4.0

ppm

4.

1 pp

m

35 p

pm

Nitr

ogen

dio

xide

(NO

2)A

nnua

l ave

rage

0.

1 μg

/m3

no d

atad

0.1

μg/m

310

0 μg

/m3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

0.1

μg/m

310

μg/

m3e

10.1

μg/m

350

μg/

m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

10 )

24-h

our

3.5

μg/m

324

μg/

m3e

27.5

μg/m

315

0 μg

/m3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

0.1

μg/m

310

μg/

m3

10.1

μg/m

315

μg/

m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

2.5)

24-h

our

3.5

μg/m

324

μg/

m3

27.5

μg/m

335

μg/

m3

Ann

uala

vera

ge0.

0000

04 p

pm

0.00

5 pp

m

0.00

5 pp

m

0.03

0 pp

m

Sulfu

r dio

xide

(SO

2)24

-hou

r 0.

003

ppm

0.

031

ppm

0.

034

ppm

0.

14 p

pm

aA

vera

ge o

f mon

itorin

g da

ta m

easu

red

by N

C D

AQ

in N

ew H

anov

er C

ount

y, N

C a

nd re

porte

d to

the

U.S

. EPA

Air

Qua

lity

Syste

m (A

QS)

for t

he y

ears

200

2 th

roug

h 20

08

(see

Tab

les 4

-6-1

0 an

d 4-

6-11

).b

Com

plia

nce

with

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds i

s det

erm

ined

by

long

-term

am

bien

t air

qual

ity m

onito

ring

at p

rede

term

ined

mon

itorin

g st

atio

n lo

catio

ns u

sing

met

hods

and

an

alys

is p

roce

dure

s est

ablis

hed

by th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s. Th

e am

bien

t sta

ndar

ds a

re n

ot in

tend

ed to

be

used

for d

irect

ass

essm

ent o

f loc

aliz

ed a

mbi

ent a

ir po

lluta

nt

conc

entra

tions

from

spec

ific

emis

sion

sour

ces.

How

ever

, the

com

paris

on o

f the

pre

dict

ed a

ir di

sper

sion

mod

elin

g am

bien

t con

cent

ratio

ns w

ith th

e ap

plic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds p

rese

nted

in T

able

4-6

-15

do p

rovi

de a

n or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

indi

cato

r of a

ny p

oten

tial a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts f

rom

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

fina

l con

stru

ctio

n an

d st

artu

p ac

tiviti

es.

cSt

anda

rds l

iste

d ar

e th

e fe

dera

l Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s (N

AA

QS)

, whi

ch th

e St

ate

of N

orth

Car

olin

a ha

s ado

pted

as s

tate

stan

dard

s with

the

exce

ptio

n of

the

annu

al a

vera

ge st

anda

rd fo

r PM

. The

fede

ral a

nnua

l ave

rage

NA

AQ

S fo

r PM

has

bee

n re

voke

d, b

ut th

e le

vel i

s stil

l mai

ntai

ned

as a

Nor

th C

arol

ina

stat

e st

anda

rd.

dTh

e N

C D

AQ

doe

s not

mon

itor f

or N

O2 a

t New

Han

over

Cou

nty

site

s bec

ause

atta

inm

ent w

ith a

pplic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds h

as b

een

dem

onst

rate

d.

e A

mbi

ent P

M10

mon

itorin

g da

ta a

vaila

ble

only

dur

ing

Febr

uary

and

Mar

ch in

200

8 (s

ee T

able

s 4-6

-10

and

4-6-

11).

Insu

ffic

ient

dat

a w

as c

olle

cted

to d

eter

min

e an

nual

ave

rage

co

ncen

tratio

n. F

urth

erm

ore,

PM

2.5

is a

frac

tion

of th

e PM

10 c

once

ntra

tions

in th

e am

bien

t air

(i.e.

, the

mea

sure

d PM

10 c

once

ntra

tion

incl

udes

the

conc

entra

tion

of P

M2.

5in

the

ambi

ent a

ir).

Ther

efor

e, th

e PM

10co

ncen

tratio

n ca

nnot

less

than

the

PM2.

5co

ncen

tratio

n at

a si

te.

Rev

iew

of t

he a

vaila

ble

PM10

ambi

ent m

onito

ring

data

sum

mar

ized

in

Tab

le 4

-6-1

1 sh

ows t

he h

ighe

st 2

4-ho

ur P

M10

con

cent

ratio

n m

easu

red

in F

ebru

ary

and

Mar

ch, 2

008

(21

μg/m

3 ) is l

ess t

han

the

long

-term

24-

hour

ave

rage

PM

2.5

conc

entra

tion

(24

μg/m

3 ). F

or th

e pu

rpos

e fo

r inc

ludi

ng a

cre

dibl

e or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

est

imat

e of

PM

10 b

ackg

roun

d to

ass

ess o

ffsi

te a

mbi

ent P

M10

con

cent

ratio

ns re

sulti

ng

from

act

iviti

es a

t the

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty, t

he lo

ng-te

rm 2

4-ho

ur a

nd a

nnua

l ave

rage

PM

2.5

are

used

reco

gniz

ing

that

the

corr

espo

ndin

g th

e ac

tual

long

-term

am

bien

t PM

10co

ncen

tratio

ns fo

r the

site

will

be

high

er.

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Tab

le 4

-6-1

6. C

ompa

riso

n of

Pre

dict

ed M

axim

um A

ir P

ollu

tant

Con

cent

ratio

ns to

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

Lev

els

Res

ultin

g fr

om P

ropo

sed

GL

E F

acili

ty O

pera

tion

Phas

e A

ctiv

ities

Air

Pol

luta

nt

Ave

ragi

ngT

ime

Mod

eled

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

from

Pro

pose

d G

LE

Fa

cilit

y E

mis

sion

s B

ackg

roun

d A

mbi

ent C

once

ntra

tiona

Pred

icte

d T

otal

Max

imum

O

ffsi

te C

once

ntra

tion

Prim

ary

Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

b,c

8-ho

ur

0.1

ppm

2.

6 pp

m

2.7

ppm

9

ppm

C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

(CO

) 1-

hour

0.

1 pp

m

4.0

ppm

4.

1 pp

m

35 p

pm

Nitr

ogen

dio

xide

(NO

2)A

nnua

l ave

rage

0.

1 μg

/m3

no

0.

1

10da

tad

μg/m

30

μg/m

3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

0.1

μg/m

3 10

50

μg

/m3e

10

.1 μ

g/m

3μg

/m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

10 )

24-h

our

3.5

μg/m

3 24

15

μg/m

3e

27.5

μg/

m3

0μg

/m3

Ann

ual a

vera

ge

0.1

μg/m

3 10

15

μg/m

3 10

.1 μ

g/m

3μg

/m3

Parti

cula

te m

atte

r (PM

2.5)

24-h

our

3.5

μg/m

3 24

35

μg/m

3 27

.5 μ

g/m

3μg

/m3

Ann

uala

vera

ge0.

0000

04 p

pm

0.00

5 pp

m

0.00

5 pp

m

0.03

0 pp

m

Sulfu

r dio

xide

(SO

2)24

-hou

r 0.

003

0.03

1 pp

m

0.03

4 pp

m

0.14

ppm

a A

vera

ge o

f mon

itorin

g da

ta m

easu

red

by N

C D

AQ

in N

ew H

anov

er C

ount

y, N

C a

nd re

porte

d to

the

U.S

. EPA

Air

Qua

lity

Syste

m (A

QS)

for t

he y

ears

200

2 th

roug

h 20

08

(see

Tab

les 4

-6-1

0 an

d 4-

6-11

).b

Com

plia

nce

with

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds i

s det

erm

ined

by

long

-term

am

bien

t air

qual

ity m

onito

ring

at p

rede

term

ined

mon

itorin

g st

atio

n lo

catio

ns u

sing

met

hods

and

an

alys

is p

roce

dure

s est

ablis

hed

by th

e re

gula

tory

age

ncie

s. Th

e am

bien

t sta

ndar

ds a

re n

ot in

tend

ed to

be

used

for d

irect

ass

essm

ent o

f loc

aliz

ed a

mbi

ent a

ir po

lluta

nt

conc

entra

tions

from

spec

ific

emis

sion

sour

ces.

How

ever

, the

com

paris

on o

f the

pre

dict

ed a

ir di

sper

sion

mod

elin

g am

bien

t con

cent

ratio

ns w

ith th

e ap

plic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds p

rese

nted

in T

able

4-6

-16

do p

rovi

de a

n or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

indi

cato

r of a

ny p

oten

tial a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts f

rom

the

Prop

osed

GLE

Fac

ility

ope

ratio

ns.

cSt

anda

rds l

iste

d ar

e th

e fe

dera

l Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s (N

AA

QS)

, whi

ch th

e St

ate

of N

orth

Car

olin

a ha

s ado

pted

as s

tate

stan

dard

s with

the

exce

ptio

n of

the

annu

al a

vera

ge st

anda

rd fo

r PM

. The

fede

ral a

nnua

l ave

rage

NA

AQ

S fo

r PM

has

bee

n re

voke

d, b

ut th

e le

vel i

s stil

l mai

ntai

ned

as a

Nor

th C

arol

ina

stat

e st

anda

rd.

dTh

e N

C D

AQ

doe

s not

mon

itor f

or N

O2 a

t New

Han

over

Cou

nty

site

s bec

ause

atta

inm

ent w

ith a

pplic

able

am

bien

t air

qual

ity st

anda

rds h

as b

een

dem

onst

rate

d.

e A

mbi

ent P

M10

mon

itorin

g da

ta a

vaila

ble

only

dur

ing

Febr

uary

and

Mar

ch in

200

8 (s

ee T

able

s 4-6

-10

and

4-6-

11).

Insu

ffic

ient

dat

a w

as c

olle

cted

to d

eter

min

e an

nual

ave

rage

co

ncen

tratio

n. F

urth

erm

ore,

PM

2.5

is a

frac

tion

of th

e PM

10 c

once

ntra

tions

in th

e am

bien

t air

(i.e.

, the

mea

sure

d PM

10 c

once

ntra

tion

incl

udes

the

conc

entra

tion

of P

M2.

5in

the

ambi

ent a

ir).

Ther

efor

e, th

e PM

10co

ncen

tratio

n ca

nnot

less

than

the

PM2.

5co

ncen

tratio

n at

a si

te.

Rev

iew

of t

he a

vaila

ble

PM10

ambi

ent m

onito

ring

data

sum

mar

ized

in

Tab

le 4

-6-1

1 sh

ows t

he h

ighe

st 2

4-ho

ur P

M10

con

cent

ratio

n m

easu

red

in F

ebru

ary

and

Mar

ch, 2

008

(21

μg/m

3 ) is l

ess t

han

the

long

-term

24-

hour

ave

rage

PM

2.5

conc

entra

tion

(24

μg/m

3 ). F

or th

e pu

rpos

e fo

r inc

ludi

ng a

cre

dibl

e or

der-

of-m

agni

tude

est

imat

e of

PM

10 b

ackg

roun

d to

ass

ess o

ffsi

te a

mbi

ent P

M10

con

cent

ratio

ns re

sulti

ng

from

act

iviti

es a

t the

Pro

pose

d G

LE F

acili

ty, t

he lo

ng-te

rm 2

4-ho

ur a

nd a

nnua

l ave

rage

PM

2.5

are

used

reco

gniz

ing

that

the

corr

espo

ndin

g th

e ac

tual

long

-term

am

bien

t PM

10co

ncen

tratio

ns fo

r the

site

will

be

high

er.


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