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Commercial-Scale Demonstration of the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH™) Process,
Environmental Information Volume - May 1996

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Table of Contents (253kb)

1.0

 Cover Sheet (53.6kb)

1-1

2.0

 Executive Summary (1.22MB)

2-1

3.0

 Purpose and Need for Proposed Action and Proposed Action Description (1.36MB) 3-1
 

3.1

 Purpose of and Need for the Project 3-1

3.2

 Description of the Proposed Project 3-4

3.3

 Site Location and Characteristics 3-6

3.4

 Physical Facility Description 3-7

3.5

 Process Description 3-7
 

3.5.1

 Methanol Synthesis: Reactor Area 3-10

3.5.2

 Purification Area 3-12

3.5.3

 Methanol Storage/Plant Utilities 3-13

3.5.4

 Catalyst Preparation, Oil Recovery, and Slurry Handling 3-14

3.6

 Pollution Control 3-15
 

3.6.1

 Air Pollution Emissions Control 3-15

3.6.2

 Liquid Waste Generation and Disposal 3-16
 

3.6.2.1

 Construction Wastewater 3-16

3.6.2.2

 Operational Wastewater 3-17

3.6.3

 Solid Waste Generation and Disposal 3-18
 

3.6.3.1

 Construction Waste 3-18

3.6.3.2

 Operational Waste 3-19

3.7

 Safety Features 3-19
 

3.7.1

 Figure Protection System 3-19

3.7.2

 Instrumentation and Controls 3-20

3.7.3

 Medical Facilities 3-21

3.7.4

 Facility Design for Onsite/Offsite Safety 3-21

3.8

 Transportation Features 3-21

3.9

 Construction Characteristics 3-22

3.10

 Operational Characteristics 3-26

3.10

 Facility Pollution Prevention Measures 3-26

4.0

 Alternatives to the Proposed Action (243kb) 4-1
 

4.1

 No-Action Alternative 4-1

4.2

 Alternative Sites 4-2

4.3

 Alternative Technologies 4-4

5.0

 Existing Environment (3.56MB) 5-1
 

5.1

 Air Resources 5-1
 

5.1.1

 Climate 5-3

5.1.2

 Air Quality 5-3

5.2

 Earth Resources 5-8

5.3

 Water Resources 5-10
 

5.3.1

 Surface Water 5-10
 

5.3.1.1

 Hydrology 5-10

5.3.1.2

 Surface Water Quality 5-11

5.3.2

 Ground Water 5-15
 

5.3.2.1

 Hydrology 5-15

5.3.2.2

 Ground Water Quality 5-18

5.3.3

 Water Supply and Demand for Eastman Chemical Site 5-22

5.4

 Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecological Resources 5-22
 

5.4.1

 Genera; Ecological Characteristics 5-22

5.4.2

 Aquatic Resources 5-23
 

5.4.2.1

 Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes 5-24

5.4.2.2

 Non-insect Macro invertebrates 5-31

5.4.2.3

 Aquatic Insects 5-35

5.4.2.4

 Fish 5-40

5.5

 Community Resources 5-45
 

5.5.1

 Land Use 5-45

5.5.2

 Zoning 5-45

5.5.3

 Socioeconomics 5-46

5.5.4

 Transportation 5-48

5.5.5

 Noise 5-49

5.5.6

 Visual Resources 5-50

5.5.7

 Cultural Resources 5-51

5.6

 Energy Resources 5-54
Section 5 References 5-55

6.0

 Environmental Impacts (1.11MB) 6-1
 

6.1

 Air Resources 6-1
 

6.1.1

 Air Pollutant Emissions and Controls 6-1

6.1.2

 Air Quality Impact Analysis 6-5

6.1.3

 Fugitive Dust Analysis 6-6

6.2

 Earth Resources 6-8
 

6.2.1

 Construction-Related Impacts 6-8

6.2.2

 Operational Impacts 6-8

6.3

 Water Resources 6-9
 

6.3.1

 Construction-Related Impacts 6-9

6.3.2

 Operational Impacts 6-9

6.4

 Management of Wastes Generated 6-11
 

6.4.1

 Construction Wastes 6-11

6.4.2

 Operational Wastes 6-11

6.5

 Ecological Resources 6-13

6.6

 Community Resources 6-14
 

6.6.1

 Land Use 6-14

6.6.2

 Zoning 6-14

6.6.3

 Socioeconomics 6-14

6.6.4

 Transportation 6-18

6.6.5

 Noise 6-19

6.6.6

 Visual Resources 6-20

6.6.7

 Cultural Resources 6-20

6.7

 Energy Resources 6-21

6.8

 Biodiversity 6-21

6.9

 Pollution Prevention 6-22

6.10

 Cumulative Impacts 6-24
 

6.10.1

 Short-Term Use of Environment 6-24

6.10.2

 Impact on Long-Term Environment Productivity 6-24
Section 6 References 6-26

7.0

 Regulatory Requirements (569kb) 7-1
 

7.1

 Air Regulations 7-1

7.2

 Water Regulations 7-8

7.3

 Solid Waste Requirements 7-9

7.4

 Health and Safety Regulations 7-11

7.5

 Environmental Monitoring Requirements 7-13

7.6

 Other Required Permits 7-17

8.0

 Offsite Fuel Testing (3.22MB) 8-1
  Introduction 8-1

8.1

 Environmental Impact Overview 8-4

8.2

 Fuel Transportation 8-10

8.3

 LACMTA Transit But Demonstration 8-37

8.4

 Hughes Aerospace Vanpool 8-51

8.5

 Valley DDC Standby Electric Power Generator 8-72

8.6

 Utility Turbine 8-81

8.7

 West Virginia Demonstration Project 8-92
Section 8 Appendix 8-A1

9.0

 DME Addition (310kb) 9-1
 

9.1

 Background 9-1

9.2

 Process Description 9-3

9.4

 Environmental Impacts 9-4

10.0

 Clarification (1.46MB) 10-1
 
Appendices (5.26MB)

I

 Air Permit Application

II

 Solid Waste Permits
III Water Permit
IV Existing Air Permits
V Agency Correspondence
VI Eastman and Air Products Literature