Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[jimmenknee]

The threshold argument is not mine in origin. I was merely conceding it appears viable given what has been stated in factual-appearing posts.

Here's what was reported at the Oregon facility: "The facility has minor emissions of CO, NOX and VOCs, and negligible emissions of particulate matter (PM) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). ... NOX and CO are air pollutant emissions that are products of combustion. The facility’s maximum estimated annual emissions of these pollutants, based on the hourly design capacity of its combustion equipment (9.4 MMBtu/hr - all combustion equipment in aggregate) is 3 tons NOX /yr and 2 tons CO /yr. The maximum estimated annual emissions of VOCs from process operations is 8.9 tons VOC/year. These estimates are based on 6000 hours of operation per year [24 hrs x 5 days/wk x 50 weeks/yr] and the processing of 5,027,000 lbs of plastic material for the production of 555,000 gallons of synthetic crude oil product. A conservative estimate of thermal oxidizer control efficiency of 98% was also used. ...

That would have required a 30-day public comment period, but the DEQ decided to bump up the category to make it a 35-day public comment period. Both would have resulted in DEQ reviewing & deciding on a public hearing. Agilyx decided on their own to just go straight to having a hearing.

Draft: 1/15/10
Comment Period: 1/21 - 2/26/10
Hearing: 2/25/10