"Tons, but just". The results were partially posted in the PR, the full report was forwarded to the DEC and it seems they were impressed. We had verbal information from the DEC given to several posters that the air permit would be approved by yesterday. However, the person from the DEC who provided this information felt that the air permit could be given and JBI could begin operations while they applied for a solid waste permit. Lawyers at the DEC found that this was not something they can do and the two permits have to be given together. We now have a corrected report from a poster who spoke to someone at the DEC who said that JBI can start operating now while the wait for both permits, basically they have to wait for the solid waste permit to be approved. If you don't believe the poster call the DEC yourself, I expect you will get the same information.
The results of the stack test show an emissions total of 3.5 tons per year for Carbon Monoxide and 0.09 tons per year for NOx, SO2 and THC (based on 24/7 operation, which can't happen. The thresholds set by the DEC are 100 tons per year for Carbon Monoxide and 100 tons for Nitrogen Oxides. JBI is very green. The DEC regulations are huge by the way, takes forever to go through them.
Also, I just reported what was reported in the PR, I used that language.
"JBI, Inc. Receives Emissions Statistics for Plastic2Oil Processor
THOROLD, Ontario, September 17, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) – JBI, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCQX: JBII) announces the receipt of its P2O Stack Test Report performed by Conestoga-Rovers and Associates (“CRA”) on the Company’s Plastic2Oil (“P2O”) 20 metric ton commercial processor. The stack test, which is a measure of emissions from the processor vent, was set up by CRA on August 16th and monitored by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”), and completed on August 17th.
The Company will file the stack test report with the DEC as part of its application to obtain a simple air permit which will allow commercial operation of the P2O processor.
The Company is pleased with these results, as they reaffirm Islechem's previous findings that the operation of the P2O processor is a clean “green” process. CRA's results indicate that the processor is emitting 14.87% oxygen to the stack, while only emitting 3.16 ppm (parts per million) of carbon monoxide, 0.81 lb/hr (86.4 ppm) of NOx, SO2 and THC were below 1 ppm, particulates tested below 0.02 lb/hr. In other words, the process puts a high percentage of oxygen back into the air while emitting very little, if any, toxic substances during the conversion of waste plastic into usable hydrocarbon fuels.
The stack test confirmed that the P2O processor emissions are below maximum emissions allowed under a NYDEC simple air permit. Because of these results, the Company believes it will not need to construct any filters, oxidizers or scrubbers for the stack, which is directly connected to the processor through a condenser to cool the air.
After the stack test, the P2O processor was shutdown to gather residue samples from within the reactor for testing. The residue was tested and found to be well below the TCLP thresholds for disposal in landfill. The residue from a P2O processor can be shipped to landfill and is not considered a hazardous waste."