San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (District): Project 1052358 Proposed Changes to the Pacific Ethanol Plant
Summary
SCH Number
2005118308
Public Agency
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Document Title
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (District): Project 1052358 Proposed Changes to the Pacific Ethanol Plant
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/21/2005
Document Description
Pacific Ethanol will modify the original equipment that was authorized under District Project Number C-1031341. Pacific Ethanol will remove the CO2 recovery plant serving the fermentation and beerwell tanks. Pacific Ethanol will also remove the 6.5 MMBtu/hr flare serving the ethanol loading rack. The CO2 recovery plant and the ethanol loading rack will be replaced by a 1.1 MMBtu/hr regenerative thermal oxidizer. There are some slight changes to the emissions from each of these units associated with the changes by Pacific Ethanol. The facility emissions for NOx, CO, VOC, and PM10 are either decreasing or remaining the same. The facility SOx emissions are increasing by 5.0 pounds per year.
Contact Information
Name
Hector R. Guerra
Agency Name
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Madera
Counties
Madera
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The SJVUAPCD investigated the possible environmental impacts of the proposed project and determined that said project will have no possible significant adverse effect on the environment. As noted above, the proposed changes would result in only 0.013 lbs/day of SOx. The project previously underwent CEQA review per a Negative Declaration, SCH#2004011135, determining that no significant adverse effects would result from the project.
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