RICHMOND PRODUCTS TERMINAL
Summary
SCH Number
2024110767
Public Agency
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
(BAAQMD)
Document Title
RICHMOND PRODUCTS TERMINAL
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/22/2024
Document Description
The Richmond Products Terminal is a terminal that stores and distributes petroleum products. It consists of a tank farm with pipelines for accessibility to and from rail, barges, and road tankers. The Air District has issued a Permit to Operate to KMLT for the following alterations to the Richmond Products Terminal (Permit Application Number 31964):
1. Increase the permitted Transmix throughput for Tank 26 (S-26) from 624,000 to 3,000,000 gallons per year (increase of 2,376,000 gallons/year); and decrease the permitted gasoline at other tanks {S-4, S-6, S-10, S-13, S-14, S-11, S-27 to S-30 & S-51) from 1,785,355,721 to 1,782,979,721 gallons per year; and
2. Increase the permitted Transmix throughput of the Loading Rack (S-1) from 624,000 gallons to 3,000,000 gallons per year; and decrease the permitted gasoline at S-11oading rack from 247,000,000 to 244,624,000 gallons per year. The Air District has also issued a revised Synthetic Minor Operating Permit (SMOP) to update the permit condition for these alterations (Permit Application Number 710879).
Contact Information
Name
Eric Grulke
Agency Name
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Job Title
Senior Air Quality Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Donny Homer
Agency Name
Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals, LLC (KMLT) - Richmond Products Terminal.
Job Title
Senior Specialist- Permitting Compliance
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Richmond
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Northern California
Cross Streets
Seacliff Drive
Zip
94804
State Highways
California
Township
Richmo
Other Location Info
1306 Canal Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA 94804; Nearest Cross Street: Seacliff Drive.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268
Reasons for Exemption
Finding of Exemption: The Air District has determined that the issuance of this Permit to Operate and revised SMOP are exempt from CEQA because the Air District's approval is "ministerial." (Public Resources Code § 21080(b)(1) and CEQA Guidelines§ 15268(a).) Basis for Exemption: These permit decisions are not subject to CEQA because the Air District's evaluation is a ministerial action (Public Resources Code § 21080(b)(1) and CEQA Guidelines § 15268(a)) conducted using the fixed standards and objective measurements outlined in standard air permitting/engineering reference materials including, but not limited to: permitting handbooks, permitting manuals, permitting guidance documents, source test/lab sampling results, and emissions factor clearinghouses. In addition, because S-1 and S-26 are altered and not new or modified, neither a Best Available Control Technology (BACT) determination nor a BACT for taxies (TBACT) determination is required. The Air District was legally compelled to approve these applications given the relevant requirements were objectively met based on the information available to the Air District. Thus, the Air District's approval is ministerial and not subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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