TransMontaigne Operating Company LP - Issuance of Authority to Construct for Alteration of Source 13 (Air District Application 719137)
Summary
SCH Number
2025030854
Public Agency
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
(BAAQMD)
Document Title
TransMontaigne Operating Company LP - Issuance of Authority to Construct for Alteration of Source 13 (Air District Application 719137)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/20/2025
Document Description
The Air District has issued a roof replacement alteration under an Air District Authority to Construct for the
following equipment:
Source 13 (S13) Tank #1122 Internal Floating Roof
TransMontaigne Operating Company LP, Richmond Terminal has requested a roof replacement for 513. 513 is
currently a storage tank with an internal floating roof (IFR). The proposed new floating roof will be a cable
suspended roof that is safer and resu lts in less roof penetration. The replacement of the IFR for 513 will result
in a net decrease in emissions.
513 is currently permitted to store multiple materials such as unleaded gasoline, naphtha, ethyl alcohol,
kerosene, diesel fuel/oil, and avgas. TransMontaigne is not requesting any changes in the types of materials
stored. Prior to this application 513 was not subject to any maximum daily throughput, annual throughput, or
true vapor pressure (TVP) limits. A new condition set has been created as part of this project to set these limits.
Contact Information
Name
Christopher Ablaza
Agency Name
BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MGMT DIS
Job Title
Air Quality Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Dirk Wold
Agency Name
TransMontaigne Operating Company LP
Job Title
Air Compliance Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Richmond
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Wright Avenue & unnamed dirt road
Zip
94804
Other Location Info
Northwest of the tank is South 4th Street
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268(a)
Reasons for Exemption
This permit decision is not subject to CEQA because the Air District's evaluation is a ministerial action (Public
Resources Code § 21080(b)(l) and CEQA Guidelines § 15268(a)) conducted using the fixed standards and
objective measurements in the Air District's rules and regulations. In addition, because S-13 is altered and not
new or modified, neither a Best Available Control Technology (BACT) or BACT for toxics (TBACT) determination
is required . The Air District is legally compelled to approve this application given the relevant requirements
objectively met based on the information available to the Air District. Thus, the Air District's approval is
ministerial and not subject to CEQA.
This permit application is also categorically exempt from CEQA. CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301, exempts
projects that involve negligible or no expansion of use. The alteration will not expand the facility's normal
operation and will result in no increase or only a negligible increase in use of the facility. Further, based on the
review of the permit application materials, including Appendix H, environmental information form, the project
will not have any significant environmental impacts, and cumulative impacts from successive projects of the
same type in the same place will not result in significant environmental impacts. The changes did not result in
increased capacities or emissions from any source. Accordingly, approval of this permit application is not subject
to CEQA review. It can also be seen with certainty that the change will not have any environmental impacts. The
action would therefore be exempt under the "common sense" exemption. (See CEQA Guidelines § 15061,
subdivision (b)(3)).
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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