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1	DEQ art glass permanent rulemaking 2016
2	Public comment points to respond to
4	Point ID	short summary	Summary of Comment	DEQ response	Notes	Assigned to	Response Status
5	1	flexibility	DEQ should give more compliance time and flexibility to CAGMs	DEQ is confident that the requirements and deadlines in the proposed rules are achievable by all affected facilities. DEQ is also committed to work with all affected companies to issue necessary emission control device approvals and test plan approvals as quickly as possible. We have revised the rule to reduce source testing costs and uncertainties by replacing the 99% capture efficiency standard with a standard at the baghouse outlet. In addition, DEQ added a pathway for facilities to apply for an extension of time to comply in 340-244-9005.			draft
6	2	don't shut down	DEQ should consider the economic effect on glass artists. DEQ should not shut down the glass industry.	The proposed permanent rules are intended to ensure that CAGMs operate in a way that is protective of human health and the environment. We are confident that facilities can meet these requirements while continuing to serve their customers.			draft
7	3	don't increase glass prices	If compliance with the rule is expensive, glass will be too expensive for glass artists to buy.	CAGMs must operate in a way that does not harm the health of their neighbors. DEQ believes the proposed rule requirements provide that protection to facility neighbors in a way that is also achievable for the affected facilities.			draft
8	4	other facilities	The pollution measured around Bullseye may be coming from other sources. DEQ should have collected more wind direction and velocity data. If DEQ does collect that data, it is likely that metals pollution near Bullseye is actually coming from fly ash used in making cement at the Lehigh Cement facility. There may be other point sources and mobile sources of these pollutants.	ask Brian Boling		Keith Johnson
9	5	statewide	DEQ should apply this rule statewide instead of only in the Portland area.	Based on comments received, DEQ is proposing that the permanent rule apply statewide. While there are no known air quality problems related to CAGM operations outside the Portland area, applying the rule statewide gives all Oregonians protections from current and potential future CAGM emissions and helps provide a “level playing field” for CAGMs that install the controls necessary to comply.			draft
10	6	500 lb/year	DEQ should lower the applicability threshold of the rule so that all facilities making at least 500 lbs per year of HAP-containing glass are regulated.				need to assign
11	7	all metals	The rule should regulate all heavy metals or all hazardous air pollutants (HAP), not just arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese and nickel.		adding cobalt and selenium. Add uranium too?		need to assign
12	8	99.9%	The temporary rule requires CAGMs to show that their baghouses capture 99.0% of incoming particulate matter. Baghouses can capture more than that, and DEQ should require them to demonstrate that they are capturing 99.9%.	DEQ agrees that baghouses are capable of capture efficiencies higher than the 99.0% standard in the temporary rule. DEQ has learned that there are practical problems with demonstrating capture efficiency with a source test, particularly for the smaller (Tier 1) facilities. To show 99.0% (or 99.9%) capture efficiency with a source test, a facility needs to test the inlet and the outlet of the baghouse. The inlet concentration would need to be at least 100x (or 1,000x) of the outlet concentration. Chemical tests are not accurate below a certain threshold (the method reporting limit, MRL) and if a reading is below the MRL then the sample concentration is assumed to be the MRL. To show 99.0% capture efficiency, the source test must be run until the inlet sample is at least 100x the MRL. Unfortunately that takes a very long time, especially at Tier 1 facilities (~ one week per test run), because their baghouse systems pull in a lot of air from the room and are very dilute. Long test runs are expensive and prone to error. One facility, Northstar, reported that they were quoted a cost of $350k for a source test, which may be more than the cost of buying and installing a baghouse. DEQ is proposing a rule revision so that facilities will have to meet an emissions standard of 0.005 gr/dscf (grains of particulate per dry standard cubic foot of air) rather than a baghouse capture efficiency standard. This is a standard type of emissions testing for other facility types and will reduce source testing costs.	If requiring baghouse leak detection, mention that here.		draft
13	9	health benchmarks	DEQ should modify the health benchmarks in the rule to make them more protective, especially the 36 ng/m3 daily average benchmark for hexavalent chromium.	DEQ has partnered with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to rely on their expertise in estimating environmental risks and setting health benchmarks. Because chronic exposure to pollutants can cause harm through different mechanisms than intense, acute exposures, OHA recommended that DEQ incorporate an annual and 24 hour limit on chromium emissions from Tier 2 facilities. Facilities are bound by both limits, so the most stringent is the one that matters. As you noted, exceeding the 36 ng/m3 acute (24 hour) limit for one day would also violate the chronic (annual) limit of 0.08 ng/m3. This is not an error, but it is true that the annual limit is more stringent and would be binding. DEQ is proposing to change the 36 ng/m3 limit based on new information submitted by OHA. OHA recommended that DEQ revise the 24 hour health benchmark for hexavalent chromium to 5 ng/m3. 5 ng/m3 is the intermediate minimal risk level (MRL) established by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). OHA is beginning a process to review and revise other health benchmarks. If OHA revises other benchmarks as part of that process, the updated data could be incorporated into the art glass rule in a future rulemaking.			draft
14	10	all glass factories	This rule should be changed to regulate all glass factories (such as Owens Brockaway and General Glass), not just CAGMs	Large scale bottle manufacturers are already subject to regulations that require control devices and reductions of emissions through technology based standards. This proposed rule is applicable to a different industry with different emissions and impacts. Additional health risk impacts from large bottle manufacturers may also be addressed as part of the permanent rulemaking mentioned in other comment responses.			draft
15	11	health-based	This rule's requirements are technology-based, but the rule restrictions should be health-based	DEQ has begun the Cleaner Air Oregon rulemaking process to develop a statewide risk-based air toxics permitting program that will cover many industry types. There will be many opportunities for public input and participation in that process. The approach proposed in the art glass rule is a combination of risk and technology based approaches. It requires emission control devices to reduce the rate at which CAGMs emit metals, which is a technology-based requirement. It also incorporates elements of a risk-based program by establishing health based acceptable source impact levels for chrome usage at Tier 2 facilities. The proposed rules also contain elements of a risk-based program in allowing Tier 1 CAGMs to demonstrate that their emissions of metals are not above the acceptable levels.	Remove reference to health-based pathway for Tier 1s if we remove that from the rule.		draft
16	12	translate	DEQ should provide translation for non-English speakers and specific outreach to communities of color and low-income communities.	DEQ can provide language translation for meetings or written materials upon request. Please contact DEQ and let us know if there is a specific community or language group that wants to request this.			draft
17	13	air permits on website	DEQ should make air emissions permits publicly available through its database	Making air permit records accessible to the public via DEQ’s website is a good suggestion but outside the scope of this rulemaking process.			draft
18	14	NESHAP 6S	This rule is less stringent than NESHAP 6S in some ways, so it should not apply to furnaces that are subject to NESHAP 6S.	The proposed rules are designed to apply even at furnaces that are subject to NESHAP 6S. At furnaces subject to both regulations, the restrictions of both regulations would apply and not just one or the other.			draft
19	15	can't operate until permit issued	Facilities should not be able to operate until the public has had a chance to comment on the proposed permit and DEQ has issued it.	Because the process of issuing a permit is long, it is DEQ’s policy that when a new rule is put in place, existing facilities can continue to operate during the period between submitting an application and when DEQ issues the permit. Facilities do not have to wait until the permit is issued to begin operating.			draft
20	16	more public comment	The public should be able to comment at more steps in the process, including commenting on source test plans and pollutant dispersion modeling.	Opportunities for public participation are a required and valuable part of DEQ’s rulemaking process. For this rulemaking DEQ convened a fiscal advisory committee, held a public hearing, and accepted public comment via our website as well as email. The proposed rule requires all Tier 1 and Tier 2 CAGMs to obtain air permits. As part of DEQ’s process for issuing air permits the public has an opportunity to comment on whether DEQ has correctly applied the rules and statutes to the proposed permit. The public can also request a public hearing. Soliciting and responding to public comment takes significant time and effort, and DEQ is not able to do that at all steps in the process.			draft
21	17	health-based applicability	DEQ should base the applicability threshold on the amount of metals used (lbs/year) and their relative health risks, rather than on the amount of glass. Some glass contains concentrated HAP and other recipes are very dilute. Also, some HAP like hexavalent chromium are more dangerous than others.		Al Hooton		need to assign
22	18	don't apply to glass users	Because of the way that 'melt' and 'furnace' are used in the rule, it may apply to some art glass users that are remelting glass rather than making it from powdered raw materials.		Chris Mini		need to assign
23	19	EJ	DEQ is required by to do demographic analysis to make sure that it does not have disproportionate adverse impacts on communities of color.		CRAG	Paul
24	20	BLDS	DEQ should require baghouse leak detection		EPA comment. Jaclyn will decide
25	21	grain loading	DEQ should replace the 99.0% capture efficiency test with a "grain loading" test at the baghouse outlet, with a particulate matter limit set at 0.005 gr/dscf	DEQ is recommending this change.	EPA		draft
26	22	Method 29 at outlet	DEQ should allow Tier 2 facilities to use Method 29 to measure total chromium at the baghouse outlet and assume all of it is hexavalent chromium, instead of using Method 0061 to measure hexavalent chromium.	DEQ agrees that this method is conservative (because it assumes the worst case, that all chromium is in the hexavalent form) and is proposing a change to the rule language to allow this.	Bullseye		draft
27	23	0.2 lb/ton	DEQ should allow facilities to meet the NESHAP 6S limit (0.2 lb of particulate emitted per ton of glass produced) instead of demonstrating 99% capture efficiency from the baghouse.	DEQ is proposing a change to the rule to eliminate the capture efficiency standard and replace it with an outlet PM grain loading limit of 0.005 gr/dscf.	Bullseye		draft
28	24	no metals in uncontrolled furnaces	CAGMs should not be allowed to use any metals in uncontrolled furnaces	Under the proposed rules the larger (Tier 2) CAGMs are not allowed to use glassmaking HAPs in an uncontrolled furnace. The smaller (Tier 1) manufacturers are allowed to use glassmaking HAPs in an uncontrolled furnace, but only if they show through source testing and dispersion modeling that doing so does not pose an unacceptable health risk to their neighbors.	do we still have the "source testing and modeling" option for Tier 1s?		need review
29	25	thermal oxidizers	CAGMs should be required to use better control devices such as thermal oxidizers	Thermal oxidizers are not effective in reducing metal emissions. Fabric filters (baghouses) are effective against metal particulates and appear to be the control devices most facilities will use to comply with the rule requirements.			draft
30	26	no chromium	CAGMs should not be allowed to use chromium in any form, because it transforms to hexavalent chromium.	DEQ believes that control devices such as baghouses are highly effective and that, if following the proposed regulations, CAGMS can use glassmaking HAP including chromium without undue impact to human health and the environment. Tier 2s facilities are required to source test and set usage limits in order to keep their impact below health benchmarks.			draft
31	27	emissions monitoring	DEQ should require monitoring of emissions rather than monitoring of the control devices	DEQ does not agree that this type of monitoring should be required. DEQ believes the testing required by the rule is sufficient to demonstrate the performance of the emission control devices			draft
32	28	baghouses not effective	In the Bullseye source test, the capture efficiency for chromium was less than for particulate matter. Baghouses are not effective if pollution is in a gas state or in very small particles.	The boiling point for chromium is 4,841°F. Baghouses operate at a much lower temperature than that, so chromium would not be in vapor form when passing through the baghouse. The Bullseye source test referenced in the comment only included one test run, so it's unknown whether that one data point is accurate under all circumstances. It's possible that chromium is being emitted at a very small particle size that is difficult for the baghouse to filter out. In any case, under the revised rule Tier 2 facilities are required to test their outlet emissions using EPA Method 29, which includes all emissions (filterable and condensable) and set production limits to keep chromium emissions below health benchmarks. That further data will measure actual chromium emissions and limit them to keep the air safe to breathe.			need review
33	29	cumulative health effects	Rule should take into account cumulative/interactive effects instead of pretending that people are exposed to a single pollutant in isolation	The health benchmarks incorporated into the proposed rule were developed with the help of the Oregon Health Authority. OHA is beginning a process to revise those benchmarks and if revised, DEQ could incorporate those changes in a future update to the art glass rule.	OHA may have better answer		draft
34	30	fenceline monitoring	Self-monitoring is insufficient. DEQ should conduct ongoing inspections and fenceline monitoring.	The proposed rule would require all affected facilities to get a DEQ permit. DEQ performs unannounced inspections of permitted sources on a regular basis. DEQ current has an air monitor near Bullseye but does not have the resources to perform air monitoring indefinitely or at all source locations.			need review
35	31	Best Available Technology	CAGMS should have to demonstrate on an annual basis that they are using the best available technology to limit toxic emissions from their facilities.	DEQ believes that existing technology can reduce CAGM emissions to levels below health benchmarks. If improved technologies are developed in the future, DEQ could revisit this rule in a future rulemaking.			draft
36	32	future additions	The rule should include a clause to allow for the future regulation of other materials from glass manufacturing if found to exceed either short and/or long term health standards for air shed quality.	The rule does not include language that would allow new materials to be regulated without going through a new rulemaking process. However, if new information comes to light DEQ could revisit the rule, or in an emergency the Governor's office could order DEQ to take action.	not sure about legal basis for emergency action		need review
37	33	precautionary principle	Where health impacts are uncertain, DEQ should err on the side of being more protective of health. Limits should reflect sensitive populations.	The health benchmarks incorporated into the proposed rule were developed with the help of the Oregon Health Authority. OHA is beginning a process to revise those benchmarks and if revised, DEQ could incorporate those changes in a future update to the art glass rule.			draft
38	34	facility limits vs furnace limits	Rule should set per-facility emission limits so that cumulative impact of multiple furnaces does not exceed health benchmarks.			?	need to assign
39	35	Cr6 conversion	Rule should assume that all Cr3 converts to Cr 6 in glass production.	Tier 2 facilities are required to set production limits to make sure that chrome emissions are below health benchmarks. To set those production limits, they can source test for hexavalent chromium or they can source test for total chromium and assume all of it is in the more dangerous hexavalent chromium. Comments indicate that at least some CAGMs will choose to assume that all chromium emissions are in the hexavalent form.			draft
40	36	enforcement	There should be heavy fines for violations, a plan for repeat offenders, and the ability to shut facility down if it poses an immediate risk to the public and environment.	When major violations are found at a permitted facility, DEQ's Office of Compliance and Enforcement performs formal enforcement, including a penalty calculated in accordance with guidance. Penalties are larger for repeat violations and DEQ does have the ability to do Cease and Desist orders in emergency situations	What legal basis is needed for Cease & Desist orders?		need review
41	37	cold shops	Rule should regulate dust and wastewater from cutting and cold processing of glass	Particulates from cutting and grinding operations are larger and heavier, and much less likely to be emitted to the outside of the facility. This rule does not regulate water emissions.	Are there other regs for stormwater, wastewater to sewer, or fugitive emissions from waste / broken glass near dumpster?		need review
42	38	NESHAP	DEQ should not rely on the NESHAP to protect neighbors	This rule is in addition to and more stringent than the federal NESHAP Subpart SSSSSS.			draft
43	39	September 1st	DEQ should apply the new rules by September 1st	The Environmental Quality Commission has the power to approve new rules, and will meet on September 29th to consider DEQ's proposal.			draft
44	40	video	DEQ should get modern video recording equipment and broadcast and post all public meetings.	DEQ has recorded and posted some recent meetings but currently does not have the equipment or staff expertise to produce high-quality video. DEQ is considering requesting funding for this.			draft
45	41	other facilities (2)	Ambient levels didn't decrease after the temp rule was put in place, so the pollution must be coming from other sources.			Keith Johnson	need to assign
46	42	batch vs continuous furnace	The only rule change needed is to 'close the loophole on the definition of batch production' so that furnaces that are kept hot are subject to NESHAP 6S. DEQ should not add other regulation.	DEQ does not agree that changing the applicability interpretation for the federal regulation (NESHAP Subpart SSSSSS) would provide the needed protection for CAGM neighbors.			needs review
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