I did not notice the tons per "month", Good catch Jonathon. 0.17 tons per month does work out to be 2.04 tpy. But if that is PM10, then how can total particulates only be 0.37 tpy? PM10 emissions, by definition, can not exceed total particulate emissions.
Here is another little factoid for those interested in math. My car needed an emissions inspection to get registered here in DC. My 10-year old Mazda was emitting 0.65 grams NOx per mile. That works out to around 15 pounds per year, assuming I drive 10,000 miles per year. So the next time someone tells you that the real air pollution problem in Mon County is from all the cars those WVU students bring to campus, you can point out that every one of the 25,000 students on campus would need to be driving eight cars each, 10,000 miles per year, all in Mon County, to equal the 1,700 tpy of NOx emissions that Longview will add.
Now there is an issue for the MPO! Imagine the traffic jams!
JBK
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-----Original Message----- From: mvcac-bounces@cheat.org [mailto:mvcac-bounces@cheat.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rosenbaum Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:16 PM To: mvcac@cheat.org Subject: [BULK] - Re: [MVCAC] Marion County, Shuck Steel Fabricators Inc., R13-2621
Linda Shuster wrote:
At 12:58 PM 6/22/05 -0400, John Gever wrote: I agree with John on this. We all receive a ton of emails each day
that
we have to sort through. I think we need to be very judicious about what MVCAC sends out. Perhaps one of our standing committees could start keeping data on permit applications - perhaps the Monitoring Committee?
I'm glad there is finally some discussion about this issue. One thing to realize is that public comment periods are 30 days long. MVCAC meetings sometimes fall within these periods, but sometimes that isn't the case. If the Monitoring Committee is gathering together at reasonable times apart from MVCAC meetings then we do have timely factual material to work with. I'm not sure that this is presently the case, but I do agree this would be quite useful for our group. I also agree with Jim that we don't have to go after everything, but we shouldn't ignore the little guys either. What we need to establish is who to send this pertinent information to within our group. Let's figure this out at the next meeting. Keep in mind, should we be ignoring public comment periods like Mylans? We need to establish parameters where urgency creates a precedence for public consumption.
However, as far as email, there is a technology called filtering that has been around for a long time. For instance, in the case of MVCAC, all email sent "to: mvcac@cheat.org" and "cc: mvcac@cheat.org" can go into a folder called mvcac - this is what I do. Spending a little time learning how to use filters will give MVCAC members much more of an edge.
Jonathan
p.s. Jim, that's 2.04 tpy PM10 not 0.17 tpy PM10.
Linda
So does email. Applications for air quality permits are pretty frequent and people may develop mail-list fatigue if we get emails on
each and every one of them. May I suggest restricting these broadcasts to those highlighting particular concerns? At the same time, I agree it's useful to be aware of the many contributors to local air pollution -- a good MVCAC project might be to add up all
the
new sources permitted each year and issue a report.
Just my $0.02.
John Gever
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