Monitoring, Reporting, Accountability, and Evaluation Methods. Evaluation and monitoring of the gasification system will be a major effort as the equipment is brought on-line. Information concerning performance testing and compliance emission monitoring can be found in Section II.C.7 of this Agreement. Although it is unknown what details will be required, other reports regarding gasification system technology related to this project, that are produced for the Department of Energy will also be made available to the stakeholders and the public. The stakeholders will be notified of the availability of issued permits. The potential reduction in greenhouse gasses is another aspect of the project that will be monitored. Greenhouse gasses have been implicated in causing global warming. The compounds most commonly associated with greenhouse gasses are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), sulfur hexaflouride (SF6), perflourocarbons, and hydroflourocarbons. Of these, carbon dioxide is the gas most likely to be affected by the gasification process. Although the application of gasification technology at the Big Island Mill is not expected to have a dramatic effect on greenhouse gas emissions, some moderate reductions are anticipated. More importantly, the application of this technology to the industry as a whole, including the gasification of all biomass and implementation of combined cycle technology, is expected to yield very large reductions in greenhouse gasses. This is discussed in more detail in Section III.E. The reductions in carbon dioxide anticipated from this project at Big Island will be a result of not burning auxiliary fuel to sustain black liquor combustion and because the project offsets approximately 50,000 lbs per hour of steam currently generated by another natural gas fired boiler. In order to document the future reduction of CO2 and the increased efficiency of energy conversion, Georgia-Pacific must establish a baseline for current emissions and a reporting mechanism for future emissions. An estimation of the reduced CO2 emissions from not burning auxiliary fuel will be documented. CO2 data will be collected during normal operation of the gasification system. This can then be compared to baseline CO2 data from the smelters. Increases in thermal efficiency can be ascertained by measuring the increase in steam output per unit fuel input in the chemical recovery process. The VADEQ has responsibility to ensure that the new emission source is adequately monitored to maintain compliance with al...
Monitoring, Reporting, Accountability, and Evaluation Methods. The primary objective of the LSCP is to ameliorate the impact of an environmental hazard, i.e., lead, on the health and well-being of that portion of the community most at risk from its effects. Columbus intends to monitor, report and evaluate both the reduction of lead in the environment and the reduction in the incidence of childhood lead poisoning, as a result of the LSCP, both within the community at large and within those neighborhoods which have been most at-risk. Since all blood lead levels of children younger than six years old are reported to CLPPP, the impact of both the program’s general public education and targeted education efforts should be reflected in the incidence rate for elevated blood lead levels in the community as a whole and within target neighborhoods. In addition, Columbus will provide lead hazard identification and medical case management, and track follow-up blood lead levels for all those with EBLLs. The effectiveness of medical case management, education and abatement efforts will be measured. It is expected that there will be a drop in blood leads for those children receiving services. The impact of the additional funds being directed to the LSCP can be measured by the increased drop in blood lead levels compared with past years. All data regarding lead hazard risk assessments will be stored in a data base. Whenever abatement activity occurs, dust and soil samples will be collected to verify that safe levels have been attained. The City will also conduct six-month follow-up sampling to determine whether lead- safe levels are maintained. This will provide the City with a valid measure of both the abatement methods used and the long-term effectiveness of education. When formal education classes are provided for property owners, maintenance crews, painters or parents, pre- and post-testing will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of the education module. In addition, free initial blood lead screening and follow-up blood tests will be offered to the children of participants. The expected results will be that those children that do not have an elevated blood level at the time of the training will not develop one in the future, and that those with elevated blood levels will have lower lead levels at follow-up. At the time the Division of Water identifies a proposed treatment change (as defined in the Glossary of Terms), the Water Division will consult with treatment experts, US EPA and OEPA to determine which parameters sho...
Monitoring, Reporting, Accountability, and Evaluation Methods. Evaluation and monitoring of the gasifier units will be a major effort as the equipment is brought on-line. Information concerning performance testing and compliance emission monitoring can be found in section II.B.7 (page 10) of this agreement. Other reports, regarding steam-reforming technology related to this project, that are produced for the Department of Energy will also be made available to the stakeholder group and the public. A topic of concern that is not an “emission compliance” issue, is the potential reduction in greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gasses have been implicated in causing global warming. The compounds most commonly associated with greenhouse gasses are: carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O), Sulfur hexaflouride (SF6), perflourocarbons, and hydroflourocarbons. Of these, carbon dioxide is the gas most likely to be affected by the gasification process. Although the
