Quemetco Capacity Upgrade Project
Summary
SCH Number
2018081096
Lead Agency
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Document Title
Quemetco Capacity Upgrade Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation
Received
Present Land Use
GP: Industrial; Z: Industrial
Document Description
The Quemetco Capacity Upgrade Project is proposing to modify existing SCAQMD permits to: 1) increase the rotary feed drying furnace feed rate limit from 600 tons per day to 750 tpd; 2) increase the amount of total coke material allowed to be processed in the rotary feed drying furnace and reverberatory furnace from 600,000 pounds per month to 750,000 lbs/month; 3) allow petroleum coke, in lieu of or in addition to calcined coke, to be used as a smelting reagent in the reverberatory furnace and electric resistance heated slag reduction furnace; and 4) remove one existing emergency diesel-fueled internal combustion engine and install two new emergency natural gas-fueled ICEs, each equipped with a three-way catalyst, to provide additional power to operate room ventilation baghouses during a power disruption. Currently, the facility's rotary feed drying furnace and reverberatory furnace operate approx 20 hours per day; however, with the proposed increase in rotary feed drying furnace permit limit, the rotary feed drying furnace and reverberatory furnace may operate up to 24 hours per day and as a consequence, the refined lead product output will increase from approx 460 tpd to 575 tpd. The purpose of this project is to allow the facility to recycle more batteries and to eliminate the existing daily idle time of the rotary feed drying furnace and reverberatory furnace. This facility is identified on lists compiled by DTSC per Gov Code Sec 65962.5.
Contact Information
Name
Barbara Radlein
Agency Name
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Diamond Bar
Counties
Los Angeles
Cross Streets
S. 7th Avenue & Salt Lake Street
Zip
91746
Total Acres
13
Parcel #
8208-019-18, -20, -21
State Highways
1-605, 60
Railways
Union Pacific RR/ Metro Link
Waterways
San Jose Creek
Township
2S
Range
10W
Section
19
Base
SB
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Other - Public Comments, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
Development Types
Industrial (Acres 13)
Local Actions
air permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, GHG
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