2006-01-20 THELCO - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

burn Naphtha instead of diesel what we have right now are what we call our fuel oil tanks, theyre what we call fixed roof. In other words you just put there one volume and you put the diesel into the tank and then you pump it out. In a Naphtha application as far as safety precautions what you want to do is we have you re-, you convert or you build a new tank which is what we call a floating roof tank. So its that the roof is on the, floating on the fluid, the Naphtha in that case all the time so that you minimize the combustibles and the oxygen or the air so that you could have combustion. Now after that it goes through the pipes and into the, into the combustion turbine for ignition. So, it is treated no differently than lets say a gasoline where the formula itself, Naphtha, would be the same as it comes from the refinery. Presently let me say this that Naphtha is used by the power plant that exists at the old Hamakua Sugar Mill. They have 2 combustion turbines and they primarily burn, use Naphtha right now. So there are provisions for fire, safety and accidents. SIRACUSA:So youre saying that its control combustion such as we have in our car engines?ThecombustionofNaphthaiscontrolled,youvegotthiscapthatfloatsontop? LEE:Yes.Thereareprotectivemeasuresforthestorageandfortheuseof Naphtha. SIRACUSA:Now, you say that a special ventilation systems been required to vent the exhausts to an unconfined area. So I would like if you could show me over here where the ventilation system would be especially in relation to the closest residences. LEE:Well, first of all the ventilation system will probably be off of the floating roof tank itself. SIRACUSA:So where would that place be, point that out for me please. LEE:Again the use of identification of Naphtha in the EIS was identified as an alternative to what we presently have. So, this as Lee Sichter pointed out, these are the existing tanks. One here, these two tanks and we have an existing tank here, tank one, item 46 and fuel tank number 2, 46 which is existing. So these tanks would have to be converted from fixed roof tanks to what we call floating roof tanks. And also in our application we proposed to build this additional tank here as item, which is item 16. So most likely it will be built. Our plan is to build it as a fixed roof tank to serve or hold diesel. Now if we convert as an alternative to Naphtha in the future then this probably would be converted or replace with fixed roof tanks. Oh, Im sorry, floating roof tanks. SIRACUSA:Yeah, so that corner is where the exhaust would be? LEE:The, these wherever you have a-. SIRACUSA:In that general area. LEE:-tank youll have the exhaust. Yeah, again its gas so it will go up. The closest resident, your second question, in the Ag Park is located approximately here. The other-. EXHIBIT G 7