UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGION 5
77 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604

SUBJECT: CLEAN AIR ACT INSPECTION REPORT

Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas St. Charles, LLC, Hahnville,
Louisiana

FROM:

Victoria Nelson, Environmental Engineer
AECAB (MI/WI)

THRU:

Sarah Marshall, Section Supervisor
AECAB (MI/WI)

TO:

File

Basic Information

Facility Name: Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas St. Charles, LLC (Vopak)

Facility Location: 355 LA Highway 3142, Hahnville, Louisiana
Date of Inspection: April 21, 2022

EPA Inspectors:

1.	Victoria Nelson, Environmental Engineer

2.	Karina Kuc, Environmental Engineer

Other Attendees:

1.	Charles Cuti, Union Carbide Corporation, Leveraged Air Specialist

2.	Brandt Dufrene, Vopak, Site Supervisor

3.	Clarence McGee, Vopak, Terminal Operator

4.	Tyrone Wheaten, Think Environmental, LDAR Technician

5.	Alex LeDet, Vopak, Terminal Manager (only present during the Closing Conference)

6.	Frank, Fazio, Vopak, Environmental Engineer (only participated by phone during the
Closing Conference)

Contact Email Address: Frank Fazio - Frank.fazio@vopak.com

Purpose of Inspection: To evaluate compliance with the Clean Air Act

Facility Type: Chemical and Wastewater Storage Tank Terminal


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Regulations Central to Inspection: National Emission Standards for Benzene Waste
Operations, 40 C.F.R. Part 61, Subpart FF

Arrival Time: 9:00 AM CT
Departure Time: 1:45 PM CT

Inspection Type:

M Unannounced Inspection
~ Announced Inspection

Opening Conference

M Presented Credentials
M Stated authority and purpose of inspection
M Small Business Resource Information Sheet not provided.

M Provided CBI warning to facility

The following information was obtained verbally from Brandt Defrene and Clarence McGee
unless otherwise noted.

Company Ownership: Vopak became the owner and operator of the terminal supporting the
adjacent Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) facility in December 2020.

Process Description:

Vopak is co-located with and stores raw materials, product, and benzene-containing wastewater
for the UCC facility in Hahnville, Louisiana. Vopak operates three external floating roof tanks
to store benzene-containing wastewater from the UCC facility. Product storage includes two
propane bullet tanks and two propylene bullet tanks. Other storage at the facility includes methyl
carbitol, methyl aery I ate, methanol, and butyl acrylate.

Staff Interview: Several tanks on-site have been refurbished and brought back into service,
including Tanks 2109, 2210, 2220, and 2230. Tank 2301 contains ethylenediamine and is
controlled by a water scrubber. Tanks 1301,1311, 1321, and 1331 store benzene-containing
wastewater from the UCC facility.

Think Environmental conducts leak detection and repair (LDAR) requirements for both Vopak
and UCC facilities.

According to Alex LeDet: Tank 1331 was refurbished and is still undergoing installation of new
equipment. It was brought back into service in July 2021. The stilling well at Tank 1331 is fitted
with a slotted emissions sleeve that is open to atmosphere by design. A level meter will be
installed at the top, but the pipe connecting to the external floating roof was left open at the time
of the inspection.

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Tank 1331 was 17 percent full at the time of the inspection. Tank 2337 stores butyl acrylate and
was loaded the day before the inspection.

Interview of Dennis Fleming, Site Supervisor and Irving Range, Operations Manager with
Think Environmental on April 19, 2022: Think Environmental staff perform LDAR
monitoring for the Vopak facility, as well as for the UCC facility. Think Environmental LDAR
Technicians use ThermoFisher Toxic Vapor Analyzer 1000 flame ionization detectors (TVA
1000) to conduct EPA Method 21 monitoring. Prior to use, each TVA 1000 is calibrated using
methane span gases of 500,1,000, 5,000, and 10,000 parts per million (ppm). EPA reviewed
calibration records that showed past use of isobutylene calibration gases. In April 2021, Think
Environmental technicians switched from using Phoenix 21 photo ionization detectors to the
TVA 1000 FID.

Tour Information

EPA Tour of the Facility: Yes

Data Collected and Observations:

As detailed in Appendices A and B, EPA inspectors observed organic emissions at four storage
tanks operated by Vopak using the FLIR GFx-320 and a flame ionization detector (FID). Think
Environmental LDAR Technician, Tyrone Wheaten, confirmed EPA's FID readings using the
FID regularly used for LDAR monitoring conducted on-site. EPA observed wastewater Storage
Tank 1301 with organic emissions venting from one of the tank legs, however, due to an
equipment malfunction the video is unrecoverable. EPA and Think Environmental were unable
to access the venting Tank 1301 tank leg to monitor with a FID due to the external roof being
classified as a confined space.

Photos and/or Videos: were taken during the inspection.

EPA inspectors recorded videos using the FLIR GFx-320.

Field Measurements: were taken during this inspection.

EPA inspectors collected organic emissions data using a FID.

Records Review

1. Storage Tank Inventory

Closing Conference

M Provided U.S. EPA point of contact to the facility

Requested documents:

• Work orders documenting the repair of Storage Tanks 1301,1331, and 2337

Compliance Assistance: EPA recommended repair of the emissions observed from Tank 1301
and other leaks observed from equipment in Vopak's LDAR program, as detailed in Appendix B.

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Concerns: EPA noted that the benzene wastewater storage tanks should not be emitting from
the external floating roof.

Digital Signatures

VICTORIA
Report Author: NELSON

Digitally signed by
VICTORIA NELSON
Date: 2022.05.16
11:43:26 -05'00'

SARAH	Digitally signed by

Section Supervisor: MARSHALL

SARAH MARSHALL
Date: 2022.05.16
12:09:26 -05'00'

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Facility Name: Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas St. Charles, LLC
Facility Location: 355 LA Highway 3142, Hahnville, Louisiana
Date of Inspection: April 21, 2022

Appendices and Attachments

?, Appendix A: Digital Video and Image Log

2, Appendix B: EPA Monitoring Results and Calibration Information

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Facility Name: Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas St. Charles, LLC
Facility Location: 355 LA Highway 3142, Hahnville, Louisiana
Date of Inspection: April 21, 2022

Appendix A: Digital Video and Image Log

1. Inspector Name: Karina Kuc

2. Archival Record Location: Region 5 Electronic
Records Center

Video
Number

File Name

Date and Time

(Central

Time)*



Description of Image

1

MOV_0237.mp4

FLIR malfunction -
video unrecoverable

4/21/2022
11:34:00 AM



Organic emissions from
the tank leg of the external
fIoating roof of Tank 1301

2

MOV_0238.mp4

FLIR malfunction -
video unrecoverable

4/21/2022
11:35:00 AM



Organic emissions from
the tank leg of the external
f I oati ng roof of Tank 1301

3

DC_0242jpg

4/21/2022
12:42:00 PM



Photo of the top of the
slotted emission sleeve

4

MOV_0243.mp4

4/21/2022
12:42:00 PM



Slotted emissions sleeve
for the stilling well at the
Tank 1331 external
floating roof

"The time reflected on the timestamp is an hour later than the video was recorded.

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Facility Name: Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas St. Charles, LLC
Facility Location: 355 LA Highway 3142, Hahnville, Louisiana
Date of Inspection: April 21, 2022

Appendix B: EPA Monitoring Results and Calibration Information

Monitoring Results from Inspection 4/21/2022 and Calibration and Instrument Information

Table 1. Monitoring of Process Equipment and Wastewal

.er Transfer Points

Location

Notes

EPA
Inspector

EPA
Reading

(ppm)

Think
Environmental
Reading (ppm)

Top of Tank 1301

Background reading

Victoria N.

3

—

Base of Tank
1301

Background reading

Victoria N.

0.3

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Top of Tank 1331

Open stilling well
connected to the top of
the external floating
roof through a slotted
emissions sleeve

Victoria N.

19



Manway R50172
at top of Tank
2337

Tank 2337 had been
loaded the day before

Victoria N.

4,000

Flame out

OEL near Valve
D1880

OEL on propylene line
operated and
monitored by UCC.

Victoria N.

2,700

2,500

Valve 26812

Valve on Propane
Discharge Line

Victoria N.

860

925

OEL below Valve
26663

OEL at line from
Safety Valve
Discharge. The Safety
Valve Discharge is
routed back into the
tank.

Victoria N.

> 30,000

33,000

Legend:

OEL - Open-ended valve or line

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Facility Name: Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas St. Charles, LLC
Facility Location: 355 LA Highway 3142, Hahnville, Louisiana
Date of Inspection: April 21, 2022

Calibration and Instrument Information

EPA used one ThermoFisher Toxic Vapor Analyzers 2020 (TVA2020). The EPA TVA2020 response
times are in the 4 to 5 second range. During the inspection, Tyler Wheaten, Think Environmental
LDAR Technician, used a flame ionization detector (FID), model ThermoFisher Toxic Vapor Analyzer
1000, to confirm EPA's readings. All readings were collected on April 21, 2022.

Victoria Nelson used TVA2020 ID: SL1555 for the duration of the survey.

Table 2. Instrument Calibration

April 21, 2022

SL1555 Reading (ppm)

10:30am Calibration Reading, 500 ppm

495

10:30am Calibration Reading, 10,000 ppm

10,300

1:36pm Drift Check, 500 ppm

512

1:36pm Drift Check, 10,000 ppm

10,200

Table 3. Calibration Gases

Manufacturer

Composition

Lot#

Expiration

TG Technical Services

Zero air

TDBJ-1-22

3/27/2023

TG Technical Services

Methane, 500 ppm

TDBJ-150A-500-11

3/27/2023

TG Technical Services

Methane, 1%

TIBJ-135A-1-1

8/21/2023

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