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The cost of purchasing new fuel pumps at the South Coast
Plant has been estimated at $15,000 for each pump, with a
total of 10 pumps necessary. The total cost of purchase and
installation of the new equipment can be estimated at $200,000.
b. Air Quality in Guayanilla
A second major claim of the WRA is that burning of
1.0% sulfur fuel if unnecessary to assure attainment of
standards. According to the WRA, the burning of 2.0%-2.5%
sulfur fuel still permits SOx primary standards to be achieved
in al inhabited areas in and around Guayanilla. According
to the diffusion analysis submitted with the Commonwealth's
proposed SIP revision of January, the burning of 2.0% sulfur
fuel will result in violations of primary SOx standards and not
more than 1.0% must be burned if primary standards are to be
achieved in all areas of Guayanilla.
The WRA, in conjunction with the EQB, has established a
network of seven SOx monitoring stations in the Guayanilla
area. It hopes to have, by early 1976, sufficient air quality
data from this network to support a request to burn 2.0%
sulfur fuel.
This Region's position has been that, if and when such air
quality data is gathered and the EQB acts favorably on a
proposed SIP revision, this Agency will review the proposed
revision and the evidence supporting it. We will make our
decisions based upon current law and regulations in light of
those facts. Until that time, however, the requirements of
the SIP, as they currently exist and have recently been
reaffirmed by the Commonwealth's proposed SIP revision of
January, 1975, must be enforced to ensure the attainment of
primary standards and, thereby, the protection of the public
health.
Finally, our EPA Region II Office has been quite concerned
about "overkill" in the original state SIP requirements
(including Puerto Rico) "overkill" to the extent that the
state regulation would require the burning of very low-sulfur
fuel when it really isn't necessary to achieve primary or
secondary air quality standards. We have urged the states to
make revisions to their SIP's where such "overkill" has
occurred. The Governor of Puerto Rico recognized this fair and
reasonable approach on the part of EPA relative to their SO2
regulations in his testimony before Congress on April 21, 1975:
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