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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-ATTACHMENT NATTACHMENT N ADDITIONAL GENERAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY APPLICANT PRIOR TO JULY % 2019 PC HEARING COSTOO WHOL58ALE Fuel Facility 2606 El, Camino Beal Tustin, California General Information Cour Job No. 14640 The fuel facility component to this existing warehouse development will Include equipment of the latest technology, with many safety features to prevent potential environmental impact. it is designed in accordance with local, stElte, and federal requirements and will be installed by State Certified Installation Contractors according to specific cansfructlon guidelines and requirements, Below are a few operational and design features that provide exceptional environmental safeguards. Operational Features: 1. The fuel facility is designed to ppprate as an unattended self:serve facility, However, Costco Wholesale's policy Is to provide a Costoo Gasoline Program trained employee at the site during all hours of operation. The Costco Gasoline training program Includes an Interactive test that all gasollne employees must pass before working at a Costco Gasoline facility, 2. In, addition to the above-mentioned employee, the facility is supported by senior management In the warehouse during the gasoline station"s operating hours. The supervisor will be equipped with a roam telephone programmed to receive coils from the fueling facility and warehouse, Every gasoline facility is equipped with a 091 V telephone that automatically contacts etmergency dispatch In addition to a regular telephone line and roam phones, 1 Employees are trained to Identify rogintenance requirements and physically inspect the fuel islands. regularly during operating hours. Their tm,ir' ing includes the proper spilt cleanup and emergency response procedures. Trained employees check for leaking hoses, malfunctioning nozzles, fuel spills., and physical damage to the .dispensers and cohtroiler enclosure. aurins non-oporating hours, the power to the dispensers is turned off and each nozzle pad Is lacked. Should the system require attention beyond what the trained site personnel can handle, the local authorized and certified service contractor will be contacted and dispatched to repair the equipment; 4. Emergency shutoff switches are installed next to the controller enclosure and in locations near the dispensers, as dictated by the Fire Code. 6, Closed circuit television monitor cameras aimed to show all fueling positions, the tank slab, and equiipment enclosure are mounted on canopy columns adjacent to the fuel Islands. A split- screen monitor located in the Costco Wholesale warehouse allows for full-time monitoring of the fueling operation. All images are recorded by the camera system. 6The tank and piping monitoring system is programmed to activate visuallaudible alarms In the event of an alarm condition. A visual/audible alarm Is located on the outside of the controller enclosure. Further, the monitoring system Is designed so that If power Is lost to the monitoring console, the facility Is shut dawn and will not operate. 7= An `independent security company monitors the Costco iNholesale warehouse alarm system. The alarm system acknowledges an alarm condition at the fuel facility and notifies Costco Wholesale management staff of an alarm condition should it occur after operating hours. 14640 -General Info Sheot.doox 49 Design Featuros; 1, Costoo Wholesale's tank and piping system Is certified to meet the Federal U$T leak detection standards of .06 percent probability of detection and 5 percent probability of false ;alarm. California State Water Resources Control Board also certifies the system under Lia -113, 2. Costco Wholesale utilizes one of the most durable joint sealers available today to 'seol the concrete control joints. INTI sealer Is a petroleum resistant sealant developed by Preverrtirfn. Technologies, Ino, (PTI), "The sealer is used to prevent petroleum products from entering the underlying soil at the 60.1`101`06 joints. This product is. used for its superior elasticity and user- frio'ndly.appfioadon, The elasticity allows the product to maintain a tight se ri eve.n with concrete expansion: the easy applicatlon ensures a proper seal whether Itis applied by a contractor or maintenance personnel. Costco Wholesale Is one of the few, if not only company, to have a nationwide standard to seal control joints and other areas to prevent product spills from reaching the soil. 3, The storm dralnage system for the fueling facility area will be designed in accordance with State of California Best Management Practices for water quality treatment standards. Stormwater frons .the fueling area will be Isolated and will be +dtrected to a patch basin and processed through an oillwater separator prior to discharge to the downstream system, d: The underground tank and piping control units are housed inside the controller enclosure. The enclosure will contain the power console, the dispenser interface; unit, the submersible pump variable speed controllers, and the monitoring system console. An air conditioner mounted on the: side: of tho enclosure will have a preset thermostat to maintain a safe operating temperature, b. The USTs and all dispensers are equipped with non4netallio piping containment sumps with sensors. Plberglass or High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Is used for Its oortoslon resistance and plasticltyt The doable -walled storage tank system Includes a hydrostatic interstitial space sonsor that inoriltors the primary .and secondary tank walls. if a tartly wall Is compromised the interstitial ;sensor will immediately .shut down the jobduct delivery system and activate a visual/audIble alarm. 6. The tanks are secured in plate with anchoring straps (twee -dawns) connected to concrete hold down deadmen. The�.eritire tank excavation hole Is backfiiled with pea gravel and capped with an 8"IneIh4hick reinforced concrete slab (overburden). The iie�downs, together with the overburden, overcome any possible buoyancy factors and resist buckling, under hydrostatic pressures, T All product and vent piping Is tion -corrosive and provides three (3) levels of protection; (1), all product piping Is monitored with pressure line leak detection, (2), all piping is double wall to provide secondary containment; and (3), all secondary piping Is monitored with tank sump leak detectors. 8. Ali piping connections to the tanks and dispensers are flexible. Flexible connectors are used to prevent rupture from any form of ground movement. 9w If a piping leek occurs, the gasoline will flow through the secondary pipe to a sump where a sensor Is triggered to immediately shut down the system and activate an audiblelvisual alarm, 10. All tanks and dispensers are equipped with Recovery (EVR) vapor recovery air pollution associated Executive Orders. The Phase I path from the tanks back to the tanker truci the latest Phase I and Phase II Enhanced Vapor equipment technology per CARE regulations and RVR equipment controls the vapors in the return during offloading filling operations. The Stage I W40 -General Info sheet.doex 50 EVA, systems are 98 percent effective in controlling fugitive emissions from escaping into the environment. The phase lI EVR equipment controls the vapors In the return path from the vehicles back to the twits and are 95 percent effective in controlling fugitive emissions from escaping into the environment. 11. The UST monitoring system Incorporates• automatic shutoffs, If gasoline is detected in the sump at thefueldispehser, the dispenser shuts downautomatically and an alarm Is sounded, If ,a problem is detected with a tank, the tank Is automatically shut down and an alarin is sounded, if the product piping system detects a fallure of the 0.1 gallons per Dour (GPH) test, an alarm: is sounded and the line Is dispatched for service via the FMS monitoring service. Pursuant to federal requirements, monitoring equipment must be able to detect a minimum leak of 3 CPH (equivalent to the accuracy Of a mechanical leak detector). By providing monitoring to a higher standard (0,1 vs, 3), Costco Wholesale maintains a higher degree of safety than required by current federal requirements. 12. Each fool dispenser Includes several safety devices. Specifically, each dispenser sump is equipped with an automatic shutoff valve to protect against vehicle impact. In addition, each fuel hose includes a poppeted breakaway device that will slop the flow of fuel at both ends of the hose In the event of an accidental drive -off. Also, each dispenser is equipped with internal fire extinguishers. Lastly, all dispensers include leak detection sensors connected to the alarm console inside the controller enclosure. Regulatory Agencies, Regulations, and Permits-, The following is ,a list of regulations and agencies that govern gasoline facilities and, as noted, require specific permits or approvd%, This list shouvs the magnitude of the regulatory environment that governs this industry. Costco Wholesale has met or exceeded all the standards and requirements outlined below for the Costco Gasoline faoili#y. As described above, the Costod Wholesale retail fuel facility, provides a significant number of features to reduce and oontrol the potential for environmental health hazardsr All systems to be installed are of the latest technology and meet or ekoeed all local, state] and federal regulations. 1 , California Fire Code, Chapters 23, 50, and 57 2, California Code of Regulations Titie 23, Division 3. Chapter 16 ("California Underground Storage Tank Regulations") 3. California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter V ("Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances") 4. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Storage Tank Regulations (Subpart D, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 230) 5, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) 6 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Articles 30 and 30A, regarding Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code 7. American Petroleum institute (API) Recommended Practices for Installation of Underground Storage Systems & California Air Resources Board (CADS) Executive Orders and Proc edores and South Coast Air Quality Management District Regulations A. Orange County Environmental Health Hazardous Materials Program (COPA), which provides enforcement of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCO) Regulations 14640 -General Into Sheet docx 51 a Vapor Recovery and Control of Fu* ive Emissionj r - Stage I Vapor Recovery . Costco Dual Point vapor recovery e ui men meets the EPA State p and localrequirements for Stage I air pollution control for the filling of the gas tanks by tanker truck. The system is a balances stem band extremely efficient (95%) in capturing vapors during the fillip aerations. p g p g g P Costco Utilizes Vacuum. Assisted. Phase II Vapor Recovery System to collect the vapors during the i -ng of vehicles. This is a superior system to the balance s stem since it eliminates the awkwarbellow y of which is easel short circuited b customers pulling back the bo y y p g boot. Costco controls the use of Heal The Clean anor recove requirements. fugitive emissions to near zero from the vents with v Ciean Air SeDerator "Clean Air e-Derator" e erator is a torn system that exceed., :)jr Ennan minimum f -Quality 52 IddMIMk _ eckgre. ' M VNMESALE Stage II & Vapor Processors Stage II vapor recovery captures displaced vapor during vehicle refueling. Stage II is being phased out in the US due to vehicle -based ORVR canisters. Stage II requires a complete set of rigid fiberglass vapor return piping. Requires vapor recovery nozzles and vacuum pumps in each dispenser. Costco also uses a vapor processor to manage storage tank vapor pressure. Healy Clean air Separator Vapor Processor .- f, - 53 c4m*7wo WirOLESALE This Permeator system's internal membrane retains excess hydrocarbon vapors and returns them back to the tank through the underground vent piping, controlling fugitive emission. Once the hydrocarbons are removed from the excess vapors, fresh air is release as necessary. The system is very efficient with a conservative return rate of 99%° Permeator System 0 +99% Air N HC Vapor.. r Y e-' • _ y�..' +: } .err : ♦ _ «. « „ . ♦ r ♦ ♦ \, ♦ I a t .+� y_ r r. .a_ a x. r' • r . _ • • •... '/i�� cii'..,.a • ^' ... _ ♦ • « ...... ♦../. �+rt:u1L�!_..- ..