First Name: | Joshua |
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Last Name: | Kim |
Email Address: | joshua.kim@arb.ca.gov |
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Subject | Work Plan Deliverables |
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[The following comment or question was submitted by email during the June 26, 2017 Subgroup #2 Kickoff Meeting] From: Marvin Mears Affiliation: Environmental Products & Technologies Corporation To Whom It May Concern Participated in the web broadcast this morning. The Deliverables ‐ Number 2 is not possible at this time. PG&E and So Cal Gas have authored two Rules that must be complied with in‐order to inject RNG into the pipeline. The developer can not comply with the Rules. Both companies are a monopoly and a digester project is a nuisance. RNG as a transportation fuel is possible with delivery via tube trailers, but not by direct injection. There is a second problem with injection, the pipelines have no capacity to transport additional CNG/RNG. There was discussion about co‐digestion which is easy to say but may be hard to do. This could immediately impact in a negative way the zoning of the dairy and also increase the traffic to and from the dairy. Last but not least is there is a good possibility that the dairyman will not allow the digester effluent to be used as irrigation water. The focus of this group should be to provide incentives and support for developers not dairies who do not have the skills or the ability to raise the funds to build a digester. The dairy’s bank or accountant do not support this type of activity, which is a big distraction to their primary business, milking cows and delivering calves. Regards |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2017-07-12 14:35:59 |
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