PLAINS/RANCHO LPG FACILITY Rulemaking Petition and Attachments

PETITION TO EPA TO RE-EXAMINE THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAINS/RANCHO LPG FACILITY (LOCATED AT 2110 N. Gaffey Street-San Pedro/Wilmington, CA) AND TO REQUIRE PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE (RANCHO LPG LLC) TO RESUBMIT RANCHO LPG LLC'S (SEVERLY MINIMIZED) WORST CASE BLAST RADIUS REPORTING TO THE EPA (UNDER RULE 40 CFR PART 68 .25) USING THE PROPER "TNT" EQUIVELANCY CALCULATION FOR ALL FLAMMABLES

Petition was submitted by the Law Offices of Anthony G. Patchett on behalf of the San Pedro Peninsula Homeowners United, Inc. and the Tongva Ancestral Territorial Tribal Nation requesting that EPA “re-examine the safety hazard of the Plans All American Pipeline/Rancho LPG LLC (“Rancho LPG”) facility and make the necessary changes under their control that will better identify risks to the general public from this massive 25 million gallon liquefied petroleum gas storage facility.

Original incoming PDF (RMP LPG WCS Petition Incoming 16-000-8032.pdf) of this Petition was split into parts to meet posting requirements on the Agency petitions website.  The list below provides the file name and a description of the content of that file relative to the Petition. Point of contact or help with accessibility: Kim Jennings, 202-564-7998.

Documents:

RMP LPG WCS Petition Argument Pages 1-14: Petition request and argument
Attachments List Page 15: List of Attachments with the Petition
Attachment A Pages 16-21: Letter from Professor Bea
Attachment B Pages 22-24: Review of Amerigas Risk Analysis
Attachment C Pages 25-27: EarthJustice letter
Attachment D Pages 28-30:Resolution of LAUSD
Attachment E Pages 31-32: Letter from Congresswoman Hahn
Attachment F Pages 33-45_Redacted: Amerigas RMP (OCA data redacted)
Attachment G Pages 46-57_Redacted: Plains RMP (OCA data redacted)
Attachment H Pages 58-61: Termination of Amerigas Pipeline
Attachment I Pages 62-65: LA City Council motion
Attachment J Pages 66-73: LA City Harbor ‘Revocable Permit’
Attachment K Pages 74-83: CEQA Environmental checklist
Attachment L Pages 84-85: San Juanico disaster (Wikipedia)
Attachment M Pages 86-87: 3 Mile blast radius aerial map
Attachment N Pages 88-164: Petitions and citizens signatures

• RMP LPG WCS Petition Argument Pages 1-14 (pdf) (1.13 MB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachments List Page 15 Rev (pdf) (182.6 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment A Pages 16-21 Rev (pdf) (625.31 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment B Pages 22-24 Rev (pdf) (141.46 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment C Pages 25-27 Rev (pdf) (274.64 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment D Pages 28-30 Rev (pdf) (263.8 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment E Pages 31-32 Rev (pdf) (337.05 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment F Pages 33-45_Redacted Rev (pdf) (742.71 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment G Pages 46-57_Redacted Rev (pdf) (961.19 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment H Pages 58-61 Rev (pdf) (360.92 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment I Pages 62-65 Rev (pdf) (399.37 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment J Pages 66-73 Rev (pdf) (900.39 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment K Pages 74-83 Rev (pdf) (952.71 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment L Pages 84-85 Rev (pdf) (318.16 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment M Pages 86-87 Rev (pdf) (278.05 KB)
• RMP LPG WCS Petition Attachment N Pages 88-164 Rev (pdf) (4.93 MB)