State of California
                            AIR RESOURCES BOARD
                                
                              State Building
                             107 So. Broadway
                                Room 1122
                             Los Angeles, CA
                                
                          Saturday July 16, 1977
                                10:00 a.m.
                                  AGENDA  

77-17-1   Public meeting scheduled on effects of SOHIO's proposed
          oil tanker offloading in Long Beach.

                             CONTENTS

Topic                                                        Page

Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I
List of Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .III
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV
I.   Project Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
II.  Project History (Including Alternatives). . . . . . . . . .5
III. Air Quality
     A.   Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
     B.   Failure to Meet the Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
IV.  Sources of Air Pollution from the SOHIO-BP Project. . . . 16
     A.   Emissions from Tankers
          1.   Purging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
          2.   Ballasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
          3.   Venting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
          4.   Ship Boilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
     B.   Emissions from Tugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     C.   Emissions from Storage Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     D.   Emissions from Producing Power . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     E.   Total Emissions Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
V.   Human Health Impact of air Pollution. . . . . . . . . . . 30
     A.   Sulfur Dioxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     B.   Nitrogen Dioxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
     C.   Photochemical Oxidants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
VI.  Air Pollution consequences of an Oil Spill. . . . . . . . 36
VII. Legal Criteria for Project Approval . . . . . . . . . . . 39
VIII.     Major Unresolved Issues
     A.   Tanker Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
     B.   Enforcement Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
     C.   Project Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
     D.   Common Carrier versus Proprietary Terminal . . . . . 50
     E.   Applicant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
     F.   El Paso Abandonment-Air Quality and Jobs . . . . . . 52
     G.   Trade-offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Appendix A.    Graphs Depicting Emissions under varying
               Assumptions
Appendix B.    Glossary of Terms
Appendix C.    Chronology of ARB Meetings Regarding the SOHIO-BP
               Project