Cost of NIST Cylinder Analysis, Report, Cylinder Demurrage and 1-Way
Shipping

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0837

March 3, 2010

The cost to analyze 60 tri-blend (SO2, NO and CO2 with N2 balance gas)
EPA Protocol gas cylinders and produce an analysis report in a recent
Interagency Agreement with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology was $100,000.  This equates to approximately $1,667 per
cylinder.  Average one-way shipping costs are approximately $91 per
cylinder, and average demurrage (rental) is approximately $7 per
cylinder per month from a 2009 EPA Protocol gas audit.  Total cost of
NIST analysis, report, six months cylinder demurrage and shipping back
to EPA Protocol gas production site is approximately $1,800.

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