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Alabama Air Update Ron Gore August, 2011

Alabama Air Update Ron Gore August, 2011. State Issues. Have all our GHG rules for construction and operating permits in place Title V emissions fees stable in $38.00 to $41.00/ton range for next few years Construction permit fees likely to go up 19% by end of CY11. Continued.

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Alabama Air Update Ron Gore August, 2011

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  1. Alabama Air UpdateRon GoreAugust, 2011

  2. State Issues • Have all our GHG rules for construction and operating permits in place • Title V emissions fees stable in $38.00 to $41.00/ton range for next few years • Construction permit fees likely to go up 19% by end of CY11

  3. Continued • Efforts by environmental groups to regulate residual risks from air toxics • Difficulty in retaining and hiring staff due to pay increase freeze and legislation • ALL AREAS OF ALABAMA NOW MEET ALL CURRENT OZONE AND PM2.5 STANDARDS

  4. Ozone • New standard imminent

  5. Secondary Ozone Standard 2008-2010 Lauderdale Madison Limestone 10 Jackson 6 Colbert Lawrence Morgan DeKalb 7 Franklin Marshall Cherokee Cullman Marion Winston Etowah 6 Blount Walker Calhoun Lamar Fayette St. Clair Cleburne Jefferson 11 Talladega Tuscaloosa Shelby Clay Pickens Randolph 3 11 Bibb Coosa Greene Chambers Tallapoosa Chilton Hale Elmore Perry 7 Lee Sumter Autauga 4 Macon Russell Dallas Montgomery 7 Marengo 8 Lowndes Bullock Choctaw Wilcox Barbour Butler Pike Clarke Crenshaw Monroe Henry Dale Washington Conecuh Coffee Houston Covington 5 Escambia Geneva Mobile 8 Counties with a O3 monitor Baldwin • Units are in ppm-hours 8 • Proposed range 7-15 ppm-hours

  6. PM2.5 • New standard imminent

  7. These same counties would also be over a 24-hour NAAQS of 25 µg/m3.

  8. SO2NAAQS • 160 + Sources with potential emissions > 100TPY • 60 + Sources with actual emissions > 100TPY • ??? Clusters of sources • How to prioritize modeling?

  9. NO2 NAAQS • Awaiting results of monitoring 3 or 4 years down the road

  10. Other Issues • Opacity lawsuit against EPA • Continuing short-circuiting of SIP process by EPA • Awaiting approval of attainment plans for annual and 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS for Birmingham area (i.e., formal re-designation to attainment status) • Trying to sunset Low RVP gasoline in Birmingham

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