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WESTAR 2003 Fall Technical Conference Introduction to Class I Area Impact Analyses

WESTAR 2003 Fall Technical Conference Introduction to Class I Area Impact Analyses. September 16, 2003 John Bunyak National Park Service. FLMs’ PSD permit review includes:. Increment/Air Quality Analyses Best Available Control Technology (BACT) Analysis

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WESTAR 2003 Fall Technical Conference Introduction to Class I Area Impact Analyses

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  1. WESTAR 2003 Fall Technical Conference Introduction to Class I Area Impact Analyses September 16, 2003 John Bunyak National Park Service

  2. FLMs’ PSD permit review includes: • Increment/Air Quality Analyses • Best Available Control Technology (BACT) Analysis • Air Quality Related Values (AQRV) Analysis

  3. EPA CLASS I SIGNIFICANT LEVELS • Federal Reg. July 23, 1996 • SO2 3-hr = 1.0 ug/m3, 24-hr = 0.2 ug/m3, Annual = 0.1 ug/m3 • PM10 24-hr = 0.3 ug/m3, Annual = 0.2 ug/m3 • NO2 Annual = 0.1 ug/m3 • EXCEEDING THESE VALUES TRIGGERS A CUMULATIVE INCREMENT ANALYSIS OR • ANY IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT AND TRIGGERS A CUMULATIVE INCREMENT ANALYSIS

  4. EMISSION RATES & SOURCES • New Source(s)- usually same emissions for new facility as Class II analysis Cumulative Class I increment analysis for pollutant & averaging time > EPA Class I SIL • All major/large sources up to 300 km from Class I area • Minor sources < 50km from Class I area-not same minor source inventory as Class II • Emissions=State’s permit limit for averaging time--usually short term limits

  5. CALMET METEOROLOGICAL DATA • How many years (1yr vs. 3yrs vs. 5yrs) • 1 year is no longer allowed • 3 years with MM data is acceptable • 5 years of NWS data is acceptable • CALMET/MM prognostic data (MM4-1990, MM5-1992, MM5-1996) • 1990 80x80 km MM4 data from NCDC • 1992 80x80 km MM5 data from NPS/FWS in MM4 format • 1996 36x36 km MM5 data with MM5 parameters; available from contractor • New Extractor by NPS fixes problem with 1990 MM4 • CALMET settings must stay fixed for the different years • CALMET GRID CELLS 2km to 4km in size

  6. CALPUFF • Guidance in IWAQM 2 & FLAG • Receptor Grid- NPS fixed receptors for its Class I areas • CALPUFF settings must stay fixed for the different years • For short term increments and visible haze, need to model short term State emission limits. • Pounds per hour • Pounds per MMBtu • Annual increments and acid deposition can use annual TPY emission limits

  7. EMISSIONS -VISIBILITY • New Sources emit: SO2, SO4, NOx, EC, PMC, PMF, SOA • Visibility impacts from: SO4, NO3, EC, PMC, PMF, SOA • Cumulative Visibility Analyses • Recommended in FLAG • Same sources & distances as increment cumulative + their emissions of visibility impacting pollutants • i.e., if cumulative SO2 increment analysis; then need SO4, NOx, PM, etc. from all sources

  8. VISIBILITY ISSUES • H2SO4 (sulfuric acid mist) forms (NH4)2SO4 which contributes visibility impairment so H2SO4 needs to be explicitly modeled from: • Coal fired power plants • Oil fired turbines, engines, boilers • Natural gas fired turbines, engines, boilers • See NPS web site for speciation of PM emissions from gas fired turbines

  9. ACID DEPOSITION • SULFUR, NITROGEN TOTAL DEPOSITION = DRY + WET • Report total deposition in the form of total S and N (include the N in (NH4) for (NH4)2SO4 and (NH4)NO3 • Thresholds: EAST = S or N = 0.01 (Kg/ha/Yr) • Thresholds: WEST = S or N = 0.005 (Kg/ha/Yr) • Analysis techniques not defined in FLAG • Add new source’s impact to monitored values, no cumulative source analysis required Need to post process using Postutil to combine N species and S species

  10. FLM INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT: • http://www.nature.nps.gov/ard/ • http://www.nature.nps.gov/ard/fws/fwsaqb. html • http://www.aqd.nps.gov/ard/flagfree/ • http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/techinfo.html • http://www.epa.gov/scram001/t29.html

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