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Brian Foster Air Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Update on the Texas State Implementation Plan Brian Foster Air Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Advanced Air Permitting Seminar 2013. Brian Foster Air Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Advanced Air Permitting Seminar 2013.

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Brian Foster Air Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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  1. Update on the Texas State Implementation PlanBrian FosterAir Quality DivisionTexas Commission on Environmental QualityAdvanced Air Permitting Seminar 2013 Brian Foster Air Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Advanced Air Permitting Seminar 2013

  2. Status of Texas Air Quality Planning Efforts

  3. Status of Texas Air Quality Planning Efforts • National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) • Six Criteria Pollutants • Ozone • Lead • Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) • Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) • Particulate Matter (PM) • Carbon Monoxide (CO) • Other Statewide Air Quality Issues • Cross-State Air Pollution Rule • Regional Haze

  4. Current NAAQS

  5. NAAQS Review Schedule

  6. Texas Air QualityPlanning Areas

  7. Ozone

  8. 1997 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard • Standard is 0.08 parts per million (ppm) • Design values of 84 parts per billion (ppb) or less are attainment • Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) Area • Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties • Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Area • Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties

  9. 2008 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard • In 2008, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strengthened eight-hour ozone NAAQS from 0.08 ppm to 0.075 ppm • EPA finalized designations May 21, 2012 • First portion of implementation rules published February 14, 2012 • Final guidance released - “Ozone Advance”

  10. 2008 Eight-Hour Ozone Standard • Standard is 0.075 ppm • Design values of 75 ppb or less are attainment • HGB Area • Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties • DFW Area • Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise Counties

  11. HGB Area • Severe ozone nonattainment area for the 1997 standard • Attainment deadline June 15, 2019 • Attainment Demonstration and Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) revisions adopted March 10, 2010 • Designated marginal ozone nonattainment area for the 2008 standard • Attainment deadline December 31, 2015

  12. HGB Area • SIP revision to update Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEB) adopted April 23, 2013 • For the 1997 eight-hour ozone standard • Applies to attainment demonstration and RFP budgets • Necessary for transportation conformity purposes

  13. DFW Area • Reclassified serious nonattainment for 1997 ozone standard effective January 19, 2011 • Attainment deadline no later than June 2013 • Attainment Demonstration and RFP SIP revisions adopted December 2011 • Designated moderate ozone nonattainment area for the 2008 standard • Wise County added to nonattainment area • Attainment deadline December 31, 2018 • Attainment Demonstration due July 20, 2015

  14. Beaumont-Port Arthur (BPA) Area • Attainment (maintenance) for the 1997 standard • Redesignation request and maintenance plan approved by EPA on November 19, 2010 • SIP revision to update MVEB adopted November 14, 2012 • Applies to 2021 maintenance budgets • MVEB SIP approved by EPA on March 6, 2013 • Designated attainment/unclassifiable for the 2008 standard

  15. El Paso Area • Attainment (maintenance) for the 1997 standard • Maintenance SIP revision approved by EPA in 2009 • Designated attainment/unclassifiable for the 2008 standard

  16. Victoria Area • Attainment (maintenance) for the 1997 standard • Maintenance SIP revision for the 1997 standard submitted to EPA March 2007 • Contingency plan SIP revision adopted in July 2010 • Designated attainment/unclassifiable for the 2008 standard

  17. Additional Areas • Austin, Corpus Christi, Northeast Texas, and San Antonio designated attainment/unclassifiable for the 2008 standard • Previously developed voluntary emission reduction programs (ozone flex, early action compacts) to maintain attainment status • Some areas pursuing Ozone Advance

  18. Additional Areas • Lower Rio Grande Valley • Brewster County (Big Bend) • McLennan County (Waco) • All designated attainment/unclassifiable for the 2008 standard

  19. Lead

  20. Lead • EPA strengthened lead NAAQS in 2008 from 1.5 to 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) • Portion of Collin County nonattainment for the 2008 lead NAAQS • Attainment Demonstration SIP revision adopted by TCEQ on August 8, 2012 • Frisco battery recycling operations permanently shut down November 30, 2012 • EPA’s deadline for attainment December 31, 2015 • Infrastructure and transport SIP adopted 2011

  21. SulfurDioxide

  22. 2010 SO2 NAAQS • In 2010, EPA revised SO2 NAAQS by establishing a new one-hour standard at 75 ppb • EPA proposed nonattainment designations in July 2013 • Proposed designations based on current monitoring network only • All areas of Texas attaining the standard based on current regulatory monitoring network • Infrastructure and transport SIPs adopted April 23, 2013

  23. EPA’s Revised 2010 SO2 NAAQS Implementation Timeline New monitors operational and modeling plans with designation boundaries due Attainment demonstrations for modeled sources due EPA issues final designations for monitored sources Final “Data Requirements” Rule Final designations for current monitored nonattainment areas State identifies which sources will model and which will monitor Designation recommendations due for monitored sources EPA issues final designations for modeled sources Attainment demonstrations for monitored sources due Late 2014 May 2020 August 2022 June 3, 2013 August 2019 January 2016 January 2017 December 2017 December 2020 State Action EPA Action Source: EPA

  24. Particulate Matter

  25. PM10 and PM2.5 • City of El Paso moderate nonattainment for PM10 • SIP revision adopted January 25, 2012 • Incorporates revised Memorandum of Agreement and Chapter 111 rule change for PM10 • All other areas in Texas classified as attainment/unclassifiable for PM2.5

  26. 2012 PM2.5 Standard • In December 2012, EPA strengthened PM2.5 annual standard from 15.0 to 12.0 ug/m3 • Designation recommendations due December 13, 2013 • Final designations scheduled for December 13, 2014 • Infrastructure and transport SIP due December 2015 • HGB area to participate in PM Advance

  27. 2012 PM2.5 Standard • New monitoring network requirements • One PM2.5 monitor in HGB and DFW areas to be collocated at near-road monitoring station by January 1, 2015 • One PM2.5 monitor in Austin and San Antonio areas to be collocated at near-road monitoring station by January 1, 2017

  28. Nitrogen Dioxide

  29. 2010 NO2 NAAQS • In 2010, EPA strengthened NO2 NAAQS by establishing a new one-hour standard at 100 ppb • New monitoring network requirements • One NO2 monitor in HGB, DFW, Austin, and San Antonio areas to be collocated at near-road monitoring station by January 1, 2014 • A second NO2 monitor required in HGB and DFW areas by January 1, 2015 • One NO2 monitor in El Paso and Edinburg-Mission-McAllen areas to be collocated at near-road monitoring station by January 1, 2017

  30. 2010 NO2 NAAQS • Initial designations published February 2012 • All areas of the U.S. unclassifiable/attainment • EPA to redesignate areas when three years of data collected from new monitors (likely 2017-2018 time frame) • Infrastructure and Transport SIP adopted in November 2012

  31. CarbonMonoxide

  32. CO NAAQS • Final rule to retain the CO NAAQS published August 15, 2011 • New monitoring network requirements • One CO monitor in HGB and DFW areas to be collocated at near-road monitoring station by January 1, 2015 • One CO monitor in Austin and San Antonio areas to be collocated at near-road monitoring station by January 1, 2017 • All areas in Texas attainment

  33. Cross State Air Pollution Rule(CSAPR)

  34. CSAPR • Final rule published August 2011 • Intended to replace the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) • Addressed 1997 ozone and PM2.5 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS • Required 28 states to reduce power plant emissions that cross state lines

  35. CSAPR Litigation • December 2011 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stayed the rule • August 2012 • D.C. Circuit vacated CSAPR • Ordered CAIR to remain in place until replacement rule is in place • January 2013 – subsequent request for rehearing denied • On June 24, 2013, Supreme Court granted EPA’s petition to review D.C. Circuit’s decision

  36. Future of Interstate Transport • Currently awaiting guidance from EPA on how to proceed with reliance on CAIR • TCEQ has continued to issue CAIR allowances verbally • Meetings scheduled with states in April 2013 to discuss the path forward to address interstate transport • States encouraged to actively participate

  37. Regional Haze

  38. Regional Haze • Rule requires states to improve visibility in 156 national parks and wilderness areas • Big Bend National Park • Guadalupe Mountains National Park • TCEQ’s Regional Haze SIP revision submitted to EPA in March 2009 • Consent decree states that EPA propose evaluation of Regional Haze SIP revision in May 2014 and make final determination by November 2014

  39. Regional Haze • Five-year Regional Haze Progress Report due to EPA in March 2014 • Progress Report proposed June 18, 2013 and scheduled for adoption February 12, 2014

  40. Contact Information • Brian Foster • SIP Team • 512-239-1930 • brian.foster@tceq.texas.gov • To join the SIP/Air Quality update e-mail list go to: www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/sip/sipcontact.html

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