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California Desert Air Working group

Regulatory Update November 13, 2013 Mohsen Nazemi, P.E. Deputy Executive Officer South Coast Air Quality Management District. California Desert Air Working group. 2013 Highlights - Rules. Fracking & Other Operations Notification and Reporting ( R-1148.2 ), April

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California Desert Air Working group

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  1. Regulatory UpdateNovember 13, 2013Mohsen Nazemi, P.E. Deputy Executive Officer South Coast Air Quality Management District California Desert Air Working group

  2. 2013 Highlights - Rules • Fracking & Other Operations Notification and Reporting (R-1148.2), April • Amendments for wood burning / fireplaces and open burning (R- 445 and 444), May • Petroleum Refinery Coking (R- 1114), May • Beach Burning Fire Rings (R- 444), July • Power Plant Fees for use of SCAQMD Offset Exemptions (R- 1304.1), September • Amendments to Emission Standards for Lead Battery Recycling (R- 1420.1), for Board consideration in December

  3. 2013 Highlights - Other • SCAB attained federal PM10 Standards • Town Hall Meetings • Exide Lead Acid Battery Recycling • Allenco Oil Production • Odor Complaints • Sunshine Canyon Landfill • Salton Sea • RDX / Ridgeline Energy Inc. (Commercial Wastewater) • Sriracha Chili plant • Participated as a Member of : • Governor’s Task Force on Electric Grid Reliability w/o SONGS • Cal/EPA – Cal/OSHA Inter-Agency Refinery Task Force

  4. 2013 On-going Activities • 2015 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) early development work • Clean Communities Plan work • San Bernardino and Boyle Heights • Wood Burning Programs • “Check Before You Burn” • “Healthy Hearth” • Complaint Response (on-line option available) • Inter-Agency Task Forces/Working Groups • Mitigation Projects re Sentinel Power Plant • Funding programs (1B, fireplace, etc.)

  5. What to Expect in 2014 • 2015/2016 AQMP development work • Report on MATES IV Study (Spring) • Proposed Rules: • RECLAIM NOx Shave • Offsets for Power Plants & Innovative Projects • Rendering plants & Metal processing facilities • Rail transport and use of Canadian Tar Sand Oil at refineries • CAPCOA Greenhouse Gas Offset Exchange (Rx) launch (January) • New OEHHA Health Risk Assessment Guidelines

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