FGD and DeNOx
NEWSLETTER       

February 2011
No. 394

SCAQMD Reduces SO_x Emissions from 11 Facilities

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has approved three measures that will reduce SO₂ emissions from oil refineries, lead emissions from battery recyclers and cumulative air toxics risk from a number of sources across the Southland. SCAQMD is the air pollution control agency for Orange County and major portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, CA.

Amendments to Regulation XX – SO_x RECLAIM will reduce emissions from six oil refineries, two sulfuric acid plants, a petroleum coke facility, a glass manufacturer and a cement plant. These facilities emit 93 percent of the total SO_x emissions in the RECLAIM program. These revisions will help the area come into attainment for PM_2.5.

Adopted changes to the RECLAIM program include:

· Cumulative reductions of 5.7 tons per day of SO_x emissions from the 11 facilities by 2019, to be phased in between 2013 and 2019;

· New lower levels for Best Available Control Technologies (BACT); and

· New set-aside credit accounts that could be available to facilities if market credit prices spike above the $50,000 per ton threshold.

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