ENVS 2256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: New Source Review
16 May 2018
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ATTAINMENT v. NONATTAINMENT!
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to be in attainment, you have to be below !•
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90 percent of the pollution comes from one city area!•
identifying this helps the state !◦
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need to abide by NSPS and NSR requirement!•
New-Source Performance Standard!◦
New Source Review!◦
Prevention of Significant Deterioration!◦
have to abide by the NSPS requirements!•
if you don't abide by the PSD requirement, you need to abide by the NSR!•
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formally codified in 1977 amendments to CAA!•
but issue came about before and came up in Sierra Club v. Ruckelsaus!•
when its already determined the air is "clean" -> since its already clean, we want to maintain it!•
we need to implement the PSD!◦
don't want the air to deteriorate because the air is already clean !◦
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Technology Based Standards!
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2 Major Components and 3 Classes in second component!
1) BACT of case by case -> if you are in attainment area, have to use best available control
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tech standards!◦
case by case basis -> each industry may have a different approach, want to highlight ◦
select types of industries that are a cause for concern!
ideally, we want every facility to have BACT!◦
however, EPA evaluates each facility on case by case to determine whether or not it is ◦
reasonable to hold them to the standard or a lesser one until they can achieve it !
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3 things are considered!
taking into account energy impacts, environmental, and economic impacts!•
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Class Designation!
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2) Classes!
I -> national park, mostly areas where there is no industrial developing going on !
II -> specific industrial development, less pollution heavy area!
III -> specific industrial development!
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