State of California
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
Summary of Board Meeting
September 23, 1999
Air Resources Board
Board Hearing Room, Lower Level
2020 "L" Street
Sacramento, California
MEMBERS PRESENT: Hons. Alan C. Lloyd, Ph.D., Chairman
Joseph C. Calhoun, P.E.
Doreen D'Adamo
Mark DeSaulnier
C. Hugh Friedman
William F. Friedman, M.D.
Matthew R. McKinnon
Barbara Patrick
Barbara Riordan
Ron Roberts
AGENDA ITEM #
| 99-7-1 | Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of Portable Fuel Container Spillage Control Regulations; and Portable
Gasoline Container Emissions Inventory SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEM: Emission Inventory Staff recommended that the Board approve the statewide emissions inventory of portable fuel containers or gas cans. Emissions inventory of gas cans included emissions from five different processes: evaporation, permeation, spillage during refueling, spillage during transport or storage, and vapor displacement during refueling. Staff estimated 1998, statewide, gas cans hydrocarbons emissions to be 86.5 tons per day. Proposed Regulations Staff proposed adoption of new regulations (Title 13, California Code of Regulations, Sections 2470 to 2478) to control reactive organic gas (ROG) emissions from portable gas cans. These regulations would establish six performance standards (automaticshut-off and sufficient fill level, automatic closure, one opening, permeation standard, fuel flow rates, and a one year warranty), and would reference four test methods to verify compliance with the performance standards. Implementation of the regulations would reduce over 68 tons per day of ROG emissions statewide in 2007 and would have an estimated cost effectiveness of $2.01 per pound of ROG emissions reduced. Changes proposed by the staff at the Board meeting included: (1) adding a label with the phrase CANNOT BE USED TO REFUEL MOTOR VEHICLES for spill-proof systems and spill-proof spouts that, by their design or otherfactors, cannot be used to refuel motor vehicles; (2) making fill level a function of the flow rate requiring one-half gallon per minute flow rate systems to fill to a one inch minimum, and one gallon flow rate systems to fill to a 1.25 inch minimum; (3) allowing containers with nominal capacities between 1.25 and 2.5 gallons to be sold with a flow rate of one-half gallon per minute if labeled with the phrase LOW FLOW RATE; and (4) extend the one-half gallon flow rate to containers with a nominal capacity of 1.5 gallons or less. ORAL TESTIMONY: Todd Campbell Coalition for Clean Air John Kowalczyk Envirocan Inc. Ron Raboin ASTM - Chilton Products Don Peters Phillips Petroleum Dana Bell American Motorcyclist Assoc. Harold Soens AMA District - 38 Dave Oakleaf AMA District - 37 Verl Law Vemco Inc. Janet Hathaway Natural Resources Defense Council Thomas Schmoyer Enviro Inc. Bill Brown Fluoro-Seal, Inc. Michael Poirier/John Evans Wedco FORMAL BOARD ACTION: Approved Resolution 99-33 by a unanimous vote. RESPONSIBLE DIVISIONs: MSCD/MLD STAFF REPORT: Yes (Emission Inventory (39 pages) and Proposed Regulations (64 pages)) |
| 99-7-2 | Public Meeting to Consider An Update on California's Mobile Source and Fuels Programs SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEM: The staff presented to the Board an informational report on California's gasoline, diesel, and alternative fuels programs. The purpose of this report was to provide the Board with background on the development of California's fuels programs, and highlight how these programs compare with federal fuel regulations. Staff also provided an update on recent and current regulatory activities. In particular, staff presented the Board with information on the implementation of Executive Order D-5-99 which, among other things, directs the removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from California's gasoline supply by December 31, 2002, and for the development of California Phase 3 Reformulated Gasoline regulations, which are scheduled to be considered in December 1999. ORAL TESTIMONY: None FORMAL BOARD ACTION: None RESPONSIBLE DIVISION: SSD STAFF REPORT: No |
| 99-7-3 | Public Meeting to Consider a Status Report on Ozone SIP Implementation and SIP Revision Process SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEM: The federal Clean Air Act requires the preparation of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) to describe the steps that California will take to meet federal ambient air quality standards. California is currently implementing nonattainment area plans in one or moreparts of the state for ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter (PM10). Staff described the SIP planning process, focusing on the 1994 revision to Californias SIP for the federal 1-hour ozone standard. The South Coast Air Basin portion of the 1994 ozone SIP identifies control measures to be developed and implemented by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), the Air Resources Board (ARB), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) to bring the greater Los Angeles area into attainment of the federal ozone standard by 2010. Staff definedthe progress made by ARB to adopt the new measures defined in the SIP, plus additional regulations. ARB will also kick off a 2000 revision to its long-range control strategy with a symposium on zero and near-zero emission technologies on October 5-7, 1999. Staff discussed a lawsuit filed against the ARB, the SCAQMD and U.S. EPA, by a coalition of environmental groups in the Los Angeles area, to compel implementation of some commitments in the 1994 Ozone SIP. Both ARB and U.S. EPA settled their portions of the lawsuit. The ARB Settlement Agreement requires: (1) staff to develop and propose defined control measures to the Board; and (2) the Board to adopt sufficient measures between 1999 and 2001 to reduce ozone forming emissions in the South Coast by specified levels by 2010. Staff has identified potential measures to allow ARB to meet the 1999 and 2000 emission reduction goals. Staff described SCAQMDs revision to its element of the 1994 Ozone SIP with a 1997 update that relied on fewer emission reductions from local measures, based on newer modeling. U.S. EPA has proposed to disapprove the 1997 update as a SIP revision. A federal court judge has issued a tentative remedy order against the South Coast on its portion of the lawsuit to compel implementation of all commitments in the 1994 Ozone SIP. SCAQMD is now developing a targeted update to the 1997 plan that increases the near-term emission reduction commitments. Staff noted that the ARB and SCAQMD are also jointly developing a comprehensive revision to the South Coast portion of the Ozone SIP in the 2000 to 2001 timeframe. ORAL TESTIMONY: None FORMAL BOARD ACTION: None RESPONSIBLE DIVISION: PTSD STAFF REPORT: NO |