Illinois Air Issues 2002 Lake Michigan Air Quality Management Conference October 24, 2002

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Illinois Air Issues 2002 Lake Michigan Air
Quality Management ConferenceOctober 24, 2002

• David J. Kolaz
• Chief, Bureau of Air
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

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Current Events, Goals, Issues

• Title V (CAAPP) program approved
• CBE law suit
• Audit privilege issue
• Resource shortfall
• Emission Reduction Market System (ERMS)program
  approved
• Trading programs under fire
• Power Plant Permit Applications continue
• Several PSD cases under review
• expedited permit 1 year

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Current Events, Goals, Issues(continued)

• State Energy Policy drafted
• Renewable fuel goal
• Promote alternate fuels
• Multi Pollutant legislation passed
• SO2, NOx, Hg, GHG
• Further controls/Clear Skies
• NOx SIP Call approved
• Begins May 31, 2004
• Early reduction credits now
• Inadequate growth allowance

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Current Events, Goals, Issues(continued)

• Agency-wide Mercury Initiative Begun
• Various strategies being developed to eliminate
  mercury
• Power plant emission reductions
• Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program
• 40 million shortfall in FY04
• New testing program began July 02

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Current Events, Goals, Issues(continued)

• Ozone attainment
• Chicago out
• Metro-East/St. Louis in
• Maximum Achievable Control Technology
• The hammer falls

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Current Events, Goals, Issues(continued)

• PM2.5 and 8-hour ozone implementation
• USEPA is proceeding with plans for both standards
• Diesel retrofit program
• IEPA looking for opportunities to promote clean
  diesel retrofits

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Title V Permit Program

• On December 4, 2001, USEPA provided full approval
  for Illinois Title V permit program
• No deficiencies noted by USEPA
• Permit issuance schedule provided to USEPA (480
  permits issued to date, 254 remaining)
• CBE lawsuit pending
• Illinois audit privilege law an issue w/USEPA

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Emission Reduction Market System

• October 15, 2001, EPA approved the Illinois
  trading program as submitted on December 16, 1997
• Cap and trade program designed to reduce
  emissions of VOC in the Chicago ozone
  nonattainment area
• 177 ERMS sources in the program
• 26 seasonal trades in 2001
• 3 long term transaction agreements
• 1 source purchased from ACMA

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Power Plant Permitting(Status as of September
30, 2002)
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Illinois Energy Policy

• Energy Cabinet formed in January 2001
• Energy policy now available at http//www.state.il
  .us/gov/energy/
• Renewable energy goals of 5 by 2010 and 15 by
  2020
• Promote alternative fuels
• Alternate fuels fund of 1 million

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Power Plant Legislation

• HB1599 P.A. 92-0012
• Signed by Governor June 22, 2001, effective July
  1, 2001
• Creates incentives for clean power generation
  using coal and renewable energy
• Requires the Illinois EPA to issue findings that
  address potential need for control of fossil
  fuel-fired electric plants, reduction of mercury,
  incentives to promote renewable energy goals,
  establish a voluntary banking system for
  greenhouse gasses

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NOx SIP Call

• November 8, 2001, EPA approved rules regulating
  cement kilns (Subpart T), industrial boilers and
  turbines (Subpart U) electric generating units
  (EGUs) (Subpart W)
• Additional rule -- June 18, 2001, EPA approved
  rate-based rule for EGUs (Subpart V)
• Early reduction credits being earned and issued
• Growth of 8 from 1996 through 2007 inadequate
  for Illinois

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Regional Haze

• Regional Planning Organization formed
• Monitoring program expanded
• Models under development
• Inventory being developed
• See www.mwhazecam.net

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Photos from Visibility Camera

 PM2.5 lt 10.0 ug/m3 8/16/2000
 PM2.5 35.0 ug/m3 8/26/2000
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Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program (VIM)

• On Board Diagnostics
• On Board Diagnostics testing for most 1996 and
  newer model vehicles began July 2002
• The failure rate for the OBD tested vehicles is
  approximately 3-5
• OBD credit v. IM240 credit
• OBD credit is greater than credit for IM240
• Absent funding, program ends June 30, 2003

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Ozone Attainment

• Metro East Nonattainment Area
• Attainment demonstration approved June 26, 2001
• Attainment date (as extended) November 2004
• Chicago Nonattainment Area
• Attainment demonstration approved
  November 13, 2001
• Attainment date November 2007

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Ozone Attainment (continued)

• Metro East Has Now Attained As of 2002
• Redesignation hearing November 7, 2002
• Submittal in December 2002
• Redesignation expected by May 2003
• Lawsuits also expected from Sierra Club et. Al.
• Chicago Nonattainment Area
• Showed attainment for 1999-2001
• Exceedances in June and in July have postponed
  attainment until 2003-2005 at the earliest

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Air Toxics

• MACT hammer
• Part I notifications were due May 15, 2002
• Part II permit applications are to be submitted
  by May 15, 2004
• USEPA is negotiating a settlement agreement that
  will move that date up to May 15, 2003
• USEPA is now accepting comments on their
  settlement proposal

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8-Hour Ozone

• Designations submitted summer 2000
• USEPA proposes implementation rule end of 2002
• Rule finalized end of 2003
• Revised or new designations to be submitted by
  November 2003
• July 2004 EPA publishes proposed designations
• November 2004 EPA promulgates designations
• State plans due by 2007
• Attainment dates are 2007-2021

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Fine Particulate (PM2.5)

• EPA proposes rule in 2003
• States recommend areas for designation by
  2003-2004
• EPA designates areas by 2004-2005
• State plans submitted by 2007-2008
• Standards are to be attained by 2009-2015