Regulation 12-15: Petroleum Refining Emissions Tracking, Regulation 12-16: Emission Limits & Risk Thresholds

Regulation 12-15: Petroleum Refining Emissions Tracking, Regulation 12-16: Emission Limits & Risk Thresholds

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is proposing two new rules: Proposed Regulation 12, Rule 15: Petroleum Refining Emissions Tracking (Rule 12-15) and Proposed Regulation 12, Rule 16: Petroleum Refining Emissions Analysis, Thresholds and Mitigation (Rule 12-16). Rule 12-15 is being proposed to put in place requirements to enhance the tracking of refinery emissions, determine crude composition over time, require development of emissions inventory, require additional air monitoring, and requiring refineries to update Health Risk Assessments utilizing the latest methodology and health effects data. Rule 12-16 would use emissions information gathered under Rule 12-15 to establish trigger level emissions thresholds, require casual analysis if those emissions thresholds are exceeded, prepare enforceable Emission Reduction Plans to reduce air emissions, and conduct an audit if planned reductions are not sufficient to bring emissions back below trigger threshold levels.

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Air Quality, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, GHG