Proposed Amended Rule 463 – Organic Liquid Storage & Proposed Amended Rule 1178 – Further Reductions of VOC Emissions from Storage Tanks at Petroleum Facilities
Summary
SCH Number
2023050155
Public Agency
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Document Title
Proposed Amended Rule 463 – Organic Liquid Storage & Proposed Amended Rule 1178 – Further Reductions of VOC Emissions from Storage Tanks at Petroleum Facilities
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/5/2023
Document Description
Proposed Amended Rule (PAR) 463 and PAR 1178 contain changes to address deficiencies identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) in California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) Oil and Gas Methane rule which is designed to implement Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) requirements for sources subject to the U.S. EPA’s 2016 Control Techniques Guidelines (2016 CTG) for the Oil and Gas Industry that include storage tanks, and which partially relies on Rules 463 and 1178 to achieve 95 percent emission control or greater for storage tanks subject to the 2016 CTG. PAR 463 and PAR 1178 address the RACT deficiency by modifying the applicability to include storage tanks subject to the 2016 CTG, which have a potential to emit six tons per year or greater of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and are used in crude oil production. Staff has identified certain storage tanks that are not subject to PAR 463 and PAR 1178, but in review, those storage tanks either already have adequate air pollution controls or lack the potential to emit six tons or more of VOC per year. This review did not reveal any storage tanks that would be impacted in terms of newly requiring construction due to changes to applicability. Accordingly, implementation of PAR 463 and PAR 1178 will expand the applicability of both rules to include storage tanks covered by the 2016 CTG but will not result in emission reductions or modifications to storage tanks subject to the rules.
Contact Information
Name
Jivar Afshar
Agency Name
South Coast AQMD
Job Title
Air Quality Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino
Regions
Countywide
Other Information
The proposed project is located within the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (South Coast AQMD) jurisdiction, which includes the four-county South Coast Air Basin (all of Orange County and the non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties), and the Riverside County portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin and the non-Palo Verde, Riverside County portion of the Mojave Desert Air Basin.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
South Coast AQMD, as Lead Agency, has reviewed the proposed project (PAR 463 and PAR 1178) pursuant to: 1) CEQA Guidelines Section 15002(k) – General Concepts, the three-step process for deciding which document to prepare for a project subject to CEQA; and 2) CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 – Review for Exemption, procedures for determining if a project is exempt from CEQA. Because PAR 463 and PAR 1178 contain minor revisions and clarifications to the applicability provisions in each rule and will not require physical modifications, it can be seen with certainty that implementing the proposed project would not cause a significant adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, the proposed project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) – Common Sense Exemption.
County Clerks
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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