This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides businesses with a 2019 update on California air quality regulations. The webinar topics include: recent and upcoming changes in US EPA air quality regulations, including Ozone Standards, New Source Review, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions regulations, and NSPS/MACT Standards; new state legislative bills and changes in important state regulations, including AB617, Clean Energy and GHG regulations, Proposition 65, and onroad/offroad emission standards; an update on Air District regulations in Southern California, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley; updates to Technical Guidelines and common tools used in California for air quality technical analysis, such as CalEEMod, AERMOD and HARP2; recent court decisions affecting CEQA air quality review, such as the Friant Case, Sierra Club v. San Diego County, and other important decisions; regulation changes impacting such industries as power generation, chemical manufacturing, oil & gas production, oil refining, and heavy manufacturing; and strategic business decisions companies should consider making in 2019. James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies to design effective NSR permits for your operations.

1. California Air Quality in 2019:
What You Need to Know
February 13, 2019
James A. Westbrook
jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com
877-486-9257

2. Changing Tides in 2019?
or Status Quo?

3. Topics – 2019 Air Quality Update
• Federal Regulations and Policies
• California State Regulations
– California Legislative Update
– Air Resources Board and AB 617
– CEQA Air Quality Analysis
• Local Air District Regulations
• Summary

4. About BlueScape
• Consulting on Air Quality Regulations in California
since 1997; permits and compliance
• Power generation, LNG facilities, utilities, refineries,
landfills, oil & gas processing, chemical plants,
aerospace, manufacturing
• Air Quality Services:
- Impact Analysis: Air emissions, air quality impact analysis,
health risk assessment
- CEQA air quality review for land use and industrial projects
- Design air permits to maximize operational flexibility and
reduce compliance burden; equipment controls
- Solve tough air regulation compliance problems
- Established agency relationships

5. Federal Regulations &
Policies Update

6. Federal Regulatory Landscape
• President Trump Executive Orders
• New EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler
– Reduce non-attainment areas to 138 from 166
– Accelerate permitting-related decisions
• Congress Checks and Balances
– Halt Regulatory Rollbacks?
• Green New Deal
• California vs Federal; Federal vs California

7. Federal Regulations & Policies
• 2015 Ozone Standard Implementation Plan
(2/4/19)
• Federal New Source Review Permitting
– Reclassification of Major Sources (1/25/18)
– Project emissions accounting (3/13/18)
– Policies on Major Source determinations (9/4/18)
– Reconsider and retain the 2009 project source
aggregation language (11/7/18)
• Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule (8/31/18)
• NSPS and NESHAP
• Stratospheric Ozone Regulations
• Risk Management Plan Regulations (12/3/18)

8. California Regulatory
Update

9. POLL - What Regulation(s) will most
impact your operations in 2019?
• California Environmental Quality Act
• AB 617 Community Protection Program
• Air District Equipment-Specific Standards for
NOx or VOC
• State or District Air Toxics Regulations
• State Greenhouse Gas Regulations

10. California State Air Quality Regulations
• Legislative Update
• Air Resources Board Regulations
• CEQA Air Quality Review
• Air Quality Technical Tools Update

11. Legislative Session 2017-2018
• 2,600 bills and resolutions
– 1,016 passed/signed and 201 vetoed by Governor
• Air Quality Bills that passed (notable)
– SB 100 – 60% renewable energy by 2030, 100% by 2045
• EO B-55-18 – Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2045
– SB 1013 – Fluorinated refrigerants
– SB 1014 – Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program;
zero-emission vehicles
– AB 1933 – Infrastructure development for Recycling and
GHG reduction
– AB 2195 – GHG from out-of-state sources, Natural Gas Life
Cycle
– AB 2453 – Air Pollution in Schools, High Burden
Communities
– AB 3232 – Zero-emissions Buildings; AB 32 Consistency

12. Legislative Session 2019-2020
• 2019 Legislative Deadlines:
– Feb 22 Introduce new bills; May 31 Pass out of house of origin; Sep 13
Legislature Pass; Oct 13 Governor Sign or Veto
• AB 40 (1/24/19) Zero-Emission Vehicles Comprehensive
Strategy
• AB 315 (1/31/19) Annual Emissions Reporting Program
• SB 210 (1/31/19) Heavy-Duty Truck Inspections
• SB 216 (2/7/19) Carl Moyer Program Heavy Duty Truck
Exchange
• AJR7 (2/11/19) Resolution to encourage the Green New Deal
• AB 352 (2/11/19) Transformative Communities
• AB 285 (2/11/19) California Transportation Plan
• AB 470 (2/11/19) California Green Business Program
• SB 43 (2/12/19) Retail Carbon Taxes
• Governor Newsom’s State of the State (2/12/19)

13. California Air Resources Board
• 2018 Accomplishments
– AB 617 Community Protection Program
• Criteria Pollutant and Toxics Emissions Reporting
– GHG Emissions reduced below 2020 target
– Cap-and-Trade and Low Carbon Fuel Standards
• Ahead in 2019
– Mary Nichols continuing on as ARB Chair
– Implement AB 617; mobile source reduction measures
– Pursue Carbon Neutrality
– Advancing clean transportation; sustainable transportation
& communities
– Execute Climate Change Scoping Plan and State
Implementation Plans

14. AB 32 Greenhouse Gas Regulations
• Climate Change Scoping Plan (11/17)
- AB 32 required achieve 1990 GHG levels by 2020
– 560 MT/yr to under 500 MT/yr now;
- Target now 40% below 1990 by 2030
- 50% renewable energy; double energy efficiency
• AB 32 Mandatory Reporting Program – Proposed
Amendments (12/21/18)
- Fuel suppliers and electric power entities who no longer have
emissions
• AB 32 Reporting deadline is 4/10/19 for all
facilities, including abbreviated reporting
• Cap-and-Trade Regulation Amendments
(12/31/18)

15. AB 617 Community Protection Program Update
2018 Community Recommendations Staff Report –August 2018 (Revised September 11, 2018) 6
Figure 2. 2018 Community Recommendations
Once CARB selects communities for community emissions reduction programs and/or
community air monitoring, air districts must develop local programs in partnership with

16. AB 617 Community Protection Program
Update (con’t)
• 2019 Implementation
- Expedited BARCT schedules by Districts – January
- First emissions reports due to Districts – May 1
- 3 lists: AB 32 GHG Reporting, >250 TPY non-attainment,
elevated toxics prioritization score
- Districts deploy first monitoring – July
- Adopt emission reduction programs – Sep
- Next round Communities – Dec
• ARB Statewide Reduction Measures, Portal
Development

17. ARB On-Road & Off-Road Standards
• On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use)
Regulation
- In 2020 only compliance vehicles registered
- By 2023, nearly all trucks and buses will have 2010
model engines or equivalent.
• Phase 2 Emission On-Road Standards for GHG –
2018 and later model medium and heavy-duty trucks
• ARB Off-Road Regulations – Fleets must meet
target avg requirements for Tier levels
- Small fleets begins Jan 2019

18. CEQA Air Quality Review
• CEQA Guidelines Update, 12/28/18
- Exemptions, Use of Significance Thresholds, Transportation
Impacts
• Significance Thresholds – criteria pollutants, air
toxics and GHG
• Court Decisions
- Friant Ranch Case – Criteria Pollutant and Air Toxics;
Review Standard
- Sierra Club vs. County of San Diego – GHG; Climate
Action Plan set aside
• Bottom line – greater technical analysis and
substantiation

19. Impact Analysis Technical Tools
• CalEEMod v2016.3.2 emissions model
(user’s guide Nov 2017)
• EMFAC 2014/2017 & OFFROAD2017
emissions models
• AERMOD v18081, update for low wind
speeds
• HARP2 Health Risk Assessment updated
6/11/18
• Regional (prognostic) wind data and
CALPUFF model

20. Air District Regulatory
Update

21. South Coast AQMD
• Regulation XI Source-Specific Standards
- Implementation of Rule 1180 Fenceline Monitoring for refineries;
Proposed Rule 1109.1 NOx Reductions from Refinery Equipment
- Rule 1118.1 for Non-Refinery Flares adopted Jan. 4, 2019
- Proposed Rule 1117 for Glass Melting Furnaces
- RECLAIM “Landing Rules”
• Metal Facility Rules
- Rule 1469 (adopted Nov. 2, 2018) – Chromium Emissions from
Electroplating and Anodizing
- Proposed Amended Rule 1407 (April 2019) for Non-Ferrous and
Proposed 1407.1 for Ferrous Metal Facilities
- Proposed Rule 1415 – Heat Treating
• Proposed Rule 1410 for modified HF Phase-out at Refineries
• Proposed Rule 1480 – Fenceline Monitoring, 4th Working
Group 2/5/19
• Asbestos Violations; Proposed Amended Rule 1403
- Working Group Jan. 8, 2019
• Trucking Company Violations – School Protection

22. South Coast AQMD (con’t)
RECLAIM Program Update:
• 37 RECLAIM facilities notified can opt-out in 2018
• Rule 2001 and 2002 amendments 10/5/18
- Details on process to exit RECLAIM; criteria that must be met
• Landing Rule development – R1146, R1118.1, 1109.1, 1134/1135,
1110.2; Retrofit/Replace and Cost-Effectiveness
• R1146, R1146.1, R1146.2 – Boilers, Steam Generators and Process
Heaters
- R1146 most at 5 – 9 ppm; approved Dec. 7, 2019; Compliance by Jan
2021 to Jan 2023
• R1134/1135 - Gas Turbines; Public Hearing April 2019
- Proposed R1134; 2.5 ppmv NOx simple cycle, 2 ppm NOx combined
cycle
- Amended R1135 Nov. 2, 2018
• R1110.2 – Gas Engines; Public Hearing Sep 2019; 11 ppmv NOx
• Proposed Rule 1100: Implementation Schedule (April 2019)
• Working Group meeting 2/14/19
• Reg. XIII Update – New Source Review for NOx increases

23. San Joaquin Unified APCD
New Clean Air Plan for PM2.5 Standards (11/15/18):
• Focus is meeting the 12 ug/m3 annual PM2.5
standard
• 1.3 ton/day (TPD) PM2.5 and 1.9 TPD NOx
reductions by 2024
• Mobile source programs already achieve reductions
• Residential wood burning rule
• Agricultural dust controls
• Stationary source controls

24. San Joaquin Unified APCD (con’t)District strategy in detail
Emission Reductions from Measures
Direct PM2.5
(tpd) 2024
NOx (tpd)
2024
Flares N/A 0.05
Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters – Phase 3
0.03 1.83
Advanced Emission Reduction Options for Boilers, Steam Generators,
and Process Heaters Greater than 5.0 MMBtu/hr
Internal Combustion Engines used at Agricultural Operations
Glass Plants
Solid Fuel-Fired Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters
Conservation Management Practices 0.32 N/A
Commercial Charbroiling 0.53 N/A
Wood Burning Fireplaces and Wood Burning Heaters 0.42 N/A

25. Bay Area AQMD
• Rules Update
-Refinery Rules; 6-5, 11-10 and 12-15 (Jan. 19.
2019)
• Rule 11-18 Air Toxics Implementation Plan
– started in mid 2018
• Expedited AB 617 BARCT Implementation
- Staff Report Dec. 2018; focus on AB-32 facilities
(80)
- Expedite primarily sources at Refinery
Operations, Portland Cement

26. 2019 Air Quality in California - Summary
• Legislature on energy, GHG, and community exposures
• Continue to watch ARB and AB 617 regulatory
developments closely
• Continued heavy focus in California on air toxics
regulations and compliance
• Follow developing GHG regulations under the Scoping
Plan for your industry
• CEQA Guidelines and Court decisions increasing
quantitative impact analysis
• Exit from RECLAIM comes into clearer focus
• Lower ozone standard will mean Air District rule
actions for NOx and VOC emissions
• Give me a call if you have questions on developing air
quality regulations!

27. Contact Information / Questions
James Westbrook
BlueScape Environmental
Mobile: 877-486-9257
jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com
www.bluescapeinc.com
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