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COLORADO - CWPMA CONTINUES TO OPPOSE RFG - RULEMAKING SOON TO COMMENCE

 

All,

CWPMA is going to be requesting party status at the forthcoming rulemaking. In part because of the proposal for RFG and secondly, because of the proposed Revision to method 27 testing under regulation  7

Se below and Attached.

Any of our members that would like to coordinate comments please contact me directly at gbailey@cwpma.org.

Further any member or partner organization that would like to submit comments separately should remember that party status applications are due by October 13th.

 

Ozone Nonattainment Area SIP Elements: proposed Severe SIP Element for the Denver Metro and North Front Range (DMNFR) 2008 Ozone Nonattainment Area to include severe SIP elements specific to emission inventories, enhanced monitoring, reasonable further progress, attainment demonstration and weight of evidence, reasonably available control technology (RACT), reasonably available control measures (RACM), motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M), nonattainment new source review (NSR), contingency measures, motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB), clean fuel fleet program, vehicle miles traveled offset demonstration, major source fee program, and reformulated gasoline. Proposed Moderate SIP Element for the DMNFR and northern Weld County 2015 Ozone Nonattainment Area to include moderate SIP elements specific to SIP elements specific to emission inventories, enhanced monitoring, rate of progress, attainment demonstration and weight of evidence, reasonably available control technology (RACT), reasonably available control measures (RACM), motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M), nonattainment new source review (NSR), contingency measures, and motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB). Proposed update to the marginal emissions inventory for the 2015 Ozone Nonattainment Area to include emissions in northern Weld County.

 

Regulation Number 3: proposed revisions to include requirements for a major source fee program should Colorado not attain the 2008 NAAQS by the applicable severe attainment date, revisions to supplement the emission statement requirement of Section 182(a)(3)(B) of the CAA, revisions to correspond to EPA’s correction amendments in 40 CFR Part 51, revisions to correspond to public notice in 40 CFR Part 70, and other revisions aligning with current practice and for clean-up. The proposed revisions also include revisions requested for hearing in May to update Part A to reflect the current APEN, emission, and permit processing fees as provided in CRS §§ 24-7-114.1 and 24-7-114.7, but not to include fees on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; to include 1-bromopropane (1-BP) on the list of reportable hazardous air pollutants (HAP) to reflect EPA’s addition of 1-BP to the federal list of HAPs; and include GHGs on specific air pollutant emission notices (APEN) as directed in CRS § 25-7-114.1 by HB 21-1266.

 

Regulation Number 7: proposed revisions to include provisions that require the implementation of RACT for major sources of VOC or NOx in the DMNFR and/or northern Weld County; establish VOC content limits for certain automotive materials; establish VOC content limits for certain automotive coatings should Colorado not attain the 2015 NAAQS by the applicable moderate attainment date; include specific oil and gas requirements for certain 1,000 hp engines, new facility pneumatic controllers, and hydrocarbon liquids loadout in the SIP as SIP-strengthening measures; clarify the applicability of Regulation Number 7 to newly classified ozone nonattainment areas; update the ozone nonattainment area maps and descriptions to reflect the designation of northern Weld County to nonattainment under the 2015 NAAQS; and revise the gasoline tank truck testing requirements

 

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