Transcript NJDEP Air Toxics Program

NJDEP Air Toxics Program
Olga Boyko
NJDEP Division of Air Quality
Health Effects of Air Pollution Workshop
Bordentown, NJ
July 30, 2008
Air Toxics Permitting
N.J.A.C. 7:27-17 - Control and Prohibition of
Air Pollution by Toxic Substances
• Lists 11 Toxic Substances (Group I)
• Lists 2 more in Group II
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Air Toxics Permitting
• Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
• Linked to Clean Air Act HAP list
• Listed in our permit regulations (separately
for minor sources and operating permits)
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Air Toxics Permitting
N.J.A.C. 7:27-8
• Permits and Certificates for Minor
Facilities (and Major Facilities without an
Operating Permit)
N.J.A.C. 7:27-22
• Operating Permits
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Air Toxics Permitting
Reporting thresholds (lb/year) determine
whether a HAP needs to be included in a
minor source or operating permit
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N.J.A.C. 7:27-8
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NJDEP
Division of Air Quality
Risk Screening
A short-cut for determining potential risk
for the thousands of Air Pollution Control
Permits processed every year.
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Risk Screening
• All HAPs listed in a permit are subject to risk
screening
• Source-specific
• Makes use of “Air Impact Values” to estimate
ambient air concentrations
• Dependent on stack height, distance to property
line, emission rate in ton/year & lb/hour
Excel Risk Screening Worksheet at
www.nj.gov/aqpp/risk.html
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Air Toxics Emissions Inventory
• Major point sources report to Emissions
Statements Program
• Limited to 36 “Toxic Air Pollutants” (TAPs)
• Facility-wide totals only
• Other data comes from sources indirectly
(other reporting programs)
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NJDEP Air Toxics Monitoring
• 4 locations
• Volatiles, metals, and semivolatiles
• Sampling every 6 days
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NJDEP Air Toxics Monitoring Network
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NJDEP Air Toxics Monitoring
Annual Air Quality Report can be found at
www.state.nj.us/dep/airmon/reports.htm
• Air Toxics Summary
• Fine Particle Speciation Summary (Appendix B)
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Special Projects
• Camden Waterfront South Air Toxics Pilot
Project
www.nj.gov/dep/ej/camden/index.html
• Urban Community Air Toxics Monitoring
Project, Paterson (UCAMPP)
Data being processed
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Camden Waterfront South Air
Toxics Pilot Project
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Fall 2002 – August 2005
Emissions inventory
Site visits
Dispersion modeling
Air monitoring (toxics, PM2.5)
Community Advisory Committee meetings
Risk reduction strategies
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Camden Waterfront South Air
Toxics Pilot Project
Risk reduction strategies:
• Stationary source emission reductions
• Truck emissions reductions
• Environmental health education
• Vegetation for dust suppression
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Urban Community Air Toxics Monitoring
Project, Paterson (UCAMPP)
Identification of risk reduction strategies for
air toxics in an urban community through:
• Emissions inventory
• Site visits
• Outreach & education
• Dispersion modeling
• Air monitoring
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Diesel Initiatives
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Mandatory Diesel Retrofit Program
Idling Restrictions
Idling Alternatives and Demonstration Projects
School Buses
Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle Inspection Program
Reducing Soot at the Ports
www.nj.gov/dep/stopthesoot
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Future Initiatives
• Update of reporting thresholds (to
incorporate new toxicity data)
• Addition of chemicals to the list of
regulated air toxics
• Expansion of air toxics emissions
statements reporting
• Facility-wide risk assessment
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For more information:
Olga Boyko
NJDEP Division of Air Quality
Air Quality Permitting Program
Bureau of Technical Services
P.O. Box 027
Trenton, NJ 08625-0027
609-633-1108
[email protected]
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