CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD



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I. GENERAL INFORMATION

District: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Rule No(s): 4354 Date adopted/Amended/Rescinded: May 19, 2011

Rule Title(s): Glass Melting Furnaces

Date Submitted to ARB: June 20, 2011

If an Amended Rule, Date Last Amended (or Adopted): September 16, 2010

Is the Rule Intended to be Sent to the U.S. EPA as a SIP Revision? Yes No ( If No, do not complete remainder of form)

District Contact: Errol Villegas, Manager, Strateg ies and Incentives Phone Number: 559-230-5806 E- mail Address: errol.villegas@valleyair.org

Narrative Summary of New Rule or Rule Changes: New Rule Amended Rule

During a rule amendment in 2002, the District impos ed requirements to limit the amount of excess oxyge n (O2) to less than 5% to minimize emissions from glass melti ng furnaces during a start-up, since the typical ad d-on controls are not operational. At the time of rule development, oxy-fuel firing was a new technology, and District staff was unaware that the 5% oxygen requirement wa s incompatible with this new technology. Based on new information, District staff has determined that oxy -fuel firing technology, by design, operates in an oxygen-rich environment in excess of the existing requirement, but still has inherently low NOx emissions during s tart-up. The proposed amendments incorporate the new information and prevent oxy-fuel fired glass melting furnaces from having to comply with an unnecessary start-up requi rement.

Pollutant(s) Regulated by the Rule (Check): ROG (NOx) SO2 (CO) PM TAC (name):

II. EFFECT ON EMISSIONS

Complete this section ONLY for rules that, when imp lemented, will result in quantifiable changes in em issions. Attach reference(s) for emission

factor(s) and other information. Attach calculatio n sheet showing how the emission information provid ed below was determined

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Net Effect on Emissions: Increase Decrease N/A

Emission Reduction Commitment in SIP for this Sourc e Category: none

Inventory Year Used to Calculate Changes in Emissio ns: not applicable Area Affected: San Joaqu in Valley Air Basin

Future Year Control Profile Estimate (Provide information on as many years as possible) : not applicableCALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD



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Baseline Inventory in the SIP for the Control Measu re: not applicable

Emissions Reduction Commitment in the SIP for the C ontrol Measure: not applicable

Revised Baseline Inventory (if any): not applicabl e

Revised Emission Reduction Estimate (if developed): not applicable

Note that the district’s input to the Rule Evaluati on Form will not be used as input to the ARB’s emis sion forecasting and planning.

III. SOURCES/ATTAINMENT STATUS

District is: Attainment Nonattainment Split

Approximate Total Number of Small (<100 TPY) Source s Affected by this Amendment: none

Percent in Nonattainment Area: not applicable%

Number of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled: 7 Percent in Nonattainment Area: 100%

Name(s) and Location(s) (city and county) of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled by Rule (Attach additional sheets as

necessary) : Facility Name (City, County) - Gallo Glass (Modesto , Stanislaus); Pilkington (Lathrop, San Joaquin); O wensBrockway (Tracy, Merced); Saint-Gobain (Madera, Mad era); Guardian Industries (Kingsburg, Kings); PPG I ndustries (Fresno, Fresno); Certainteed (Chowchilla, Madera)

IV. EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Does the Rule Include Emission Limits that are Cont inuous? Yes No

If Yes, Those Limits are in Section(s) Section 5.0 of the Rule.

Other Methods in the Rule for Achieving Emission Re ductions are: not applicable

V. OTHER REQUIREMENTS

The Rule Contains:

Emission Limits in Section(s): Section 5.0 Work Practice Standards in Section(s): not applicable Recordkeeping Requirements in Section(s): Section 6.0 Reporting Requirements in Section(s): Section 6.0CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD



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VI. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY PLAN

No Impact Impacts RFP Impacts attainment

Discussion: This rule project is not a control mea sure in any attainment plan and is not expected to reduce or increase emissions from the single existing tree nut pasteur izer. For these reasons, District staff has conclu ded that attainment of any ambient air quality standard will not be affect ed by this rule project. The amendments will not a ffect either the District’s 2007 Ozone Plan or the District's 2008 PM2.5 Plan ( particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less) because no emission limits have been changed, nor are the amendments expected to affect emission s from this

source category.

The federal Clean Air Act (Act) requires that attai nment plans meet reasonable further progress (RFP) by achieving

incremental emission reductions to ensure attainmen t of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NA AQS) by the attainment date. The Act does not identify specifi c emission reduction benchmarks that must be met fo r particulate matter attainment plans. EPA has interpreted the Act’s RF P requirement using the concept of achieving (gener ally) linear progress toward the standard. The District’s 2008 PM2.5 Plan contains an RFP demonstration. However, the

amendments do not have emission reductions associat ed with them, so it is not expected that the RFP wi ll be affected by the changes in the rule.