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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Rule No(s): 4354 Date adopted/Amended/Rescinded: May 19, 2011 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, Strategies 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 imposed requirements to limit the amount of excess oxygen (O2) to 

less than 5% to minimize emissions from glass melting furnaces during a start-up, since the typical add-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 was 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 start-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 requirement. 

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 implemented, will result in quantifiable changes in emissions. Attach reference(s) for emission 

factor(s) and other information. Attach calculation sheet showing how the emission information provided below was determined. 

Net Effect on Emissions: Increase Decrease N/A 

Emission Reduction Commitment in SIP for this Source Category: none 

Inventory Year Used to Calculate Changes in Emissions: not applicable Area Affected: San Joaquin Valley Air Basin 

Future Year Control Profile Estimate (Provide information on as many years as possible): 

not applicable 
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Baseline Inventory in the SIP for the Control Measure: not applicable 

Emissions Reduction Commitment in the SIP for the Control Measure: not applicable 

Revised Baseline Inventory (if any): not applicable 

Revised Emission Reduction Estimate (if developed): not applicable 

Note that the district’s input to the Rule Evaluation Form will not be used as input to the ARB’s emission forecasting and 

planning. 

III. SOURCES/ATTAINMENT STATUS 

District is: Attainment Nonattainment Split 

Approximate Total Number of Small (<100 TPY) Sources 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); OwensBrockway (Tracy, Merced); Saint-Gobain (Madera, Madera); Guardian Industries (Kingsburg, Kings); PPG Industries 

(Fresno, Fresno); Certainteed (Chowchilla, Madera) 

IV. EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY 

Does the Rule Include Emission Limits that are Continuous? Yes No 

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

Other Methods in the Rule for Achieving Emission Reductions 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 6.0 
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VI. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY PLAN 

 No Impact Impacts RFP Impacts attainment 

Discussion: This rule project is not a control measure in any attainment plan and is not expected to reduce or increase 

emissions from the single existing tree nut pasteurizer. For these reasons, District staff has concluded that attainment of 

any ambient air quality standard will not be affected by this rule project. The amendments will not affect 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 emissions from this 

source category. 

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

incremental emission reductions to ensure attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by the 

attainment date. The Act does not identify specific emission reduction benchmarks that must be met for particulate matter 

attainment plans. EPA has interpreted the Act’s RFP requirement using the concept of achieving (generally) linear 

progress toward the standard. The District’s 2008 PM2.5 Plan contains an RFP demonstration. However, the 

amendments do not have emission reductions associated with them, so it is not expected that the RFP will be affected by 

the changes in the rule.