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Regional Haze

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) filed a motion for continuance of the hearing on 

Regional Haze and the San Juan Generating Station Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

Determination. The Environmental Improvement Board granted the motion. The hearing is now 

scheduled for January 10, 2011. 

z PNM Motion for Continuance 

z NMED Response to PNM Motion 

z Environmental Improvement Board Order on Motion for Continuance 

 

The New Mexico Environment Department submitted a proposed Regional Haze State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) to the Environmental Improvement Board on June 21, 2010. At the Board meeting on July 6, 

the Board scheduled the hearing for October 4, 2010. The following documents were submitted to the 

Board: 

z Petition and Statement of Reasons 

z Regional Haze State Implementation Plan 

z Appendix A - Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) determination for San Juan Generating 

Station 

z Attachment A to Appendix A - BART Modeling Results 

z Attachment B to Appendix A - BART Modeling Receptors 

z Appendix B - Four Factor Analysis for the WRAP Region 

z Appendix C - Four Factor Analysis for Specific Sources in New Mexico 

z Appendix D - 20.2.65 NMAC - Smoke Management

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Comments and attachments from the National Park Service and Fish & Wildlife Service on the 

Proposed SIP 

z NPS FWS Comment letter 

z BART Comments 

z Appendix A. EGUs less 0.06 lb.mmBtu in 2009.xls 

z SCR on eastern wall-fired EGUs.doc 

z 2006 Wall-fired Dry-bottom Eastern EGUs with SCR charts.xls 

z 2006 wall-fired EGU Ozone Season summary data sheet.xls 

z NPS estimate of SJGS #1 SCR.xls 

z NPS estimate of SJGS #2 SCR.xls 

z NPS estimate of SJGS #3 SCR.xls 

z NPS estimate of SJGS #4 SCR.xls 

z SJGS #1 Dry-Bottom PC w FGD+FF PM speciation profile.xls 

z SJGS #2 Dry-Bottom PC w FGD+FF PM speciation profile.xls 

z SJGS #3 Dry-Bottom PC w FGD+FF PM speciation profile.xls 

z SJGS #4 Dry-Bottom PC w FGD+FF PM speciation profile.xls 

 

The New Mexico Environment Department reviewed Public Service Company of New Mexico's (PNM) 

analysis for Best Available Retrofit Technology for nitrogen oxides (NOx) on its San Juan Generating 

Station. Following are documents NMED received from PNM on their analysis. 

PNM San Juan Generating Station BART Analysis

z PNM BART Modeling Protocol 

z PNM BART Report Appendix E (WRAP Modeling Protocol) 

z PNM SCR Cost Analysis - received July 11, 2007 

z PNM SNCR Hybrid Cost Analysis - received July 11, 2007 

z Update Visibility Cost Effectiveness Data - August 23, 2007 

z PNM Response to NMED - September 14, 2007 

z PNM SCR Schematic 

z BART Modeling Refinements - received November 5, 2007 

z Department Request 12-21-2007

z Discussion of OAQPS Cost Manual Method - received March 29, 2008 

z Final BART Modeling Response with Attachments - received March 31, 2008 

z Final BART SNCR Analysis - received May 30, 2008 

z Final Discussion of SJGS Coal and Classification 

z Final Nalco-MOBOTEC NOx BART Analysis - received August 28, 2008 

z Final PM BART Analysis - received August 28, 2008 

z PNM SO3 Removal Report - received March 16, 2009 

 

In November 2003, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board approved NMED's proposed 

regional haze state implementation plan (SIP) under Section 309 of the Regional Haze Rule, along with 

implementing regulations. The approved SIP and regulations can be accessed using these links.

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Regional Haze SIP (download appendices separately below) 

{ Appendix A: Projection of Visibility Improvement 

{ Appendix B: Western Regional Air Partnership Policy on Clean Air Corridors 

{ Appendix C: Stationary Sources

 Appendix C-1: Western Backstop Emissions and Allowance Tracking System 

and Analysis 

 Appendix C-2: Stationary Source NOx and PM Emissions in the WRAP 

Region: An Initial Assessment of Emissions, Controls, and Air Quality 

Impacts 

 Appendix C-3: SO2 Emission Monitoring Protocols 

{ [Appendix D: Reserved] 

{ Appendix E: Fire Programs 

 Appendix E-1: Comparison of Existing NM Smoke Management 

Program with RHR Requirements 

 Appendix E-2: Description of Process to Identify and Remove 

Administrative Barriers to the Use of Non-burning Alternatives 

 Appendix E-3: Process for Establishing Annual Emission Goals 

 Appendix E-4: Western Regional Air Partnership Policy on Enhanced 

Smoke Management Programs for Visibility 

 Appendix E-5: Western Regional Air Partnership Policy on Annual 

Emission Goals for Fire 

 Appendix E-6: Western Regional Air Partnership Fire Tracking System 

Policy 

{ Appendix F: Paved and Unpaved Road Dust 

{ Appendix G: Pollution Prevention 

{ [Appendices H - I: Reserved] 

{ Appendix J: Interstate and Regional Coordination 

{ [Appendices K - L: Reserved] 

{ Appendix M: Monitoring Requirements 

{ Appendix N - WRAP Technical Support Document (link to WRAP web site) 

 

Updated Visibility Data - received October 16, 2007 

 Year 2001 

 Year 2002 

 Year 2003 

 

z 20.2.81 NMAC - Western Backstop Sulfur Dioxide Trading Program Regulation 

z 20.2.73 NMAC - Notice of Intent and Emission Inventory Requirements Regulation 

z 20.2.65 NMAC - Smoke Management Regulation 

 

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Regional Haze Issues

Regional Haze is haze that reduces long range visibility over a wide region, that is, over a portion of a 

state or several states. Haze is caused by fine particles in the air that are so small they settle out only 

very slowly. Because of the harm that haze does to visibility in National Parks and wilderness areas, 

many efforts to control and reduce man-made haze, and the air pollutants that cause it, are under way - 

through national laws and regional collaboration. Such a collaboration, involving states, Indian tribes, 

industry, and environmental advocates, is the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP), under the 

auspices of the Western Governors' Association. 

The WRAP develops the technical and policy tools needed by the western states and tribes to comply 

with the EPA's regional haze regulations. WRAP activities are conducted by a network of forums and 

committees composed of members and stakeholders who represent a wide range of viewpoints; public 

involvement is an integral part of the Partnership. For more information on the WRAP, please visit their 

web site. 

Here are more links to sites that work with visibility and regional haze issues: 

z National Park Service Visibility Monitoring Program 

z National Park Service Air Resources 

z Visibility and Air Pollution from US EPA 

z National Park Service Fort Collins Air Resources Division 

z USDA Forest Service National Air Resource Management Web Site 

z USDA Forest Service Air Web Site 

z Introduction to Visibility by William C. Malm, CIRA, Colorado State University 

Reasonable Progress 4 Factor Evaluation Project

§308(d)(1) of the Regional Haze Rule requires States to set reasonable progress goals toward meeting a 

national goal of natural visibility conditions in Class I areas by the year 2064. The first reasonable 

progress goals will be established for the planning period 2008 to 2018 and the Regional Haze Rule 

identifies four factors which should be considered in evaluating potential emission control measures to 

meet those visibility goals. As listed in §308(d)(1)(i) these four factors are as follows: 

1. Cost of compliance 

2. Time necessary for compliance 

3. Energy and non-air quality environmental impacts of compliance 

4. Remaining useful life of any existing source subject to such requirements 

Several WRAP States requested help in evaluating these four factors for additional control measures 

(beyond BART). These States first requested evaluation of a series of General Source Categories. In 

addition, five states (including New Mexico), also identified specific Stationary Sources located within 

their respective states for which they wanted a detailed control evaluation conducted. 

The Scope of Work for this project, the specific source spreadsheet and drafts of the control measure 

evaluation reports are now posted on the Implementation Workgroup “documents” page at:

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Final Sulfur Dioxide Milestone Report

New Mexico's state implementation plan for regional haze, adopted by the Environmental Improvement

Board on November 18, 2003, requires that New Mexico cooperate with four other states in producing 

an annual report to determine if emissions of sulfur dioxide from large industrial sources are less than 

the emissions milestone set in the plan. The final report for calendar year 2003 is now available at 

http://www.wrapair.org, or you may contact the New Mexico Air Quality Bureau for a copy of the 

report at (505) 827-1494 or by mail at the address below. 

The report shows that total emissions of sulfur dioxide from large sources in the five states – New 

Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming and Oregon – were 329,455 tons, while the milestone is 446,908 

tons. Therefore, the report demonstrates that emissions in the five states are 72% of the milestone and 

the states have met the requirements of the plan for 2003. 

Requests for copies of the final report may be submitted by electronic mail to Rita Bates at 

rita.bates@state.nm.us or may be mailed to: 

 Rita Bates 

 Air Quality Bureau 

 New Mexico Environment Department 

 1301 Siler Rd., Building B 

 Santa Fe, NM 87507 

 ATTN: SO2 Milestone Report 

 

Draft 2007 Regional SO2 Emissions and Milestone Report available for public review and comment - 

click here

The Federal Regional Haze Rule and Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat Format) 

Annex to the Regional Haze Rule and Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat Format) 

Additional Recommendations Report

The Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission (GCVTC) issued in 1996 a set of recommendations 

for protecting visibility in mandatory federal Class I areas on the Colorado Plateau in its report entitled 

Recommendations for Improving Western Vistas. Many, but not all, of the GCVTC recommendations 

were included in the Regional Haze Rule. The report below describes measures being taken in New 

Mexico to implement the GCVTC recommendations that were not in the Regional Haze Rule. Although 

not a part of New Mexico's SIP, this report was compiled in accordance with Section 309(d)(9) of the 

Regional Haze Rule and will be updated periodically. 

New Mexico's Progress on GCVTC Report Recommendations, December 2003 

 

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© 2008 New Mexico Environment Department. All Rights Reserved. 

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