Also provides an opportunity to review all of the environmental impacts before facility constructed and provides opportunity for public participation at a time when it can affect the design of the project. D. Compliance Review Three major review components. With the Potrero Plant, the Board will look at the increase in emissions from that location. The standard-new operation cannot result in an increase that threatens attainment status. Attainment refers to federal standards for air quality, for nitrogen oxide concentrations.
State has no net increase program.
Because of concern for regional pollution, reduction in emissions, programs have be designed to make sure that there is no net increase in emissions from facilities that are under permit from the district. Any new facility that comes in must be offset by some other facility that is going out of business or reducing its emissions beyond the requirements. The facility will be required to provide offsets for certain pollutants at a 1.15 to 1 ratio to ensure that there are more reductions than there are increases. Once public comment is incorporated, final DOC will be issued, a document that the CEC needs in order to issue certification. Mr. Mark Harrar, project manager for the Potrero Power Plant application to the CEC will invite the project's air consultant, Mark Strehlow to the next meeting.