HOT TOPICS IN AIR QUALITY

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1 HOT TOPICS IN AIR QUALITY 2014 TxDOT Planning Conference Houston-Galveston Area Council

2 Presentation Topics NAAQS Overview Near Road Air Monitors MPO and Local Program Successes EPA Advance Programs 4 CMAQ and Performance Measures 5 Managing the 8 Sins of Transportation 2

3 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Purpose Set air standards at levels to protect human health and the environment Emission Contributions Next 5-Year Review Schedule Ozone NO Year 2 designations Year 3 conformity is DUE Source: 3

4 NAAQS National Emission Trends Source: 4

5 Emission Trends ( ) For Select NAAQS Source: 5

6 Factors for Nonattainment Designations EPA s framework for assessing ozone nonattainment area boundaries included evaluation of: Air quality data Emissions data Population density and degree of urbanization Traffic and commuting patterns Growth rates and patterns Meteorology Geography/topography Jurisdictional boundaries Level of control of emission sources For the 2008 ozone NAAQS, EPA presumed the nonattainment area to be the larger of: core based statistical area (CBSA) or combined statistical area (CSA). 6

7 Schedule December 2014 Proposed rule December 2015 Final rule December 2016 State proposed designation December 2017 EPA designation ( DV) December 2018 Conformity due Based on history, implementation could be delayed Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Moore Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill Hartley Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler Deaf Randall 74 Armstrong Donley Collingsworth Smith Parmer Castro Swisher Briscoe Hall Childress Hardeman Potential Nonattainment Areas for Pending Ozone NAAQS Bailey Lamb Hale Floyd Motley Cottle Foard Wilbarger Wichita El 72 Paso Hudspeth Culberson Jeff Davis Presidio Cochran Hockley Lubbock NAAQS Between PPB (Worst Anticipated Case) Based upon Design Values (DV), anticipate EPA designations with DV or later EPA 2008 Ozone NAAQS guidance indicated the presumptive nonattainment area is the larger of CBSA or CSA 18 Counties (2 areas) impacted by past ozone NAAQS : Counties (13 areas) in impacted CBSA/CSA additional counties with regulatory monitor exceeding TxDOT districts impacted Assumes EPA will use National Parks Monitors (Big Bend and Palo Duro Canyon). States remain in negotiation with EPA on this matter. Crosby Dickens King Maverick Knox Zavala Dimmit Baylor Webb 64 Frio La Salle Zapata Archer Titus Jack Franklin Yoakum Wise Denton Collin Terry Lynn Garza Hopkins Kent Stonewall Haskell Throckmorton Young Hunt 74 Morris Cass Camp 87 Rockwall Rains Marion Wood Gaines Palo Parker Tarrant Dallas Upshur Dawson Borden Scurry Fisher Jones Shackelford Stephens Pinto Kaufman Van Harrison 72 Zandt Gregg 77 Hood 77 Smith 75 Johnson Ellis Andrews Martin Howard Mitchell Nolan Eastland Taylor Callahan Panola Erath Henderson Somervell Rusk Navarro 72 Hill Comanche Loving Winkler Ector Midland Bosque Glasscock Coke Anderson Cherokee Shelby Sterling Runnels Coleman Brown Freestone Hamilton Nacogdoches McLennan Limestone Ward 74 San Tom Mills Augustine Sabine Crane Reeves Upton Reagan Green Coryell Houston Leon Angelina Irion Concho Falls McCulloch San Lampasas Trinity Saba Bell 74 Robertson Madison Schleicher Newton Menard Polk Tyler Jasper Pecos Crockett Burnet Milam Walker Mason Llano Brazos San Williamson Grimes Jacinto Sutton Burleson Kimble Hardin 75 Travis Lee Montgomery Gillespie 73 Terrell Blanco Washington Liberty Orange 75 Bastrop Kerr Hays Waller Edwards Val Kendall Harris Jefferson Fayette Austin 75 Brewster Verde Real Caldwell Comal Chambers Bandera Colorado Fort Guadalupe Bend Bexar 81 Gonzales Galveston Lavaca Kinney Uvalde Medina Wharton Brazoria Wilson DeWitt Atascosa McMullen Jim Hogg Starr Duval Clay Live Oak Montague Jim Wells Brooks Hidalgo Karnes Bee Cooke Goliad San Patricio Nueces 70 Kleberg Kenedy Willacy Cameron Grayson Victoria 67 Refugio Aransas Jackson Calhoun Fannin Lamar Delta Matagorda Red River Bowie PPB Potential Nonattainment Areas Existing NAA/MNT Counties

8 Voluntary Programs May Help Avoid Adverse Impacts 2008 Ozone NAAQS Implementation Example EPA predicted 5 areas of Texas would exceed the NAAQS. Once implemented, only 2 areas exceeded. Source: 8

9 Near Road Air Emission Monitors Location Monitor Type Operational Date - AADT Austin Dallas-Fort Worth NO 2 Monitor CO Monitor PM 2.5 Monitor NO 2 Monitor 1 NO 2 Monitor 2 CO Monitor PM 2.5 Monitor Operating 218,000 1/1/2017 1/1/2017 Operating 235,790 1/1/2015 1/1/2015 1/1/2015 El Paso NO 2 Monitor 1/1/2017 Edinburg-Mission- McAllen NO 2 Monitor 1/1/2017 Houston- Galveston- Brazoria San Antonio NO 2 Monitor 1 NO 2 Monitor 2 CO Monitor PM 2.5 Monitor NO 2 Monitor CO Monitor PM 2.5 Monitor Operating 307,100 1/1/2015 1/1/2015 1/1/2015 Operating 205,000 1/1/2017 1/1/2017 The 2014 measurements for NO 2 near road monitors are inline with other NO 2 sites in each area and all monitor data remains below the NO 2 NAAQS. 9

10 EPA Advance Program Cooperative effort between EPA, states, tribes and local governments. Encourages expeditious emission reductions in ozone and fine particle (PM 2.5 ) attainment areas. Source: 10

11 EPA Advance Program Participants PM 2.5 Advance Participants Houston-Galveston COG (Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area) 11

12 EPA Advance Programs The steps taken by Advance Program participants may: Help attainment areas reduce emissions in order to ensure continued health protection Better position areas to continue to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Efficiently direct available resources toward actions to address ozone and fine particle problems quickly Program requires a five-year commitment. 12

13 EPA Advance Program Participants Ozone Advance Participants Alamo Area COG (San Antonio) Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area) Corpus Christi Air Quality Group Heart of Texas COG (Waco area) Hood County Clean Air Coalition Northeast Texas Air Care (Tyler- Longview area) 13

14 MAP-21 & National Transportation Performance Management MAP-21 MAP-21 creates a streamlined and performance-based surface transportation program CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) is one of six MAP-21 National Transportation Performance Management process areas Performance Performance Measures, Targets, Plans and Reporting are all requirements outlined in MAP-21 For more information: 14

15 CMAQ Issues and Concerns 1 Cost Effectiveness & Unrealistic Targets 2 Target Update Frequency 3 No Established Baseline for Hours of Delay 4 CMAQ Funds, MAP-21 and SIP Commitments 15

16 CMAQ Recommendations Goals Rather than Targets Determination of Conformity Annual Hours of Delay Baseline CMAQ Funds, MAP-21 & SIP Commitments 16

17 Managing the 8 Sins of Air Quality and Transportation o High Emitting Vehicles o Cold Starts o Hard Accelerations o Low Speeds o Excessive Idling o Diesel Engines o o Vehicle Miles Traveled Energy and AQ Policy Integration 17

18 Closing & Questions By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius The map is not the territory, it s just what we choose to pick out of it. Alfred Korzybski Questions??? 18