CARB approves smog reduction plant for Southern California
The California Air Resources Board on August 15 approved a long range plan for bringing Southern California, the smoggiest region in the country, into compliance with federal air quality standards over the next 18 years. The plan is a combination of land use and transportation measures to be administered through local government (SCAG), controls on non-automotive county South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the nation's strictest standards on automotive emissions and fuel quality adopted by the State ARB. To meet the health standards in the four-county South Coast Air Basin, the plan intends to reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbon by 65 and 84 percent, respectively, from current levels. In addition, carbon monoxide levels are to be cut 42 percent by the year 2007. Approximately 75 measures in the plan, regarding industrial emission controls and changes in land use policies, transportation systems and energy use, are expected to achieve half of those reductions, or 372 tons per day. Most of the industrial controls are extensions of current programs or adaptations of anti-smog technology from one industrial use to another. Twenty of the measures are aimed at reducing the smog-forming potential of solvents in paints, degreasers and other types of coatings while 15 would continue reducing emissions from refineries and other aspects of petroleum production. The other half of the clean air benefits credited to the plan are the result of the Air Resources Board controls on tailpipe emissions of cars, trucks and other motor vehicles, and clean-up standards for diesel, gasoline and other fuels. Combined, the 16 ARB measures are expected to reduce smog-forming emissions by 385 tons per day and are responsible for nearly all of the carbon monoxide reductions.
- OSTI ID:
- 7156079
- Journal Information:
- JAPCA, the International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Management; (USA), Journal Name: JAPCA, the International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Management; (USA) Vol. 39:10; ISSN JIJME; ISSN 0894-0630
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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