SIP Revision: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria; Ch. 101 and Ch. 115 Rules
A revision to the Texas SIP involving the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria nonattainment area and rule sections 101 and 115.
On December 1, 2004, the Commission adopted revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) nonattainment area and Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Chapters 101 and 115. These documents are available for download from this Web page.
About the Revision
Adoption Date: 12/1/2004
Proposal Date: 5/26/2004
EPA Approval Date: 9/6/2006 (71 FR 52659)
Key Changes: At the TCEQ Commissioners’ Agenda on May 26, 2004, the Executive Director of the TCEQ recommended revisions to the SIP and 30 TAC Chapter 115. The Commission decided to continue these items to the June 23, 2004 Commissioners’ Agenda.
On June 23, 2004, the Commission proposed these recommended revisions, which include a mid-course review of the one-hour ozone attainment demonstration for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area and rule changes to 30 TAC Chapters 101 and 115.
This section briefly summarizes the changes associated with each SIP revision and rule change.
- HGB SIP Revision: The revision to the SIP reflects a strategy based on reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and point source highly reactive volatile organic compounds rather than reducing emissions primarily of nitrogen oxides. This revision contains results of photochemical modeling and technical documentation in support of the attainment demonstration. As a result of these analyses, the revision changes a number of control strategies related to nitrogen oxides and requirements for reducing emissions of highly reactive volatile organic compounds.
Executive Summary:
- Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds (HRVOCs): The revision to the SIP implements measures to ensure compliance with the specific strategies to control HRVOC emissions. The amendments also make a variety of changes to correct typographical errors and update cross-references.
- HRVOC Emissions Cap and Trade (HECT) Program: The HECT program is an annual cap and trade program to provide compliance flexibility to the Chapter 115 control requirements for process vents and cooling-tower heat exchangers. Sites subject to the program are required to possess an HRVOC allowance for each ton of HRVOC emissions. Sites also have the option of trading excess HRVOC allowances on the open market within a specific trading zone.
- General Fugitives: The rulemaking removes certain recordkeeping requirements from the general volatile organic fugitive emissions rules in Subchapter D, Division 3, and make the requirements applicable only to sources of HRVOC fugitive emissions in rule amendments that are being revised as part of a concurrent rulemaking in 30 TAC Chapter 115, Subchapter H. The amendments also make a variety of changes to correct typographical errors, update cross-references, add flexibility, and achieve the intended emission reductions.
- HGB Motor-Vehicle Idling Limitations: The Commission repealed the motor-vehicle idling limitations in the HGB area in Chapter 114, Subchapter J, Division 1. The Commission originally adopted idling limitation rules on December 6, 2000 as a control strategy to reduce NOx emissions in the HGB ozone nonattainment area by limiting the engine idling time of motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating over 14,000 pounds to five consecutive minutes while the vehicle is operating in the affected area from April 1 to October 31 each year.
Related Rules
SIP Narrative and Misc. Documentation
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| HGB Mid-Course Review SIP Narrative (2004-042-SIP-NR) | ||
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| Ch. 3, Part 1 (Sections 3.1–3.5) | |
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| Ch. 3, Part 2 (Sections 3.6–3.7) | |
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| Ch. 3, Part 3 (Sections 3.8–3.11) | |
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| Ch. 4 | |
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| Chs. 5–6 | |
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| Response to Comments | |
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Appendixes
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Protocol for Ozone Modeling of the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area | |
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Phase 2 HGB Mid-Course Review Base Case Model Performance Evaluation | |
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Time Series Plots | |
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2000 Base Case One-Hour Scatter Plots | |
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2000 Base Case Eight-Hour Scatter Plots | |
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Comparison of Aircraft Data to Model Output | |
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Comparing the Emission Inventory to Ambient Data in Houston | |
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Comparing the Emission Inventory to Ambient Data in Houston | |
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Meteorological Model Performance Evaluation | |
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Point Source Modeling Inventory Development | |
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2000 Base Case Area Source Tile Plots | |
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2007 Future Case Area Source Tile Plots | |
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2000 Base Case Non-Road Tile Plots | |
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2007 Future Case Non-Road Source Tile Plots | |
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Elevated Ships Tile Plots | |
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Summary of Development and Processing of Onroad Mobile Source Inventories Used for Photochemical Modeling Efforts in Texas | |
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2000 On-Road Mobile Source Modeling Emissions Inventories for the Houston/Galveston Ozone Nonattainment Area, TTI Report | |
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2007 On-Road Mobile Source Modeling Emissions Inventories for the Houston/Galveston Ozone Nonattainment Area, TTI Report | |
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Humidity and Temperature Correction Factors for NOx Emissions From Diesel Engines, June 2003, Environ/SwRI Report | |
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Humidity and Temperature Correction Factors for NOx Emissions from Spark Ignited Engines, October 2003, Environ/SwRI Report | |
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HGAC Excel Spreadsheet Detailing the 2007 Onroad TCM benefits for the 8-County HGA area | |
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HGAC Report Detailing the 2007 VMEP benefits for the 8-County HGA area | |
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Biogenics Tile Plots | |
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Byun: Estimation of Biogenic Emissions with Satellite-Derived Land Use and Land Cover Data for the Air Quality Modeling of HGB Ozone Nonattainment Area | |
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H-12 Draft Project Report: Impact of Biogenic Emissions on Ozone in Southeast Texas: August and September 2000 | |
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Cover Page Jihee Song: Comparison of Observed and Modeled Isoprene Concentrations In Southeast Texas During the Texas Air Quality Study |
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Peak Ozone Isopleth Plots for August 25 through September 6 | |
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Draft Progress Report, Project H-13: Variable Industrial VOC Emissions and their impact on ozone formation in the Houston Galveston Area, with appendixes | |
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Event Emissions in the Houston/Galveston Area | |
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Stochastic Emission Inventories of Continuous Emissions (Mort Webster, University of North Carolina) | |
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Case Studies of 2003 Ozone Events Using HRM and TCEQ PAMS Monitors, URS, February 19, 2004 | |
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Sub-Domain Modeling Case Studies | |
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OSAT Analysis Figures for August 25–September 5 | |
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Average Minimum and Maximum Temperatures from 1961–1990 at 9 Weather Stations in East Texas and West Louisiana | |
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Technical Justification for 99 Percent Flare Destruction Efficiency | |
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Time of Daily Peak Ozone in the Houston Area | |
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Relating Peak Ozone to Degree of Flow Reversal, Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Reactivity, Solar Radiation, and NOx in the Houston-Galveston Area | |
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Analysis of Canister Data for the Houston-Galveston and Beaumont-Port Arthur Areas | |
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Summary of Analyses of Enhanced Industry-Sponsored Monitoring (EISM) Data | |
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Assessing the Importance of Carbonyl Compounds in Ozone Formation in Houston-Galveston: Relative Reactivities of Carbonyl and Hydrocarbon Species | |
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Appendix EE Figures (1/3) | |
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Appendix EE Figures (2/3) | |
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Appendix EE Figures (3/3) | |
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Analysis of Carbonyl Data from 1995–2002 to Determine the Correlation Between Ozone and Aldehyde Concentrations | |
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| GG | An Analysis of VOC Reactivity in Houston | |
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Associated Rule Change Documentation
04073115_ado.pdf
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| General Fugitives (Adopted) | 2004-052-115-AI | |
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| General Fugitives (Proposed) | 2004-052-115-AI | |
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| HRVOC Emissions Cap and Trade (Adopted) | 2004-037-115-AI | |
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| HRVOC Emissions Cap and Trade (Proposed) | 2004-037-115-AI | |
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| Vehicle Idling (Adopted) | 2004-043-114-AI | |
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| Vehicle Idling (Proposed) | 2004-043-114-AI | |
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