Anti-oil groups and environmental activists were overjoyed recently with the news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Violation
to the Bakersfield Crude Terminal and its owners/operators for
violating the Clean Air Act. EPA said that the Taft, CA, facility, which
was designed to receive crude oil by rail, had obtained invalid
Authorities to Construct and Permits to Operate from the San Joaquin
Valley Air Pollution Control District (APCD).
Additionally, EPA said that emission offsets and Best Available Control
technology were not required by the APCD, blasting the local agency for
an inadequate and incorrect permit review/issuance process.
However, in an e-mailed response today to an inquiry
from Examiner.com, an APCD representative strongly disputed EPA's
charges, stating that EPA did not properly investigate the facts and nor
did it even contact the APCD to discuss its analysis of the project
before issuing the NOV.
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/epa-issues-nov-for-oil-terminal-permits-blasting-the-sjvapcd-the-process
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
American Lung Association 2015 report shows Valley has worst air in the nation.
The American Lung Association released its State of the Air 2015 report yesterday and once again, the news is not good for residents of Bakersfield and other San Joaquin Valley
cities. Except for ozone concentrations (Los Angeles/Long Beach was the
worst), San Joaquin Valley cities had the top four worst ratings for
short-term particle pollution (24-hour PM 2.5) and year-round particle
pollution (Annual PM 2.5). As for ozone, Valley cities were the second,
third, fourth, and eighth worst in the nation.
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/american-lung-association-2015-report-shows-valley-has-worst-air-the-nation
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/american-lung-association-2015-report-shows-valley-has-worst-air-the-nation
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Jerry Brown shakes California up again with a new agressive GHG reduction target
California Governor Jerry Brown shook up the regulated community again today, announcing a new Executive Order that sets a more stringent greenhouse gas reduction target for his state than anywhere else in North America.
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/jerry-brown-shakes-california-up-again-with-a-new-agressive-ghg-reduction-target
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/jerry-brown-shakes-california-up-again-with-a-new-agressive-ghg-reduction-target
Monday, April 27, 2015
ARB holding oil and gas industry GHG emission control workshop today
As previously announced, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will hold the first of two workshops on a proposed new regulation to address the control of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Oil & Gas industry. Today’s workshop begins at 1:30 p.m. in Sacramento and is available via webcast.
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/arb-holding-oil-and-gas-industry-ghg-emission-control-workshop-today
Read more at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/article/arb-holding-oil-and-gas-industry-ghg-emission-control-workshop-today
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