EPA approves revisions to California’s refinery emission regulations

Oil and Gas Journal: The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule approving revisions to portions of California’s state implementation plan (SIP) that govern emissions of certain air pollutants from the state’s refineries.

The approval covers revisions to California’s SIP by South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) that concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from petroleum coking operations, as well as primary emissions of sulfur dioxide from stationary combustion sources in the regions, EPA said in a Jan. 20 Federal Register notice.

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