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Houston Air Enforcement Issues
John D. Wilson
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention
www.ghasp.org
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SOME Enforcement Problems
• Not enough enforcement staff
• Lousy data (regulate what exactly?)
• Cooling tower leak case study
• Flare destruction efficiency
• Not enough enforcement staff
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Unreported VOC Emissions (TRI)
50
100
150
200
250
Texas Louisiana
Mill
ions
of
Po
unds
Unreportedair pollution
Reported airpollution
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Unreported VOC Emissions (TRI)
79 million pounds102 plants
38 million pounds27 plants
25 million pounds28 plants
9 million pounds22 plants
25 50 75
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Baton Rouge
Chicago-Gary-Lake County
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Unreported VOC Emissions(TRI - Nationwide)
UnreportedVOCs
ReportedVOCs
Hydrochloric acid Methanol
Sulfuric acid
Ammonia
Other air toxics
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Not Just Vapor: Cooling Towers
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Cooling Tower EmissionsMeasured
Emission RateOK GF Leak
AllowedEvidence
Problems
Texas Petrochemicals, Houston 572,248 < 1 100 - -
Shell, Deer Park 515,000 < 1 - 74 26
ExxonMobil, Baytown 495,915 8 - 55 37
Enterprise Products, Mont Belvieu 373,096 2 - 98 -
Crown Central, Pasadena 264,264 2 - - 98
Chevron Phillips, Cedar Bayou 34,803 100 - - -
Union Carbide, Texas City 29,872 100 - - -
Valero Refining, Houston 14,742 20 48 - 32
ExxonMobil, Houston 6,321 100 - - -
Total 2,306,262 5 % 27 % 44 % 25 %
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Underreported Flare Pollution
“Clean” Flare “Dirty” Flare
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Houston Air Enforcement Issues
John D. Wilson
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention
www.ghasp.org