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Welcome to Nevada
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Greg Remer
Chief, Nevada Bureau of
Air Pollution Control
Nevada Issues
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Lake Tahoe
NSR
SIPs
Mercury
Climate Change
Ozone/Transport
Nevada Issues
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Lake Tahoe
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Formed under a Bi-State Compact between Nevada and
California
Authorized by Congress
Managed by Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)
(www.trpa.org)
All planning and implementation performed by TRPA
NDEP air permitting authority
Nevada Issues
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NSR
Climate change uncertainty
 Regulatory uncertainty
 Legal Challenges
 Increment Reviews
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Welcome to Nevada
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SIPs
Attempting to update core SIP since early 2000’s
 In mediation with 9th Circuit/Region IX over minor
source permitting provisions
 To Do:
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Include NSR reform in NNSR provisions
 PSD SIP
 PM2.5 SIP
 Ozone SIP
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Welcome to Nevada
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Mercury
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State Mining Hg Control Program
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EPA agreement to create Mining Hg MACT jeopardizing
State’s program
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Implementation continuing – at this point
Improvement in quality of emission inventory
Increase on knowledge/understanding of mercury emissions from
mining processes
Fugitive emission study underway
Expect signficant emission reductions on new/modified units
Nevada filed request to intervene
State Utility Hg Control Program under development
Nevada Issues
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Climate Change
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Nevada a leader in renewable Energy – primarily
geothermal and solar (lead the nation in geo/capita)
Expect 600 MW of Geothermal by 2012
 Many additional geothermal, solar and wind projects
proposed.
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Nevada leads country in percent of new homes built
ton Energy Star standards – 75% in 2008
 Gov’s CCAC finished in 8/08
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Climate Change (continued)
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2007 Legislative Session
State-wide GHG inventory – finished 12/08
 Historic trends and projections to 2020
 Mandatory reporting – working w/ TCR developing a
pilot program
 Founding member and reporter in TCR
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Not member of WCI but official observer
 Significant concern over CC economic impacts in
light of significant State budget shortfalls
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Ozone/Transport
Nevada in attainment for O3 except for Clark
County
 Designations submitted on-time – included 9-factor
analyses for Clark-Nye CBSA
 Concern over long-range transport
 Lower standard will likely result in significant areas
of Nevada as non-attainment with no significant
emission sources to control
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