Progress Report Beverly A. Spagg Air Directors Meeting

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New Source Review Initiative - Reducing Air Pollution from the Largest Sources Progress Report Beverly A. Spagg Air Directors Meeting November 8-10, 2016

NSR Initiative - Overall Initiative Progress Over the last 10 years this initiative has reduced emissions by over 3.0 Million tons per year through Consent Decrees Coal-fired plant emissions have gone down by more than 7.0 Million tons per year since 2006 (CDs plus other factors) Approximately 170,000 tons reduced from the Acid, Cement and Glass sectors

NSR Initiative - Overall Initiative Progress Power Plant Consent Decree Reductions

NSR Initiative – Acid Sector Consent Decrees Type of Facility Company / Name of Agreement Date NOx Reductions SO2 Reductions Total Reductions Penalty Number of Facilities Acid Agrium/Royster Clark 2/6/2007 200 $750,000 1 Rhodia 4/26/2007 19,000 $2,000,000 8 E.I. DuPont 7/20/2007 13,000 $4,125,000 4 Chemtrade/Marsulex 1/12/2009 3,000 $700,000 6 Lucite/DuPont 4/2/2009   1,000 Mosaic 10/5/2009 8,000 $2,400,000 2 Doe Run 1/1/2010 42,000 $7,000,000 Terra 1/1/2011 1,200 $625,000 9 El Dorado 3/19/2014 800 $725,000 10 Simplot 12/3/2015 2,540 $899,000 5

NSR Initiative – Acid Manufacturing Sector Progress through Consent Decrees Settlement of 10 companies encompassing 47 plants Total NOx and SO2 reductions: 90,740 tons Penalties collected: $21 million

NSR Initiative – Cement Sector Consent Decrees Type of Facility Company / Name of Agreement Date NOx Reductions SO2 Reductions Total Reductions Penalty Number of Facilities Cement St. Mary's Cement 9/8/2008 2,700 $800,000 1 Cemex Victorville CA 1/15/2009 1,890 $2,000,000 Lafarge 1/21/2010 9,900 26,000 35,900 $5,075,000 13 CEMEX Fairborn OH 2/10/2011 2,963 673 3,636 $1,400,000 Cal Portland Cement 12/15/2011 1,200 360 1,560 $1,425,000 Essroc Cement 12/29/2011 5,000 2,000 7,000 $1,700,000 6 CEMEX Lyons CO 4/19/2013 870 $1,000,000 Ash Grove Cement 6/19/2013 8,000 17,900 $2,500,000 9 Holcim Hagerstown, MD 7/11/2013   230 $700,000

Settlement of 9 companies encompassing 34 plants * NSR Initiative – Cement Manufacturing Sector Progress through Consent Decrees Settlement of 9 companies encompassing 34 plants * Total NOx and SO2 reductions: 71,696 tons Penalties collected: $16.6 million * Court filing is pending on two additional settlements bringing the number of plants to 50

NSR Initiative – Glass Sector Consent Decrees Type of Facility Company / Name of Agreement Date NOx Reductions SO2 Reductions Total Reductions Penalty Number of Facilities Glass St. Gobain, Madera CA 4/1/2005 400 $929,000 1 St Gobain Containers 1/21/2010 4,162 1,386 5,548 $2,250,000 15 Durand Glass 10/1/2012 174   $300,000 Owens Brockaway 12/3/2012 2,007 466 2,473 $1,450,000 5 Guardian Glass 9/29/2015 6,400 550 6,950 $312,000 7

NSR Initiative – Glass Manufacturing Sector Progress through Consent Decrees Settlement of 5 companies encompassing 29 plants Total reductions are 15,545 tons Penalties collected: $5.2 million

NSR/PSD Overview of REGION 4 Enforcement Status Sector Universe Addressed Case Under Negotiation Consent Decree Monitoring % Non-Compliance Glass 22 86% 3 4 32% Acid 24 96% 6 5 46% Cement 20 95% 40% Utilities 284 100% 8

NSR Initiative - Overall Initiative Progress Recent Settlements Guardian Industries (Glass) Settlement reduces emissions by more than 7,300 tons per year Control systems and emission reductions at 7 glass plants in 7 different states (CA, IA, MI, NY, PA, SC, TX) $150,000 mitigation project in San Joaquin Valley, CA Alabama Power Amendment of a 2006 Consent Decree $1.5 million mitigation – electric vehicle charging 3 power plants in Alabama, over 2,000 MW controlled

NSR Initiative - Overall Initiative Progress Recent Settlements Duke Energy Settlement is the culmination of 15 years of litigation and settlement discussions Original claims involved 25 units at 8 plants Final settlement involves 5 plants in NC totaling 3,000 MW of gen capacity Emission reductions from the settlement based on recent baseline emissions are 2,300 tons of NOx and SO2 Using earlier baselines the protracted litigation and overall pursuit of this case resulted in over 300,000 tons of reductions