Houston Air Enforcement Issues John D. Wilson Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention www.ghasp.org.

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Houston Air Enforcement Issues John D. Wilson Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention

SOME Enforcement Problems Not enough enforcement staff Lousy data (regulate what exactly?) Cooling tower leak case study Flare destruction efficiency Not enough enforcement staff

Unreported VOC Emissions (TRI) TexasLouisiana Millions of Pounds Unreported air pollution Reported air pollution

Unreported VOC Emissions (TRI) 79 million pounds 102 plants 38 million pounds 27 plants 25 million pounds 28 plants 9 million pounds 22 plants Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Beaumont-Port Arthur Baton Rouge Chicago-Gary-Lake County

Unreported VOC Emissions (TRI - Nationwide) Unreported VOCs Reported VOCs Hydrochloric acid Methanol Sulfuric acid Ammonia Other air toxics

Not Just Vapor: Cooling Towers

Cooling Tower Emissions Measured Emission Rate OKGF Leak Allowed Evidence Problems Texas Petrochemicals, Houston572,248 < Shell, Deer Park515,000 < ExxonMobil, Baytown495, Enterprise Products, Mont Belvieu373, Crown Central, Pasadena264, Chevron Phillips, Cedar Bayou34, Union Carbide, Texas City29, Valero Refining, Houston14, ExxonMobil, Houston6, Total2,306,262 5 %27 %44 %25 %

Underreported Flare Pollution “Clean” Flare “Dirty” Flare

Houston Air Enforcement Issues John D. Wilson Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention