Transcript Adoption of California Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards, Division

STATEWIDE WORKSHOP
ON THE CALIFORNIA
MOTOR VEHICLE
EMISSIONS STANDARDS
INCLUDING
GREENHOUSE GASES
August 23, 2007
Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Air Resource Management
Executive Order 07-127
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Establishes Immediate Actions to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions within Florida
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DEP to develop rules to achieve.....
Adoption of the California motor vehicle
emission standards in Title 13 of the
California Code of Regulations, effective
January 1, 2005, upon approval by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency of the
pending waiver, which includes emission
standards for greenhouse gases, submitted
by the California Air Resources Board.
EPA Waiver Issues
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States follow the federal emission standards or adopt
the California standards
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Status of the California waiver request
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Waiver requested in December 2005
Discussion with EPA are on-going
Waiver decision still pending
• Potential for legal remedy
• California want decision by October 2007
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Key court decision: Massachusetts vs. EPA: CO2
considered a pollutant that could be regulated by EPA
What Does Adopting the
California Standards Mean?
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Adoption of California Emission Standards
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Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) program
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions
States opting into the California program are
adopting the identical California standards
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Can’t deviate in substantive aspects
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Prevents the hypothetical “3rd” vehicle
Vehicle Emission Standards
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Comparison of California Standards (commonly
referred to as LEV II) to the federal standards
(commonly referred to as Tier 2)
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California standards are more stringent
California LEV II results in lower overall emissions
compared to the federal standard.
California LEV II evaporative emission standards are
more stringent than the federal standards
California LEV II includes an optional Zero Emission
Vehicle (ZEV) program which promotes advanced
vehicles (e.g., fuel cell vehicles, battery,
electric)
Vehicle Emission Standards
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California LEV II establishes fleet average
based on Non-Methane Organic Gases
(NMOG) standard.
Federal Tier 2 standard establishes fleet
average based on oxides of nitrogen (NOx)
Key Features of the California
LEV II Requirements
 Phase
In-Schedule
 Pollutants Regulated
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Criteria Pollutants
• Precursors of ground level ozone
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NMOG (similar to VOC)
NOx
• Carbon Monoxide (CO)
• Particulate Matter (PM)
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Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Key Features of the California
LEV II Requirements
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Requirements
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Statewide fleet average emission standard
Standards applicable to different vehicle classifications
California fleet average emission standards focus on NMOG
Types of Vehicles Regulated
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Passenger cars
Light duty trucks
Medium duty vehicles up to 14,000 pounds
Technical classification
• LEV – Low Emission Vehicle
• ULEV – Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
• SULEV – Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
Key Features of the California
LEV II Requirements
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Optional
• ZEV - categories that capture zero emission
vehicles such as fuel cells, battery electric.
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Amended to include
• PZEV Partial Zero Emission Vehicle
• ATPZEV Advanced Technology Partial Zero
Emission Vehicles (hybrid)
Key Feature of the GHG
Requirements
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Pavley Law
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Date standards take effect
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Phase-in from 2009 through 2016
Pollutants
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CARB adopted in 2004
First law in the nation to address GHG, especially CO2
CO2
Methane (CH4)
Nitrous Oxide (N20)
Requirements
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Tailpipe emission CO2, CH4, N2O resulting directly from vehicle
operation
CO2 emissions from operating air conditioner systems
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) from air conditioner systems leakage
Upstream emission associated with fuel production
California Emission Reductions
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New vehicles in 2012 will have 22% lower GHG
emissions compared to 2000
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When standard fully implemented, new vehicles will
have 30% lower GHG emissions
• California GHG Emissions
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passenger vehicles climate change emissions will be
reduced by 87,000 CO2 equivalent tons per day in 2020.
And by 2030, climate change emissions will be reduced by
155,000 tons per day
Secondary benefit
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Reduce other pollutants in new vehicles
• 12%-21% lower VOC emissions than the federal
standard
Conclusions
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California Rule Requirements
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LEV II
GHG
Choices
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ZEV
• Opt in/out
• partial
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Implementation
Waiver Status
Comments
 Implementation
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Compliance verification
Phase-in schedule
 Costs
 ZEV
choice
 Data collection
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projections
Comments
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Mail comments to:
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Ms. Sandy Bowman
Division of Air Resource Management
Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
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cc: Ms. Lynn Scearce, Rules Coordinator (same address)
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Or e-mail to: [email protected]
[email protected]
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All comments are public records and will be posted on the
Department’s website.
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FLDEP Climate Change website:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/air/climate.htm
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