{"id":6137,"date":"2014-02-21T01:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T01:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2014-02-21T02:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T02:54:33","slug":"arguments-heat-up-in-colorado-air-rulemaking-but-the-facts-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/02\/21\/arguments-heat-up-in-colorado-air-rulemaking-but-the-facts-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Arguments Heat Up in Colorado Air Rulemaking, But the Facts Remain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5881  alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/sites\/default\/files\/experts\/Grossman_Dan.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we covered the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) taking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/02\/19\/coloradans-overwhelmingly-voice-support-for-proposed-air-regs\/\">public testimony<\/a>\u00a0from citizens who traveled from around the state to speak in support of a groundbreaking proposal that would slash emissions of smog-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases coming from oil and gas activities.<\/p>\n<p>Formal proceedings kicked off today \u2013 and will likely run through the weekend \u2013 with various parties presenting their opening cases.\u00a0EDF went early in the day, providing strong evidence that the proposed rule is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/EDF_APCD_Presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">cost-effective<\/a>\u00a0and urgently needed to combat local\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/EDF-Thompson-Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">air quality problems<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/EDF-carbon-and-climate-2-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">climate change<\/a>.\u00a0We also highlighted some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/EDF-WZI-Slides-2-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">glaring flaws<\/a>\u00a0 in the methodology industry opponents cooked up to show inflated costs for the rules.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA), the Colorado Petroleum Association (CPA) and the DGS group are throwing everything they can at the rule to try to gut it.\u00a0 But they\u2019re in a shrinking minority on the wrong side of history.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Noble, Anadarko, Encana and DCP \u2013 leading companies operating in Colorado that would carry 75 percent of the cost of the program \u2013 also presented.\u00a0 They showed, using actual data from their own operations, that the proposal would result in important pollution reductions at a manageable cost.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some highlights from the presentation made by Colorado\u2019s Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) staff \u2013 the folks who are charged with balancing the need for air pollution reductions against the cost of achieving them.\u00a0What emerges is a clear picture:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Air quality is suffering around the state, and oil and gas activities are responsible for a large share of the pollutants.<\/li>\n<li>The proposed rules are a highly cost-effective way of getting emission reductions.<\/li>\n<li>The case being made by industry opponents is wildly out of step with conventional thinking and analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here are the APCD highlights:<br \/>\n<em>(Click images to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the U.S. EPA lowers the ozone standard from 75 ppm to 65 ppm, as many expect will soon happen, 10 out of 11 ozone monitors stationed across the Western Slope show that region will be in violation of national health standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/threeyearaverage4thmaximumozonevalues.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6122 aligncenter\" alt=\"threeyearaverage4thmaximumozonevalues\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/threeyearaverage4thmaximumozonevalues-300x182.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/threeyearaverage4thmaximumozonevalues-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/threeyearaverage4thmaximumozonevalues.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oil and gas activity is the single largest anthropogenic source of ozone-forming VOC emissions both inside <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">and<\/span> outside of the Denver Metro nonattainment area.\u00a0 Moreover, without new strategies in place, VOCs from oil and gas are expected to grow in coming years, even while VOCs from other sources shrink.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011anthropogenicVOCemissions-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6123\" alt=\"2011anthropogenicVOCemissions-1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011anthropogenicVOCemissions-1-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011anthropogenicVOCemissions-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011anthropogenicVOCemissions-1-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011anthropogenicVOCemissions-1.jpg 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011AnthropogenicVOCEmissions-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6124\" alt=\"2011AnthropogenicVOCEmissions-2\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011AnthropogenicVOCEmissions-2-300x218.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011AnthropogenicVOCEmissions-2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011AnthropogenicVOCEmissions-2-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2011AnthropogenicVOCEmissions-2.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2018anthropogenicVOCemissions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6125\" alt=\"2018anthropogenicVOCemissions\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2018anthropogenicVOCemissions-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2018anthropogenicVOCemissions-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2018anthropogenicVOCemissions-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/2018anthropogenicVOCemissions.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposed rules are incredibly cost-effective.\u00a0 By regulatory standards, any strategy that can reduce VOC emissions at a cost of $5,000\/ton or less is deemed cost effective.\u00a0 The proposed rules would reduce VOC and methane emission at about a tenth\u00a0that cost.\u00a0 By comparison, a number of strategies that have been evaluated for reducing VOCs from sectors other than oil and gas come in at costs on the order of a hundred times higher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/regulation-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6131 aligncenter\" alt=\"regulation 7\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/regulation-7-300x232.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/regulation-7-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/regulation-7.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/potential-ozone-precursor-control-measures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6132 aligncenter\" alt=\"potential ozone precursor control measures\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/potential-ozone-precursor-control-measures-300x227.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/potential-ozone-precursor-control-measures-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/potential-ozone-precursor-control-measures-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/potential-ozone-precursor-control-measures.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A wide range of stakeholders agree these rules are highly cost effective.\u00a0 Take a look at the costs different parties estimate for one important part of the proposed rules \u2013 leak detection and repair (LDAR) for fugitive emissions.\u00a0 The state says reducing VOCs through LDAR costs less than $1,300\/ton \u2013 well within the range of cost-effectiveness.\u00a0 Noble Energy, one of Colorado\u2019s biggest oil and gas producers, says LDAR costs a tiny fraction of what the state estimates.\u00a0 \u2026But look at what the industry opposition group says!\u00a0 This, folks, is what we might charitably call an \u201coutlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/LDAR-costs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6133 aligncenter\" alt=\"LDAR costs\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/LDAR-costs-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/LDAR-costs-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/LDAR-costs.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The AQCC \u00a0hears formal testimony on the proposed rule on Feb. 20\u00a0and 21&#8211;\u00a0possibly extending into the weekend.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we covered the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) taking\u00a0public testimony\u00a0from citizens who traveled from around the state to speak in support of a groundbreaking proposal that would slash emissions of smog-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases coming from oil and gas activities. Formal proceedings kicked off today \u2013 and will likely run through the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8015,439,34795,1,55717,693],"tags":[152,84855,224,75,17768,34915],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-quality","category-climate","category-colorado","category-uncategorized","category-methane-2","category-natural-gas","tag-climate-change","tag-colorado","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-fracking","tag-methane"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arguments Heat Up in Colorado Air Rulemaking, But the Facts Remain - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/02\/21\/arguments-heat-up-in-colorado-air-rulemaking-but-the-facts-remain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arguments Heat Up in Colorado Air Rulemaking, But the Facts Remain - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday, we covered the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) taking\u00a0public testimony\u00a0from citizens who traveled from around the state to speak in support of a groundbreaking proposal that would slash emissions of smog-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases coming from oil and gas activities. 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