"The EPA s latest decision means pollution sources in those areas will now be required to clean up emissions that contribute to the formation of ozone," said Ann Jaworski of the
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New Mexico s air will be cleaner and free of more ozone equivalent to taking 8 million cars off the road, according to some estimates if new requirements from the state s Environment Department go into effect next year.
The NMED on Thursday announced it was removing exemptions from its proposed ozone rules for low-performing or stripper wells after calls from environmental groups that such “loopholes” would exempt most oil and gas wells in New Mexico.
The rules required operators conduct leak detection at least monthly and repair most leaks within 15 days while maintaining records of compliance.
Emission reduction requirements would also be established for equipment like storage vessels, compressors, turbines. heaters, engines, pneumatic devices, produced water management facilities and others.
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The first thing people look at is the chart on page six of the report, that shows the particulates collected from local pollution-measuring devices. They show the Fairbanks North Star Borough still exceeds the National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 35 micrograms/cubic meter.
“Absolutely, we have a lot of work to do. But we look at it the way the standard was built, which is a three-year design, and the three-year design value in Fairbanks did go down.”
That’s Cindy Heil, she is a Program Manager in the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
She says there is reason for optimism about the progress the area is making toward the Clean Air Act standard. Although a monitor on Hurst Road in North Pole measured more PM 2.5 particulate pollution this year, Heil says the overall trend is toward cleaner air.