california’s air toxics program: improvements to assess health risk update to the air resources...
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CALIFORNIA’S AIR TOXICS PROGRAM: IMPROVEMENTS TO ASSESS HEALTH
RISK
Update to the Air Resources Board
July 24, 2014
California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board
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What changed and whatare the impacts?
• Updated risk assessment guidance• New studies on childhood sensitivity • New data on exposure
• Impacts of the updates • Cancer risk estimates will increase 1.5-3x• Greater responsibilities for facilities and
agencies to notify public and reduce risk• Districts/ARB will re-evaluate toxics
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Outline
• Background • Challenges• Overview of new science (OEHHA) • Air district actions (CAPCOA)• ARB actions
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California's air toxics programs:risk characterization
• Risk assessment (OEHHA, Districts, ARB)
• Notification (Districts, Industry)• Emissions (ARB, Districts, Industry) • Identification (ARB, OEHHA)• Air monitoring (ARB, Districts)• Communication (Districts, ARB,
Industry, NGOs)
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California's air toxics programs: risk reduction
• Facility upgrades & permitting (Districts)
• Risk reduction audits and plans (Districts, Industry)
• Air toxics control measures (ARB, Districts)
• Enforcement (ARB, Districts) • Incentives (ARB, Districts)
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Progress: 80% reduction in ambient
cancer risk statewide since 1990
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OEHHA Guidance Manual: how is it used?
• Estimate potential health risk • “Hot Spots” program (e.g., risk
assessment, public notification, and risk reduction)
• Goods movement and special studies• Estimate statewide/community risks • District permitting• Regulatory development
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District notifi-cation level
District risk
reduct-ion level
State of the art controls
required
Previous
cancer risk
New cancer risk
>10 chances per million
10-100 chances per million
• Reform gas • Phase I/II &
onboard vapor recovery
8 chances per million
22 chances per million
Policy consideration
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Example: gasoline service station with best controls installed
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OEHHA Risk Assessment Guidance Manual
Melanie Marty, Ph.D., Assistant Deputy Director
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
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Overview of the OEHHA changes
All components in red are affected by updates in the 2014 OEHHA Guidelines
*(concentration x daily breathing rate)
Cancer Risk =
Cancer Potenc
y Factor
Age- Sensitivity Factor
Time at
Home
Exposure
Duration
x x x xInhalati
on
Dose*
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Updated methodology for estimating potential cancer risk
• Refines exposure data (e.g., breathing rates) for individuals of all ages (Inhalation Dose)
• Provides adjustments for increased childhood sensitivity to air toxics (Age Sensitivity Factors)
• Includes refinements to exposure assessment (Time at Home, Exposure Duration, Spatial Averaging)
• U.S. EPA uses similar information in its risk guidelines and programs 11
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Cancer P
otency Fa
ctor
Age Sensitivity
Facto
rs
Daily Bre
athing Rate
Frequency
of Tim
e at Home
Exposu
re Duration
Spatial Averaging
vs
Single Point
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-60
-40
-20
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40
60
80
No Change
Magnitude of risk and dose variables
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Perc
ent
Ch
an
ge
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Air District Actions
Barbara LeeAir Pollution Control Officer
Northern Sonoma Air Pollution Control District
representing the California Air Pollution Control Officers’ Association
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Air districts: review of rules and programs
• State and federal laws specify local authorities and obligations• Consideration of toxic emissions/impacts in
permits
• Establish requirements for new, modified & existing facilities; local discretion setting risk thresholds
• Districts are individually reviewing toxics rules, programs, and policies including notification, risk reduction, and permitting requirements
• CAPCOA is evaluating “Hot Spots” Prioritization Guidelines
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Air districts: review of “Hot Spots” impacts
• Impacts from thousands of facilities will be revised, and potentially tens of thousands will be prioritized for review
• Smaller “industrywide” sources may rely on ARB/CAPCOA developed assessments
• Public notification could impact 700 to 1,200 facilities
• Risk reduction audits & plans may be required at over 350 facilities
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Air districts: coordination and outreach
• Coordinate with ARB on evaluation and review for source categories • Identify industrywide assessments
• Prioritize control measure reevaluations
• Prepare summaries and outreach materials
• Engage local stakeholders
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Air Resources Board Actions
California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board
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Coordination and outreach
Previously…
• CalEPA convened OEHHA, ARB, air districts prior to release of draft Guidance
• Common messaging document
• Briefings of industry and environmental representatives
• Outreach at conferences and workshops
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Coordination and outreach
Looking ahead…
• ARB committed to work with CAPCOA, industry, and environmental advocates
• Risk communication
• Risk management guidance
• Public meetings and Board item
• List serve on website http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/toxics.htm
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Evaluation/update of existing programs in 2014-2015
• Update Hotspots Analysis and Reporting Program (HARP) software for risk assessments
• Amend emissions reporting regulation• Identify sources for “industrywide” risk
analyses• Begin updating risk management policy
• Technical inputs on risk assessments• Guidance on district permitting/thresholds
• Prioritize ARB measures for re-evaluation• Update Land Use Handbook
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1980 1990 2000 2010
ARB’s evolving emphasis on air toxics
Industrial Commercial,Fuels/Fueling
Diesel RiskReduction
Passenger & Freight Transportation
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>80% reduction in statewide ambient cancer risk from diesel
PM
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2000 2010 2020
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Guiding principles for moving forward
• Protect public health• Focus on highest risk source categories• Support continued facility operations to
provide critical goods and services • Require best technology, in
consideration of cost and risk• Support public transparency/access• Partner with air districts• Coordinate with
industry/environmentalists
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Next steps
Timeframe
Milestone
Now – Late 2014
• Hold meeting(s) on risk guidance• Identify priorities for industrywide approach
• Update Board on risk management• Present draft Sustainable Freight Strategy
Early 2015 • OEHHA adopts Guidance Manual and ARB releases HARP software • Prioritize existing measures for evaluation
Late 2015+
• Begin re-evaluating measures and/or developing new measures