Welcome to Nevada n Greg Remer Chief Nevada

Welcome to Nevada n Greg Remer Chief, Nevada Bureau of Air Pollution Control

Nevada Issues Lake Tahoe n NSR n SIPs n Mercury n Climate Change n Ozone/Transport n

Nevada Issues n Lake Tahoe n n n Formed under a Bi-State Compact between Nevada and California Authorized by Congress Managed by Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) (www. trpa. org) All planning and implementation performed by TRPA NDEP air permitting authority

Nevada Issues n NSR Climate change uncertainty n Regulatory uncertainty n Legal Challenges n Increment Reviews n

Welcome to Nevada n SIPs Attempting to update core SIP since early 2000’s n In mediation with 9 th Circuit/Region IX over minor source permitting provisions n To Do: n n Include NSR reform in NNSR provisions n PSD SIP n PM 2. 5 SIP n Ozone SIP

Welcome to Nevada n Mercury n State Mining Hg Control Program n n n EPA agreement to create Mining Hg MACT jeopardizing State’s program n n Implementation continuing – at this point Improvement in quality of emission inventory Increase on knowledge/understanding of mercury emissions from mining processes Fugitive emission study underway Expect signficant emission reductions on new/modified units Nevada filed request to intervene State Utility Hg Control Program under development

Nevada Issues n Climate Change n Nevada a leader in renewable Energy – primarily geothermal and solar (lead the nation in geo/capita) n Expect 600 MW of Geothermal by 2012 n Many additional geothermal, solar and wind projects proposed. Nevada leads country in percent of new homes built ton Energy Star standards – 75% in 2008 n Gov’s CCAC finished in 8/08 n

Nevada Issues n Climate Change (continued) n 2007 Legislative Session n State-wide GHG inventory – finished 12/08 n Historic trends and projections to 2020 n Mandatory reporting – working w/ TCR developing a pilot program n Founding member and reporter in TCR Not member of WCI but official observer n Significant concern over CC economic impacts in light of significant State budget shortfalls n

Nevada Issues n Ozone/Transport Nevada in attainment for O 3 except for Clark County n Designations submitted on-time – included 9 -factor analyses for Clark-Nye CBSA n Concern over long-range transport n Lower standard will likely result in significant areas of Nevada as non-attainment with no significant emission sources to control n