State of California
Office of Planning and Research
1400 Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Project Title:
Alternative Compliance Plan to Use Interchangeable Emission Reduction Credits to Comply with the NOx Emission Limits of BAAQMD Rule 9-10
Valero Refining Company - California
Draft Environmental Impact Report

Project Location - Specific:
The proposed project is located entirely within the refinery, which is located at 3400 East Second Street in Benicia, California. Valero owns approximately 800 acres of land in the area of the refinery. The Valero property is bounded on the north by residential development and open space, on the east by the Benicia Industrial Park and I-680, on the south by industrial development, and on the west by residential development.

Project Location - City and County:
Benicia, California in Solano County

Description of Project:
Valero proposes to use an Alternative Compliance Plan (ACP) for its Benicia refinery to comply with a limit on emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Regulation 9, Rule 10 (Rule 9-10). Rule 9-10 limits NOx emissions from certain refinery combustion sources to 0.033 pounds NOx per million BTU (lb/mmBTU), calculated as a daily average of the entire group of affected units. Under Valero’s proposed ACP, Valero will comply with Rule 9-10 by using interchangeable emission reduction credits (IERCs) created pursuant to BAAQMD Regulation 2, Rule 9 (Rule 2-9) by over-controlling NOx emissions from two carbon monoxide (CO) boilers at the refinery.

Lead Agency:
Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Address Where Copy of Draft EIR is Available:
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
939 Ellis Street
San Francisco, California 94109

Review Period:
30 days after receipt of this notice

Contact Person:
Barry G. Young, Principal Air Quality Engineer
Permit Services Division
(415) 749-4721 or byoung@baaqmd.gov