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CAIR Reduces New York’s Emissions

  • By 2015, CAIR will help New York sources reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) by 213,000 tons or 84 percent.
SO2 Emissions (thousand tons) 2003 2010 2015
New York SO2 emissions without CAIR 254 131 132
New York SO2 emissions with CAIR N/A 66 41
  • By 2015, CAIR will help New York sources reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 32,000 tons or 48 percent from 2003 levels.
NOx Emissions (thousand tons) 2003 2009 2015
New York NOx emissions without CAIR 66 45 44
New York NOx emissions with CAIR N/A 38 34

CAIR Helps New York and its Neighbors

  • Because air emissions travel across state boundaries, reducing the emissions from sources in New York also will reduce fine particle pollution and ground-level ozone pollution in other areas of the country.
  • New York sources significantly contribute to fine particle pollution in:
        Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut & Delaware
  • New York sources also significantly contribute to ground-level ozone pollution in:
        Connecticut, New Jersey & Rhode Island
  • New York’s fine particle air quality will improve because of reductions of SO2 and NOx in:
        Maryland and the District of Columbia, Ohio, Pennsylvania & West Virginia
  • New York’s ground-level ozone air quality will improve because of reductions of NOx in:
        Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia

CAIR Makes New York’s Air Cleaner

  • CAIR helps New York meet and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution.
  • SO2 and NOx contribute to the formation of fine particles (PM), and NOx contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone.
  • Areas meeting the NAAQS are in attainment. Those areas not meeting the standards are known as “nonattainment areas.”

    Fine Particle Pollution

    • At the end of 2004, 10 New York counties were designated nonattainment for EPA’s health-based standards for fine particle pollution (PM).
    • CAIR will help bring all of those counties into attainment by 2010:
          1. Bronx County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          2. Kings County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          3. Nassau County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          4. New York County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          5. Orange County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          6. Queens County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          7. Richmond County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          8. Rockland County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          9. Suffolk County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area
          10. Westchester County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Area

    Ground-level Ozone

    • At the end of 2004, 30 New York counties were designated nonattainment for EPA’s health-based standards for 8-hour ozone pollution.
    • Existing Clean Air Act Programs will bring 19 of these counties into attainment by 2010:
          1. Albany County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          2. Greene County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          3. Montgomery County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          4. Rensselaer County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          5. Saratoga County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          6. Schenectady County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          7. Schoharie County Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Area
          8. Essex County (P) Essex Co., NY (Whiteface Mtn.) Area
          9. Chautauqua County Jamestown, NY Area
          10. Jefferson County Jefferson County, NY Area
          11. Dutchess County Poughkeepsie, NY Area
          12. Orange County Poughkeepsie, NY Area
          13. Putnam County Poughkeepsie, NY Area
          14. Genesee County Rochester, NY Area
          15. Livingston County Rochester, NY Area
          16. Monroe County Rochester, NY Area
          17. Ontario County Rochester, NY Area
          18. Orleans County Rochester, NY Area
          19. Wayne County Rochester, NY Area
    • CAIR will help bring 2 more of those counties into attainment by 2015:
          1. Erie County Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Area
          2. Niagara County Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Area
    • CAIR will further reduce ground-level ozone levels in the remaining 9 counties:
          1. Bronx County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          2. Kings County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          3. Nassau County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          4. New York County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          5. Queens County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          6. Richmond County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          7. Rockland County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          8. Suffolk County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area
          9. Westchester County New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Area

CAIR is Smart for New York’s Economy

  • CAIR helps maintain coal as a viable fuel/energy source.
  • Regional electricity prices are not significantly impacted by CAIR, and are projected to be below 2000 levels.
Average Retail Electricity Prices (AREP) in 1999 dollars 2000 2010 2015
New York’s AREP without CAIR (mills/kWh*) 104.3 82.8 87.9
New York’s AREP with CAIR (mills/kWh*) N/A 83.3 88.9
    *mill = 1/10 of a cent

Notes:
1) Partial counties are identified by (P) following the county name.
2) Projections concerning future levels of air pollution in specific geographic locations were estimated using the best scientific models available. They are estimations, however, and should be characterized as such in any description. Actual results may vary significantly if any of the factors that influence air quality differ from the assumed values used in the projections shown here.
3) Small emission increases can occur in a state under CAIR where shifts in power generation occur, but overall improvements occur throughout the CAIR region. The Final CAIR includes a compliance supplement pool of NOx allowances (roughly 200,000 allowances) for the annual program, which could lead to slightly higher annual NOx emissions than are stated here.
4) The data presented here is based on recently completed, revised Integrated Planning Modeling (IPM), reflecting CAIR as finalized. This recent data may differ slightly from modeling results in the Final CAIR Federal Register Notice and Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) which were based on modeling that was completed before EPA had determined the final scope of CAIR. The primary difference in the earlier modeling included AR, DE, and NJ in the annual SO2/NOx requirements, and did not include an ozone season cap on any states.
5) Emissions reductions take into account state and federal pollution control programs in place when EPA last updated its models in mid-2004. Reductions from more recent state programs or settlement actions are not reflected in these tables.
6) Retail electricity prices are by North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) region.

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