Southern California air regulators voted unanimously Friday to adopt more stringent rules to monitor and curb smog-forming pollution from fuel storage tanks at oil refineries and other facilities.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District voted 9 to 0 to amend current rules and require more stringent vapor controls fortanks that hold crude oil, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products. The region is home to a number of refineries, oil drilling sites and so-called tank farms where these round storage receptacles hold imported or extracted oil, in addition to the assortment of finished products.
When temperatures rise, pressure builds up inside some storage tanks. Tanks with fixed roofs are outfitted with vents and vapor capture systems for these instances. This new rule would raise the amount of chemicals to be captured from 95% to 98%. The new requirements will apply to more than 1,000 tanks at around 30 facilities across Southern California, and will be phased in gradually over the next two decades. They are expected to reduce daily volatile organic compound emissions by one ton a day.
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