Plan to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions submitted to California Air Resources Board (CARB)

The Orange County, Calif.-based South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has completed its 2016 Air Quality Management Plan – a regional blueprint for achieving federal air quality standards primarily through reductions in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions across the greater Los Angeles area.

The plan must now be approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for inclusion in its State Implementation Plan, which, in turn, will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. The SCAQMD plan calls for a 17 percent reduction in NOx emissions by 2022; a 43 percent reduction by 2023; and a 55 percent reduction by 2031. Among the reduction standards to be created to comply with the plan are those for measuring and reducing NOx emissions from charbroilers and other appliances with burners used in commercial foodservice equipment. Until now, there have been no standards for regulating NOx emissions from these types of appliances.

For questions on this topic, please contact Charlie Souhrada, CFSP, NAFEM’s vice president, regulatory & technical affairs: csouhrada@nafem.org or +1.312.821.0201.