By Pamela Cruz. Pen sula 360 Press [P360P]
The Bay Area Air Quality District Management Board (Air District) on Wednesday adopted amendments to regulate emissions of particulate matter generated by oil refineries, which have serious effects on the health of residents.
And after Rule 6-5 was adopted in 2015 to minimize particulate matter emissions from Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCUs), which are the largest single source of such material and are produced by refineries located in the Bay Area, the new amendments impose stricter control requirements to reduce health-threatening air pollution.
The rule is now the strictest regulation of its kind in the country.