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Intel DEQ permit – references and resources
This page is intended to help those wishing to learn more about Intel's DEQ air emission permit and related monitoring and regulatory issues. You will also find a list of other organizations that are concerned with air quality.
See also: Question Intel
On this page:
- Intel air quality permit application
- Plant Site Emission Limits (PSELs) for facilities with Title V permits
- National emission standards for semiconductor manufacturing
- Air toxins / air quality monitoring
- Health impacts of semiconductor emissions
- Financial impacts of air pollution
- Air quality mapping
- Organizations advocating for clean air
- Books and films
Intel air quality permit application
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Ronler Acres/Aloha 2013 permit #34-2681
(Notice dated 8/2/13 plus text of permit application)
Proposed pollutants and estimated capacities Criteria Pollutant Current Limit (tons/yr) Proposed Limit (tons/yr) Particulate matter 14 14 Small particulate matter not in current permit 14 Sulfur dioxide 39 39 Nitrogen oxides 43 43 Carbon monoxide 99 99 Volatile organic compounds 99 178 Fluorides not in current permit 6.4 Greenhouse Gases (CO2e) not in current permit 819,000 - Intel's air quality permit in Washington County: answers to common questions
- Neighbors for Clean Air press release regarding agreement with Intel on Clean Air Act violation
- 4/23/14 DEQ presentation explaining the Mutual Agreement and Order
- DEQ Air Quality home page
- Oregon statute on air pollution. Permit issues are addressed under ORS 468A.040 - 045.
- Intel Ireland Annual Environmental Report 2012
Plant Site Emission Limits (PSELs) for facilities with Title V permits
- Plant Site Emission Limits (PSELs) for facilities with Title V permits (from George Davis, DEQ, 12/23/2014)
National emission standards for semiconductor manufacturing
Air toxins / air quality monitoring
- Environmental Law: The Clean Air Act (with video)
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC): NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
- Bucket Brigade offers a community based, grassroots approach to monitoring air toxins
- Portland Air Toxics Solutions 2005 Emissions Inventory Summary for Permitted Industrial Sources
- Clean Water Services: Yearly Tonnage of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) waste from local Intel sites
- Cancer levels in Oregon
- How to Make an Environmental Complaint to DEQ
Health impacts of semiconductor emissions
Financial impacts of air pollution
- Oregon Environmental Council 40 page report on the Price of Pollution in Oregon. Their estimates reveal that "Annually Oregon spends at least $1.5 billion on preventable diseases caused by pollution." A summary of their findings is here.
Air quality mapping
- Air Quality: All Sources (from the Coalition for a Livable Future)
- EPA ChemView tool provides single point access to TSCA regulated chemicals: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a web-based tool, called ChemView, to significantly improve access to chemical specific regulatory information developed by EPA and data submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The ChemView web tool displays key health and safety data in an online format that allows comparison of chemicals by use and by health or environmental effects. The search tool combines available TSCA information and provides streamlined access to EPA assessments, hazard characterizations, and information on safer chemical ingredients. View and search ChemView
Organizations advocating for clean air
- Citizens Climate Lobby
- Coalition for a Livable Future
- Corrales Citizens for Clean Air and Water (CRCAW)
- Hillsboro Air & Water (HAW), a project of Portland Clean Air (PCA)
- Neighbors for Clean Air
- Northwest Environmental Defense Center
- Oregon Environmental Council –
Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Subscribe to their monthly newsletter - Oregon League of Conservation Voters
- Question Intel
- Senior Advocates for Generational Equity (SAGE)
- 350.org, Portland Chapter
Books and films
- "The Human Experiment": a movie by Sean Penn - review
- "Boiling Frogs-Intel vs. the Village" – This blog recounts the story of Intel Rio Rancho's impact on the air and water in the Village of Corrales from the mid-1980s to the present day.
- "Boiling Frogs": the book
- "Living Downstream": the film