| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.23 |
| Liaison | Michael Iversen |
| Submission Date | Dec. 14, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
St. Lawrence University
OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality
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1.00 / 1.00 |
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Part 1
Yes
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A brief description of the policies and/or guidelines to improve outdoor air quality and minimize air pollutant emissions from mobile sources:
We have a reduced idling-policy which states:
•No university owned vehicles shall be idling while on the St. Lawrence campus (The only exceptions are St. Lawrence security vehicles during extreme weather and all emergency vehicles). This includes vehicles of all academic, co-curricular and administrative departments/programs and all fleet and campus support vehicles, including gators, golf carts and heavy weight vehicles.
•No personally or vendor/contractor owned vehicles shall be idling while on the St. Lawrence University campus.
•In compliance with NYS law (217-3.2, 3.3) diesel vehicles, while needing time to warm up, should idle for no more than five minutes (30 seconds of idling a diesel engine uses more fuel than restarting the engine)
Part 2
Yes
Weight of the following categories of air emissions from stationary sources::
| Weight of Emissions | |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | 42.80 Tons |
| Sulfur oxides (SOx) | 0.25 Tons |
| Carbon monoxide (CO) | 35.50 Tons |
| Particulate matter (PM) | 3.20 Tons |
| Ozone (O3) | 0 Tons |
| Lead (Pb) | 0 Tons |
| Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) | 4.70 Tons |
| Ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs) | 0 Tons |
| Other standard categories of air emissions identified in permits and/or regulations | 0 Tons |
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A brief description of the methodology(ies) the institution used to complete its air emissions inventory:
The air emissions inventory is derived from the US EPA's AP-42: AP-42: Compilation of Air Emission Factors. The emissions inventory is for the University's Central Heating Plant (CHP) and the the combustion of natural gas. The emissions are based up the sum of the CHPs boilers total max potential to emit (PTE). It is important to note that PTE is defined as the maximum capacity of a stationary source to emit under its physical and operational design (i.e. PTE is based on the all the CHP's boilers running, non-stop, 24/7 for an entire year).
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