Day One - Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Technical Approaches and Issues Identification
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| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome, Introductions and Review of Meeting Objectives (Lahm & Sharpe) |
| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. |
2004 National Fire Emissions Technical Workshop Review (Pace)
- Proceedings of the May 2004 National Fire Emissions Technical Workshop PDF
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| 8:45 - 9:15 a.m. |
2002 Inter-RPO Wildfire Emissions Inventory Review (Randall) PDF or PPT |
| 9:15 - 10:00 a.m. |
2002 Emissions Inventory Review: activity data, temporal and spatial quality, QA/QC, fuel assignments, fuel loading, daily emission profile, plume rise approach, EI formats available, etc. and any regional haze modeling issues (Each RPO)
- Agricultural Burning
- Prescribed Fire
- Wildland Fire Use
- Wildfire
Presentations:
- WRAP 2002 Fire EI (Dave Randall) PDF or PPT
- VISTAS Presentation (Rosalina Rodriguez) PDF or PPT
- LADCO, Midwest RPO Fires Status, (Mark Janssen) PDF or PPT
- MANE-VU 2002 Fire EI (Megan Schuster) PDF or PPT
Action Item: Record methodologies and issues raised by each RPO |
| 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
2002 Emissions Inventory Review (continued) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:15 p.m. |
2002 Base Year or Typical EI Case Studies (Each RPO)
2000-2004 RHR Baseline EI (Each RPO)
2018 Projection EI (Each RPO)
- Agricultural Burning
- Prescribed Fire
- Wildland Fire Use
- Wildfire
- Emission Reduction Techniques
- Control Strategy Scenarios
Action Item: Record methodologies and issues raised by each RPO |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
2002 Canada and Mexico Fire Activity and Emissions (Each RPO)
- Opportunities for Inter-RPO collaboration
Action Item: Record methodologies and issues raised by each RPO |
| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Preliminary Model Results & Haze Attribution (Each RPO)
- Area vs. Point Source Approaches
- Natural and Anthropogenic Fire Contribution
- Initial Conclusions on Fire Impacts on Haze and Class I Areas
- Role of Remote Sensing Data QA/QC (Pace)
Presentation:
- Development of 2000-04 Baseline Period & 2018 Projection Fire Emissions Inventories (Tom Moore) PDF or PPT
Action Item: Record conclusions, issues, opportunities by RPO |
Day Two - Thursday, February 10, 2005
Regulatory, Guidance and Policy Approaches to Fire |
| 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
Regulations and Guidance Directing States/Tribes in Addressing Fires/Smoke (EPA)
- Regional Haze Rule, 40 CFR 51.308, PM2.5 and Ozone NAAQS, SIP Requirements and Guidance
- Status of Regional Haze Rule PDF or PPT
- Status of PM2.5 and 8-Hour Ozone Implementation Guidance PDF or PPT
- Status of the PM NAAQS Review PDF or PPT
- Natural Events and Exceptional Events Policies PDF or PPT
- Interim Air Quality Policy on Wildland and Prescribed Fire PDF or PPT
- Proposed Agricultural Burning Policy (Roger Otttmar) PDF or PPT
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| 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
FLM and RPO Discussion of Needed EPA Guidance
- Review of existing policies
- Fire Tracking
- Smoke Management Programs Required
- Voluntary Smoke Management Programs
- Goals and Caps
- Land Clearing Burns/Open Burns
Action Item: Record needed guidance. |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Policy Issue and Needs Identification - The Generic Tool Box
- State Legislative Deadlines
- RPO Schedules for Control Options
- Identify existing policy and program options
- WRAP Policies (Fitch)
- Generic Smoke Management Control Tool Box (Lahm)
- Criteria for implementation
- State/Tribe, EPA and FLM roles
- Moving Towards Solutions
Action Item: Record strategy and needs. |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. |
Policy and Guidance Issues - Needs Identification (cont.)
Actions to be taken - What, Who and by When |
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