WRAP Board: Meetings & Calls

Call to Order
Steve Owens, State of Arizona
Lloyd Irvine, Confederated Tribes of Salish and Kootenai

Rocky Mountain National Park Nitrogen Deposition Reduction Plan

• Welcome and Introductions
• Agenda Review
• Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
  

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories and Forecasts   CCS

Over the last nine months, the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) has been working with nine WRAP states to develop greenhouse gas emissions inventories and forecasts (1990, 2005, and 2020). Members of the CCS team will present results from these assessments, including information from Western states that previously completed inventories and forecasts in order to give a complete regional picture.

• Table & Chart: Preliminary Results of Analysis, Western States Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories and Forecasts, 1990-2020 PDF

Break

The Climate Registry

Over the last six months, WRAP Board representatives and participated with other states from across the country who establish a multi-state and tribal greenhouse gas registry. Registry will incorporate in March 2007 and will hold its meeting in May 2007. All Western states and tribes are eligible members of The Registry. WRAP members and staff will Board on The Registry process to date and highlight next opportunities for WRAP states and tribes to participate.

• Presentation: Overview of The Climate Registry PDF or PPT
• Presentation: Organizational Structure and Governance of The Climate Registry PDF or PPT
• Oregon request for help developing guidelines to calculate CO2 emissions (#/MWHr) from unspecified wholesale purchases of electricity.
  • Letter PDF
  • Request PDF

Break

Update on Western State Climate Initiatives

• Document: Western Regional Climate Action Initiative PDF

Adjourn

Updates on Recent Actions

• EPA’s proposed rule for diesel locomotive and marine engines – V. Patton
  • Fact Sheet: EPA Proposal for More Stringent Emissions Standards for Locomotives and Marine Compression-Ignition Engines PDF
  • Press Release: Light at the End of the Tunnel is Cleaner Air; EPA Cuts Diesel Locomotive and Vessel Pollution HTML
• CEED v. EPA – Joe Mikitish PDF
• RPO Funding Update – Colleen McKaughan

WRAP Technical Support System

• Presentation: Technical Support System Review PDF (1 MB) or PPT (1.2 MB)

In November 2006, the WRAP Technical Support System (TSS) came online. WRAP staff will provide a demonstration of the system and how it is being used to support the regional haze planning process in the West.

Status of Preliminary Reasonable Progress Modeling

• Presentation: Status of Preliminary Reasonable Progress Analysis PDF or PPT
   
• Overview of process and schedule
• 2018 point and area source emissions inventory update
• Phase II oil and gas inventory and control strategy evaluation
• Status of BART determinations
• Emission reductions associated with smoke management programs

Break

Regional Haze SIP Timelines

Members of the State Caucus will update the Board on the Section 308 and Section 309 Regional Haze SIP timelines in each state.

• Presentation: Regional Haze SIP Status Report PDF or PPT
• Document: DRAFT Summary of State Interviews Status of RH SIP Process PDF or DOC

Regional Air Quality Issues

At the September Board meeting in Montana, the Tribal Caucus presented a summary of air quality issues of concern to Western tribes. Also, Western states and federal land managers are working to address a number of regional air quality challenges in addition to regional haze. The WRAP Board will explore these issues and identify options for working collaboratively to address them. This discussion will include exploring how the technical and analytical tools developed by WRAP can aid Western states, tribes, and federal land managers as they address other air quality issues of concern.

• Memorandum Of Understanding Agencies: Rocky Mountain National Park Nitrogen Deposition Reduction Plan PDF (11.3 MB)

Lunch

Status of WRAP FY07 and FY08 Funding

• Financial Status Report PDF or XLS

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