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Ozone & NOx in the West Meeting

Date: November 11, 2009
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Air Managers

Event Description:

WRAP Ozone and NOx in the West Meeting
(8:00 AM to 4:30 PM)

This meeting follows the Fall 2009 WESTAR Council meeting of M-T 11/9-10 at the same location.

Background Reading Materials

MEETING AGENDA ( PDF or DOC, Interactive )

Wednesday, November 11th
8:15 am	Welcome and Introductions Welcome to Santa Fe – Mary Uhl, Director, New Mexico Air Quality Bureau Meeting Purpose – Tom Moore, WRAP Staff
8:30	Overview of new WRAP Charter Revised Charter [currently out for review and approval by existing WRAP Board] PDF or DOC – Patrick Cummins, WRAP Co-Director
9:00	Ambient Air Quality Standards and Goals – Existing and Future Indicators NAAQS Review PDF or PPT – Lydia Wegman, Director, Health & Environmental Impacts Division, EPA OAQPS Planning & Implementation PDF or PPT – Bill Harnett, Director, Air Quality Policy Division, EPA OAQPS Colorado Perspective PDF or PPT – Paul Tourangeau, Director, Colorado Air Pollution Control Division Idaho Perspective PDF or PPT – Martin Bauer, Director, Idaho Air Quality Program
10:00	Break
10:15	Ambient Air Quality Standards and Goals – Existing and Future Indicators, continued
10:45	Status of Regional Haze implementation Regional Haze Planning/Implementation Status in the WRAP Region PDF or PPT – Don Arkell, WESTAR staff
11:10	Western Sources and Trends What do we know about emission sources in the West? PDF or PPT – Tom Moore
11:45	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm	What are the Ozone and Nitrogen Air Quality Concerns? National Park Service Perspective PDF or PPT – Chris Shaver, Chief, Air Resources Division State of New Mexico Perspective PDF or PPT – Mary Uhl
2:00	Monitoring Data, Field Studies, and Analysis Analysis & Assessment PDF or PPT – Richard Scheffe, Air Quality Assessment Division, EPA OAQPS CalNex 2010 Field Study PDF or PPT – Tom Ryerson, NOAA Chemical Sciences Division Bureau of Land Management PDF or PPT – Scott Archer, Senior Air Quality Specialist National Park Service PDF or PPT – Michael Barna, Air Quality Research Group Overview of Ozone and Nitrogen air quality monitoring, data trends, and field studies
3:15	Break
3:30	Next Steps – what, when, and how for WRAP efforts on Ozone and Nitrogen
4:30	Adjourn

Background Reading Materials

Air Quality Standards, Planning, and Management (EPA links accessed October 2009)

“Clean Air Planning Act of 2009”; Carper‐Alexander‐Collins‐Klobuchar Staff Working Draft, August 7, 2009 (Western NOx provisions highlighted)
EPA crafting multipollutant strategy; Greenwire, October 27, 2009
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Primary and NO2 and SO2 Secondary Standards
- Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Secondary Standards - Risk and Exposure Assessments
- Reactive Nitrogen in the United States; An Analysis of Inputs, Flows, Consequences, and Management Options (August 27, 2009 Draft)
Ozone (O3) Standards
- September 16, 2009 decision by Administrator Jackson to reconsider Ozone Standards
Ozone (O3) Implementation
Particulate Matter (PM) Standards
- CASAC PM Panel Review documents
  - Integrated Science Assessment, August 2009
  - PM Risk Assessment, September 2009
  - Urban-Focused Visibility Assessment, September 2009
  - Policy Assessment for the Review of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards, September 2009
PM10 NAAQS Implementation
PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation
- EPA §110(a) Guidance for 24-hour PM2 5 NAAQS; EPA OAQPS, September 2009
Air Quality Management in the United States; National Research Council; 2004 (Description: "The implementation of air quality regulations should be less bureaucratic -- with more emphasis on results than process -- and should be designed to protect ecosystems as well as people. The report recommends that The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) use an approach to target groups of pollutants instead of individual ones and that revised or new regulations also should consider how air pollution travels from state to state and across international borders. In addition, improved tracking of emissions is needed to accurately assess what populations are at the highest risk of health problems from pollution and to better measure the progress of pollution-control strategies.")

Monitoring

Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS) Activities - Fall 2009, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere Magazine, Fall 2009
Ambient Monitoring in and around Oil & Gas Basins in UT, CO, and WY (PDF or PPT); Utah Division of Air Quality; September 2009
Bureau of Land Management Air Resource Management Monitoring Strategy; January 3, 2006

Emissions

Emission Characterization and Emission Inventories for the 21st Century; Macarthur, et. al., October 2009
Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS) Update; September 2009
An Improved Method to Represent Aviation Emissions in Air Quality Modeling Systems and their Impacts on Air Quality; Arunachalam, Sarav, et. al.; American Meteorological Society,; 2008

Regional Transport, Modeling, and Analysis

Reducing Vertical Transport over Complex Terrain in Photochemical Grid Models; Emery, et. al.; October 2009
Regional Impacts of Oil and Gas Development on Ozone Formation in the Western United States; Rodriguez, M., et., al.; September 2009
Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants To and From the United States; National Research Council; September 2009
Summertime State-Level Source-Receptor Relationships between Nitrogen Oxides Emissions and Surface Ozone Concentrations over the Continental United States; Tong, D. Q. and Mauzerall, D. L.; Environmental Science & Technology; August 2008 (16 MB)
East Asia's Dirty Air Pollutes North America, Environment News Service, March 2008

Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality and Emissions Sources

U.S. Global Change Research Program (Integrating federal research on climate and global change)
Damage, pollution from wildfires could surge as western U.S. warms; Land Letter; August 6, 2009
Beetle-ravaged trees change wildfire behavior in western Montana
Biogenic carbon and anthropogenic pollutants combine to form a cooling haze over the southeastern United States, Goldstein, A., et. al.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Science; April 2009
Temperature Change 1908-2007, Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (from Hotter and Drier: The West’s Changed Climate; March 2008)
Sensitivity of global tropospheric ozone and fine particulate matter concentrations to climate change, Racherla, P.N. and Adams, P. J.; Journal of Geophysical Research, December 2006

Learn how to "Green your travel"

Detailed Location & Lodging Information:

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa
330 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Ph (505) 986-0000
Fax (505) 982-6850

A room block has been reserved at the La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa for the nights of November 10 with a few rooms on November 11. Guest room rates are $86.00 per night. For room reservations please call the hotel at 1-800-727-5276 or 505-986-0000 and reference “WESTAR/WRAP” in order to receive this contracted rate. Rooms will be held in the block until October 10.

Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Albuquerque Transportation Options

The La Posada is located about 60 miles from the Albuquerque airport. Sandia Shuttle provides transportation to/from the Albuquerque airport. The toll free number for Sandia Shuttle is (888) 775-5696 or direct (505) 474-5696. Reservations can be made on-line at www.sandiashuttle.com. The cost is $25.00 one way or $45.00 round trip. Travel time is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Roadrunner Shuttle also provides transportation to/from the Albuquerque airport. The phone number for reservations is 505-424-3367. The cost is $25.00 one way or $45.00 round trip. They do not have a web site but are very accommodating with schedules. Roadrunner shuttle does not make any additional stops from Albuquerque on the way to La Posada.

Both shuttle companies are located on the baggage claim level at the Albuquerque airport across from baggage claim #3.

The New Mexico Rail Runner in Albuquerque also provides train service to/from Santa Fe. This is not door to door service and travel time will be longer than shuttle service. Upon arriving at the Albuquerque airport you would take the “Route 350” free shuttle that leaves the baggage claim area at 5:50am, 7:01am, 10:10am, 3:48pm, 4:57pm and 6:08pm and goes to downtown Albuquerque where you would connect with the train. The train departs from this stop at 4:09am, 5:13am, 6:15am, 7:26am, 10:35am, 4:13pm, 5:22pm and 6:33pm. Train tickets are $8.00 round trip and $6.00 one way. You would take the train to the Santa Fe Depot Rail Yard which is about 90 min. travel time. The La Posada is about 1½ miles from this stop and you call the hotel direct at 505-986-0000 for shuttle service. The La Posada provides shuttle service back to the Santa Fe Depot Rail Yard upon request for return train trips to Albuquerque. The train departs at 11:30am, 4:10pm, 5:17pm, 6:18pm, 8:15pm, and 9:30pm and travel time is 90 min. You would then need to take a shuttle back to the airport from the downtown Albuquerque train station. Additional information is available on the New Mexico Rail Runner Web Site or by phone at 1-866-795-7245.

Posted By: Tom Moore
E-mail: mooret@cira.colostate.edu