Air Managers Committee: Meetings & Calls

Welcome/Purpose/Introductions – goals and objectives of this workshop

Status of Regional Haze Plans & BART Determinations – WRAP staff (additions/updates from all)

• Status of Regional Haze Planning and BART Determinations PDF or PPT

Review of WRAP 2008-09 workplan – completion, review/approval, & implementation of Haze Plans – WRAP staff (additions/changes from all) PDF or DOC

• WRAP Work Activities: 2008-09 PDF or PPT
• Status Report, Regional Haze State Implementation Plans in the WRAP region
  08/21/2008 DRAFT PDF or DOC
• Cost Comparison Report Implementing the Regional Haze Rule by the Individual States and the WRAP PDF or DOC

Status Reports

• VIEWS PDF
• EDMS PDF
• FETS PDF
• TSS PDF

Collaborative Projects

• CIRA/UNC NASA ROSES PDF
• Phase III Oil and Gas Emissions Inventory PDF
• Oil and Gas GHG Emissions Reporting Protocol PDF or DOC

Roundtable – Current & Ongoing Local/State/Tribal/Federal /Sub-regional Air Quality Planning/Management Initiatives linked to Haze Planning – All

Handout checklist of items to complete for approvable Regional Haze SIP
PDF or DOC

Key Findings from May & July 2008 WRAP Technical Workshops – Steve Arnold, Colorado DPHE and Bob Kotchenruther, EPA R10 (Co-Chairs, WRAP Technical Analysis Forum) and Mike Edwards, Idaho DEQ (Co-Chair, WRAP Implementation Work Group)

• Key Findings from May & July 2008 WRAP Technical Workshops PDF or PPT

Federal perspectives – past & future regional analysis support needs for air quality planning – Colleen McKaughan, EPA R9 and Bruce Polkowsky, National Park Service

• Regional Haze SIPs in the West PDF or PPT
• Federal Perspective:Regional Air Quality Planning Support PDF (1.3 MB) or PPT (2.2 MB)

Agenda review, goals for the day

Future air quality implementation and planning - regional analysis support needs – bringing a workplan update to the Board – WRAP staff outline, then Discussion Leaders - Colleen Cripps, Nevada DEP and Tina Anderson, Wyoming DEQ

• Developing a Workplan for Implementing the 2008-12 Strategic Plan for the WRAP Board PDF or PPT

Break

Restructuring of WRAP Committees, Forums, and Workgroups to address member needs – bringing a revised org chart to the Board - WRAP staff outline, then Discussion Leaders – Ira Domsky, Arizona DEQ & Randy Ashley, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

• WRAP Org Chart Now & Proposed Starting 2009 (Draft) PDF
• Proposed WRAP 2009 Org Chart with Projects Listed PDF

Objectives and Topics - Workshop on Regional Support for Air Quality Planning in the West

Date/time: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 30-October 1 (830-5 on Tuesday, 830-330 on Wednesday)
Location: Seattle, WA – Renaissance Seattle Hotel
(http://wrapair.org/cal/calendar.php?op=view&id=804)

Workshop Objectives

1. Support for and (re)approval of the WRAP Work Plan – changes?
   1. RH implementation and tracking
   2. Ongoing technical projects
   3. Other regional technical assistance that WRAP can provide
      1. Funding needs
2. General plan to carry the message of member support for WRAP to EPA
   1. The success story of RPOs in general and WRAP in particular
   2. OAQPS (later this year – as part of 1c)
   3. New administration (next year

Topic 1: A clear understanding of what it will take to finish BART and get the SIPs submitted

1. Timing
2. What can WRAP do to assist
3. Plan to communicate actions and timing of SIP completion to EPA and other interested parties

Topic 2: Present & future WRAP work – regional analysis support for air quality planning in the West

1. Review summary of technical needs for:
   1. Assisting with haze plan review/approval;
   2. Tracking progress on regional haze implementation;
   3. Monitoring and analyses for ozone attainment designations and planning;
   4. Special monitoring studies for ozone, PM2.5, regional haze, and nitrogen deposition;
   5. Developing and updating regional emissions data, and
   6. Conducting regional modeling and analysis studies.
2. Discuss air quality implementation and planning needs and funding necessary to support those needs:
   1. Timeline(s) for deliverables in the 2009-13 time frame;
   2. Type and detail of regional analysis support;
   3. Coordination with ongoing and planned State/Tribal/Local/Federal regulatory activities; and
   4. Expectations about deliverables and funding status over the 2009-10 timeframe.
3. Discuss restructuring of WRAP Committees, Forums, and Workgroups to address WRAP member needs:
   1. Review revised organizational structure options;
   2. Identify Committee/Forum/Workgroup leadership, missions, and activities;
   3. Align activities of WRAP Committees/Forums/Workgroups with other organizations (WESTAR,
      NTEC, et cetera); and
   4. Review WRAP staff support activities.

Deliverable: Taking these tasks in a revision of the existing WRAP 2008-09 workplan, and proposed changes
to the organizational structure, to the Board. – when?