Implementation Work Group: Meetings & Calls

1. What is the status of BART in your state?
2. If applicable, what is the status of any state rules that may need to be adopted to implement the federal regional haze rule?
3. How are stakeholder relations proceeding? What are the major issues?
4. What other major air quality issues are confronting the state that may be relevant to regional haze?
5. What progress have you made in digesting or incorporating WRAP data/products (emissions, attribution, etc.)?
   

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State reports, visibility analysis

• Oregon – Brian Finneran PDF or PPT (1.5 MB)
• California – Tina Suarez-Murias PDF (1.7 MB) or PPT (2.3 MB)
• Washington – Keith Rose PDF or PPT
  

State reports, visibility analysis (continued)

• Colorado - Ray Mohr, Curt Taispale, Species Reasonable Progress PDF or PPT
  • Sulfate, nitrate
• Arizona - Corky Martinkovic, Visceral Q & A PDF or DOC
  • Construction, fire, other measures
  • Emissions growth
    

Visibility analysis – interstate impacts, discussion

Potential topics:

• Analysis/consultation priorities
• Emissions Accounting for:
  • International
  • Natural
  • Inter-RPO
  • Interstate Class I areas
  • Tribal
    

Reasonable Progress

• Policy and technical issues:
  • Interstate impact threshold
  • Elements of reasonable progress demonstration
    • Uncertainties

Consultation

• Protocol, EPA Guidance
• Consultation documentation

Next Steps

• Issues for policy makers
• Potential process for selecting reasonable progress goals and demonstrating reasonable progress PDF or PPT
  

Initiatives Oversight Committee

• About
• Members
• Meetings & Calls
• Documents

Tools

• Forum Guidelines
• Schedule Call/Meeting
• Submit Document
• Green Your Travel