Attribution of Haze Report (Phase I) -- Comments are being accepted through Feb. 11 on the Attribution of Haze Report, which uses modeling, emissions, and monitoring data analyses to help states and tribes understand the visibility impacts of emissions from stationary and mobile sources, the amount and distribution of dust emissions across the WRAP region, and the visibility impacts of natural versus anthropogenic fire emissions.  The report identifies state source category-level of SO2 and NOx emissions that contribute to sulfate and nitrate haze at national parks and wilderness areas.  Comments should be e-mailed to Joe Adlhoch.  Include "AoH Draft Review" in the subject line.

2006 Work Plan and Budget -- EPA has allocated approximately $3 million of FY05 funds for WRAP's work through 2006. WRAP forums and committees are formulating their work plans and budgets now.  The WRAP Planning Team will meet on March 9-10 in San Francisco to review those work plans and prepare a final draft to take to the Board at its April meeting.  WRAP forums and workgroups are expected to examine all ongoing and pending projects and prioritize new projects to ensure essential work is completed in time for states and tribes to prepare their regional haze implementation plans.  State plans are due by January 2008.

Tribal Outreach Workgroup -- At its December meeting in San Francisco, the Communications Committee established a workgroup for tribal outreach, including member tribes and those not yet members.  The workgroup consists of Lisa Riener, Air Quality Program Manager for the Quinault Nation; Daniel Clark, Small Business Ombudsman with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality; and Sandra Sac Parker, NTEC air program communications specialist.  Both Lisa and Dan serve as committee co-chairs, while Sandra is the NTEC staff person designated as the primary contact to work with the Communications Committee.  All suggestions, ideas, etc., are welcomed and may be sent to Sandra at 505/242-2175 or sparker@ntec.org.

NTEC Tribal Caucus Coordinator -- As of January 1, Kenneth S. Cronin is on board at NTEC as Tribal Caucus Coordinator/Regional Planning Organization Specialist, where he replaces Cathy Messerschmitt, who is now the WRAP Tribal Co-Director.  Ken previously worked for ten years with the Tohono O’odham Nation’s Environmental Protection Agency, and participated in the Region 9 RTOC as a representative from southern Arizona.  He holds a B.A. in Comparative Political Science and earned a law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1994.

Dust Emissions Joint Forum -- With support from the Midwest Research Institute, the DEJF is initiating a project to collect dust samples from approximately 10 locations throughout the West for analysis for PM2.5 to PM10 ratios.  In addition, a draft report is expected very soon from the WRAP's Regional Modeling Center regarding its windblown dust emissions model.  Finally, the forum is planning a major workshop on fugitive dust controls on May 10-11 in Palm Springs, Calif.  This will be followed by a Forum meeting on May 12.All meeting information, reports  and minutes can be found on the Web at:  www.wrapair.org.