WRAP Board Meeting Set for May 17-18, Phoenix — The next meeting of the WRAP Board will be held in Phoenix from 1 to 5 p.m. on May 17, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the 18th. A draft agenda will be available soon. There will also be concurrent meetings of the Tribal Caucus and the Communications Committee, prior to the Board meeting, from 1 to 5 p.m. May 16 and 8 a.m. to noon May 17. The Tribal Caucus and the Communications Committee plan to hold a joint session beginning at 4 p.m. May 16. All meetings will be held at the Wyndham Phoenix (downtown location), 50 East Adams St., Phoenix, Arizona. For reservations please call 602-333-5000.

WRAP Planning Team Reviews Proposed FY05 Projects — The WRAP Planning Team met in San Francisco March 9-10 and reviewed proposed projects for funding with the WRAP's FY05 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The planning team, comprised of forum co-chairs and oversight committee members, focused on projects and needs that are critical for providing states and tribes with the technical and policy information needed to develop the next round of regional haze plans due in December 2007. The proposed work plan and budget will be presented to the Board for approval at its meeting on May 17-18 in Phoenix.

309 States, City of Albuquerque to Work with EPA on Additional Analysis for SO2 Program — The five WRAP states and the city of Albuquerque, which developed a joint plan for reducing regional haze under Section 309 of EPA’s Regional Haze Rules, say they will work with EPA to determine what additional analysis is needed for their sulfur dioxide emissions program (the Annex) to be approved in light of the recent court decision in CEED v. EPA.  A letter to EPA was signed by environmental and air quality directors from Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming and the city of Albuquerque.

The officials said they are encouraged “the court’s decision upholds the ability of states to develop market-based alternatives to source-by-source controls for those facilities that are subject to the best available retrofit technology (BART) requirements of the regional haze rules. ” Once EPA promulgates new BART rules next month, the states said they will work together and with EPA to determine what additional analysis of their SO2 program is needed for EPA to move forward with approval of their Section 309 state implementation plans.

Attribution of Haze Workgroup Releases Final Phase I Report — The AoH Workgroup, with support from Air Resource Specialists, has completed its final phase I report, which describes the emissions source categories and geographic source regions presently contributing to visibility impairment at each Class I area in the WRAP region. The report accomplishes this by integrating results from ambient monitoring, emissions inventory, and air quality modeling analyses. For more information, please contact Tom Moore.

Stationary Sources Forum Evaluating Power Plant NOx Controls — A contracting team of ERG and Environ was selected by the WRAP’s Stationary Sources Joint Forum to conduct a variety of analyses in support of the Forum’s effort to evaluate the impact of industrial sources on regional haze and options for reducing those impacts. This effort includes an evaluation of NOx controls at existing power plants and options for additional controls. ERG is also gathering information on oil and gas sources across the West and is working on a 2018 stationary source emissions projections. For more information on the Stationary Sources Forum, please visit www.wrapair.org.

Tribal Data Development Workgroup and Emissions Forum to Hold Joint Meeting —A joint meeting will be held April 26-27 for the Emissions Forum and Tribal Data Development Workgroup, focused on Alaska regional haze technical projects. The TDDWG will continue to meet on April 28. Details on this meeting, including the agenda, may be found on the WRAP Web site at: http://wrapair.org/cal/calendar.php?op=view&id=303.

Children’s Handout Now on WRAP Web Site — The children’s handout developed by the Communications Committee is now available in a downloadable format on the WRAP Web site. The committee developed the handout, “What Can You Do to Help Prevent Air Pollution?,” as a fun and colorful method of making children aware of how their actions can affect the air we breathe. To view or download the handout, please go to http://www.wrapair.org/kids. The page also contains links to children’s pages on the Web sites of other environmental organizations. All Meeting information, reports and minutes can be found on the Web at www.wrapair.org.

April 11-14, 2005	more. . .
Transforming Emission Inventories - Meeting Future Challenges Today Las Vegas, NV

April 15, 2005	more. . .
RPO Emissions Discussion Group Meeting Las Vegas, NV

April 26-28, 2005	more. . .
Alaska Regional Haze Technical Analysis Meeting Anchorage, AK

May 3-5, 2005	more. . .
National Tribal Environmental Council 12th Annual Conference Greenbay, WI

May 10-11, 2005	more. . .
Fugitive Dust Control Conference Palm Springs, CA

May 10-11, 2005	more. . .
Stationary Sources Forum Meeting Palm Springs, CA

May 12, 2005	more. . .
Dust Forum Meeting Palm Springs, CA

May 16-17, 2005	more. . .
Communications Committee Meeting Phoenix, AZ

May 16-17, 2005	more. . .
Tribal Caucus Meeting Phoenix, AZ

May 17-18, 2005	more. . .
WRAP Board Meeting Phoenix, AZ

June 7-8, 2005	more. . .
Fire Emissions Joint Forum Meeting Denver, CO

June 8, 2005	more. . .
Regional Haze Data Analysis Workshop Denver, CO

June 9-10, 2005	more. . .
National RPO Technical Meeting Denver, CO

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