WRAP Board Meeting Set for Dec. 14-15
The next WRAP Board meeting will be held Dec. 14-15 in Palm Springs, Calif. Based on a request by the Tribal Caucus, the board will devote the morning of Dec. 15 to a discussion on mercury emissions. Suggestions for speakers should be forwarded to Bob Gruenig at 505-242-2175 or bgruenig@ntec.org. In addition to individual speakers, a panel discussion is being planned with representatives from tribes, states, environmental organizations and industry. The Tribal Caucus will hold a separate meeting on Dec. 12–13, also in Palm Springs. Agendas for both meetings will be posted to the Web as soon as they are available.

Workshop on Sulfate, Nitrate, and Reasonable Progress
All WRAP members and stakeholders are encouraged to attend a workshop on sulfate, nitrate, and reasonable progress on Jan. 10-11 in Tucson, Ariz. One purpose of the workshop is to integrate the WRAP's technical results — in a clear and concise fashion — around the topics of reasonable progress, sulfates, and nitrates. In addition, workshop attendees will discuss technical summaries and how they relate to policy options and state/tribal implementation plans. The workshop will provide an opportunity to align regional strategies with supporting data and to guide the completion of the technical work. A second workshop will be hosted in the spring of 2006 to cover the topics of dust, carbon, and smoke. Meeting details and logistics are available on the Web at: http://www.wrapair.org/cal/calendar.php?op=view&id=458.

Update on Inter-RPO Tribal Economic Database Systems Design Project
A meeting concerning the Inter-RPO Tribal Economic Database Systems Design Project, managed by the National Tribal Environmental Council, was recently held in Albuquerque to discuss a draft users requirement document for the system. Among the items covered were: data elements, control strategy analysis requirements, data and time series analysis, cross query tabulation analysis, reporting, GIS, external systems - importing and exporting, security, auditing and systems infrastructure. The project is expected to be completed in mid December.

Anyone who wishes to participate in the project may contact Bob Gruenig at 505-242-2175 or bgruenig@ntec.org.

Mobile Source Emissions Inventory Results Show Future Declines
Results of the WRAP mobile source emissions inventory (2002 through 2018 for on-road and off-road vehicles) are being posted to the Emissions Forum Web page as they become available. Charts already posted show an anticipated decrease between 2002 and 2018 for the following emissions: 1) On-road NOx down by 66%, despite a 35% increase in vehicle miles traveled; 2) Off-road NOx down by 33%; 3) SO2 down by 85% for on-road and 95% for off-road.

A presentation on those and other results from the September 27–28 meeting of the Emissions Forum are available in Power Point and pdf formats at: http://www.wrapair.org/forums/ef/meetings/050927/index.html.

Colorful, Fun Children’s Handout on Preventing Air Pollution Available
“What Can You Do to Help Prevent Air Pollution” is a fun and colorful children’s handout produced by the WRAP Communications Committee and available at no charge to educators, state and tribal agencies, organizations and businesses. A limited number of printed copies and a CD, which can be used to make additional copies, are available by contacting kdeike@westgov.org or sparker@ntec.org. The handout is also available in a downloadable format on the WRAP Web site at www.wrapair.org/kids.