WESTAR Fall 2007 Business Meeting

September 17 - 19, 2007

Boulder, Colorado

Monday, September 17th
1:00
Introductions
  Agenda review (Brian Gustafson)
  Welcome to Colorado (Paul Tourangeau)
  Critical Loads in Rocky Mountain National Park (Paul Tourangeau, Chris Shaver)
1:45
Business
  Review/approval of previous business meeting summary
  Action items from previous meeting (Dan Johnson)
  Staff reports (Bob Lebens, Don Arkell)
  Financial reports (Martin Bauer)
  Action item: Review and approval of FY2008-10 Work Plan and Budget
2:45 Committee Reports
3:15 Break
3:30
State 105 Grants (Jerry Kurtzweg and Bill Houck, EPA-Office of Program Management Operations [via telephone])
  National and regional trends
  Status report on revisions to allocation formula
  Competition policy
  Regional Planning Organization (RPO) funding
4:15 Executive session (State air directors only)  
 
Tuesday, September 18th
8:30
Hot Topics
  NSR issues: startup-shutdown-malfunction, excess emissions (Dave Finley)
  BLM regional air quality analysis projects (Scott Archer)
  Climate change issues and status of initiatives (Pat Cummins, air directors)
9:30
WRAP Work Plan - Air Managers Committee Recommendations (Don Arkell)
  Summary of AMC meeting discussion
  Action items and next steps
10:15 Break
10:30
Report from EPA Office of Air Quality Programs and Standards (Bill Harnett, Rhea Jones)
  Regional haze
  Proposed 8-hour ozone standard
  PSD - status of rule and guidance development/next steps
  Fire policy - update to interim wildland fire policy
  PM implementation
  US/Canada Air Quality Accord
  Section 110(a) requirements
11:45 Lunch (on your own)
1:00
Air monitoring issues (Bruce Louks)
  Funding outlook
  Status of IMPROVE
  Crystal ball: Where are we heading? Mercury monitoring; NADP; W126
1:45 The Variability of Tropospheric Pollution: A Satellite Perspective (David P. Edwards, NCAR)
2:15
Forest Management and Air Quality in the West (Rich Fisher)
  Beetle kill and other forest health issues
  Fire-related safety and public health issues
  Smoke management plans, smoke models
  Regional tracking
 
3:00 Break
3:15
Focus on EPA's Proposed New Ozone Standards
  Plant damage from ozone (Ellen Porter, NPS)
  Impact of the proposed new standards in the west (Rosalina Rodriguez, EPA-OAQPS)

 

4:45 Adjourn  
 
Wednesday, September 19th
8:00
State-by-state Status of Regional Haze SIPs (Moderator: Don Arkell)
  State updates
8:45
Roundtable discussion: PM Designations and Implementation
  State updates
9:30 Break
9:45
Hot topics
  Oil and gas issues - what we learned in Pinedale (Bob Lebens)
  Nevada Section 107 re-designation status (Sig Jaunarais)
  Open mic
11:00 Summary of Action Items - Adjourn