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WESTAR
Fall 2008 Business Meeting Seattle, Washington
October 1-3, 2008 |
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Wednesday, October 1st |
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Background
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1:15 |
Joint WESTAR/WRAP session on regional haze End of 9/30-10/1 WRAP Workshop on Regional Support for Air Quality Planning in the West |
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Strategic planning |
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4:15 |
Executive Session (State air directors only) |
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Action Item: Review and approval of proposed revisions to FY2008-10 Work Plan and Budget |
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Provided to state air directors only |
| Discussion on WESTAR-WRAP coordination | Provided to state air directors only | |||
| Location for next WESTAR business meeting | 01.3 | Past business meeting locations | ||
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** No host dinner at nearby
restaurant ** |
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Thursday, October 2nd
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7:15 |
Continental Breakfast in Salon A | |||
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Background
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8:00 |
Introductions and Welcome |
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Introductions and agenda review (Willy
Nagamine) |
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Overview of air quality in Washington (Stu Clark) |
02.2 | Welcome to Washington | ||
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8:30 |
Business meeting |
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Review/approval of spring 2008 meeting summary |
03.1 | Draft summary of spring 2008 WESTAR meeting |
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Summary of action items from spring meeting |
03.2 | Status of action items from spring 2008 WESTAR meeting |
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Staff reports |
03.3 | Staff report |
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Committee reports |
03.4.1 03.4.2 03.4.3 03.4.4 |
Sources Committee report Planning Committee report Technical Committee report Air monitoring steering committee |
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Financial status report |
03.5 | Financial status report, fall 2008 |
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9:30 |
Excess Emissions |
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EPA rule/guidance summary |
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State implementation issues (roundtable discussion) |
04.2 | Excess emissions roundtable questions | ||
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10:30 |
Break | |||
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10:45 |
Report from EPA Office of Air
Quality Programs and Standards (Bill Harnett) |
05.1 05.2 05.3 |
Report for
OAQPS CAIR update Areas sources, toxics, CAMR |
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Status of EPA rule and policy development |
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Status of litigation |
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Area source MACT requirements and implementation |
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NSR and PSD |
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Mercury |
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Other topics TBD |
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Noon |
Lunch (on your
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1:15 |
Climate Change |
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Legislation and EPA rulemaking (Bill Harnett) |
06.1.1 06.1.2 06.1.3 |
EPA climate rules GHG ANPR (short version) GHG ANPR (long version) |
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Carbon sequestration (John Stormon, Washington
DoE) |
06.2.1 06.2.2 |
Link to IPCC report on
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Link to DOE report on Carbon Sequestration Technology Geologic sequestration |
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Western Climate Initiative - Design Recommendations and Reporting (Janice Adair, WCI Chair) |
06.3.1 06.3.2 06.3.3 |
Link
to WCI homepage Link to Design Recommendations for the WCI Regional Cap-and-Trade Program WCI overview |
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2:45 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Biofuels and Ethanol |
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Biofuels overview (Nikola Davidson, Northwest Biofuels Association) |
07.1 | Biofuels overview |
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Renewable Fuel Standard (Paul Machiele, EPA) |
07.2 | Renewable Fuel Provisions |
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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (John Courtis, CARB) |
07.3 | CA Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
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4:15 |
Roundtable discussion: Exceptional Events Implementation (Moderator: Doug Schneider, WA) |
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Questions to be circulated in advance |
08.1 |
Exceptional events roundtable questions |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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Friday, October 3rd |
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7:15 |
Continental Breakfast in Salon A | |||
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Background
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8:30 |
Hot Topics |
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Fires and other biomass burning issues |
09.1.1
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09.1.3 09.1.4 09.1.5 |
WESTAR/NESCAUM letter to EPA EPA response to WESTAR/NESCAUM letter WESTAR Commercial Boilers WESTAR Residential Heaters Biomass burning overview |
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Air quality strategies employed on 2008 wildfires (Pete Lahm, USFS) |
09.2 | Emergency response system for fires |
| Emergency Smoke Response System (Sim Larkin, USFS) | 09.3 | Tools used in 2008 California fires | ||
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WRAP report on ozone in the west |
09.4 | WRAP presentation of effect of new O3 standard in the west |
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9:30 |
Roundtable discussion: Area Source MACT Implementation |
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Questions to be circulated in advance |
10.1 | Area source MACT implementation roundtable questions |
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10:15 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Roundtable discussion: Mercury implementation after CAMR vacatur |
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Questions to be circulated in advance |
11.1 | Mercury implementation roundtable questions |
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11:15 |
Summary of Action
Items and Adjourn |
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