WESTAR Fall 2009 Business Meeting Santa Fe, New Mexico November 9-10, 2009

Monday, November 9
			Background Documents
1:00	Welcome, Introductions, Agenda review		01.1 01.2 01.3	WESTAR members – please review Welcome to New Mexico (13 MB) Meeting agenda
1:30	Business session
		Review/approval of previous business meeting summary (Dan Johnson)	02.1	Draft spring 2009 meeting summary
		Action items from previous meeting (Dan Johnson)	02.2	Status of action items from last meeting
		Staff reports (Jeff Gabler, Bob Lebens, Don Arkell)	02.3	Staff report
		Financial status report (David Collier)	02.4	WESTAR financial status as of 9/30/09
		Action Item: Budget/workplan for FY2010 Action Item: Member approval of off the top 105 grant funding	02.5.1 02.5.2	Draft 2010 workplan with budget Draft motions for approval of funding
		National Monitoring Committee report (Bruce Louks)	02.6	National monitoring committee report
		Committee reports (Bob Lebens)	02.7.1 02.7.2 02.7.3	Planning Committee report Mobile Sources Committee report (rev) Sources Committee report
2:30	Break
2:45	Hot Topics
		Oil and gas activities (Bob Leben) · WildEarth Guardian letter to states regarding aggregation (Mary Uhl)	03.1.1 03.1.2	. WildEarth Guardian letter regarding oil and gas aggregation
		WRAP charter and funding (Don Arkell)	03.2.1 03.2.2 03.2.3	Revised WRAP charter Presentation on charter and funding McCarthy response re RPO funding
		Dust on snow (Scott Archer)	03.3	BLM dust on snow presentation
		NAS report on global transport of air pollutants (Dan Johnson)	03.4	NAS report: Global Sources of Local Pollution; executive summary
3:45	Executive session (State air directors only)
			04.1	Past meeting location

** No host dinner at nearby restaurant **
Meet in lobby at 6:00 pm

Tuesday, November 10
7:15		Continental Breakfast in meeting room
			Background Documents
8:00	Funding Issues (Moderator: David Collier)
		Status of FY2010 budget	05.1.1 05.1.2	EPA’s budget process and timeline Reallocation formula and factors
		Implementation of reallocation formula	05.2.1 05.2.2	NACAA letter to McCarthy on formula McCarthy response to reallocation and funding concerns
		Roundtable discussion: current and future budget picture	05.3	Budget roundtable topics
9:00	Climate Change (Stu Clark)
		The impact of global warming legislation and EPA rules on state and local air agencies (Amy Royden-Bloom, NACAA)	06.1	Global Warming Legislation and EPA Rules: Their Impact on State and Local Air Agencies (rev)
		The New Mexico climate program (Jim Norton, Environmental Protection Division Director)	06.2	New Mexico climate program activities
10:00	Break
10:15	Report from EPA Office of Air Quality Programs and Standards (Bill Harnett)		07.1	OAQPS report
11:30	Exceptional Events – progress and next steps
		WESTAR recommendations (Dan Johnson)	08.1	WESTAR EER recommendations
		EPA Region 9 progress (Colleen McKaughan)
Noon	Lunch on your own
1:30	Roundtable discussion: Permitting		09.1	Permitting roundtable topics
2:15	Wildfire Decision Support System (Pete Lahm, USFS)		10.1	Presentation
3:00	Break
3:15	State information management systems
		Idaho information management system changes (Martin Bauer) Roundtable discussion: State information management systems	11.2	State information management systems roundtable topic
4:00	Roundtable discussion: DERA and other stimulus funding		12.1	DERA/stimulus roundtable topics
4:45	Adjourn