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WESTAR Spring 2009 Business Meeting

Incline Village, Nevada

April 6-8, 2009

 

Monday, April 6  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background Documents

1:00

Welcome, Introductions, Agenda review

01.1

01.2

WESTAR members – please review

Welcome to Nevada

 

 

 

 

1:30

Business session

 

 

 

 

Review/approval of previous business meeting summary (Dan Johnson)

02.1

Draft fall 2008 meeting summary

 

 

Action items from previous meeting (Dan Johnson)

02.2

Status of action items from last meeting

 

 

Staff reports (Jeff Gabler, Bob Lebens)

02.3

Staff report

 

 

Financial status report (Dave Klemp)

02.4

WESTAR financial status as of 2/28/09

 

 

Action Item: Review and approval of nomination committee recommended 2009 slate of officers (Martin Bauer)

02.5.1

02.5.2

Past WESTAR presidents

Nominations for 2009 Board of Directors

 

 

National Monitoring Committee report (Bruce Louks)

02.6

Monitoring issues and developments

 

 

Committee reports (Committee Co-Chairs)

02.7.1

Planning Committee report

 

 

 2:30

Break

 

 

 

 

 

2:45

WRAP response to Air Managers Committee request for cost information on WRAP technical support system (Mary Uhl)

 03.1.1

03.1.2

03.1.3

Presentation of WRAP estimates

WRAP 2010-11 Work Plan

Response to AMC - cost estimates

 

 

 

 3:45

 Executive session (State air directors only)

Location and timing for next WESTAR meeting

04.1.1

04.1.2

Past meeting location

<Document provided to air directors>

 

 

EPA’s proposed grant re-allocation formula

04.2

<Document provided to air directors>

Discussion and action plan in response to WRAP support cost estimates

04.3

<Document provided to air directors>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Tuesday, April 7  

 

 

 

 

7:15

 

Continental Breakfast in meeting room

 

 

 

 

Background Documents

8:15

Hot Topics

 

 

 

 

Exceptional events (Dave McNeill)

05.1

Exceptional events workgroup

 

 

Biomass issues (Bob Lebens)

05.2

Biomass issues

Harmonizing PM2.5 and O3 SIP schedules (David Collier)

05.3

EPA request for input on harmonizing SIP schedules

 

 

 

 

8:45

Regional Haze (Cheryl Heying)

 

 

 

 

Status of BART determinations and RH SIPs

06.1

Status of RH SIPs and BART

 

 

Report on March 10-12 WRAP IWG/TOC meeting

06.2.1

06.2.2

Link to IWG interactive agenda
Link to TOC interactive agenda

 

 

Implications of EPA findings of failure to submit

 

 

 

9:30

Climate

 

 

 

 

Greenhouse gas reporting rule

07.1

Proposed GHG reporting rule

Carbon sequestration (Richard Rhudy, EPRI)

07.2

EPRI presentation - CCS

 

 

WCI update (Pat Cummins)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30

Air quality management priorities

08.1.1

08.1.2

08.1.3

CAAAC Vision and Goals document

NACAA letter on priorities

WESTAR Strategic Plan (circa 2005)

 

 

Priorities of the new administration (Bill Harnett)

 

 

 

 

Western state priorities (WESTAR air directors)

 08.3

Questions related to priorities

 

 

 

 

11:45

Luncheon (provided); introduction of 2009 Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:15

PSD Reform – Status of EPA’s actions on WESTAR recommendations (Dan Johnson, Bill Harnett)

 09.1.1

 

PSD rec's (Exec Summary)

 

 

2:00

Report from EPA Office of Air Quality Programs and Standards (Bill Harnett)

 10.1

 Report from OAQPS

 

 

 

 

3:15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:30

Roundtable discussion: Ozone

11.1 

Ozone roundtable questions

 

 

Questions circulated in advance.
Following this discussion, there will be a summary of WRAP’s interest in expanding on a NOAA/CARB regional ozone study (Tom Moore).

11.2

11.3

11.4

11.5

Arizona responses
Washington O3 recommendations

WRAP project  white paper

WRAP/NOAA project presentation

 

 

4:45

Adjourn

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 8

 

 

 

 

7:15

 

Continental Breakfast in meeting room

 

 

 

 

Background Documents

8:00

Oil and Gas

 

 

 

 

Recommendations from oil and gas workgroup (Dave McNeill)

12.1.1
12.1.2

12.1.3

Oil and Gas Recommendations

Table of oil and gas recommendations

Oil and gas workgroup report

 

 

WRAP projects related to oil and gas (Lee Gribovicz)

12.2

WRAP phase II oil and gas emission inventory project

 

 

Status of BLM oil and gas leases (Scott Archer)

12.3

Federal oil and gas planning and leasing

 

 

8:45

Roundtable discussion: Permitting and Title V issues

 13.1

 Permitting roundtable questions

 

 

Questions circulated in advance

13.2.1

13.2.2

Arizona responses

South Dakota responses

 

 

 

 

 

9:30

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:45

Hot topics

 

 

 

 

Vehicles strategies

14.1.1

Link to EPA's DERA website

 

 

Conformity and MOVES

 

 

 

11:00

Summary of Action Items

 

 

 

 

11:30

Adjourn