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WESTAR Spring 2011 Business Meeting

Marriott Union Square

San Francisco, CA

April 25-26, 2011

 

4/26/11 Update

Monday, April 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background Documents

1:00

Welcome, Introductions
 - Agenda review (Dave Klemp)
 - Welcome to California (Lynn Terry)

01.1

01.2

01.3

Meeting agenda

Welcome to California

WESTAR members - please review

 

 

 

 

1:20

Business session

 

 

 

 

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

02.1

Draft fall 2010 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 reports

 

 

Financial status report (Greg Remer)

02.4

WESTAR financial status as of 3/31/2011

 

 

Action Item: Budget/workplan for FY2011-13

Action Item: Member approval of off the top 105 grant funding for 2011

02.5.1

02.5.2

Draft 2011-13 workplan with budget

Draft motions for approval of funding

 

   

 

2:00

WRAP Report (Mary Uhl)

 

 

 

 

WRAP 2011 activities and status 03.1 2009 WRAP Charter

 

 

Regional haze - status report, next steps, 2013 update 03.2 WRAP update

 

 

 2:45

Break

 

 

 

 

 

3:00

Interactive discussion with Janet McCabe

 

 

A preliminary list of topics has been provided. The list includes:
 - Exceptional events

 - Fire policy

 - GHG permitting and biomass

 - RPO review

04.1.1

04.1.2


04.1.3
 

9/11/09 WESTAR recommendations on Exceptional Events Rule
12/26/07 WESTAR comments on Wildland Fire Policy
Janet McCabe presentation

 

 

 

 

 5:00

 Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Tuesday, April 26

 

 

 

 

7:15

 

Continental Breakfast in meeting room

 

 

 

 

Background Documents

7:30

Executive session - state air directors only

 

 

 

 

Location for fall 2011 WESTAR meeting

05.1

Past meeting location

 

 

WESTAR Nominating Committee: Recommendations for 2011 Board of Directors

05.2

Past WESTAR Presidents

 

 

<Additional documents will be provided to state air directors in meeting room>

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:00

Committee Reports

 

 

 

 

Reports from standing committees (Committee Co-Chairs)

06.1.1
06.1.2
06.1.3

Technical Committee report
Planning Committee report

Sources Committee

 

 

Report from National Monitoring Committee (Gordon Pierce)

06.2

Monitoring presentation

 

 

9:30

Hot topics

 

 

 

 

Aggregation (Paul Tourangeau)

07.1

 

 

 

Ozone implementation in CA (Lynn Terry)

07.2

 

 

 

 

 

10:00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:15

Report from EPA/OAQPS (Scott Mathias)

 

 

A preliminary list of topics has been provided. The list includes:
 - Status of NAAQS reviews, rules, and other policy actions

 - 1-hour NO2 permitting

 - Regional haze: 5-year reviews and 2018 SIP updates

08.1

Scott Mathias presentation

 

 

 

 

11:45

Lunch - Provided

 

 

 

 

Introduce WESTAR 2011 Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:00

Roundtable discussion: Climate Change (Moderator: Jeff Gabler)

 09.1

Roundtable topics on states' experiences implementing climate change programs

 

 

Current GHG issues (Stu Clark)
Roundtable topics to include:
 - Activities and updates
 - New/novel implementation approaches
 - GHG permits issued
 - Lessons learned

 09.2.1

09.2.2

NACAA comments on clean energy standards
GHG state by state status

 

 

2:15

NO2 Permitting and SO2 NAAQS Modeling (Moderator: Bob Lebens)

10.1

Roundtable questions on NO2 permit modeling and SO2 NAA designations

 

 

NO2 permit modeling (Mary Uhl)

 10.1.1
10.1.2
10.1.3

10.1.4

NO2 PSD modeling guidance (6/10)
NO2 modeling clarification (3/11)
NO2 modeling clarification fact sheet

Presentation by Mary Uhl

 

 

SO2 non-attainment area modeling (Terry O'Clair)

 10.2.1
10.2.2
10.2.3
10.2.4

SO2 designation guidance (3/24/11)
SO2 NAAQS (6/22/2010)
SO2 designations fact sheet

Terry O'Clair presentation

 

 

 

 

3:15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:30

Hot topics

 

 

Exceptional events: will EPA's proposed approach address the issues? (Don Arkell)

11.1.1
11.1.2
11.1.3

WESTAR EER recommendations
3/8/10 EPA response
7/6/11 WESTAR follow up letter

 

 

Oil and gas NEPA reviews (Dave Klemp)

11.2

 

 

 

Utah SIP call (Regg Olsen)

11.3

Federal register notice

 

 

4:30

Summary of action items; adjourn