- - Draft - - PSD Project Workgroup 6/25/02 Conference Call Summary

Participants

Topics

1.    July Meeting

The meeting will be held at EPA Region 8 conference center, 999 18th St in Denver. Government rate rooms are available at the following nearby hotels: Monaco, Westin, Courtyard by Marriott ($112 per night). No room blocks have been set up. The meeting will begin with a state-only session from 10:00 - noon on Thursday, 7/18. The full workgroup meeting will begin at 1:00 Thursday, and will end around 1:00 on Friday. An agenda will be circulated via email by 6/26.

2.    Background information for July meeting.

The agenda for this conference call included a draft list of background documents. There were no additional suggestions. Dan will obtain electronic copies, or links to websites where the documents are posted, and post them on the website. Workgroup members should review these documents prior to the Denver meeting.

3.    State's issues 

All states that are participating on this workgroup either have issues about the PSD process, or are interested in learning how other states have addressed the issues. Dave suggested that the agenda for the Denver meeting could include a segment where states would provide an overview of their states' PSD program. Others felt this would be a good idea, and will get people thinking about options for addressing the issues we are addressing. Dave and Dan will prepare a list of questions/topics that each presenter will be asked to summarize. This will be circulated to workgroup members prior to the meeting.

4.    Presentations at July meeting

The following suggestions were made for expanded presentations:

• EPA perspectives and status of their workgroup efforts (headquarters and Regional offices)

• FLM perspectives

• Tribal perspective

• Specific presentations by Nevada, North Dakota, Montana (and possibly Utah)     

5.    Product from July meeting

We need to make as much progress as possible towards the overall workgroup objective to "develop recommendations to address the PSD issues for consideration by the WESTAR Council at their Fall 2002 Business meeting". One possible outcome would be a list of viable options to address each issue, with the pros and cons from the perspective of workgroup members, and an action plan with next steps. An agenda will be drafted to achieve these objectives.

Action Items

1.    Dan and Dave to prepare questions in advance for all to address.

2.    Agenda and logistics to be emailed to workgroup members by 6/26.

3.    All workgroup members to review background documents prior to Denver meeting.

4.    State representatives to come to Denver meeting prepared to respond to list of questions (to be circulated in advance).