PSD project page

This PSD Project website includes documents that are under development, and that have not been approved by the WESTAR Council, or the management of other agencies whose staff are included on the PSD ad hoc workgroup. Documents should not be cited or quoted without a clear disclaimer that the document is a preliminary draft.

Comments Related to EPA's 6/6/07 Increment Modeling Proposal
Docket # EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0888
Link to Docket/Comments: Click Here

Date	Document	Description
11/5/04	PSD Reform Fact Sheet	Summary of the PSD reform initiative, and status of recommendations as of October 26, 2004
9/7/04	NO2 Map SO2 Map PM10 Map	Maps of triggered baseline areas in WESTAR states
3/4/04	PSD Rule
3/3/04	Principles	Principles to be used by workgroup in the development of its recommendations; adopted at 3/4/04 meeting in San Francisco
3/4/04	Issue list	List of questions and issues to be addressed by workgroup; adopted at 3/3/04 meeting in San Francisco
2/20/04	Timeline	Project timeline
9/19/03	Baseline Area Redesignation Policy Principles	Principles to be used by EPA in the development of policies related to PSD baseline area redesignations/boundary redefinitions.
9/19/03	WESTAR Fall Technical Conference summary WESTAR Fall Technical Conference template	Narrative summary of findings and recommendations from the WESTAR Fall Technical conference on PSD Increment tracking. Template used by participants to summarize information during the fall technical conference.
April 2003	Cumulative Impacts Analyses: PSD Increments and Visibility	Analysis by Susan Johnson, National Park Service, on PSD increment analysis and cumulative visibility impact analysis.
10/28/02	Strawman - Baseline Area Redesignations	Draft of criteria for approval of baseline area redesignations
10/7/02	Summary of increment tracking requirements	Alan Newman's summary of increment tracking requirements.
09/24/02	Bill Harnett Letter - 9/24/02	Letter inviting EPA's participation in a workgroup to address boundary redesignation issues.
9/5/02	Presentation to directors	Dave Klemp's presentation to the air directors at the WESTAR fall business meeting.
8/9/02	Federal register notice	Excerpt from 1980 PSD rule: Baseline concentration, baseline area, and baseline date
8/2/02	Western Mining comments Newmont Mining comments Citizen comments Federal Register Notice	Documents related to Nevada's redesignation proposal
8/2/02	PSD Increment Modeling	Summary prepared by Utah presented at Denver meeting
Updated: 8/5/02	Briefing Paper - Recommendations Briefing Paper (8/5 markup)	Recommended actions to address redesignations and increment tracking, to be presented to WESTAR Council at fall Business Meeting.
7/1/02	Florida issue paper	Florida DEP issue paper on the use of CALPUFF to track increment consumption
5/29/02	Problem statement	Problem statement with background
7/1/02	Overview questions	Questions to be addressed by participants in 7/18-19 meeting in Denver
6/11/02	Background	Random background on PSD - Montana summary
5/30/02	Project description	Work plan, including problem statement and approach.

Link	Description
Permit guidance	Colorado's approach to track increment consumption
PSD Rule (40 CFR 52.21)	Select :Revision Year" - Most Recent Available, fill in "Title" with 40, "Part" with 52, "Section" with 21. Leave "Subpart" blank.
Alabama Power v. Costle	Although the format contains no explanatory headnotes (as would be the case with the hard copy from a designated reporter series), this is the complete text.
Nevada redesignation notice	FR notice to redesignate Nevada "area 61". Includes several EPA policy/criteria statements.
Clean Air Act provisions (42 USC 7470-7473)	Page through the PSD sections of the by clicking on the blue arrow.
ND modeling protocol	Documents related to North Dakota's Memorandum of Understanding with EPA regarding modeling protocols

Summaries of meetings and conference calls prior to formation of the PSD Reform Initiative Workgroup.

Date	Time*	Topic(s)	Agenda/Summary	Location
3/22/04	10:30	Discuss proposed new approaches to implementing PSD	Draft summary	Conference call
3/2-3/3/04		Meeting to develop work plan and timeline	Summary	San Francisco, CA
1/7-8/04		Project planning and brainstorming meeting	Agenda / Summary	Tempe, AZ
11/7/02		Issues related to implementation of FLAG	Summary	Denver, CO
10/31/02	12:30	Review strawman criteria for baseline area redesignations	Strawman / Summary	Conference call
10/7/02	10:00	Feedback from business meeting; next steps for workgroup	Summary	Conference call
8/5/02	8:00	Review meeting summary and briefing paper	Summary	Conference call
7/18-19/02		Presentations on recent/current activities; identify options	Agenda / Summary	Denver, CO
6/25/02	10:00	Denver meeting logistics and agenda	Agenda / Summary	Conference call
6/11/02	10:00	Background, draft work plan, process, timeline	Agenda / Summary	Conference call

Working Documents	State Comments
Current: Final comment letter, dated 8/3/07	Alaska comments
Draft comments version 3a	Colorado comments
WESTAR PSD recommendations (May 2005)	North Dakota comments
WESTAR PSD recommendations transmittal letter to Jeff Holmstead (May 2005)	Nevada comments
Reminder letter re: WESTAR PSD Recommendations to Bill Wehrum (March 2006)
Blank table with WESTAR recommendations	Texas comments
Link to PSD proposal (not found - may have moved)
PSD proposed rule on increment modeling procedures (pdf format)
Annotated comparison table ver. 2
Annotated comparison table ver. 3
1999 Harnett memo on baseline areas and baseline dates
Initial comments from Leon Sedefian, NY DEC
NESCAUM comments on WESTAR PSD Reform recommendations (2005), and Attachment
Draft comments version 1
Draft comments version 2a
Draft comments from MARAMA